The Select Board has continued the Dangerous Building Hearing for 9 North Ave from Monday, August 14, to Monday, August 21, at 6:15pm, at the Town Office.
Announcements
Waldo County Bounty Give & Take Shed
From Waldo County Bounty —
The Northport Give & Take Shed is now open for the 2025 season at 16 Beech Hill Road, Northport. The Give & Take Program by Waldo County Bounty offers a place where gardeners can give homegrown produce and anyone lacking access to fresh foods can take it at no cost. Many home gardeners know what it is like to have zucchini and cucumbers growing out of their ears: now there’s a place where you can take your extra produce and it will be used and appreciated!
The Northport Give & Take site is open 24/7 for anyone who would like to donate or pick up produce. You do not need to leave anything to take the fresh produce. The program aims to improve access to fresh foods for all people.
This year, Waldo County Bounty requests that people who donate fruits and vegetables record their donation in a notebook at the shed. For the health and safety of our community, please only donate homegrown fruits and vegetables, seeds, seedlings, or gleaned farm produce. Please do not leave store-bought food, home canned goods, badly bruised or near-rotting produce, or fallen apples or other produce collected from the ground. Additionally, do not leave meat, eggs, cash, clothing, or other household items.
Each year, Waldo County Bounty hosts 15+ Give & Take sites across Waldo County with the help of local volunteers. If you would like to learn more about the Give & Take program or sign up to volunteer, visit waldocountybounty.org. For interviews, questions, images, or other needs, contact Waldo County Bounty Communications Coordinator Mattie John Bamman at waldocountybounty@gmail.com and 207.408.0496.
About Waldo County Bounty
A hunger relief organization founded in response to the pandemic, Waldo County Bounty works to ensure that everyone has access to fresh, nutritious food by collaborating with local farmers, organizations, and community members towards an equitable food system. Waldo County Bounty gleans and buys food from farms for food pantries—a win-win for local farms and hunger relief agencies—and it provides material and educational support to home gardeners, including the Give & Take Program. In 2022, Waldo County Bounty distributed 42,000 pounds of fresh, nutritious foods in Waldo County. For more information, visit waldocountybounty.org and like and follow Waldo County Bounty on Facebook and Instagram.
Meet the Candidates Forum
The Town is hosting a Meet the Candidates forum on Wednesday, June 14, at 7:00pm at the Town Office (16 Beech Hill Road).
This is your opportunity to meet the candidates for Select Board, School Board, and Road Commissioner, learn more about them, and ask about their positions on matters important to you.
The candidates for Select Board are Stephen J. Hemenway and Molly Schauffler.
The candidates for School Board are Shelby Connolly and Mark Lynch (incumbent).
The candidate for Road Commissioner is Amon Morse III (incumbent).
Please contact James Kossuth at administrator@northportmaine.
Public Workshop
On Monday, June 12, at 6pm at the Fire Station, we are holding a community workshop to help the Town prioritize action areas to increase the Town’s resilience to natural disasters and weather-related events (rainstorms, coastal flooding, extreme heat / cold, etc.), as well as help the Town increase energy efficiency and lower energy costs, both for itself and its residents (think weatherization, heat pumps, LED lights, solar, etc.).
This workshop is part of the Town’s process for applying for grant funding from the state through its Community Resilience Partnership program. The first grant that the Town will be applying for as part of this program will be for engineering and design costs for shoreline stabilization in at least two locations (Auditorium Park and Bayview Park, and possibly in places along Shore Road).
The discussion will include topics from the Community Resilience Self-Evaluation and List of Community Actions. Reviewing both of these documents before the meeting will be helpful but is not required.
Please take this survey, which will help guide the discussion and the Town’s future actions.
We hope that this will be the first part of an ongoing dialogue in which the Town will be asking for help in prioritizing the steps for the Town to take to help prepare for natural disasters, reduce energy costs, and save money in the long run.
There are lots of funding opportunities flowing to towns like ours from state and federal agencies, and it would be smart for us to take advantage of them. This workshop will help us figure out where to focus our attention as we move forward.
Food will be provided.
Contact James Kossuth at administrator@northportmaine.org or 338-3819×6 with any questions or to RSVP (for a headcount for the food).
Notice of Public Hearings
The Town of Northport will hold Public Hearings on Monday, May 8, 2023, after 6:00pm at Northport Town Office, 16 Beech Hill Road, to consider amendments and revisions to two ordinances: (1) Subdivision Ordinance and (2) Administrative Ordinance. Further information is available at Town Office and on the Town website here.
All persons wishing to make comments or ask questions about the proposed amendments and revisions are invited to attend the Public Hearings. Written comments may also be submitted to administrator@northportmaine.org or Select Board, 16 Beech Hill Road, Northport, ME 04849, at any time prior to the Public Hearings. If you are unable to access any of the Town’s programs or services, please call 207-338-3819 so that accommodations can be made.
Notice of Public Hearing
The Town of Northport will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 10, 2023, at 6:00pm at Northport Town Office, 16 Beech Hill Road, to consider amendments and revisions to the Special Amusement Ordinance. Further information is available at Town Office and on the Town website here.
All persons wishing to make comments or ask questions about the proposed amendments and revisions are invited to attend the Public Hearing. Written comments may also be submitted to administrator@northportmaine.org or Select Board, 16 Beech Hill Road, Northport, ME 04849, at any time prior to the Public Hearing. If you are unable to access any of the Town’s programs or services, please call 207-338-3819 so that accommodations can be made.