Alton

Town offices will be closed Monday, Oct. 11, in observance of Columbus Day.

The selectmen meet at the municipal building every second and fourth Monday of the month.

Residents may bring recyclable glass, paper, and metal products to the Old Town Recycling Center at the transfer center off Gilman Falls Avenue, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturdays.

Town office hours are 3-6 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays.

Dog licenses are due for 1993. Be sure to have verification certificates for rabies and spaying or neutering records.

Bradford

Selectmen will meet at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the town office. A public hearing will be held on the general assistance ordinance.

The code enforcement officer will be at the town hall, 2-6 p.m. Mondays, and 8 a.m.-noon Wednesdays.

Bradley

The Town Council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the town office.

The Fire Department will hold a business meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the fire station.

Carmel

The Hermon High Booster Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, in the high school library. Anyone interested is welcome to attend. Call Jan Crowell at 848-5251 for information.

The Golden Harvest Grange 33 of Carmel will hold a craft fair 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at Carmel Grange Hall. Tables are available, call 848-5785 or 848-3052 for reservations.

The selectmen are preparing to close the section of the Horseback Road between Garland Road and Fuller Road sometime in the beginning of October.

The town is looking for members to serve on the recreation and recycling committees. Interested residents may contact the town office.

The town is looking for an individual with a chain saw to cut bushes along town roadsides. Contact the town office.

Tax liens from 1991 must be paid before Monday, Jan. 17, 1994, or the town will assume ownership of the property.

Hours for the Simpson Memorial Library are: noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays; and noon-7 p.m. Thursdays.

Hours for Brian McCarthy, plumbing inspector, are: 12:30-4 p.m. and 6:30-9 p.m. Mondays; 12:30-4 p.m. Wednesdays; and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays. Plumbing and building permits are available during these times.

A turkey pie supper will be held at the Masonic Hall from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, sponsored by the Square and Compass Club. Adults, $5; children under 12, $2.50.

The Carmel-Etna American Legion Post 107 is updating the Carmel honor roll. Any veteran who entered the service while a resident of Carmel is entitled to be on the honor roll. Dates for eligibility are: World War I — Aug. 6, 1917-Nov. 11, 1981; World War II — Dec. 7, 1941-Dec. 21, 1946; Korean War — Jan. 25, 1950-Jan. 31, 1955; Vietnam War — Dec. 22, 1961-May 7, 1975; Lebanon-Grenada — Aug. 24, 1982-July 31, 1984; Panama — Dec. 20, 1989-Jan. 31, 1990; Persian Gulf — Aug. 22, 1990-date to be determined.

Names are needed by Oct. 15. Contact Earle McSorley, Box 16, Carmel 04419, the town office at 848-3361, or G.W. Carter Jr., RR 1, Box 1100, Etna 04434.

Clifton

The Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, at the town office.

Any adult interested in volunteering for the Eddington-Clifton Girl Scouts should call Margaret McKinney at 843-5838.

The town clerk will be in the town office 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays, weather permitting. She also may be reached at home, 843-5352.

Corinth

The Planning Board will meet at 7 tonight at the town office.

A baked bean supper will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at the West Corinth Community House.

Selectmen will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the town office.

The town office will be closed Thursday, Oct. 14, for a Maine Municipal Association convention.

East Corinth Junior Girl Scout Troop 120 (grades five and six) needs a co-leader or it may have to disband. Anyone interested may call Zelinda Pullen, 285-3513, or Kathy Connolly, 285-3517.

Hours for the code enforcement officer will be 5-7 p.m. Wednesdays at the town office.

Dedham

The historical society will meet at 9:30 a.m. today at the municipal building.

Dedham selectmen will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, at the municipal building.

A public hearing on the amendment to the board of appeals ordinance will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, at the municipal building.

The school board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the Dedham Elementary School.

Anyone interested in becoming a member of the Planning Board, board of appeals or budget committee for Lucerne Village Corp. or Dedham may contact the town office.

The historical society is looking for a 1923 town report to be donated. It may be dropped off at the town office.

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The selectmen will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the municipal building.

A public breakfast will be held 7-9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at the East Dixmont Masonic Hall sponsored by the Archon Craftsman’s Club to benefit the building fund. Adults $4, children $2.

The Dixmont Ambulance will hold its last bottle drive before the winter, Saturday, Oct. 9. To have bottles like picked up call Carol Braley at 234-2654, or leave bottles outside for pickup.

The Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the municipal building.

