Public Notices

JANUARY 9, 2020

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF ENFIELD
Special Town Meeting/
Selectmen Meeting
January 13, 2020
5PM
Prior to Selectmen Meeting
Cole Memorial Building
For the approval of the
“Unnecessary Noise Ordinance”

PUBLIC HEARING
TOWN OF LEE
The Town of Lee Appeals Board will hold a public hearing on an application for variance on Monday, January 20, 2020 at 7:00pm at the Eula Ham Municipal Building, 29 Winn Road, Lee, Maine

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF WINN
Transfer Station Schedule
The new winter schedule for the Transfer Station will be as follows:
Saturday: 9:00am to 4:00pm
The Transfer Station will be
closed on Wednesday.
The schedule will go from
January thru March

PUBLIC HEARING
TOWN OF WINN
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
6:00pm at Winn Town Office
The hearing is to determine if the residents want to have the selectmen authorize the State to issue licenses for the sale of liquor to be consumed on the premises of the Winn General Store, a licensed establishment, on days other than Sunday.

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF LOWELL
Nomination papers for the Town of Lowell Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Municipal Election will be available on Jan. 2, 2020. Papers must be returned and filed with the Town Clerk by 5:00pm on February 6, 2020.
Positions Available:
1st Selectman - 3 year term
Planning Board
Two 5 year terms
School Committee
One 3 year term

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF CHESTER
REMINDER:
If you have intentions to run as a write-in candidate for the March 16, 2020 Town Meeting, those intentions must be declared to the Town Clerk by January 16, 2020. Article 5 was passed on March 18, 2019 to adopt the state provision 21-A M.R.S.A. § 722-A, which requires write-in candidates to declare this intent to candidacy 60 days prior to the municipal election.

BID NOTICE
TOWN OF ENFIELD
Paving Bids
The Town of Enfield, Maine is currently seeking bids from qualified contractors for this 2020 pavement resurfacing and rehabilitation program.
Bid packages are available at the Town Office 789 Hammett Rd, Enfield ME 04493 during regular business hours. Packages can also be requested via email from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Town is not responsible for delivery of requested packages. Bid must be received by Town on or before Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 5pm for a public bid opening.
The Town reserves the right to amend the bid package. Bid package holders will be notified via email if this package is amended in any way.

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD
Annual Election of Town Officers will be held at the Springfield Town Office on Friday, March 27th from Noon until 8pm. Nomination papers are available at the town office and must be returned by 1pm February 12th. The following positions are up for election:
1st Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor for a three year term.
Town Clerk for a one year term.
Treasurer for a one year term.
Tax Collector for a one year term.
Road Commissioner for a one year term.
Two positions for SAD 30 School Board members, each for a three year term.
Current 1st Selectman, Brad Butler will not be seeking reelection. Current Town Clerk, Patricia Bates, will not be seeking reelection. Current SAD School Board members, Harriet and Gene Trisch will not be seeking reelection.

BID NOTICE
Millinocket Fire and Ambulance
SNOWMOBILE AND RESCUE TRAILER FOR BID
1997 Ski Doo Scandic 500 WT
Mileage: 508
Excellent Condition
1996 Remeq Snowmobile Trailer
8’ X 17’
Ramp type rear door and ramp front drive thru door
These will be sold as a package and minimum bid is $2500.00.
DIESEL GENERATOR FOR BID
ONAH GenSet Industrial Diesel
Generator
Tech Star 70
Cummings Diesel Engine
120/208, 70 KVW
Skid Mount, 935 on meter
No minimum bid required.
These packages are as is and as seen with no expressed or implied warranties. For more information, please contact Chief Malcolm at Millinocket Fire Dept., 447-4126. Bids must be receied by Friday, Jan. 17th, before 9am, Thomas Malcolm, Chief, Millinocket Fire Department, e-mail: chiefmalcolm!millinocket.org
Phone: 207-447-4126

TOWN OF MILLINOCKET
PUBLIC HEARING
ORDINANCE #2-2020 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, ARTICLE II,
SECTION 115-4 CODE OF THE TOWN OF MILLINOCKET
The Millinocket Town Council will hold public hearings on Article II of Chapter 115 of the Millinocket Code which amend by repealing and replacing Section 115-4 Code of the Town of Millinocket. The hearings will be held during the Council meetings of January 23, 2020 and February 13, 2020 in the Council Chambers located in the Municipal Building, 197 Penobscot Avenue, beginning at 4:30 PM.
Dated at Millinocket, ME January 7, 2020
Diana M. Lakeman, Town Clerk

