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LIVERMORE FALLS - Voters at Wednesday's town meeting defeated seven budget articles providing funding for the Police Department, town government and administration, effectively shutting down the town, according to Selectman Russell Flagg.
The move to defeat the articles came as a response to a selectmen- led initiative to close the town transfer station and emergency dispatch office, farming the services out to Jay and Androscoggin County law enforcement agencies. While selectmen maintained the closures would benefit the town by providing funds for capital improvements without causing taxes rise significantly, they did not give voters the chance to decide for themselves in the town warrant.See the full content of this document
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Town Votes 'Shut the Town Down'
Instead, the changes were placed in the warrant, and voters were given the choice of either voting down entire budget articles or accepting the ...
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