J.D. Rule

Following the recent town vote killing the municipal facilities proposal, the Lubec Select Board called an emergency meeting on January 9. The key issue is the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) of $300,000, which can only be spent on the sand/salt storage facility.

Lubec voters again have rejected the town administration's plan to replace the existing maintenance garage and to build a new sand/salt storage facility. The 82/59 vote was announced at the conclusion of a mostly polite public meeting held on January 7 in the school cafetorium.

As promised, the Lubec Select Board wasted no time in developing a policy to administer public commentary during regular board meetings. The intent to develop the policy was announced during the October 24 meeting...

During a regularly scheduled meeting that became heated, a group of Lubec citizens presented a petition to the Lubec Select Board for a moratorium on the construction of big-box stores.