Archive for October, 2005
Monday, October 10th, 2005
Action Alert! Oppose LD 1481! Protect our right as citizens to shape the future of our towns!
The Governor’s office is tracking phone and e-mail on this issue and only received 3 calls on Wednesday from our side!
Please call or e-mail the Governor’s Office at 207-287-3531 or governor@maine.gov
House member messages can be called into
800-423-2900 or 287-1400
Senate messages can be left at 800-423-6900 or 287-1540
Wednesday was a sad day in the Maine State [...]
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
Congratulations Our Town!
Together, we did it. We slew Goliath, or at least temporarily stunned him. We are working towards an unprecedented regional effort to keep development in scale in this precious and fragile part of the midcoast.
1,203 people voted, with 747 for and 456 against the size cap. The margin was 62%, which we hope is enough, [...]
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Monday, October 3rd, 2005
About
About OurTown
OurTown was born on a rainy Sunday morning early in October 2005, when Eleanor Kinney and Jenny Mayher decided the rumors about Wal-Mart’s plans to locate in Damariscotta were too consistent to be ignored. We sat down with a laptop at the Maine Coast Bookstore Café and came up with an action plan. We [...]
