ISLAND FALLS – Residents will be asked to approve a more than $500,000 municipal budget and consider allocating money to build a new fire station when they gather for their annual town meeting Monday evening. Town Clerk Cheryl McNally said Thursday that this year’s budget… Read More
Garland Residents will be asked at the annual town meeting on March 10 if they favor SAD 46’s plan to close local elementary schools and to construct a new prekindergarten-through-eighth-grade school. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
MOUNT DESERT – Voters have decided to remove fluoride from the public drinking water supply and took two nights to finish up the warrant at this year’s annual town meeting. Apparently, the number of voters at Tuesday night’s open session dwindled below 50, the minimum… Read More
Sangerville Municipal officials have found that being a landlord isn’t productive if the cost of operating a rental facility outweighs the income. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
SWANS ISLAND – Voters approved funding for a new firetruck and a new police cruiser Monday at the annual town meeting, according to a town official. Residents approved an overall annual budget, including school costs and Hancock County taxes, of approximately $1.3 million, Selectman Dexter… Read More
WEST PARIS – Voters in this western Maine town overwhelmingly rejected a proposed ordinance that would have made marijuana-related offenses the lowest law-enforcement priority. More than 100 voters attending a town meeting on Saturday applauded after the warrant article was shot down without getting a… Read More
MOUNT DESERT – Local voters will get the chance to remove fluoride from the local drinking water supply and change the date of annual town meeting next week. Mount Desert’s annual meeting starts the morning of Monday, March 5, with local elections and resumes at… Read More
CARMEL – Town meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 5, at the Carmel Elementary School gymnasium. Elections will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at the Grange Hall. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes =… Read More
SEDGWICK – As municipalities gear up for the 2007 town meeting season, three Hancock County towns will decide whether to approve a new contract with the Blue Hill-Surry Transfer Station. Sedgwick will kick off the proceedings on Saturday when residents there vote on the issue. Read More
Hartland Town elections will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, March 2, and two town meetings will be held at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 3, at the town hall. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
Cambridge Election of officers and the adoption of a budget will be up to voters at the annual town meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 3, in the town office. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
NEWPORT – Five men, including current and former selectmen, are vying for three seats on the board in this year’s annual elections. Once Newport voters have elected that board, they will vote on a new budget for 2007, one about 6 percent higher than the… Read More
VAN BUREN – Residents told their Town Council on Wednesday night that it will have to live with budget cuts made in September. Residents voted 111-23 Wednesday against a request by the majority of the Town Council for another $25,430 to cover expenditures it believes… Read More
UNITY – Residents will be asked at a special town meeting tonight to authorize spending up to $874,000 to construct a new fire station and to waive a right of first refusal for the Field of Dreams athletic complex. At the annual town meeting in… Read More
MADAWASKA – Residents of the Birch Point area off Long Lake would like to see more recreational facilities on town-owned land, and they are willing to put in some work and money to make such a facility real. The Lakeshore Association, a group of seasonal… Read More
CHERRYFIELD – Residents voted 98-0 at a special town meeting Thursday night to enact an emergency moratorium, effective today, that will keep methadone facilities out of the small town for the next six months. The announcement was met with applause. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
VAN BUREN – A special town meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 19, to iron out the voter-approved municipal budget which came in higher than the state-imposed tax limit. In June’s annual town meeting voters approved a budget of $1,424,939 that was $205,000 higher… Read More
VAN BUREN – Residents will get a second shot at the municipal budget in mid-September after a mix-up at the June town meeting resulted in a budget that is $205,000 higher than the state’s property tax levy allows. A special town meeting had been proposed… Read More
WARREN – A special town meeting vote Tuesday bars the construction or expansion of retail buildings 35,000 square feet or larger while the town’s ordinances are reviewed. A 43-19 vote enacted a six-month moratorium on such projects, which is retroactive to April 1. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
MADAWASKA – Residents approved a municipal budget and the Madawaska School Department budget at the annual town meeting Tuesday night. Residents approved expenditures of $5,108,488 for town expenses and a school budget totaling $7,966,589. The local cost of the school budget is $4,805,579. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
