LIVERMORE FALLS — Addressing selectmen and residents at Tuesday’s meeting, Board of Selectpersons Chairwoman Louise Chabot said the board should try to alert residents at a meeting if a decision will be made after an executive session. “We should specify at the next meeting what we did for transparency and clarity,” she said. “Any member of […]
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Dixfield board moves Nov. 23 meeting to Dirigo High School
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will hold its meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, inside the Dirigo High School community room instead of the Ludden Memorial Library, Town Manger Carlo Puiia said Saturday morning. The board normally meets in the basement of the Ludden Memorial Library, Puiia said, but since a public hearing […]
Rumford loans $100,000 to business for bottling plant
RUMFORD — Following a number of closed-door meetings, the Board of Selectmen on Nov. 5 approved a $100,000 loan to a business for a bottling plant. The board voted 4-0 to approve an Urban Development Action Grant loan agreement of $100,000 for economic development to Moontide Springs Inc. and Jean Castonguay. The loan is for three […]
Selectmen discuss Route 27 reconstruction
KINGFIELD — Municipal officials reviewed new details of a proposed Main Street reconstruction plan at a Board of Selectmen meeting Monday night. David Guernsey, chairman of the town’s Road Reconstruction Committee, told selectmen he would send a letter to several property owners who would be affected when a new section of sidewalk is built across […]
Special town meeting on zoning ordinance to be held Nov. 16.
NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen signed a warrant Monday for a special town meeting asking voters to support the town’s efforts to promote a village orientation of Upper Gloucester with revisions to the town’s zoning standards that support a master plan for the area on Route 100. The meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at […]
Tonight’s agenda
Franklin New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Smith Hall Oxford Hills Hartford: Food bank, 4 p.m., Town Hall Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Newry: Fire Department, 7 p.m., Sunday River Station River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office
Paris board OKs Christmas lights for park
PARIS — Even though it’s more than two months away, selectmen want people to know that the town wishes them a Merry Christmas. At their Monday night meeting, selectmen voted 3-2 to spend $2,000 to light up Moore Park on Route 26 during the Christmas season. The money will cover running electricity to each of the […]
This week’s agenda
Tuesday Hartford: Road Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Mexico: Mexico Sewer District Board of Trustees, 4:30 p.m., Town Hall Paris: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, executive session, 6 p.m., Town Office Sumner: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Wednesday Buckfield: Planning Board, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Center […]
Roxbury board to discuss cemetery tree-cutting at Oct. 13 meeting
ROXBURY — The Board of Selectmen will discuss updates to the town’s cemetery during Tuesday’s meeting at the Town Office. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. Town Sexton Todd Piper said he submitted estimates to selectmen on the cost of to cut trees back on town cemeteries. The estimates will be discussed at Tuesday’s meeting. […]
Memorial Bridge walkers remain in the dark
RUMFORD — With the days getting shorter, Memorial Bridge remains in the dark — without working lighting on all 10 of its fixtures. At the Board of Selectmen’s meeting Thursday, Town Manager John Madigan said town Road Commissioner Andy Russell had asked the Maine Department of Transportation about the lighting issue a month earlier. Madigan said […]