Alna selectmen May 4 agreed to a 10-year loan at 3.95% from Androscoggin Bank for the $405,000 in Cross Road projects. Voters approved the spending at town meeting in March. The board kept Toby Stockford of Alna for mowing. At $4,000, Stockford’s.
Between a grant conditionally awarded and others Midcoast Conservancy has found to try for, Alna’s next Ben Brook Bridge might be free, First Selectman Ed Pentaleri said March 16. Work might be in 2023, he said. Maine Department of Environmental.
Alna selectmen, other residents and the town’s plowing contractor talked again Feb. 16 about service this winter. Ralph Hilton said Route 218 wasn’t plowed in a recent snowstorm. Holbrook Excavation owner Evan Holbrook blamed an equipment breakdown.
Alna will have its attorney work with the town’s abutters along Sand Building Road, to form a road association that will include the town. Selectmen’s decision Friday night, Jan. 21 aimed to address the years-long issue of the road’s maintenance. “(.
Over and over Dec. 1, Alna selectmen faced more of the same criticism, and some new, for their handling of town business. This time, Second Selectman Linda Kristan also faced past selectman Doug Baston’s call for her to step down. Kristan responded.