Officials will use the money to buy a new voter booth that is accessible to handicapped people, a wide-body wheelchair for voters, larger-print signs to direct the public and laptops for election officials.
Residents were most concerned about salary expectations for a prospective town manager search, the town’s recreation department and Trafton Lake campground, and school budget increases.
Select Board Chairperson Matt Cole adjourned the meeting due to an error on the printed copies of the budget warrant that resident Rosemary Monahan alerted the board to on Tuesday.
Many Fort Kent residents coming to vote at the town office on Tuesday morning showed strong support for Austin Theriault, a Fort Kent native who is running for the 2nd Congressional District seat.
Limestone will hold its elections on Tuesday, June 11 in conjunction with the state primary election from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the town office at 93 Main St.
A public hearing on the Washburn police department is slated at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 30, at Washburn District High School so residents can weigh in.
Elections in the St. John Valley towns of Madawaska and Van Buren are set for June 11, the same date as the state election.
Long before her daughter Susan was elected to the United States Senate, Patricia “Pat” Collins was making history in Caribou.
Super Tuesday failed to draw many to the polls in Caribou, Presque Isle and Fort Kent.
Municipal officials around Aroostook County say more than 50 people have signed what they thought was a petition to support a political party, but actually signed voter registration applications resulting in their unknowingly switching political parties.
