Each item in the town’s 44-article warrant was approved Saturday, including two new ordinances and a total municipal budget of $1.75 million.
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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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Strong voters reject new excavator, approve expanding cemetery trust
At Town Meeting on Saturday, Strong residents struck down selectmen’s recommendation to use surplus money to buy a used excavator, but they expanded the Village Cemetery Trust to include eight more cemeteries.
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Embden voters keep name of Katie Crotch Road
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Cambridge rejects tax revaluation
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New Portland OKs additional road funding
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Romney says Trump is ‘playing the American public for suckers’
The 2012 Republican presidential candidate and 2008 candidate John McCain attack Trump as the party looks for ways to block his path to the nomination.
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Petition flaws doom pot, casino referendums
Unless a judge overturns the secretary of state’s ruling, proposals to legalize recreational marijuana and open a York County casino won’t make November’s ballot.
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Somerset County select board candidates call their unpaid taxes insignificant
More than a quarter of the county’s candidates have overdue tax bills, and municipal government experts say it’s a bad example and could cause conflicts of interest; but candidates largely shrug it off.