Live Breaking News & Updates on Donation Requests To Stay At Last Years Amounts

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. ....

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