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Monmouth voters to decide on middle school demolition, $3.6 million in spending at Town Meeting Voters will also decide on a $30,000 expenditure for a playground at the town beach, which was taken off of the warrant by selectmen in March but reinstated Tuesday by a citizen s petition. Share MONMOUTH The Board of Selectman finalized the warrant Wednesday night, confirming that 35 questions will appear in front of voters at June 8’s annual Town Meeting. The town’s Board of Selectmen breezed through 35 articles on the warrant Wednesday, with a low level of public comment, before approving the warrant to be used at the annual Town Meeting. The warrant was approved by a 4-1 vote, with Timothy McDonald dissenting. ....
Monmouth voters defeat moratorium that would have halted commercial solar projects On Tuesday, residents voted 578-350 to defeat the article, which allows progress to continue on a proposed solar project on Ridge Road. Share MONMOUTH Voters defeated a proposed moratorium halting commercial solar facilities, allowing a proposal for a 55-acre facility on Ridge Road to proceed. On Tuesday, residents voted 578-350 to defeat the article. That measure was placed on the ballot in response to a project planned by Longroad Development Co., a Boston-based renewable energy development firm, that would place about 36 acres of solar equipment, including 8-foot-high panels, on 55 acres of leased land at 483 Ridge Road, and produce 4.95 megawatts exclusively for Bath Iron Works. ....
increase font size Monmouth’s Henry L. Cottrell School to be sold for $550,000 to New Hampshire nonprofit Becket, a nonprofit that provides mental health and educational services, is likely to finalize the purchase of the building at 169 Academy Road in March. Share In October 2019, Monmouth voters approved a plan to sell Henry L. Cottrell Elementary School. Now, the town is under contract to sell the facility to a nonprofit organization that provides mental health and educational services. Kennebec Journal photo by Andy Molloy MONMOUTH Town officials say Becket, a nonprofit that provides mental health and educational services, is under contract to purchase the Henry L. Cottrell School for $550,000. ....
Read Article MONMOUTH A proposed 55-acre solar array could be on its way to Ridge Road, but a moratorium on the March 9 ballot could stop it in its tracks. The solar array project is being planned out by Longroad Development Co., a Boston-based renewable energy development company that is also working on a 42-acre solar installation in Augusta. Longroad is contracting the project with Bath Iron Works, which will be the sole recipient of the power. The website touts the benefit of the project to Monmouth is “an additional source of tax revenue with no additional burden to town services.” The project would bring in $5 million in new taxable property. ....