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It was unknown by how much, since voters still have the town budget to decide piece by piece June 19 and the school budget June 8, but as proposed, Westport Island’s property tax rate should drop, First Selectman George Richardson said Monday night.
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ConnectME Authority on Wednesday approved Westport Island’s $225,542 request to expand broadband.
“Oh, fantastic,” town broadband and cable committee member Jeff Tarbox said when Wiscasset Newspaper gave him the news following ConnectME’s Zoom meeting; he could not attend, due to another Zoom meeting. “It’s going to provide an affordable option for people who aren’t served today,” Tarbox said of the project to expand high speed internet access to about 205 homes and businesses.
The town proposed a $626,507 project using $338,314 from Spectrum, a $62,651 local match and the rest from ConnectME. The Authority’s board voted unanimously, except for one abstention, to award a total of $8,621,323 in 20 grants, including Westport Island’s.
Dear Editor: Westport Islanders are fortunate to have Jeff Tarbox running for our vacant Second Selectman’s seat on June 8! Having served as secretary of the Comprehensive Planning Committee, chair and treasurer of the History Committee, member of.
Dear Editor:
I am writing to strongly endorse Jeff Tarbox for Second Selectperson of Westport Island.
As a fellow member of the Westport Island Broadband and Cable Committee – which is only one of the numerous island committees Jeff serves on – I can attest to Jeff’s thoughtful and effective leadership style, ability to organize and successfully manage complicated projects from start to finish. I directly witnessed Jeff’s relevant skills over the last year while the Broadband and Cable Committee completed the many significant steps required to apply for a ConnectMaine broadband infrastructure grant. I can confidently say Jeff is the right candidate for Second Selectperson.