THOMASTON – Residents approved a $2.37 million municipal budget Tuesday night that computes to a 9.5 percent increase over the current budget. Town Manager Valmore Blastow Jr. was not available for comment Wednesday, but he had previously noted that the budget includes $40,000 for legal… Read More
WALDOBORO – Town meeting voters passed all but one article Thursday, postponing a decision to put 315 acres off Depot Road into conservation forever. The draft conservation plan for Quarry Hill Farm was postponed, Town Manager Lee Smith said Monday, to gather more public comment… Read More
THOMASTON – The $2.37 million municipal budget voters will consider June 20, includes some major purchases and repairs, but unexpected legal expenses are the reason the budget is getting pushed higher, according to Town Manager Valmore Blastow Jr. A new ambulance has a price tag… Read More
TREMONT – Residents will gather next week to choose two selectmen and to vote for a proposed $1.9 million municipal budget. Also on the agenda likely will be an additional request for funds in order to finish the long-awaited new municipal building. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BAR HARBOR – The Y – and the ayes – had it after Tuesday night’s annual town meeting, as voters agreed to give the Mount Desert Island YMCA $55,000 in municipal support. But if there had been an applause meter in the municipal building, it… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR – Funding for the Pemetic School generated the most buzz at Monday night’s annual town meeting, with some residents questioning how long the town can afford to educate its declining student body at current costs. The price of sending the town’s youth to… Read More
MILFORD – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded the town $1.6 million to replace public pump stations and sewer lines, but before the money can be used, residents must first vote to accept the funding. The item will be voted on at this year’s… Read More
SOUTHWEST HARBOR – Residents will gather next week at the annual town meeting to vote on a proposed $5.36 million combined municipal and elementary school budget. With additional appropriations of $1.05 million for Mount Desert Island Regional High School and $289,000 for Hancock County, the… Read More
SURRY – Voters will face increases in both the school and municipal budgets when they gather for the annual town meeting. Municipal elections will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at the municipal building. Discussion of the warrant articles will begin at… Read More
TRENTON – Residents shouldn’t expect too much excitement at the coming annual elections or town meeting, according to officials. There are no contested races, and the controversial Acadia National Park Gateway Center didn’t find its way onto any warrant articles. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
ST. JOHN PLANTATION – Six plantation offices were filled by voters last Thursday, and a 2006 budget of $82,675 was approved by residents at the annual town meeting Friday night. In municipal elections, Patrick Nadeau, a former assessor for the plantation, beat incumbent First Assessor… Read More
OAKFIELD – With little debate, voters in Oakfield agreed Monday evening to allow the Board of Selectmen to spend the money necessary to keep the town running until the municipal audit is returned and a budget is passed. Before the meeting adjourned, however, a resident… Read More
EASTON – It took residents just 15 minutes to approve a $669,662 municipal budget during their annual town meeting on Monday night, according to Easton Town Manager Jackie Bradley. Earlier the same day during the town election, five residents were voted into open municipal seats,… Read More
St. Francis Seven municipal officials were re-elected, and the budget of $147,185 was approved by residents at a one-hour town meeting March 27. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i =… Read More
Exeter Residents voted on Monday at the annual town meeting to add $2,000 to the general government account to start a retirement plan for the town clerk. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – After months of unrest over the closure of the Westfield town office, residents voted out two incumbents during their annual town meeting on Monday night. Voters also rejected a referendum that would have made the town clerk position an elected instead of an appointed seat. Read More
EDDINGTON – After years of cramped space for the Fire Department and town office and code violations with the municipal building the two share, residents endorsed going forward with plans to construct a new addition at Tuesday’s annual town meeting. “Before we moved forward, we… Read More
Washington The treasurer’s post will become an appointed job in 2007, after voter approval Saturday to change it from an elected position. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
OAKFIELD – At this point, the Oakfield annual town meeting is slated to be held on Monday, March 27. But that may not happen, as some residents feel the meeting shouldn’t take place until the town gets its yearly audit back. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
Residents voted on three municipal seats and approved a $194,056 budget when the town held its annual elections and town meeting Monday, according to Town Manager Amanda Dow. In the town’s only contested race, Allison Lenentine and Edgar Wheeler beat out Adrian Boyce for two available three-year terms… Read More
