Our Voice : Citizens For a Better Lebanon Maine

The Lebanon Town Office will be closed on Monday, September 6th for Labor Day and will re-open Tuesday, September 7th at 7am.

Due to the extreme heat, the Town is taking measures to protect their residents who are at risk. The town is allowing residents to visit a “cooling station” located at the municipal building [Read more →]

The Lebanon Library hours will be Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday from 4pm to 8pm for the rest of the year.

I want to say thank you to all the folks who have sent inquiries of concern about me and the Ourvoice website. I am doing well and have been enjoying this fine Maine summer with quite a bit of travel, hiking, kayaking, camping and reconnecting with family.  I am also [Read more →]

I’m so glad that most of the town goverment is on facebook. It makes it alot easier to get up to the min. info. I have noticed thought that Rescue has been really busy and thanksto all those people. I all so noticed that with the volume of calls and there were many that were [Read more →]

I was unable to attend last night’s Selectmen Meeting. So there will not be any video / audio from the meeting. If anyone who did attend could provide a meeting summary it would be greatly appreciated.

The New England Farm 2 Fork Project an eco-gastronomic organization that supports a biodiverse, sustainable food supply, local producers, heritage food-ways and the pleasures that surround the American table and kitchen. Founder, Chef Sebastian Caros [Read more →]

The Selectmen held a public workshop to explain some of their goals and to solicit ideas and input from residents on what they and we would like to see happen over the next year. This meeting will have a follow-up in a couple months where progress reports [Read more →]

Meeting Highlights:

Attending – Selectmen Chairperson Cole, Selectmen Patch and Selectmen Frizzell

• Meeting Opened 6:35pm
• Heath Road Project – Project delayed until environmental impact is completed
• Tree Cutting – Residents questioned the tree cutting in West Lebanon and the coincidence [Read more →]

Out of curiosity I went on the Official Town Website and looked at the CEO’s information about permits.  While the different forms are there, (some you can open, some you can’t).  The prices for different permits that you need here [Read more →]

It’s been quite a week on the website. I see there was a lot of banter, questions, and even some good dialogue. I have received several inquiries over the week and felt with the recent explosion of activity [Read more →]

Somebody mentioned it might be good to have a topic on Q&A and ideas of  resident input for the Roads. Here ya go…discuss and comment away.. Perhaps the new Road Commissioner can incorporate your ideas and hear your concerns. [Read more →]

And the winners are…. [Read more →]

Dear Lebanon Friends and Neighbors,

I wanted to just remind you that this Tuesday, which is June 8th, is a very important day in Lebanon. It is the day that we vote on all the town referendums [Read more →]

West Lebanon Village is now minus one of  its majestic, 100 year old, historical trees – which WAS located near the  “5 Corners”, on private property.  The town is responsible for taking it down [Read more →]

Here is information on the Maine State Ballot for this June 8th, 2010. If you scroll down the page you will the ballot  items and wording to vote on and at the bottom you can view official Citizen’s Guides that explain each of the items. http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming.html

The new Civil War memorial was dedicated as part of the Memorial Day services this past Monday.  It was great to see the damage caused by [Read more →]

The June 8 ballot will have a question to form a Charter Commission. This was circulated by residents Petition last summer an effort I support and was involved in. So what is a Municipal Charter? What is a Charter Commission? [Read more →]

I received an email from resident Chris Gilpatrick this afternoon saying he had called the Town Hall and spoke with the Selectmen Secretary. He was inquiring if a meeting was being held this evening and the answer he received was YES there would be a meeting [Read more →]