RANGELEY — The annual town meeting will be conducted by referendum next year rather than an open town meeting. Townspeople voted 64-34 Thursday night to change the voting method to secret ballot at the polls, Town Manager Tim Pellerin said Friday. There was a positive debate that became contentious at times, but the article passed […]
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Norway voters to consider $4.7 million budget
NORWAY — Voters will be asked to approve a $4.7 million budget at the annual town meeting Monday, June 20. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Forum in Paris. The budget is a $157,124 increase from this fiscal year, which ends June 30. Most town departments would see an increase […]
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Poland residents to vote on proposed $5.7M budget
POLAND — Voters at the annual town meeting April 2 will act on a proposed municipal budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of $5.7 million, an increase of nearly $220,000 over the current year’s budget of $5.5 million. The effect on the property tax rate, as estimated by Town Manager Bradley Plante, should be […]
Posted inFranklin
Seven officers to be elected at Avon meeting
AVON — Voters will meet Saturday to elect seven officers and set a budget for the year. The annual town meeting starts at 9 a.m. at the Town Hall. Nominations for a selectman, school board director, town clerk, constable, tax collector, treasurer and road commissioner will be taken from the floor. Last year’s costs to […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
No buyers for West Paris yard sale ordinance
WEST PARIS — Residents rejected a proposed initiative to regulate yard and garage sales at the annual town meeting Saturday. None of about 75 residents in attendance at the Agnes Gray School gymnasium voted to approve Article 11, the Yard Sale Ordinance. The discussion leading to the vote was particularly active. “This is kind of […]
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West Paris annual town meeting Saturday
WEST PARIS — The annual town meeting will open at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 5, in the gymnasium at Agnes Gray School. Residents will elect one selectman, assessor and overseer of the poor, one director for School Administrative District 17; and one water district trustee. All positions are three-year terms. Voters will decide on a […]
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Dixfield board receives final bill for sidewalk project
DIXFIELD — Town Manager Carlo Puiia told the Board of Selectmen that the final bill has been received for the Safe Routes to School project, which had been defeated at a November 2015 special town meeting. In early 2013, the town agreed to move forward with construction of 3,500 feet of sidewalk from Dirigo High […]
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ACE team learns town meeting approval not necessary for Swift River land-use
RUMFORD – The Rumford-Mexico Active Community Environment team learned during its Monday afternoon meeting that it would not require town meeting approval to use land along the Swift River to construct a recreational bridge. The process began four years earlier when Carl Constanzi, program coordinator for the “Let’s Go! 5-2-1-0” program in Oxford County, received […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Bethel, Oxford Hills
Woodstock board reviews first draft of town meeting warrant
WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday began reviewing the warrant for the annual town meeting in March. Town Manager Vern Maxfield pointed out to the board that in an effort to explain some of the larger questions on the warrant, he drafted explanations that would be included on the warrant and the town […]
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New Sharon voters keep their right to elect town clerk, tax collector
NEW SHARON — During a special town meeting Wednesday, townspeople chose to keep their right to elect the town clerk and tax collector at the annual town meeting. In just over an hour, about 75 residents moved through the eight articles on the warrant. The 5:30 p.m. meeting was moved from the Town Office to […]