Marion Hall, right, listens to a member of the audience speak during Saturday’s town meeting in Hebron. She and her husband Bumpy, left, had some of the best masks, which Marion made herself. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

HEBRON — Residents voted Saturday morning to approve a $900,000 municipal budget at their annual town meeting, according to Board of Selectman Chairman Richard Deans.

Deans said that the 60 warrant articles were approved “pretty quickly” and that it was a “good, quiet meeting.”

The 2021 municipal budget is about 2.7% less than in 2020.

Deans said that there was only one adjustment that residents voted on: a $100 increase for the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine.

“The resource center had requested $500, and one gentleman voted to increase that amount to $600,” Deans said.

The largest requests for money included $150,000 for the paving account, $143,955 for the town office account, which is a nearly $12,000 increase, and $143,200 for the care and maintenance of winter roads, which is nearly $14,000 less than the previous year.

Voters also approved an article that would allow selectmen to take $15,000 from the General Fund to purchase and install new generators at the town office and the fire department’s Bruno Station.

The meeting was held at the Hebron Station School on Station Road.

Ruth and James MacDonald greet a familiar face walking into Hebron Station School Saturday morning just before the start of the annual town meeting. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

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