Local elections will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Town Office. Town Meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Maine School Administrative District 12 gymnasium.
Meg Robbins
Meg Robbins covers general news in the towns of Oakland, Winslow, China and Vassalboro for the Morning Sentinel. Though she grew up in New Jersey, her ties to Maine reach back generations. Meg’s work has appeared in the Vineyard Gazette, Pine Tree Watch, NJ Spotlight and various other outlets. A graduate of Bowdoin College, Meg began working for the Morning Sentinel in Sept. 2018 after living in South Africa for a year, where she produced a documentary about stand-up comedy. She geeks out over “Saturday Night Live,” movies, cats and good coffee.
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‘It’s about accountability to taxpayers’: China selectmen respond to fire chiefs’ concerns over stipend cuts
After three volunteer fire chiefs in China voiced strong disapproval for the Select Board’s budget recommendations relating to their departments, the selectmen issued a statement that their concerns were misguided.
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Detroit decides to save $30,000 for firetruck
Twenty-one residents attended Town Meeting and passed a $480,000 budget.
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China fire chiefs claim selectmen’s decreased budget recommendations will undermine operations
Chiefs William Van Wickler, Richard Morse and Tim Theriault voiced concerns over proposed cuts to firefighter stipends, inquiries into their fundraising dollars and a lack of communication with the town’s elected officials in a March 13 letter to townspeople.
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Albion, Troy hold Town Meetings
Area communities provide results of their annual Town Meetings.
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Burnham shows support for firefighters, disapproval for recycling
At its annual Town Meeting on Saturday at 1 p.m., over 35 Burnham residents discussed and voted on 56 articles in the town warrant.
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Thorndike residents make fire department a municipal division after mass firefighter resignation
Voters overwhelmingly passed an ordinance to replace Thorndike’s independent fire company with a town-run fire department, effective immediately, at its annual Town Meeting.
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Albion voters to consider food sovereignty, road spending at Town Meeting
The overall proposed budget figure for next year is $647,885, which includes $514,385 from taxes and $133,500 from surplus.
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Investigation of Jackman, Caratunk, Dover-Foxcroft complaints against CMP will extend through summer
The Public Utilities Commission combined the three complaints into one docket, requiring original requests from the separate cases to be refiled along with new data requests for Central Maine Power Co. to be filed through April 4.
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Waldo County official claims name was added to letter denouncing Thorndike deputy fire chief without consent
Thorndike selectman says it does not matter whether Owen Smith, director of the Waldo County Regional Communications Center, signed the complaint letter sent to the board because it still raises serious concerns.