The council will review ordinance changes related to recreational, adult-use marijuana and will consider language that creates zoning, permitting and licensing standards for cannabis use.

Among state proposals was one in 1975 that called for widening Water Street, which Hallowell’s then-mayor lambasted as a ‘perfect scheme to murder the city.’

The proposals stipulate the cost of an adult-use cannabis license would be $250 and only three recreational marijuana retail sellers would be allowed simultaneously in Hallowell.

The move of the historic Dummer House in Hallowell would leave an empty property for the city to construct a new municipal parking lot ahead of April’s Water Street reconstruction project.

The reading of “A Christmas Carol” and donations received benefited the Hubbard Free Library in Hallowell.

The work to install two drainage pipes and catch basins in downtown Hallowell is in anticipation of the Water Street reconstruction project set to begin in the spring.

Some residents are asking questions about a deal that would let Bean take ownership of the museum as part of a land transaction involving the Dummer House.

The organization that runs the Hubbard Free Library wants to raise $25,000 by the end of the year to help pay for running the library.