JAY — Voters approved all articles Tuesday night related to a $5.5 million municipal budget for 2014-15. They also approved an Animal Control Ordinance and an amendment to the subdivision section of the Jay Environmental Control and Improvement Ordinance The budget is $501,342 less than the current $6 million budget. Voters elected incumbent Selectperson Thomas […]
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Oxford budget up, but not taxes
OXFORD — Voters overwhelmingly approved a $3.81 million budget in a brief town meeting Saturday. With one eye on the windows promising sun and warm weather outside, some 70 residents approved all 20 spending initiatives in half an hour. Mindful of the clock, residents gathered at the Oxford Elementary School selected Ronald Kugell to moderate […]
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Livermore voters to consider proposed $1.3 million budget
LIVERMORE — During the annual town meeting Wednesday, June 11, residents will consider buying a new backhoe, a compactor and whether to lease the Brettuns Community Building. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Livermore Elementary School on Gibbs Mill Road. Voters will have 51 articles to consider. On Monday, officials dedicated the […]
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Kingfield voters approve small spending increase, road improvements
KINGFIELD — Voters quickly dispatched 41 warrant articles and the election of four officials at the annual town meeting Saturday. The handful of townspeople reviewed a proposed allocation of $971,152, and a $147,000 offset of tax-increment financing funds from Poland Spring. Within two hours, 41 voters approved the majority of warrant articles as written, authorizing […]
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Livermore Falls residents to vote on proposed $2.45 million budget
LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents will take up a proposed $2.45 million budget for 2014-15 in a referendum vote Tuesday, June 10. The budget is $5,670 less than the current budget. They also will be asked to consider changing the name of the Geneva Hodgkins Memorial Park back to Union Park. Voters have 39 warrant articles […]
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Norway voters approve money to cover overdrafts
NORWAY — Voters at a special town meeting Thursday night approved more than $87,000 in appropriations and transfers, largely to cover overdrafts. About 10 people and the Board of Selectmen approved warrant articles in about 15 minutes. Several questions were asked, including why the Recreation Committee needed another $20,000. Voters were asked to appropriate $20,000 […]
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Board approves warrant for Wilton town meeting
WILTON — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously approved the warrant, including budget recommendations, for the June 16 town meeting. The warrant includes additional articles seeking residents’ input on waste disposal. With a total of $260,520 recommended by the board and Finance Committee for operation of the transfer station and recycling, the board decided […]
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New Gloucester voters approve citizen-initiated recall rules
NEW GLOUCESTER — A citizen-initiated petition’s ordinance for the recall of elected officials passed with an overwhelming two-to-one supermajority at the annual town meeting in New Gloucester on Monday. The more than 200 people attending were led by moderator Attorney Gary Wood of Portland through the 28-article warrant that included two competing ordinances to recall […]
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Dixfield warrant on selectmen’s agenda tonight
DIXFIELD — Selectmen will review the annual town meeting warrant at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Town Office. Budget recommendations from selectmen and the Budget Committee will be presented at the annual town meeting, scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at Dirigo High School. The budget amounts approved will be voted on at the […]
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Durham voters approve budget
DURHAM — Residents at town meeting Saturday adopted a municipal budget of $2.19 million. Selectmen had proposed spending $2.17 million, but voters instead went with a higher Budget Committee recommendation to spend $776,095 for roads instead of the $744,670 selectmen had proposed. Following a presentation by fire Chief Bill St. Michel on the purchase of […]