DIXFIELD — Residents will vote Tuesday on the two municipal budget items that were shot down at the June 10 town meeting. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Dixfield American Legion. Voters rejected the $297,667 Executive Department budget by a 206-217 vote , and the $15,515 Health, […]
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Kingfield voters approve small spending increase, road improvements
KINGFIELD — Voters quickly dispatched 41 warrant articles and the election of four officials at the annual town meeting Saturday. The handful of townspeople reviewed a proposed allocation of $971,152, and a $147,000 offset of tax-increment financing funds from Poland Spring. Within two hours, 41 voters approved the majority of warrant articles as written, authorizing […]
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New Gloucester selectmen discuss RSU 15 budget, charter school
NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen learned on Monday that the proposed $23.8 million RSU 15 school budget means an increase of 11.5 percent to New Gloucester residents compared to the current year’s costs. Voters in Gray and New Gloucester will attend the RSU 15 budget meeting on Thursday that begins at 6:30 p.m. with voter registration […]
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Board approves warrant for Wilton town meeting
WILTON — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously approved the warrant, including budget recommendations, for the June 16 town meeting. The warrant includes additional articles seeking residents’ input on waste disposal. With a total of $260,520 recommended by the board and Finance Committee for operation of the transfer station and recycling, the board decided […]
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Weld voters OK smaller budget
WELD — About 45 residents spent 4½ hours considering 19 articles at the town meeting Saturday. They approved a $406,503 municipal budget, of which $188,353 will be raised through taxation. The remainder will be taken from other accounts, such as excise tax and surplus. The budget is $28,747 less than last year’s budget of $435,250. Voters […]
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Otisfield town meeting voters OK petition opposing tar sands oil
OTISFIELD — Voters approved a $1.4 million municipal budget at the annual town meeting Saturday morning in just three hours. They also OK’d every article in the 25-article warrant that sought approvals, including two citizen-initiated petitions. One opposed the possible transport of tar-sands oil through Otisfield and Maine; the other, to withdraw $22,606 from a trust […]