NORWAY — A special town meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 9, to appropriate just over $5,000 for overdrafts from fiscal year 2014-15. The Board of Selectmen signed the three-article warrant July 2. In addition to selecting a moderator, voters will be asked to appropriate $5,000 from the unrestricted fund balance to […]
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Residents approve amended municipal budget items at special town meeting
DIXFIELD — Voters at Wednesday night’s special town meeting overwhelmingly approved four budgets for town accounts, three weeks after rejecting them. The meeting at Dirigo High School drew 50 residents, far fewer than the approximately 750 who cast ballots for the 2015-16 municipal budget June 9 at the polls. On Wednesday, voters, by a show […]
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Dixfield residents to vote on defeated budgets at July 1 special town meeting
DIXFIELD — A special town meeting is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, for residents to vote on amended municipal budget articles. The meeting will be held at Dirigo High School. On June 9, residents voted on a $2.3 million budget. Six of the articles were defeated, including four municipal budgets for the Executive […]
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Dixfield board to vote on appointments
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will vote on several committee and employee appointments at their Monday, June 22, meeting. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. in the basement of Ludden Memorial Library. The selectmen will vote on appointing the new board members, the Town Manager, a municipal Bureau of Motor Vehicles agent and Road […]
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Dixfield selectmen vote to schedule July 1 special town meeting
DIXFIELD – The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to schedule a special town meeting for 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, to vote on the four budget items rejected at the June 9 referendum. The budgets were for Executive Department, Regional Expenses, Reserve Funds and Debt Service. Newly-elected board Chairman Hart Daley said that “after the […]
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Jay voters to consider grant application Monday
JAY — Voters will be asked Monday, June 8, to approve a $250,000 grant application to rebuild a section of Old Jay Hill Road. The special town meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Town Office. If approved, the application will be submitted to the Northern Border Regional Commission Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant […]
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Woodstock residents authorize selectmen to sell 1987 firetruck
WOODSTOCK — Residents overwhelmingly voted Tuesday evening to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the Fire Department’s 1987 Pierce-Arrow firetruck. The truck has been out of commission for several months because a pump test revealed problems that would have cost at least $48,000 to fix. Town Manager Vern Maxfield said voter approval is required […]
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Newry board to hold special town meeting on 3-year roads contract
NEWRY — Selectmen will convene a special town meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, to authorize selectmen to enter a three-year road maintenance contract. The meeting will be held in the Town Office. After electing a moderator, voters will be asked to authorize the board to sign a contract to provide summer and winter […]
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Canton voters decide to appoint fire chief
CANTON — Selectman Brian Keene and Administrator Scotty Kilbreth were inside the Town Office on Saturday morning, still talking about the “great discussions and debates” from Thursday night’s Special Town Meeting. They mentioned the larger-than-usual crowd that voted on six warrant articles after electing Maine State Treasurer Terry Hayes of Buckfield as moderator. “It was […]
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Jay voters approve $6,000 transfer for streetlights
JAY — It took less than five minutes Monday to elect and swear in Darryl Brown as town meeting moderator, recite the Pledge of Allegiance and vote to transfer $6,000 from the undesignated fund to cover costs for streetlights. None of the nine residents, including the five members of the Board of Selectpersons and Town […]