NEWRY — Selectmen hastily scheduled a special board meeting for Thursday, June 18, to draft a warrant to correct a March town meeting error. Near the end of Tuesday night’s board meeting, Administrator Loretta Powers said no one caught the mistake in Article 34 that was supposed to take $75,000 from unappropriated surplus and buy […]
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Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Jay voters OK sewer plant agreement
JAY — Voters zipped through a special town meeting warrant in 10 minutes Monday night, unanimously approving a wastewater agreement, submission of a $250,000 grant application for economic development and money for legal fees. Residents authorized selectpersons to enter into a new interlocal agreement for treating wastewater for Livermore Falls and Jay. Livermore Falls sewer […]
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Harrison looks for approval for a $6.8 million budget
HARRISON — Residents at the town meeting Wednesday evening will vote on a $1.89 million budget that includes money for paving, a bucket loader, a pickup truck and a new roof on the fire station. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. June 10 at Harrison Elementary School, 309 Naples Road. There are 23 articles on […]
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S. Perkins: Stifling taxpayer input
At the May 5 selectmen’s meeting in Buckfield, the first selectman proposed enacting a rule that would prevent voters from increasing the budget amounts recommended by the selectmen at any upcoming town meeting. The selectmen voted 2-1 in support of that proposal, with the second selectman voting in opposition. That action would seem to imply […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Letters
P. Horsfall: Cap expenditures in warrants
I applaud the motion made at the Buckfield selectmen’s meeting to change the way the warrants are written to include a cap on dollar amounts. As a Budget Committee member, I believe that the amount written in the warrants should not be allowed to change to a higher amount. The town manager meets with each […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Hearing tonight on Rumford warrant
RUMFORD — Residents will have a chance to discuss the town meeting warrant at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the Rumford Falls Auditorium. The first eight articles will be voted on at the June 1 business meeting in the Muskie Auditorium at Mountain Valley High School. The remaining 35 articles focus on department budgets, […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Rumford to vote on police coverage June 1
RUMFORD — Acting on the town attorney’s advice, the Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening to have the issue of police coverage decided at the annual town meeting June 1, not at the polls June 9. “We figured out, after looking at every option, that the best option would be through secret ballot and absentee […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Dixfield public hearing on RSU 10 withdrawal scheduled for April 30
DIXFIELD — A special town meeting to discuss whether to appropriate $50,000 to fund a withdrawal effort from Regional School Unit 10 is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, April 30, in the community room at Dirigo High School. “On April 30, people will have the chance to speak on the issue during a public hearing,” […]
Posted inFranklin
Jay voters to consider $5.63 million budget, land lease
JAY — Residents will vote Tuesday, April 28, on a proposed $5.63 million municipal budget for 2015-16. The amount is a $92,656.60 more than this fiscal year. After factoring in anticipated revenues of $1.33 million, the net budget is $4.3 million. The figures do not factor in Franklin County taxes or the town’s share of the […]
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M. Lang: Have a say in town government
I am writing in response to the article in the Sun Journal April 7 regarding how a specific town committee chose a new fire department chief. I believe the position of fire department chief should be an elected position by the townspeople. Little by little, residents are losing control of many issues that appear to […]