Officials consider sale of firearms

SKOWHEGAN — The Skowhegan Board of Selectmen will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, in the municipal building. Officials will discuss several matters including firearms confiscated recently in a police raid at the home of Dr. Louis Hornstein.

Police Chief Larry Jones and Town Manager Patricia Dickey have recommended that the firearms not be sold until Hornstein’s legal appeal process has been completed.

The agenda includes a public hearing on a proposal to insert specific covenants back into the town’s deed for a parcel of town-owned property on Cleveland Street.

A contract will be awarded for a tax anticipation note in the amount of $3 million.

A $5,000 business loan for a business place, The Paper Klip, will be discussed. Selectmen also will hear a report on the town’s landfill.

Public hearing will be set to act on special amusement permits for Bloomfield’s Cafe and Bar, Old Mill Pub, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Skowhegan-Madison Elks Lodge, and Heritage House.