Moderator Vern Maxfield of Norway, center, calls for a vote to appropriate $2,000 to General Assistance during Saturday's annual Town Meeting at Leavitt Area High School. To the right sit Turner's Board of Selectmen and town administrators, and to the left, members of the Budget Committee.

Turner Fire/Rescue Chief Lisa Bennett answers a resident's question Saturday about the department's equipment fund request during Turner's annual Town Meeting at Leavitt Area High School.

The former Natural History Club property at 442 Turner Center Road was the focus of a warrant article Saturday during the annual Turner Town Meeting. Selectmen say the building would be too costly to repair and will eventually need to be torn down.

The annual Town Meeting drew 96 voters Saturday to the Leavitt Area High School cafeteria. Residents rejected four of the 52 articles on the warrant.

Turner residents at Saturday's annual Town Meeting reject an article that would have authorized the town to sell the former Natural History Club property at 442 Turner Center Road. Many expressed a desire to see the property at the heart of Turner Village be converted to public green space instead.

The former Natural History Club property at 442 Turner Center Road drew comments during the annual Town Meeting on Saturday. Several residents said they would like to see the property at the heart of Turner Village be converted into public green space.

Sarah Edith Foster, left, and Jenny Maheu of the Century Box Jubilee Committee stand with the century boxes from 1923, left, and 1973, right. The contents of these boxes will be displayed at Leavitt Area High School in November, and a third century box will be created.