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Read Article LIVERMORE — Selectpersons unanimously voted Tuesday to hold the annual Town Meeting by referendum ballot a week after some favored holding an open meeting. A decision on the style and date of Town Meeting was to be made at the April 26 meeting. Related “I’ve had a lot of conversations with people and they all seem to want to go to a referendum style meeting, at least again this year,” Selectperson Brett Deyling said. “People don’t think it will be representative of the...

Read Article LIVERMORE — Selectpersons decided Monday to wait until April 26 to determine the format of the annual Town Meeting. Aaron Miller, administrative assistant to selectpersons, said selectpersons have the right to determine whether to have an open meeting or vote at the polls. Under the governor’s order, notice must be given at least 30 days before the annual Town Meeting referendum, which would be May 8 if it was held June 9 or 10, he said. A public hearing is required 10 days be...

Read Article Livermore Falls public works employees cleared the town’s section of the sidewalk Feb. 10 on the Androscoggin River Bridge on Route 4 between Livermore and Livermore Falls. Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal LIVERMORE — Selectpersons have voted to pay Brad Buzzell $150 per storm to clear the town’s section of the Androscoggin River Bridge sidewalk. Previously, Buzzell had been paid $90 per storm to clear the sidewalk. He requested the increase for this winter, after the town had s...

A pair of kayakers paddle around Brettuns Pond in Livermore on a warm and sunny Wednesday afternoon. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal LIVERMORE — Selectpersons on Tuesday night agreed signs listing winter rules should be erected at the Brettuns Pond town beach area. “Over the past seven or eight years during ice fishing there’d be a road plowed out to go across the pond,” Selectperson Brett Deyling said. “At some point, the rocks were moved to get shacks off the pond.” As soon as the i...

Read Article LIVERMORE — The Livermore Board of Selectpersons met Monday night with the town’s auditors and lawyer to discuss the municipality’s financial issues, but no action was taken after more than an hour of executive sessions. Prior to the closed-door sessions, Ron Smith and Ed Warren with RHR Smith & Co. of Buxton shared what they had found since Smith met with the board Nov. 23. A four-page letter was sent to the board Dec. 11 detailing the firm’s findings and concerns. Smith ...