Our Voice : Citizens For a Better Lebanon Maine

Once again, I sit to write more about what has transpired in the last 6 years of our lives.  I thought that our senior years would be filled with enjoying the outdoors of  beautiful Maine and sitting on our porch in rocking chairs. ” Sit on the porch you say!?”  Lord, I’m even afraid

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Some people might say, “Oh why don’t they stop whining?  It was decided in a court of  law that they really don’t own that land.”  I ask you, if you have owned a piece of  land that you had a legal binder/bill of sale for, and you paid taxes on that land  for 50 years, [...]

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You probably are saying “Oh no here she goes again!”.  But what I am writing about is a personal tragedy that has happened to us, and could very possibly happen to you also.
I am writing this because as of today January 28, 2010, our battle to save our land has come to an end.  Come [...]

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I am once again riding for the Breathe NH Bike Tour in May 15th 2010. This is the 25th year anniversary for the tour that has so many wonderful volunteers and that done so much for fighting such a horrible disease. Last year the Breathe NH bike tour raised over $55,000!

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I have been wanting to make this comment for a long while now.  After reading all of my posts, I’ve come to the conclusion that I should clarify some things.

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Its that time a year again where you have a sweet opportunity to support your local girl scouts and buy cookies.   There are 8 variety’s of cookies.    Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Patties,   Shortbread,  Thanks-A-Lots, Lemonades, Reduced Fat Daisy Go Rounds, Peanut Butter Sandwiches, and of course Thin Mints.   They are $3.50 per box and are [...]

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Posted on Behalf of Chris Gilpatrick – – -  I would like to tell a little history of why I have a problem with taxpayer money being spent wastefully and why our elected officials should be held accountable.

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Hey Glen, Please post this on your website
I am not too happy… For some reason at 2:30 pm in the afternoon I only have had a plow go by my house once, at 1:00 pm. I thought it would be right back…. According to a neighborhood kid and my UPS guy (and I could also [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! There is so much to be thankful for, I wish everyone a safe and Happy Holiday!

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Saturday Dec 5th, 2009      9:00 am – 1:00 pm, Clothing Pantry at the Hansen School in Lebanon
Men’s, Women’s, Children clothing, some blankets
Come and take what you need !

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Have you ever had the pleasure of dealing with the Maine Judicial System?  Nothing of  that nature is  pleasant to endure.  It was an eye opening experience.  After all was said and done I was shell shocked.  You think that things are bad here in Lebanon?  You haven’t seen anything like the courts or the [...]

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Sources report the Sheriff Department is cutting seven Deputies. This will reduce the active staff by a full third.

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Every once in a while you need to step back and assess yourself, your situation and the world around you. I received an interesting email that had a wonderful presentation with it. It has a great message so I printed it to PDF and I thought I would share.

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There’s been something that has been bothering me for quite a while now.  I’ve been wanting to share this with all of you, but I was just so angry, I couldn’t get it down in print

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What would you do if you inherited a home and property here in Lebanon, Me. ?  You received a legal real estate binder that had the approximate acreage listed and a description of the dwelling?  You lived there with your parents, and later, with your husband or wife for almost 50 years with no problem regarding boundaries.  The sale was recorded  with the Town in their [...]

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I guess I have a lot of time on my hands and when I get the urge I  start writing.  A couple of weeks ago I emailed  Glen and asked him if he noticed a drop in the number blogs.  He said the site was getting a lot of  hits but not a lot of comments.  I know [...]

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Our Lebanon Rescue Chief, Samatha Cole was featured in Raising Maine magazine. Here is a link to an interview.

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Does anyone know why we have tax maps?  Does anyone know how they determine the tax maps?
In the recent election the town voted to have the tax maps updated for Lebanon.  You would assume that the tax maps would generally show the layout of your property, but that notion is wrong.

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Attached are several Newletters originally printed and circulated by the Citizens for Better Goverment called – The Citizens Voice. July2003 Aug2003 Sept2003 Nov2003

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Corinna Cole recently sent me copies of the newsletters published by Citizens for Better Government back in 2002-2003. These time capsules are remarkable in that looking at the topic details they are all mostly relevant and topical today. Town Charter, Road Conditions, Local Police Coverage, Selectmen Accountability, and more… They are available via PDF below…take [...]

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We bought our home 4 years ago and have noticed the traffic on Center Road and Upper Cross Road dramatically increase with the new town hall and of courses the schools.   I understand  that we do not have a police force because of budget issues.  I have seen an increase of patrols from

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Imagine what it would be like to struggle for every breath. When you have trouble breathing, it may be difficult to be physically active or focus on anything except breathing. That is what it is like for persons with Asthma, Cancer, COPD and other Lung Disease.

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