Local residents voted on five municipal seats and considered a $1,187,914 budget during their annual elections and town meeting, according to Town Clerk Beverly Turner. Turner said Thursday that with three uncontested three-year terms open on the school board, Noreen MacIntosh and incumbents Jennifer Olson and Andrew Churchill… Read More
ABBOT – Residents voted on Monday to adopt a pay-per-bag system for garbage disposal starting July 1. The approximately 60 people who attended the annual town meeting agreed that all residents should be required to purchase 33-gallon trash bags from the town office at 50… Read More
CASTINE – Voters will make decisions on Emerson Hall and the town’s historic preservation district when they gather next week for the annual town meeting. The meeting to discuss municipal articles will start at 7 p.m. Monday, March 27, at Delano Auditorium on the campus… Read More
CUSHING – Townspeople turned down several proposed regulations at Tuesday’s annual town meeting and at the polls the previous day. A building permit ordinance was strongly rejected, Town Clerk Lisa Young said Wednesday, and a flood-plain ordinance failed by a 49-37 vote. Both measures were… Read More
Castle Hill Residents filled three open municipal seats and approved a $220,811 municipal budget during their annual elections and town meeting on Tuesday night, according to Town Manager John Edgecomb. Herman G. Condon, a previous selectman, and incumbent Robert A. Vigue were elected to two… Read More
ORLAND – Voters will face a “bare-bones” municipal budget when they gather for the annual town meeting next week. The polls will be open for municipal elections from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, March 27, at the town hall. Discussion of the remaining warrant… Read More
Burnham The torch was passed to a new generation at Saturday’s town meeting when Carolyn Hamel was elected to replace Caroline Mitchell who retired after serving 36 years as town clerk. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
Brooks Voters at the annual town meeting Saturday approved an article that will allow selectmen to spend up to $100,000 to renovate the former Fogg House on Route 139 and turn it into a town office and library. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
LITTLETON – Two side-by-side towns made short work of their annual town meetings on Monday evening, passing their respective budgets as proposed and electing municipal and school board representatives. In Littleton, Town Manager Jennifer Gogan said Tuesday that 26 residents attended the brief meeting. Attendance… Read More
Blaine Residents will consider a $183,113 municipal budget and fill three open municipal seats during their annual town meeting Monday, March 27, according to Town Manager Chappy Clark. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
Nobleboro It might be addressing an unlikely possibility but, at least for now, there will be no big-box stores built in the Lincoln County town of Nobleboro. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
Parkman Residents at the annual town meeting Saturday nixed donations to social service agencies as well as a Sangerville-based fitness center. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
LITTLETON – Residents of the neighboring towns of Littleton and Monticello will cast ballots and decide town business on the same day next week when the two municipalities hold their annual meetings. Both meetings are slated to take place this Monday, March 20. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
Annual meetings are scheduled for the following towns in the southern Aroostook County area March 20-21: Smyrna googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if… Read More
Burnham Town elections reported Friday saw Stuart Huff voted in as a selectman, Carolyn Hamel as town clerk, Arlene Miles as treasurer, and Charles King as highway commissioner. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner =… Read More
Jackson The annual town meeting will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at Jackson Community Center. Voters will consider a $166,109 municipal budget, a $22,545 increase from last year. The townspeople will nominate and elect by ballot a selectman for a three-year term. They… Read More
ATKINSON – Residents will be asked next Monday at the annual town meeting to approve the selectmen’s order to discontinue the McCorrison Road but allow for an easement for public use. The town meeting will start at 7 p.m. Monday, March 20, in the town… Read More
BRIDGEWATER – Residents will vote on three municipal seats, including one contested race, when the town holds its annual elections and town meeting Monday, March 20, according to Bridgewater Town Manager Amanda Dow. There are two three-year terms up for vote on the Board Of… Read More
CRANBERRY ISLES – It was past noon Monday, and the siren smell of lasagna wafted upstairs in the Neighborhood House, tugging at the stomachs of residents who had already voted, and talked, long and hard at the annual town meeting. The children in attendance were… Read More
CORINTH – Residents now have a full-time fire chief, after approving the position at Tuesday night’s annual town meeting. Residents also voted in favor of the proposed municipal budget as recommended by the budget committee and Board of Selectmen, which will mean a slight increase… Read More
