JAY — Selectpersons will hold a special town meeting Monday to ask voters to transfer $6,000 from the undesignated fund to cover unanticipated costs for streetlights. The meeting will be held Monday at 6 p.m. at the Town Office prior to the regular Board of Selectpersons meeting. The board and Budget Committee members reduced the […]
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Jay board to consider a Dec. 8 special town meeting
JAY — Selectpersons will be updated Monday on a proposed special town meeting and warrant article to transfer $6,000 from the undesignated fund to pay additional costs for street lights. Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere will also review a proposed timeline for the annual town meeting referendum to occur at the same time as the RSU […]
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Wilton voters to consider authorizing spending maximum $500,000 for firetruck
WILTON — Selectpersons set a special town meeting for Nov. 18 for voters to consider allowing the town to buy a used, quint firetruck with an aerial function and to arrange financing for it, Town Manager Rhonda Irish said Friday. The cost of the firetruck is not to exceed $500,000. A quint truck can pump water […]
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Farmington sets special town meeting on first loader payment
FARMINGTON — Selectmen voted Tuesday to hold a special town meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 14, for residents to consider appropriating an amount not to exceed $40,000 for the first payment on a five-year lease-purchase agreement to buy a new front-end loader, Town Manager Richard Davis said Wednesday. The loader would replace a 1989 Caterpillar loader […]
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Dixfield voters approve Ione Harlow fund request
DIXFIELD — Residents voted at Thursday’s special town meeting to use up to $10,000 from the Ione Harlow Dixfield Community Fund to build an enclosure for a new electronic scoreboard at Harlow Park. Peru resident Mark Thompson made the request at the July 28 board meeting. After the board confirmed that there was enough money […]
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Public hearing on fluoride in drinking water set for Aug. 25
BETHEL — A public hearing to discuss whether or not the town should remove fluoride from the town’s drinking water is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, during the regularly scheduled selectmen’s meeting. Although the town has added fluoride to the water supply since 1970, Bethel business owner Sarah Lane recently brought evidence […]
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Dixfield voters overwhelmingly approve 180-day wind moratorium
DIXFIELD — Residents voted 89-7 Thursday evening to enact a six-month moratorium on wind energy projects, giving selectmen time to finish revising the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance. The ordinance was approved in 2012 and the revisions began in January 2013. Patriot Renewables LLC of Quincy, Mass., approached Dixfield officials three years ago about constructing 13 […]
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Woodstock voters OK $50,000 for possible overdrafts
WOODSTOCK — Residents unanimously voted Tuesday evening to raise and appropriate $20,000 to cover anticipated overdrafts in the Equipment Account. Prior to the special town meeting at the Woodstock Town Office, Town Manager Vern Maxfield said two Public Works department trucks need major repairs because of the harsh winter. The sum of $12,500 will be […]
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Dixfield voting on wind facility moratorium and funds for scoreboard
DIXFIELD – Residents will vote on a 180-day wind energy facility moratorium and funds to build an enclosure for a new electronic scoreboard at a special town meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, at Dirigo High School. Since January 2013, the Planning Board has been revising a wind power development ordinance that was approved […]
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Andover voters OK 7 financial matters at special town meeting
ANDOVER — After electing Bob Duplessie moderator at Saturday’s special town meeting, it took 55 residents about 90 minutes to work through seven warrant articles. The articles pertained to municipal budget items that are usually handled at the annual town meeting in March. Several attempts were made to amend articles and push them off until […]