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West Gardiner spending plan passes with voter approval for a new plow and funds for a fire truck
About five dozen voters turned out to the Town Garage to ask questions and approve $1.27 million in town spending this year.
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Residents raise hands to vote Saturday during the West Gardiner Town Meeting at the town garage. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
WEST GARDINER When the votes on spending were all done in the West Gardiner Town Garage at Saturday’s Town Meeting, the 60 town residents had to vote one more time.
Because the $1.27 million in spending proposed for this budget year in this southern Kennebec County town was higher than what voters approved last July, and higher than the cap imposed by state law on the property tax levy limit, voters were asked to approve that after voting for all the spending that got them there.
PHIL DI VECE News Contributor Tue, 04/06/2021 - 8:30am
The Woolwich select board on Monday declined Bath Area Food Bank’s request to increase the town’s 2021-22 contributions from $1,000 to $1,500. In the request, food bank officials stated their client visits have doubled this past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Woolwich residents have visited the food bank 175 times, they noted.
David King Sr., select board chairman, recommended keeping all donations at the same amount as last year. All of those were approved by voters at the 2020 annual town meeting.
“We adopted a policy of freezing charitable donations a number of years ago,” he said. He added, selectmen could change this if they so desired.
Healthy Living for ME workshop will continue through April 27.
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Healthy Living for ME will offer a free workshop, Living Well with Chronic Pain, to help individuals with a wide range of chronic pain conditions beginning Tuesday, March 16, and running through April 27. Workshop participants will meet weekly from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Zoom, a video conferencing platform.
Living Well with Chronic Pain is ideal for people who may be experiencing a wide range of chronic, non-cancer related pain conditions (arthritis, fibromyalgia, injury, Lyme disease, etc.). Participants in this class learn practical tools to help develop self-management skills and develop positive behavior change. Other topics include debunking myths, using your mind to manage symptoms, and healthy eating, according to a news release from Central Maine Area Agency on Aging, d/b/a Spectrum Generations | Healthy Living for ME, based in Augusta.