MILBRIDGE, Maine — Voters at a special town meeting Monday gave a second green light to tear down the existing town office building and an adjacent meeting hall and to replace them with a new structure that would house the town office, the Police Department, the public library and the ambulance service.
In an earlier referendum on the $578,000 project, 110 of 206 voters approved the project. On Monday, 188 votes were cast, with 132 voters in favor of plans to move ahead with the project.
A $258,000 community development block grant for the project has been approved by the state’s Office of Economic Development. The town plans to put up an additional $320,000, with $160,000 coming from a 15-year loan, $65,000 from the library’s endowment fund, $60,000 from surplus funds and $35,000 from a building reserve fund.
Construction of the new building, which is now being designed, is scheduled to begin midsummer, with completion projected for December.
Milbridge needs a lot more than a new town hall…..just saying.
Hopefully this will end the BS from the other side. Hope they had enough time to jack their jaws this time.
nothin is ever easy in milbridge ….too much good ole boy politics ….better have one of the 3 accepted names or dont bother
Glad to see this project move ahead. I look forward to using the new space. Thanks to all involved in making it happen.