Lincolnville says no to discontinuing four old dirt roads
LINCOLNVILLE — With unofficial results tallied, voters in Lincolnville said no to discontinuing sections of four old dirt and gravel roads when they went to the polls June 9. According to the unofficial results distributed by the town, the Albert Blood, Lloyd Thomas, Thorndike, and Martin's Corner roads will remain under taxpayer care.
The results are as follows.
To see if the Town will vote to approve the Board of Selectmen’s Order of Discontinuance of the Albert Blood Road as a town way (but retaining a public easement) for its entire length of approximately 1,700 feet beginning at Belfast Road as described in the Order of Discontinuance, said Order of Discontinuance being dated February 23, 2015 and filed with the Town Clerk, and to appropriate $22,000 from unassigned fund balance to pay damages as stated in the Order.
Yes: 108
No: 223
To see if the Town will vote to approve the Board of Selectmen’s Order of Discontinuance of the Lloyd Thomas Road as a town way (but retaining a public easement) for its entire length of approximately 400 feet beginning at High Street as described in the Order of Discontinuance, said Order of Discontinuance being dated February 23, 2015 and filed with the Town Clerk, and to appropriate $10,000 from unassigned fund balance to pay damages as stated in the Order.
Yes: 117
No: 212
To see if the Town will vote to approve the Board of Selectmen’s Order of Discontinuance of the Martin Corner Road as both a town way and a public easement for a distance of approximately 2,700 feet beginning at Moody Mountain Road and ending approximately 50 feet southwesterly of the corner where Martin Corner Road turns to the southeast as described in the Order of Discontinuance, said Order of Discontinuance being dated February 23, 2015 and filed with the Town Clerk, and to pay no damages as stated in the Order.
Yes: 155
No: 174
To see if the Town will vote to approve the Board of Selectmen’s Order of Discontinuance of the Thorndike Road as both a town way and a public easement for its entire length of approximately 1,320 feet beginning at High Street as described in the Order of Discontinuance, said Order of Discontinuance being dated February 23, 2015 and filed with the Town Clerk, and to appropriate $28,000 from unassigned fund balance to pay damages as stated in the Order.
Yes: 118
No: 212
The proposal to discontinue the town roads, or portions thereof, sparked heated debate amongst the five selectmen since late last winter. It was a debate that included the Budget Committee, which, in the end, voted against recommending that town close three of the four roads.
In other town business tended to at the polls June 9, voters:
Approved the Lincolnville Central School budget, 250 to 71
Approved the Five Town CSD school budget, 259 to 70
Elected Ladleah Dunn back to the Board of Selectmen (229 votes), and elected Keryn Laite (261 votes) to the same board.
Elected Christine Stevens to the Lincolnville School Committee (281 votes) and 13 people wrote in Jason Wood to the same committee.
Elected Reed Mathew to the Budget Committee (290 votes). There remains two empty seats on that committee.
Nobody ran for the Five Town CSD board, and there were no write-ins for that seat.
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