ISLAND FALLS – Voter turnout was low, but business went smoothly at the annual town meeting on Monday evening. Town Clerk Cheryl McNally said Tuesday that only 80 residents voted in the municipal election and 41 residents attended the 7 p.m. meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
Searsport The town’s first zoning ordinance was defeated at annual town meeting Saturday, 140-118, but amendments to the comprehensive plan carried, 166-123. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
ATHENS – “The town has spoken,” Athens resident John Chapman said Saturday after a town meeting vote of 119 in favor to 66 against a 180-day moratorium on the proposed GenPower LLC biomass incinerator project. “This was a mandate,” Chapman said. “We’ve got momentum going… Read More
HOWLAND – Even after almost 12 years in office, Frank Kirsch still talks about “if” he gets re-elected. “I am going into my 12th year if I get it,” Kirsch said Sunday. “When I started 12 years ago, I said ‘your problems are my problems’… Read More
The rising cost of fuel and supplies is behind a request for more money in 2007 for winter road maintenance. The winter road maintenance budget of $90,000, an increase of $4,000 over this year, will be acted upon by residents at the annual town meeting… Read More
Warren: Town weighs change for fire chief Townspeople will gather March 28 to vote on a $1,793,692 annual budget and consider making the fire chief’s position full time. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
LAMOINE – Residents decided to ban most motorized vehicles from the town beaches during Wednesday night’s annual town meeting and gave their stamp of approval to two incumbent selectmen in a contested race during Tuesday’s municipal election. A proposal to sell a parcel of land… Read More
PATTEN – Voters in Patten will decide whether to give the nod to a $452,082 municipal budget when they go to the polls during their annual town meeting next week. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 14, at the Patten Recreation Building. Voting… Read More
Charleston Fifty-three articles will need the attention of residents at the annual town meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 11. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
Voters in Island Falls will gather for their annual town meeting Monday, March 13, at the Island Falls Municipal Building. Voters will be asked to approve a $520,157 municipal budget. Alfred Skofield, Lewis Conrad and Wallace Townsend are vying for three open seats on the… Read More
Alton The annual town meeting will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, March 25, at the municipal building. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) {… Read More
NORTH HAVEN – Islanders will consider resurfacing all paved roads and a six-month moratorium on subdivisions when they gather Saturday for the annual town meeting. The session begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 11, at the Community Building. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
PENOBSCOT – Voters on Tuesday approved all articles on the municipal side of the town meeting warrant and added funds to one account. They agreed to boost the town’s cemetery account to $2,000, an increase of $1,500 from proposed amounts, according to Selectman Bing Gross. The additional funds… Read More
DEER ISLE – A contested race for the board of selectmen drew a lot of interest at the annual town meeting Monday. More than 600 residents cast ballots in the election, including 128 who cast absentee ballots. Many of those residents showed up for the… Read More
SWANS ISLAND – Residents chose a new selectman and voted to add a medical clinic to the town office at Monday night’s annual town meeting The new clinic will be built with the $500,000 sum that was authorized by the town, selectman Dexter Lee said… Read More
BEALS – The town voted to renew its contracts for law enforcement with the Washington County Sheriff’s Department and for fire protection with the Jonesport Fire Department – but they want to see their bills for both services in a more timely fashion. The 50… Read More
STONINGTON – Voters approved increases totaling $36,000 for the town’s fire department during the annual town meeting Monday. They agreed to add $6,000 to the department’s operating budget to cover the cost of truck repairs. The item was a last-minute addition to the budget, according… Read More
MOUNT DESERT – The town will use about $1 million to improve its sewer system after all, voters decided at Tuesday night’s annual town meeting after a lengthy debate that featured both a secret ballot and a voice vote. Residents were voting on a total… Read More
SANGERVILLE – A proposed 2006-2007 municipal budget that reflects an increase in appropriations of $35,428 over this year’s spending plan will be presented to voters at the annual town meeting. Included in the budget is $2,800 for the installation and first year’s maintenance of a… Read More
Cambridge Residents will decide today whether to spend $16,400 to replace the leaking roof over the Town Hall during the annual town meeting at the Town Hall. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false;… Read More
UNITY – The town’s fire station on Depot Street is so small that firefighters often have to pull one truck out in order to climb into the vehicle they need. Selectmen want to build a new fire station on land the town bought last year… Read More
