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.
Town Meetings
Catch up on all of the Town Meeting news.
Moscow voters approve $436,422 for the year at Monday’s annual Town Meeting
Spending is up about $20,000 over last year because of increases in the cost of the local ambulance service.
Detroit decides to save $30,000 for firetruck
Twenty-one residents attended Town Meeting and passed a $480,000 budget.
Belgrade, Whitefield hold Town Meetings
Area communities provide results of their annual Town Meetings.
Albion, Troy hold Town Meetings
Area communities provide results of their annual Town Meetings.
West Gardiner budget passes easily with a projected increase of 2.2 percent
With amendments, voters shifted about $40,000 from what would come from property tax to other sources, while increasing funding for roadside mowing and Meals on Wheels.
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.
Pittston debates spending on administrative costs and paying for access to the Gardiner Public Library
While voters questioned expanding a position at the Town Office and paying the fee to use the library, residents approved the town’s $1.3 million spending plan.
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.
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.