NEWRY — Selectmen will discuss two proposed ordinances and a straw poll at their meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, in the Town Office. They will also continue work on rental insurance for long-term use of the Bear River Grange Hall, as well as discuss the budget, Town Report work, roads and proposed language […]
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Today’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Selectmen, workshop, 5 p.m., Municipal Building Kingfield: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Bethel: Comprehensive Planning, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Hartford: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall Sumner: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office River Valley Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Rumford: Library trustees, 3 p.m., Rumford Public Library Rumford: Selectmen, joint […]
Rumford, Mexico boards to hold executive session on police union contracts
RUMFORD — Rumford and Mexico selectmen have scheduled a special joint meeting for an executive session to review police department union contracts. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, in Rumford Falls Auditorium. Both boards have been debating whether to merge police departments, but wages remain a contentious point. During previous […]
Today’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office New Vineyard: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Bethel: Comprehensive Planning, 6 p.m., Town Office Bethel: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Casco: Zoning Board, 7 p.m., Community Center Paris: Selectmen, 7 p.m., Town Office Waterford: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office River […]
Buckfield selectmen approve emergency purchases policy
BUCKFIELD — After almost an hour of discussion Tuesday night, selectmen unanimously approved an emergency purchases policy for the town that would require the town manager to notify the board ahead of time and utilize an expedited bid process. The new policy will be added Buckfield’s Personnel Policies and Procedures Handbook. It states that the […]
Livermore Falls selectmen to review rules on operating meetings
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday night to review its rules or policies on conducting meetings. The agenda included a discussion of Robert’s Rules of Order. “There are reasons we don’t really follow Robert’s Rules of Order directly,” board Chairwoman Louise Chabot said. If selectmen follow them, there will be no back and forth […]
Otisfield cell tower law revised; vote expected in June
OTISFIELD — Almost two years after the town’s first and only cell tower application erupted in a bitter legal battle between residents and officials, the committee charged with revising the town’s wireless telecommunications ordinance has completed its work. The Ordinance Policy Review Committee formally accepted the final draft of the Wireless Telecommunications Facility Ordinance on […]
Farmington board considers hooking into UMF heating plant
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday will discuss connecting the Community Center to a central heating plant planned for the University of Maine at Farmington. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 13, at the Municipal Building. The proposed 5,000-square-foot biomass plant is planned for a parking area at Quebec and Perkins […]
Norway parking ordinance on board agenda
NORWAY — A decision by selectmen is expected Thursday on whether to remove the two-hour parking ban on Main Street from the parking ordinance. The board will hold a public hearing during the selectmen’s meeting Jan. 15 beginning at 7 p.m. in the Town Office on Danforth Street. The hearing follows another one in December, […]
Public hearing on Comprehensive Plan set for Tuesday
FARMINGTON — A public hearing on the town’s updated Comprehensive Plan is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 13, at the Board of Selectmen meeting. The board will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 153 Farmington Falls Road. A synopsis and copy of the updated plan are available prior to the hearing at the Municipal […]