JAY — Selectpersons are setting up a committee to look at the town’s 397 street lights and make recommendations to turn off about 25 percent of them. The street light budget was reduced from $62,615 to $48,000 in the 2014-15 town budget, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere previously said. The total proposed town budget is $5.57 […]
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Minot voters agree to spend $1.5M: ‘no shouting, no broken bones”
MINOT — Voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting approved warrant articles that call for spending about $1.5 million — and that includes paying an Androscoggin County tax bill of more than $187,000. “As near as I can figure it,” Selectman Eda Tripp said, “what we approved amounts to about $21,354 over last year, and I’d […]
D. Bonneau: Downtown upkeep
Now that Lewiston City Hall is beautifully illuminated, when will the burned-out light bulbs get replaced in the streetlights on Lisbon and Canal streets? It was disappointing to see that during the last art walk, as it made the downtown area look a little neglected. Diane Bonneau, Lewiston