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GREENWOOD Around 30 residents turned out for the annual town meeting Saturday morning at the Greenwood Legion Hall. The meeting lasted only an hour and saw all articles passed with few drawing any discussion.
Selectmen Arnie Jordan and Amy Chapman, both running unopposed, were re-elected for two and three year terms respectively.
Town Manager Kim Sparks the marijuana related articles generated the most comments from the public. In a narrow 15-13 vote, residents approved enacting a medical marijuana ordinance, which is the “next step” the town will take toward supporting the states medical marijuana program.
Sparks said those in opposition to the ordinance were mostly concerned about the building size allowed in the ordinance for a medical marijuana facility (20,000 feet) and how odors would be controlled. Following the close vote, residents also approved a marijuana business licensing ordinance.
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WEST PARIS Residents voted 30-21 in favor of a resolution that states the town’s support of their constitutional right to keep and bear arms and their objection to any law or executive action infringe upon that right.
Discussion on the the resolution lasted about 20 minutes.
“All this is saying is that we support our second amendment right,” one resident said. “It’s not going to change anything related gun ownership.”
Not all residents saw it the same way, though, with one saying she did not believe that anyone “is trying to take people’s guns away” and that “responsible gun owners do not need a resolution like this.”
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GREENWOOD On Saturday, May 22 at 9 a.m. Greenwood will hold its annual town meeting at the Legion hall.
Both Selectman Arnie Jordan and Select Woman Amy Chapman are seeking re-election, with Jordan’s term for two years and Chapman’s for three. Jordan’s term expired last year, but since there was no annual meeting due to COVID-19, he remained on the board. Town Manager Kim Sparks said there are currently no challengers for either seat.
If all monetary articles are approved, the 2021-2022 municipal budget will be $1,349,189 compared to the 2019-2020 budget of $1,007,892.00 ( town operated 2020-2021 year on same budget as 2019-2020 because of no annual meeting last year). Most of the increases in this year’s proposed budget are for road improvements, with an additional $70,700 for work on the Richardson Hollow, Rowe Hill and Howe Hill Roads, and reserve accounts, with $205,000 being added.
Woodstock Town Manager Vern Maxfield (standing on trailer) explains a warrant article at Monday night’s drive-in town meeting held in the town office parking lot. The meeting lasted about an hour.
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WOODSTOCK With plenty of flag waving and horn honking, Woodstock voters Monday approved all but one article on their town meeting warrant.
It was the second year the annual town meeting took place outside in the town office parking lot, due to COVID concerns. Voters stayed in their cars, listened to town officials over their car radios and spoke via two-way radio when they wished.
When it came time to vote, they waved small American flags out their windows.