Residents will vote on a town budget of $918,853 at Saturday’s Town Meeting; elections are scheduled for Friday night.
Doug Harlow
Doug Harlow is a veteran Morning Sentinel reporter now covering Skowhegan municipal government and police, court activity and general news from around Somerset County. In his spare time he raises chickens for eggs, cayenne peppers, fingerling potatoes, garlic and other organic vegetables with his wife, Mary Lou, who also maintains lovely flower gardens. Their little farm also produces maple syrup and heritage apples. Doug and Mary Lou moved to Maine in 1987 Doug, a Stone Soup Society poet and cab driver in Boston in the 1970s, was hired as a contracted correspondent for the Sentinel in January, 1988. His interests include baseball, especially the Boston Red Sox, and feeding the wild birds that visit them in the winter.
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Bingham voters keep status quo Monday at Town Meeting
A small tax rate increase includes a hike in the recreation budget for the Quimby School playground and a contribution for Moscow’s bicentennial celebration.
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Norridgewock to appoint town clerk, treasurer beginning next year
Town Meeting voters agree overwhelmingly to stop filling the posts by election at Town Meeting, a move that was rejected in 2008 and 2012.
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Athens voters to swap first and third selectmen in town elections Friday
Residents will vote on a municipal budget that’s up about $10,800 to $457,000 in the coming year for increased municipal salaries and other expenses at Town Meeting Friday.
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Madison man to serve three days in jail on domestic violence charges
Kevin Hartsgrove, arrested on Saturday, threatened to ‘go on a rampage’ and kill a female friend, her daughter and others
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End of the world or a new beginning? Skowhegan’s Iver Lofving tells all in a new film
Documentary ‘Peak Oil: A Love Story,’ by Nelson Cole, follows the environmentalist’s evolution on the demise of oil production from doom theory to bloom.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Solon voters at Town Meeting on Saturday agree to ban fracking
A 32-12 vote came with residents knowing that the chance of “striking oil or gas” in Solon was slim because of Maine’s geology.
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Cornville voters at Town Meeting on Saturday cap summer road spending
The previous budget was overdrawn by $33,000 and some roads were ignored, residents said
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Two people taken to hospital after Sidney crash
A car struck an SUV Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Town Farm and Middle roads, knocking out power to nearly 300 CMP customers.
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Two candidates competing for one selectmen’s seat in Friday election in New Portland
On Saturday, residents will be asked to vote at Town Meeting on whether to approve flat spending of about $500,000 to run the town.