CARTHAGE — Residents approved a $381,052 municipal budget at the annual town meeting Monday evening, Town Clerk Linda Berry said Wednesday morning. Berry said all articles were approved and all officers re-elected. Residents authorized the board to accept about 60 acres from Wanda J. Robinson for public recreation. Selectman Stephen Brown said the land is […]
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Newry board to wait until March town meeting to approve budget overages
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen unanimously agreed Monday evening to wait until their annual town meeting in March to approve several budget overages from the last few months. Town Administrator Loretta Powers said that several of the town’s departments had overages in certain categories, including the Fire Department, which overdrew its equipment account. “I […]
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Hanover residents approve $525,926 budget at annual town meeting
HANOVER — More than 40 residents approved a $525,926 municipal budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year at the annual town meeting Tuesday evening. Town Clerk Kelly Harrington said that the meeting lasted around two hours, and that the residents approved all 37 articles, including Article 6, which asked residents if they wished to change the […]
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Otisfield voters defeat road plan
OTISFIELD — Voters handily defeated a $1.73 million road plan and narrowly defeated a plan to send cell tower appeals directly to Superior Court, but passed a revised Wireless Telecommunications Facility Ordinance during the annual town meeting Saturday. About 140 voters packed into the Community Hall on State Route 121 for the nearly three and […]
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Otisfield Town Meeting asked to approve cell tower ordinance, budget
OTISFIELD — Voters will be asked to revise the controversial cell tower ordinance, approve a $1.8 million road bond and OK a municipal budget at the annual town meeting Saturday. The meeting opens at 9 a.m. at the Community Hall on Route 121. The 30-article warrant also includes election of a selectman, a road commissioner […]
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Norway voters restrict camper occupancy, approve fire substation funding
PARIS — Norway residents voted Monday night to place tighter rules on campers placed on private property and to set aside money to build a fire substation. More than 90 residents were still in the midst of the annual town meeting at 9 p.m., having approved about two-thirds of the articles on the warrant. The proposed […]
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Paris voters approve ‘gold mine’ purchase
PARIS — Voters approved the purchase of two lots adjacent to the Mildred Fox School at annual town meeting Saturday, but not before numerous questions were answered about the future plans, financing and need to buy the lots. The majority of about 80 voters approved the purchase of the town lots for $80,869 and other […]
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Woodstock voters approve dog control ordinance at annual town meeting
WOODSTOCK — Voters approved an amendment to the Dog Control Ordinance at the annual town meeting Monday, requiring kennels, rescue shelters or similar facilities applying for a license or permit to notify abutters. After moderator Steve Wight read the question, resident Jane Chandler asked the Board of Selectmen why the town was attempting to institute […]
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Woodstock voters OK increased road maintenance budget at town meeting
WOODSTOCK — Residents voted to raise and appropriate $625,000 for road maintenance at Monday evening’s annual town meeting at Woodstock Elementary School. The amount was $70,000 more than the previous year because of an increase in the winter roads account. Selectmen proposed $175,000 for winter roads for the 2015-16 fiscal year, an increase of $50,000. […]
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Woodstock voting on Dog Control Ordinance
WOODSTOCK — Voters at Monday’s town meeting will decide whether to require dog kennels, rescue shelters or similar facilities applying for a license or a permit to notify abutters. It’s one of 39 articles on the warrant, which will be voted on starting at 7 p.m. Monday, March 23, in the Woodstock Elementary School multipurpose […]