NEW PORTLAND TOWN OFFICE

Phone: (207) 628-4441

Town Manager: Stacie Rundlett, Ext. 1
Dep. Town Manager: Alicia Wills, Ext. 0

Monday-Wednesday 11-5
Thursday 2-7
First Saturday of the month 8-12 (excluding holidays)

Town Clerk: Becky Taylor, Ext. 3
Dep. Town Clerk: Marilyn Gorman, Ext. 3

Monday 12-4
Thursday 3-7
First Saturday of the month 8-11

CEO: Robert Dunphy, Ext. 5

First and third Tuesday 1-3pm

Assessor's Agent: Terriann Lamontagne, Ext. 2

Every other Monday 10-2pm

Animal Control Officer:
Lori Agren, 628-2919

Fire Department: Chief Kip Poulin, Ext. 5

TRANSFER STATION

Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday 7:30-4:30
Friday 12:30-4:30

NEW PORTLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY

Phone: 628-6561
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 4-6
Saturday 10-12

TOWN ELECTIONS

TOWN ELECTIONS

(9:30 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M.)

 TOWN MEETING WARRANT
Friday, March 02, 2012

To Rebecca Taylor,a resident of the Town of New Portland, in the County of Somerset, State of Maine,

GREETING:

In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of New Portland in said county and state, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to meet at Fire Station in the Community Room of said Town on Friday, the 2nd day of March A.D. 2012, at nine-thirty o’clock in the fore noon (9:30 a.m.), then and there to act upon the following articles, to wit:”.

Article 1. To choose a moderator by written ballot to preside at said meeting.

Article 2. To elect by written ballot the municipal officers (those elected shall also serve as the assessors and overseers of the poor) and school committee members for the ensuing year.

The registrar of voters hereby gives notice that she will be in session for the purpose of revising and correcting the list of voters at the Fire Station at 9:15 a.m. on the day of the vote.

GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS THIS SEVENTEENTH (17TH) DAY OF FEBRUARY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD TWO THOUSAND TWELVE (2012)

 

A true copy of the Warrant:

Town of New Portland

Town Clerk

Rebecca Taylor

 

MEET THE CANDIDATES NIGHT

MEET THE CANDIDATES NIGHT!!!

When: Monday, February 27th

Time: 7:00pm

Place:  Community Room

Come by and ask questions and meet your fellow candidates.  Refreshments will be provided.

PUBLIC HEARING- WIND ENERGY FACILITY ORDINANCE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

To Stacie Rundlett, a Resident of the Town of New Portland, in the County of Somerset, State of Maine.

Greetings:

In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to post this notice in order to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of New Portland that the municipal officers of the town will meet in the Community Room in said town at 6:30p.m. on February 20, 2012 for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on the following items;

 1.   An ordinance to be enacted entitled “Wind Energy Facility Ordinance”

 

 RETURN ON THE NOTICE

 

Town of New Portland                                                                                    

February 14, 2012

 

Pursuant to the within order of notice, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the town of New Portland that the municipal officers will meet at the time and place and for the purpose therein named, by posting this day an attested copy of that notice in the following public and conspicuous places in town:

Town Office, 901 River Rd New Portland ME 04961

Library Bulletin Board, 899 River Rd New Portland ME 04961

Post Office, 477 Meadow Brook Rd New Portland ME 04961

 

                                                                                                            _______________________________

Stacie Rundlett, Resident

Town of New Portland

State of Maine                                                                                          

County of Somerset

 

Cookie Decorating & Valentines…

Bring the kids to the New Portland Community Library for Cookie Decorating & Valentine Making!

1oam on Sunday, February 12, 2012

Valentine projects for various ages!  Join us for some fun!

BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING

We have scheduled a budget committee meeting for Saturday, January 28th at 10:30 a.m. in the Community Room at the Fire Station.  All are welcome to attend.

BookFlix

The New Portland Community Library has a free trial of a great website from Scholastic.   Does anyone out there have memories of listening to books on tape or more recently cd?  Well, this allows your children to watch and listen to a story being read to them.  It pairs fiction with nonfiction and is a wonderful way to enjoy a story.  Try it out and let me know what you think.  We get it for free for the next couple of weeks.  It is great for children up to about 4th grade.

Click on the link below and then type in the username and password.

Username:  bookflix

Password:  winter

http://auth.grolier.com/login/bookflix/login.php

 

GOOD SHEPARD FOOD-BANK MOBILE UNIT

Food Mobile Unit-
Free to any New Portland Resident, no financial screening necessary.  The only requirement is to be a New Portland resident..
February 8th, 2012  11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the New Portland Community Room
Please bring your own bags and or boxes.
Call the Town Office with any questions 628-4441

2012 Teen Video Challenge “Own the Night”

CSLP, the Collaborative Summer Library Program, is challenging teens from ages 13-18 to create a 30-90 second video that is based on this Summer’s teen slogan, “Own the Night”.  This video should encourage kids to get involved in the public libary’s summer reading program.  Each state will choose one winner.  Stop by the library and talk to Shelby for more details.  Deadline for entries is March 31st.

Knitting & Crocheting Magazines

interweave knitsIf you enjoy knitting or crocheting, we have two new subscriptions available for patrons to check out.  We now have  subscriptions to Interweave Knits and Interweave Crochet.

New Young Adult Book

divergentDivergent by Veronica Roth

This is the first novel in a trilogy.  Be sure to check it out!  It is on my Must Read list!