Eleanor Toothaker, town historian, is researching the history of the Boston Post cane awarded to the oldest living resident. If you know of anyone who had this cane or any of its history, contact her at 234-4125 or write her at RFD 1 Box 1890, Etna 04434.

The Dixmont United Methodist Church serves breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m. the third Saturday of every month at the women’s club. Admission is adults, $4; children, $2; under 5, free. To donate food or time call Patricia Sumner at 234-7116.

Eddington

Selectmen will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the Wood Municipal Office.

Any adult interested in volunteering for the Eddington-Clifton Girl Scouts may call Margaret McKinney, 843-5838.

The code enforcement officer will check for violations of town ordinances and state junkyard laws throughout the town.

New hunting regulations are available at the town office.

Returnable cans and bottles may be taken to the Town Store on Route 9. People may request that deposits be donated to the Eddington School for field trips.

Recyclable cans may be taken to the Brewer Recycling Center on Sparks Avenue off Wilson Street. Bundled newspapers, aluminum and steel cans, glass containers and cardboard are accepted at the center. There also is a redemption trailer for returnables.

Etna

The selectmen will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, at the town hall.

The Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the town hall.

A craft fair will be held 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, at the community hall. Tables may be rented for $10. Call 269-3480 for information.

Any residents in Etna planning to build on their property should contact the town office before proceeding.

Glenburn

The Hermon High Booster Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, in the high school library. Anyone interested is welcome to attend. For information call Jan Crowell at 848-5251.

The landfill will be open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9.

The Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the municipal building.

Tax liens for 1991 will expire Nov. 11. Certified letters will be mailed out soon to people with liens.

Anyone who has not received a tax bill should contact the town office.

Greenbush

Selectmen will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, at the town hall.

Hampden

A task force recycling meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, at the municipal building. Anyone interested in serving on the task force may attend.

Taxes are due Friday, Oct. 15.

The Hampden Historical Society offers group tours of its home, the Kinsley House, 83 Main Road South, and caters wedding receptions, showers, birthday celebrations, reunions and business parties. To make reservations call Val Weiland, 862-4078, or Nancy Clark, 862-3320. “The Hampden Sketch Book, a History of Hampden from 1767-1976,” is available at the Kinsley House. Presale orders for a limited-edition montage of Hampden scenes and places by Mike Pullen are being taken until Sunday, Nov. 28, at a cost of $37.10. Post-sale price will be $42.40. To order write to the Hampden Historical Society, 83 Main Road South, Hampden 04444, or call 862-2027.

Any girl in kindergarten-grade twleve in Hampden interested in becoming a Girl Scout, or anyone interested in becoming a Girl Scout leader or co-leader may contact Donna Beck, 947-0040.

Hours for the code enforcement officer-plumbing inspector are 1-5 p.m. Monday through Thursday at the town office.

Anyone interested in tax budget booklets may sign up at the town office.

The Hampden Food Cupboard will be open 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays at the Kiwanis Center.

Overeaters Anonymous will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Hampden Methodist Church on Kennebec Road.

The artwork of Deborah and Summer Jellison will be displayed through October at the Dyer Library.

The Dyer Library will hold toddler story time for children under age 3 with an adult at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays. It will include short stories, puppets, fingerplays and flannel board stories.

The Dyer Library will hold preschool story time for children ages 3-5 at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, with the same program repeated Wednesdays. It will include stories, songs, fingerplays, flannel board stories and a crafts project. Anyone who would like to share special skills, talents or hobbies as part of a library program may talk with any staff member.

The Fire Department is offering free chimney and wood stove inspections. Call 862-4586 for an appointment.

The Hampden Goodwill Riders Snowmobile Club will hold a baked bean supper 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at the clubhouse on Route 9. Admission is $4, adults, and $1.50, children.

Hermon

The Town Council will meet at 7 p.m. tonight at the municipal building.

The Hermon High Booster Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, in the high school library. Anyone interested is welcome. For information call Jan Crowell at 848-5251.

The zoning board of appeals will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the municipal building.

The Economic Development Committee will hold an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct.18, at the town office. The meeting is for Hermon business owners and residential business owners, and will introduce the committee and discuss the formation of the Hermon Business Association. Contact: Walter Munn Jr., 848-2489, or Judy Parkhurst, 848-2559, to make reservations.

Orders are being taken for the 1994 Community Calendars. If you haven’t been contacted by Oct. 8, call 848-3136 to place an order.

Fire permits may be obtained from the town office. Fire permits will be issued from the Fire Department 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays. The town office may issue fire permits only for the day of the burn. The burning cannot begin until 5 p.m.