ST. AGATHA – Town officials are optimistic that the property tax mill rate in St. Agatha won’t climb this year despite an operations budget that is about 10 percent higher than last year. The Board of Selectmen and the budget committee have given their approval… Read More
NEWPORT – Newport voters head to the polls today, choosing two selectmen from a field of three candidates. Residents will gather again at 10 a.m. Saturday for their annual town meeting. Both events will be held at the Sebasticook Valley Community Center on North Street. Read More
ORIENT – Voters in Orient approved a $277,883 municipal budget at their annual town meeting last week with all articles on the warrant passing as written, Town Clerk Alicia Silkey said Tuesday. The clerk noted that $76,680 of the total budget went to education. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
NORTHFIELD – Residents will vote this evening in a special town meeting whether to support a 180-day moratorium for all building permits that fall within the shore land or watershed areas of the town’s two largest lakes. The chairman of the planning board said the… Read More
ORIENT – Town officials opted this past weekend to reschedule their annual town meeting after procedural questions arose. Town Clerk Alicia Silkey said Tuesday that the yearly meeting would now be held at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var… Read More
ORRINGTON – After years of discussion and debate, residents will decide next month if they would like the Orrington Volunteer Fire Department and Orrington Volunteer Ambulance Service to combine into one municipal department during a special town meeting. The meeting will be held at 7… Read More
WHITING – Six years in the making, the town’s comprehensive plan is at last ready to go before the residents for a vote. It already has been approved by the State Planning Office – that happened a year ago. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
MILFORD – Residents approved the proposed $6.1 million budget at this week’s annual town meeting. About 50 residents attended, Town Manager Jim Hancock said. Although there were a lot of questions, he said the meeting went smoothly. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More
VEAZIE – Residents voted at Tuesday’s annual town meeting to accept the proposed school and municipal budgets, which are estimated to increase the property tax rate for next year by 8 percent. Slight reductions were made to both budgets after the Town Council heard concerns… Read More
WINTERPORT – Tuesday’s municipal election and Saturday’s annual town meeting will be the first conducted under the new town charter approved by voters last November. It replaces the town’s original charter, from 1860 and an amendment approved 100 years later that established a town manager-board… Read More
MONSON – In order to reduce the mill rate, residents will be asked later this month to reconsider some of the articles they approved at the annual March town meeting. The budget that was adopted by residents would have maintained a mill rate of $17.50… Read More
WESTON – Voters in Weston will be asked to approve a $140,000 municipal budget and elect representatives for town and school boards at their annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Margaret Frye, the town’s administrative assistant, said Tuesday that there are no major issues that… Read More
GREENVILLE – Residents approved the municipal and school warrant articles at the annual town meeting on Monday without any revisions, lengthy debate or divisiveness, and they concluded the business in one evening. The 90 residents who attended the meeting also gave a green light to… Read More
PERRY – It took voters about 20 minutes at a special town meeting Tuesday to approve a plan by the Passamaquoddy Tribe to build a $20 million aviation and aerospace maintenance and manufacturing plant on tribal land. The vote was 72-18. googletag.cmd.push(function () { //… Read More
MADAWASKA – Next month residents of Madawaska will vote on the municipal budget of $4,403,881, an increase of $280,543 over this year’s budget. The amount does not include the town’s share of education expenditures, which have not yet been approved by the Madawaska budget committee,… Read More
TREMONT ? Voters approved a $3.28 million budget for the new fiscal year Tuesday night at what the town manager described as a swift and uncontroversial town meeting. The budget included $1.95 million for local education and a $100,000 allotment to bring some kind of… Read More
HANCOCK ? Voters approved a $2.7 million budget for 2005-06, passed a revised mobile home park ordinance and changed the zoning designation for a Washington Junction Road property during the annual town meeting Monday night. About 140 people attended the 31/2 hour meeting at Hancock… Read More
Cutler residents will consider several articles at 7 tonight at a special town meeting at Bay Ridge School. The town and its three harbor masters have been facing a lawsuit over harbor issues since December, and several of the articles relate to that matter. One asks residents to… Read More
Easton Residents approved a municipal budget Monday that increased by less than 1 percent and voted in three candidates for seats on the school board and the Board of Selectmen, according to Easton Town Clerk Cheryl Clark. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes… Read More