The town decided to take the steps to alleviate a large part of the ongoing waste water issue on Tuesday by approving the $6,368,000 bond to pipe effluent into a gravel pit near Tuftonboro.
A total of 2,330 votes were cast for Article 7, which required at least 1,398 votes or a three-fifths majority to pass. [...]
Residents rejected only one of 42 warrant articles placed before them during this year’s town meeting.
The town’s budget committee had voted 10-0 that Article 25, calling for appropriating $27,500 for septic waste disposal, not pass.
Residents agreed, voting it down. The disposal service would have cleared septic waste for residents using a septic system rather than [...]
After an impromptu meeting with residents who gathered at City Hall Tuesday night, councilors voted unanimously to extend sewer lines to a neighborhood across from The Rochester Shoppes plaza.
While it was clear residents were interested in having the ability to hook into city sewer, they seemed caught off guard when they learned the costs.
Residents of [...]
Appeal has been made by abutters to the Pike Gravel pit off Littleworth Road to the Zoning Board of Adjustment concerning the decision of the Planning Board that the asphalt plant in the pit owned by Redimix has not been discontinued.
The public hearing will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. in the [...]
Residents living near the septic treatment plant on Liberty Street say the 25-30 trucks a day that rumble down Route 4 through the center of town hauling sewer waste can sound like “a jumbo jet.”
And then there’s the odor.
“A wall of stench,” said one resident.
But if the Sewer District and the Maine Department of Environmental [...]
By a unanimous 5-0 vote, the town council voted Monday night to send a letter to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection advocating changing a DEP rule limiting the amount of septic waste the town can treat.
The rule applies to the Sewer District treatment plant on Liberty Street, which currently treats about 40,000 gallons of [...]
The South Berwick Sewer District voted Monday night to increase the cost of new connections to its sewer system from $2,500 to $3,000. The increase will not affect lots that are currently connected to the sewer system.
The trustees voted 5-0 for the increase, saying it was necessary due to the rising cost of operations and [...]
Site review of the plans for the proposed expansion of the Old Stage Campground began on Dec. 19. David and Karen Redfearn plan to add 19 new campsites to the 150 which exist now along the Bellamy River.
Planning Board members wanted to know how the septic system works now and what would happen should 19 [...]
TRENT WOODS — A project to run lines from here to New Berns wastewater treatment system is a work in progress, regularly prompting grumbling from residents on disrupted streets to the town board.Thursday nights commissioners meeting was no exception, but a ray of sunshine came through as the board voted to accept a $524,000 Clean [...]
Some hedging bets: Septic tank renewal applications reach 21TRENT WOODS — The board of commissioners will consider approving a 2003-2004 proposed budget Thursday that includes a chunk of change for a contract to pipe residents sewage to New Berns wastewater treatment plant.At the special 9 a.m. meeting at town hall, they also will get an [...]