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August 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Town Government

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 [...]

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Selectmen Meeting 07/06/10

July 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Town Government

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.

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New Hours For Town Services

July 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Community News, Town Government

New Hours have been announced for several of the Town’s Services. Hours went into effect on July 1st

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Selectmen’s Goal Workshop 06/29/10

June 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Meeting Minutes, Town Government

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

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Selectmen Meeting 06/15/10

June 21st, 2010 · 18 Comments · Meeting Minutes, Town Government

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

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Permits? Why…………..?

June 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Editorial, Town Government

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

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Community Invited to Goals Workshop

June 11th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Community News, Town Government

I wanted to pass this on. If you cannot make it that night, please feel free to send any suggestions to:  Lebanon Selectmen – 15 Upper Guinea Road, Lebanon, Maine 04027
Thank you,
Jason
“My major goals during the year include continuing to improve communications within town agencies and with the public.

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Please support rescue volunteers, all at no taxpayer cost

June 7th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Town Government

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

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Special Selectmen Meeting.. Questionable Notice Provided..

June 1st, 2010 · 23 Comments · Editorial, Town Government

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

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Selectmen’s Practices Questioned

June 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Town Government

The Foster’s Daily Democrat posted an article as a follow-up to the Town Meeting. It points out many of the same concerns and opinions that have been voiced on the website. It is titled Selectmen’s Practices Questioned during Referendum Hearing and may be viewed here.

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Great Community Day!!!

May 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Town Government

On behalf of all the volunteers with the Lebanon Rescue Department, Chief Samantha Cole would like to thank all the residents, businesses, other town departments, the schools and the other agencies that participated in the 2nd Annual Lebanon Community Festival sponsored

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Selectmen Meeting 05/18/10

May 19th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Meeting Minutes, Town Government

Meeting Highlights:
All Selectmen were in attendance
Meeting Started appx 6:35pm

Minutes from previous meeting were accepted
Selectmen Cole read a proclamation for National EMS week, thanking the volunteers for their service.

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Selectmen Meeting 05/04/10

May 5th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Meeting Minutes, Town Government

Meeting Highlights:
All Selectmen were in attendance

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Response to Newspaper Article

April 28th, 2010 · 15 Comments · Town Government

I wanted to follow-up to the article in the newspaper that appeared about “Ballot changes cause conflict between selectmen, committee”.
The budget committee and its recommendations are not a waste of time, the opinion is still on the ballot and the recommendation of the majority of the group is still on there, just like it was [...]

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Selectmen Meeting 04/27/10

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Meeting Minutes, Town Government

All Selectmen were on hand for this meeting which lasted about 33min.
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Budget Committee Meeting 04/26/10

April 27th, 2010 · 17 Comments · Elections 2010, Meeting Minutes, Town Government

Budget Committee met this past Monday to vote their will on each of the upcoming Referendums for the Town. All Selectmen were present to vote their recommendations as well. The meeting lasted roughly an 1:48.
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Lebanon Candidates Finalized

April 27th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Community News, Elections 2010, Town Government

The following are persons running for elected positions that will be on the ballot in June. I encourage people to get to know the candidates, and for candidates to share their perspectives, stories, and positions on this site.

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Sample 2010 Referendum Ballot Available

April 27th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Community News, Town Government

The Budget Committee met last evening with Selectmen and voted their will on all the referendum items. This year you will not see a breakdown of the votes cast for or against. The Selectmen have adopted a methodology that shows a recommendation to “pass the article” – “not pass the article”

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Budget Committee Meeting 04/21/10

April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Meeting Minutes, Town Government

Budget Committee met to review ballot items…
Meeting Highlights:
Selectmen Cole was in attendance – Meeting lasted 2:28 min

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Recent Public Notices

April 22nd, 2010 · 6 Comments · Community News, Town Government

Selectmen are Meeting for a workshop Friday 4/23/10 at 9am (Public Invited)
Nomination Papers must be turned into the Town Hall Monday 4/26/10  by 5pm.

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Budget Committee 04/20/10

April 21st, 2010 · 12 Comments · Meeting Minutes, Town Government

Meeting Highlights:
No Selectmen were in attendance at the meeting,  Meeting lasted about 2 hours

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chef sebastian carosi and the new england farm 2 fork project present a mother’s day luncheon

April 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Town Government

chef sebastian carosi, founder of the new england farm 2 fork project, presents mother’s day luncheon…

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