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What You Need to Know: Buckfield Selectmen

Buckfield Board of Selectmen  Buckfield Municipal Building  Oct. 16, 2018 Sumner rescue coverage  What happened: Town Manager Joe Roach announced Buckfield Rescue will continue to cover Sumner through the towns’ mutual aid agreement from Sunday, Oct. 28, until Thursday, Nov. 29, due to Tri-Town Rescue closing. What it means: Buckfield now covers one-third of the […]

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DeMers-Dobson resigns as ballot clerk

BUCKFIELD — Selectman Maida DeMers-Dobson agreed Tuesday to resign as a ballot clerk for Thursday’s election, after a resident requested she do so to avoid a potential conflict of interest. Resident Vivian Wadas raised the issue at Tuesday’s selectmen meeting, saying the town handbook and Maine Municipal Association do not allow selectmen to serve as ballot […]

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Buckfield voters to elect selectman in March

BUCKFIELD — Selectmen voted Tuesday to hold a special town meeting March 24 to elect a selectman and assessor. The decision came after Chairman Cheryl Coffman and Selectman Maida DeMers-Dobson reconsidered their Jan. 19 vote not to fill Scott Violette’s seat until the town elections in June. Violette resigned Jan. 19, citing ethical and moral principles […]

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Selectmen discuss library’s historical items

BUCKFIELD — The future of some historical documents and items collected over the years by the Zadoc Long Free Library remains uncertain until selectmen gather more information. Town Manager Cindy Dunn told selectmen at their Tuesday night meeting that the Zadoc Long Free Library Committee has discussed what to do about the library’s inventory of historical […]

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New Buckfield selectman opposes close-ended budgeting

BUCKFIELD — Selectmen directed Town Manager Cindy Dunn to send out a survey to taxpayers regarding close- and open-ended warrant articles and a date preference for the town meeting after some in town opposed the move to close-ended warrant articles earlier this year. Recently elected Selectman Maida Demers-Dobson brought up the issue at Tuesday night’s meeting. […]