Residents gathered at the Pemetic Elementary School gymnasium for the annual town meeting on Monday, May 2, and with little to no discussion, approved all articles on the warrant.
Voters will be asked to appropriate an additional $743,740 from the town’s reserves to fund the Main Street sidewalk project, which, due to rising costs, is now more expensive than anticipated.
All articles pass at Southwest Harbor Town Meeting
Residents stand in line to sign in on Saturday at Southwest Harbor’s annual Town Meeting. More than 100 registered voters attended the meeting that lasted two hours. ISLANDER PHOTO BY SARAH HINCKLEY
SOUTHWEST HARBOR
The firehouse, with doors wide open, was packed with people, safely distanced from one another, for the annual Town Meeting on Saturday. Voters approved every article on the warrant, most with very little discussion.
Even Article 43, a request to apply for a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant, passed with no votes in objection and a round of applause. If the grant funding is awarded, it would be used for recreational development of a parcel of land adjacent to Chris’s Pond and the Manset Dock area.