WEST PARIS — Townspeople will vote at the annual town meeting on whether to adopt an ordinance prohibiting retail marijuana establishments and social clubs. The meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 4, at 10 a.m. at the Agnes L. Gray School gymnasium. The article asks whether residents wish to adopt an ordinance prohibiting retail marijuana […]
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Jay board approves 2016-17 budget timeline
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to accept a 2016-17 budget timeline leading up to an April 25, 2017, annual town meeting referendum. “We set this up the same as last year, but it can be changed,” Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. Last year was the first time the town’s Budget Committee met with selectpersons and department […]
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Bethel voters approve ordinance amendments
BETHEL — Residents voted at Wednesday evening’s annual town meeting to amend shoreland zoning and sign ordinances. One change was for the shoreland zone between Chandler Hill Road and Taylor Smith Road to allow the owner of a Bethel storage facility to expand his business. “(The owner) said that he wanted to expand his business, […]
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What you are voting for in Norway
NORWAY — Voters will be asked to approve a $4.7 million municipal budget when annual town meeting gets underway on Monday, June 20, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Forum. Norway Town Manager David Holt presented a $4.7 million budget for 2016-17 on Thursday, April 7, that includes $40,000 to set […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Dixfield voters pass debt service budget at annual town meeting
DIXFIELD — Residents at Thursday evening’s annual town meeting approved a $129,443 debt service budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year. The budget was split into three line items: • $46,737 for a firetruck payment; • $13,941 for a plow truck payment; and • $68,765 for a road construction payment. The budget was $22,252 less than […]
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Dixfield residents to vote on debt service budget
DIXFIELD — Town Manager Carlo Puiia told residents Monday evening that there will be one municipal budget item decided at the April 28 annual town meeting, while the rest of the municipal budget items will be voted on by secret ballot June 14. Puiia said the board agreed that the Debt Service warrant article should […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Hebron voters agree to refurbish town garage
HEBRON — Voters unanimously approved refurbishing the old town garage, Ok’d about $807,000 in spending requests for the fiscal 2017 municipal budget and re-elected incumbent officials to their posts at Saturday’s annual town meeting. About 50 voters acted on the 65-article warrant at Hebron Station School. Voters re-elected Board of Selectmen Chairman Richard Deans, SAD […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Waterford voters increase spending
WATERFORD — Town meeting voters approved a $1.4 million budget that exceeded this year’s spending plan by 3.15 percent. About 50 voters approved the 62-article warrant at the Waterford Municipal Building on Saturday. The budget was approved, but not before voters questioned several line items including an $80,000 request for health insurance and $16,000 for […]
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In the hands of the residents
WATERFORD — Voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting will act on a 62-article warrant that asks for a 3.15 percent increase in the municipal budget. The meeting gets underway at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 5, in the Waterford Municipal Building at 366 Valley Road. This year’s proposal for the municipal budget is $1,472,990, an increase of […]
Posted inBethel, Oxford Hills
Newry voters electing officers, deciding a budget
NEWRY — Residents will vote on a $763,000 municipal budget at their annual town meeting Tuesday, March 8. The meeting will kick off at 7 p.m. at the Bear River Grange Hall, and will be preceded by a potluck supper at 6 p.m. Election of a moderator, a selectman/assessor/overseer of the poor, and a School […]