Anyone interested in signing their daughters, kindergarten-grade 12, for Girl Scouts may leave a message for Pam Newcomb at 1-800-464-3858. Adult volunteers for the Abenaki Girl Scout council also are needed.

Holden

A Recycling Open House will be held 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at the new community park between the municipal building and the elementary school. Residents will be able to learn about the town’s new recycling program and see the new town office, conference room, and sand and salt shed. Demonstrations will include wood carving by Delmar Payne, cider making, archery, and K-9. Refreshments will include hot dogs, donuts and coffee. Children’s activities will include pony rides and a hay ride.

Any adult interested in volunteering for the Holden Girl Scouts may call Margaret McKinney, 843-5838.

There is no trash pickup on fire roads; trash must be brought to the Main Road.

There will be construction on Levenseller Road for the next month; alternate routes may be used to avoid delays.

A letter box has been placed at the town office entrance for residents to drop off tax payments, etc., during nonbusiness hours.

A public supper will be held on Oct. 9 at the Holden Congregational Church. The menu will be baked beans, casseroles, coleslaw, hot dogs, salads, rolls, pie, cake, coffee, tea and punch. Admission is adults, $4.50; children under 12, $2.50. Tickets will go on sale at 4:30 p.m. Servings are at 5 and 5:45 p.m.

Hudson

The selectmen will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, at the town hall.

The Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the town hall.

The town of Hudson is charging $1 a bag of rubbish disposed of at the landfill. The fee is payable at the landfill.

Beano will be held every Tuesday at Pushaw Lake Snowmobile Club. Early-bird special begins at 6 p.m. and Beano at 7 p.m.

The Fire Department will clean chimneys for elderly or handicapped residents. Call the town office at 327-1284 and leave your name.

The code enforcement officer will not be in the office on Sept. 22 and Sept. 29. His regular office hours are 5-6 p.m. Wednesdays; 8-9 a.m. Saturdays.

Anyone in need of a plumbing permit may contact Richard Fish at the town office 5-6 p.m. Wednesdays; 8-9 a.m. Saturdays; or call 327-1284.

Kenduskeag

The Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, at the town office.

Selectmen will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, at the town office.

Doors must be removed from refrigerators and freezers before they will be accepted at the landfill.

Slide-in pickup campers must be registered at the town office and require a $10 registration fee and excise tax.

Levant

Selectmen will meet at 7 tonight at the town office.

The Hermon High School Booster Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, in the high school library. For information call Jan Crowell, 848-5251, evenings.

The Hungry Hollow 76ers Snowmobile Club has changed its meetings to the first and third Thursdays of the month. A potluck supper will be held at 6:30 p.m. and a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, at the clubhouse.

A special town meeting to discuss the purchase of a firetruck will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at the elementary school. Doors will open at 8 a.m.

Milford

Selectmen will meet at 7 tonight at the town hall.

Curbside recycling collection will be Friday, Oct. 8. Recyclables must be outside by 8 a.m. Regular household garbage collection will not change from its normal schedule. Call the town office, 827-2072, for information.

The Pine Tree Snowmobile Club will hold a potluck supper meeting at 6:30 p.m. today at the clubhouse on the Call Road. Members are urged to bring a casserole, salad or dessert item. Contact Kathy Carson, 827-7066, for information.

Newburgh

Surplus food is available 9 a.m.-noon Thursday, Oct. 7, at the fire station. Free clothing will be available.

Selectmen will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, at the town hall.

The Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, at the town hall.

The board of appeals will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, at the town hall.

A public witness hearing for Newburgh residents regarding toll-free calling to surrounding towns will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26, at the Public Utilities Commission, Horace Libby Hearing Room, 242 State St., Augusta.

Refund forms for the 1993 elderly and low-income property tax are available at the town office.

Selectmen remind residents that building permits are required for buildings 100 square feet or larger, as well as for decks.

Fire permits may be issued for burning after 5 p.m. only, except on rainy days. Permits may be obtained at the Newburgh Country Store or at Butterfield’s Car Wash. There is a limit of 15 fire permits a day.

Orrington

The recreation committee will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10.

Winterport

A special planning board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, at the town office.

The recreation committee is looking for members. Contact the town office if interested.

Tax bills are available at the town office.

Transfer station hours will be 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays until Friday, Oct. 15, when the hours will be 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

The town is looking for volunteers for a community development block grant committee.

Residents in need of law enforcement officers may contact the Waldo County or state police for assistance.