The sign was paid for with tax increment financing money, not from town funds, the interim town manager said after residents questioned its cost.
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 to restrict registered sex offenders
Voters at the Town Meeting agreed to keep registered sex offenders from living within 750 feet of schools and other property where children gather.
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Solon voters OK raises for selectwomen
The town expects no change in the property trax rate after voters adopted a $314,579 municipal budget.
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Cornville agrees to exempt business equipment from taxes
Town’s tax rate remains at $16.70 for every $1,000 in property.
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Bingham residents to consider restricting where sex offenders can live
Proposed ordinance up for vote at Saturday’s Town Meeting would not allow sex offenders to live within 750 feet of a variety of properties.
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New program gives Somerset County drug offenders a chance
Based on the success of co-occuring disorders and veterans courts in Kennebec County, District Attorney Maeghan Maloney’s program gives a plea deal to its first participant.
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Flat budget to be presented at Cornville Town Meeting
First Selectman Melvin Blaisdell, who is running unopposed again this year for a three-year term, said municipal spending will still be about $543,000.
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Court: Somerset County can use federal money to pay off debt
Ruling says county can use revenue from boarding federal prisoners to pay off debt from construction of the jail, a decision the county administrator calls a victory.
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Solon Town Meeting to consider $380K in borrowing
Meeting on Saturday will consider municipal spending levels that are flat compared to last year.
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Waterville protesters want Obama, Kerry to kill the tar sands oil pipeline
Demonstrators hand out the president’s telephone number for anyone to call and condemn the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada.