BUCKFIELD — In a grueling, five-hour town meeting Saturday, voters passed a 2014-15 budget. The municipal spending plan recommended by the Budget Committee and selectmen was $1.67 million, an increase of $47,716 over this year’s budget. About 65 voters cut funds from some articles and added funds to others, for a net reduction from the […]
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Dixfield voters approve all but two municipal budget items
DIXFIELD — Residents approved all but two municipal budget items during Tuesday’s referendum, ballot clerk Bev Glover said early Wednesday morning. Glover said residents approved warrant articles, except for the Executive Department budget, which was voted down 206-217, and the Code Enforcement budget, voted down 192-210. The proposed Executive Department budget was $297,667, which was […]
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Kingfield voters approve small spending increase, road improvements
KINGFIELD — Voters quickly dispatched 41 warrant articles and the election of four officials at the annual town meeting Saturday. The handful of townspeople reviewed a proposed allocation of $971,152, and a $147,000 offset of tax-increment financing funds from Poland Spring. Within two hours, 41 voters approved the majority of warrant articles as written, authorizing […]
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Carthage voters approve $196,438 municipal budget
CARTHAGE — Voters approved a $196,438 municipal budget at the annual town meeting this week, Selectman Stephen Brown said Thursday. Brown said voters approved the 39 articles in a little over an hour Monday. “We had a lot of good participation this year,” he said. Voters approved increasing the salary of the town clerk and […]
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J. Harwood Jr.: Vote them out
The present U.S. Congress is the worst one this nation has had in a long time. But if voters in the U.S.A. continue to re-elect some or most of them, there is no one to blame but voters themselves. We need to get the do-nothings out of office. James Harwood Jr., Lewiston
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S. Lyons: Vote for moderates
Everything in moderation. Isn’t that what we are taught? It is OK to eat food with high calories as long as you don’t overdo it. Similarly, it is OK to have a drink or two as long as you know your limit. Then shouldn’t moderation be the same for politics? The voting public continues to […]