DIXFIELD — Residents voted 43-11 to approve a recommended $342,598 Police Department budget during Monday evening’s annual town meeting, which will be voted on by secret ballot during the June 10 referendum. After last year’s town meeting, a straw poll indicated the majority of residents preferred to vote on the budget at the polls after […]
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Dixfield voters to decide on budget recommendations at annual town meeting
DIXFIELD — Residents will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at Dirigo High School for the annual town meeting. Spending recommendations from the Board of Selectmen and the Budget Committee will be presented. After last year’s town meeting, a straw poll indicated the majority of residents preferred to vote on the budget at the […]
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Dixfield selectmen approve, sign annual town meeting warrant
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Wednesday night to sign the annual town meeting warrant. Spending recommendations from selectmen and the Budget Committee will be presented at the annual town meeting 6 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at Dirigo High School, and the budget amounts approved will be voted on at the June 10 […]
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Hebron voters increase spending on firefighting, roads, cemeteries
HEBRON — Voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting passed a budget of about $740,000, but some raised concerns about the $770,000 available in the General Fund. “We have a ton of money in the General Fund,” said resident Randy Swift as voters were asked to approve requests for increases in several budgets. Swift said he […]
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Hebron voters to elect officers Saturday
HEBRON — Voters will elect a selectman, a library trustee and a Budget Committee member at the annual town meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hebron Station School on Station Road. The three-year terms of Selectman Dan Eichorn, Moody Library Trustee William Clough and Budget Committee member James Trundy are expiring. Residents will vote on […]
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Byron residents approve $200 for watershed survey, $2,000 for schoolhouse repairs at town meeting
BYRON – Residents voted to award $200 to the Silver Lake Camp Owners Association to help pay for a watershed survey of Roxbury Pond at Monday evening’s annual town meeting. The Silver Lake Camp Owners Association had requested $1,000 from Byron residents, a week after Roxbury residents voted to award the group $3,000 for the […]
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Byron to vote on 10 percent discount for early tax payment
BYRON — Residents at Monday’s annual town meeting will vote on whether to give a 10 percent discount on property taxes paid by Sept. 15. They will also decide whether the town should charge 7 percent interest on taxes paid after Nov. 1. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. March 10 at the Coos Canyon […]
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Correction: Waterford tax rate stable
WATERFORD — A story published Sunday, March 2, on Page C1 should have said Waterford’s tax rate will remain at $14.30 for fiscal year 2014-15. The information was incorrectly printed in the Waterford Town Report and reported by the Sun Journal.
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Newry voters approve tax discount
NEWRY — Voters approved an $829,475 municipal budget Monday night, Town Administrator Loretta Powers said. The town meeting at the Grange Hall was one of the “most well-attended meetings that Newry has had in years,” she said. More than 100 people attended. All 42 articles on the warrant were approved, including taking $200,000 from the […]
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Waterford to choose selectmen, school director Friday
WATERFORD — Voters will go to the polls Friday to elect a selectman and a SAD 17 director. Selectman Randy Lessard and SAD 17 Director Barry Patrie are running unopposed. Polls will be open from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, at the Municipal Building on Valley Road. Town Clerk Brenda Bigonski said the […]