DIXFIELD – Residents at the annual town meeting Thursday were told they could recommend changes to the budget, but the amounts on the June 9 warrant will be the selectmen’s recommendations. “If (voters) want to change the budget that’s proposed, they’ll have to vote it down at the polls,” he said. “They can’t change the […]
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Durham voters approve tax increase
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect a corrected vote on Article 7 of the meeting warrant and for the correct number of residents attending the meeting. DURHAM — A scant 124 residents out of more than 3,299 registered voters turned out for the 227th annual town meeting Saturday, spending more then four […]
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Dixfield town meeting set April 9
DIXFIELD — Townspeople will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 9, at Dirigo High School for the annual town meeting. The first six articles on the warrant will be acted on. They include electing Finance Committee and Ione Harlow Scholarship Committee members, setting the interest rate on taxes, setting the due date for taxes and […]
Posted inFranklin
Chesterville votes to keep town meetings on Mondays
CHESTERVILLE — Voters rejected changing the town meeting day and election day during Monday’s town meeting, Town Clerk Heather Wheeler said. The proposal was to change the day beginning in 2016 to a Saturday, instead of a Monday, and to hold elections the preceding Thursday. This year, the town elected selectmen March 9 and held […]
Posted inFranklin
Chesterville voters to consider changing 2016 town meeting date
CHESTERVILLE — Residents at Monday’s town meeting will be asked to consider creating a Highway Committee, writing job descriptions for town employees and changing the 2016 meeting and election days. The annual town meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Monday, March 23, at the Town Office. Elections were held March 9. Voters have 43 articles […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Canton board sets election, meeting dates
CANTON — Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday night to set the annual town elections for Tuesday, June 9. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the back of the new Town Office. The town meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 11, at a place to be determined. Selectman Brian Keene […]
Posted inFranklin
Carrabassett Valley town meeting set for Wednesday
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Voters will consider 60 articles amounting to a proposed budget of $2.3 million when they gather Wednesday for the annual town meeting. Voters will be asked to offset the proposed budget with town revenues of $462,410, making a proposed net budget of $1.85 million, Town Manager Dave Cota said. The meeting begins […]
Posted inFranklin
Eustis town meeting voters approve $1 million budget
EUSTIS — Voters at town meeting on Saturday spent about two hours working through a 25-article warrant, raising a budget of $1 million. “We’re still in the black and we’re doing good,” former Selectman Jane Wilkinson said on Saturday evening. “It was a really long meeting — almost two hours.” Eustis town meetings usually last […]
Posted inFranklin
New Sharon town meeting voters keep town meeting-style elections intact
NEW SHARON — Voters at Saturday’s 6½-hour annual town meeting decided to keep intact the way they elect town and school officials, Selectman Forrest Bonney said after the meeting. Residents considered 59 articles at Cape Cod Hill School, in approving a $850,315 municipal budget. That was reduced “pretty close” to what it was last year after […]
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Newry OK spending $300,000 to fix Sunday River Road
NEWRY — Town meeting voters approved spending $300,000 to reconstruct and pave a section of Sunday River Road in the Letter S area this summer. They also voted that they are interested in having the town take out a $1 million bond to pay for another lengthy reconstruction and paving project on Sunday River Road, […]