TOWN OF MILLINOCKET
PUBLIC HEARING
ORDINANCE #1-2020 - YARD SALES, CHAPTER 52 CODE OF
THE TOWN OF MILLINOCKET
The Millinocket Town Council will hold public hearings on the proposal of the addition of Chapter 52 Yard Sales of the Millinocket Code which will be an addition to the Town of Millinocket Code. The hearings will be held during the Council meetings of January 23, 2020 and February 13, 2020 in the Council Chambers located in the Municipal Building, 197 Penobscot Avenue, beginning at 4:30 PM.
Dated at Millinocket, ME January 7, 2020
Diana M. Lakeman, Town Clerk

JANUARY 2, 2020

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF ENFIELD
Special Town Meeting/
Selectmen Meeting
January 13, 2020
5PM
Prior to Selectmen Meeting
Cole Memorial Building
For the approval of the
“Unnecessary Noise Ordinance”

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF MATTAWAMKEAG
Special Town Meeting
There will be a special town meeting on January 6, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building to see if the town will vote to pursue a bond through the Maine State Bond Bank for the purpose for relocating the sewer system force main due to the replacement of the bridge across the Mattawamkeag River. This is a vote to correct the wording of the previous warrant that passed on September 23, 2019.

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
Planning Board Opening
The Town Council shall appoint members to the Planning Board. Due to an unexpected vacancy, we are accepting Citizen Participation Forms to fill the opening for the remaining term to expire in August of 2021. Anyone interested in being considered for this opening should submit a Citizen Participation Form or letter of interest no later than Friday, January 3rd at 5:00pm. Please submit the form or letter of interest in person, by mail, or email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
If you have any questions, please contact Town Clerk, Ann Morrison, 794-3372 or at 29 Main St., Lincoln ME 04457.

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
PURSUANT TO 14 M.R.S. §6323
By virtue of a Stipulated Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated November 22, 2019 and entered in the Maine District Court, District Thirteen, Division of Central Penobscot at Lincoln, Civil Action, Docket No. LINDC-RE-2019-017, in an action brought by the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA acting through the RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, USDA, f/k/a the FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, against BRADLEY V. ESHAM and REBEKAH R. ESHAM, Defendants, for the foreclosure of Mortgage Deed dated October 2, 2009 and recorded in the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds in Book 11935 Page 158, the statutory ninety (90) day redemption period having been waived, notice is hereby given that there will be sold at public sale at the offices of the USDA, Rural Housing Service, 967 Illinois Avenue, Bangor, Maine (if the agency is closed for any reason, the agency may conduct the sale on the outside steps of the building) on January 21, 2020 at 10:30 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage deed and being situate at 5 Grove Street in Howland, Maine.
The property shall be sold to the highest bidder at the sale. Ten Percent (10%) of the purchase price will be required to be paid, in cash or by certified check payable to the Rural Housing Service at the time and place of sale. The balance of the purchase price is to be paid within thirty (30) days following the sale. Failure to pay the balance due within thirty (30) days following the sale shall be deemed a forfeiture of the successful bidder's deposit. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale.
The above property is being sold "as is" and will be conveyed by Release Deed without any warranty as to the condition, size or location of the property or the state of title to the property. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
The property will be sold subject to utility easements and rights of way of record and utility easements and rights of way that are visible on the face of the earth. The property will be sold subject to real estate taxes assessed by and due and payable to the Town of Howland.
Further information regarding the terms and conditions of the sale of this property may be obtained by contacting the offices of Broderick & Broderick, P.A., at (207) 794-6557.
Dated: December 16, 2019 /s/ Richard H. Broderick, Jr., Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff

DECEMBER 26, 2019

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF LEE
Nomination papers are now available at the town office for the following positions:
First Selectman
Town Clerk
2 -MSAD #30 Board of Directors

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF CHESTER
Nomination papers are now available for the following positions:
1 - First Selectman
3 year term
2 - Board of Appeals Members
3 year term
*1 - Planning Board Member
3 year term
Nomination papers must be returned/filed with Town Clerk by 5PM, Thursday, January 16, 2020.
* Correction: Only one vacancy for Planning Board.

TOWN OF MATTAWAMKEAG, MAINE
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING AND
SELECT BOARD MEETING TO APPROVE A CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND GENERAL
OBLIGATION BOND IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $200,000
Notice is hereby given that the Town of Mattawamkeag, Maine (the “Town”) will conduct a Special Town Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on January 6, 2020, at the Municipal Building, located at 327 Main Street to consider the issuance of a Clean Water State Revolving Fund General Obligation Bond of the Town in an amount not to exceed $200,000 to finance the relocation of the sewer system force main due to the replacement of the bridge across the Mattawamkeag River (the “Project”). Immediately following the meeting, the Selectmen of the Town of will meet to consider the adoption of resolutions to authorize issuance, delivery and sale of a 2020 Clean Water State Revolving Fund General Obligation Bond in an amount not to exceed $200,000 to the Maine Municipal Bond Bank to finance the Project. The public is invited to attend. Written comments received before the Select Board meeting will be considered.

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
PURSUANT TO 14 M.R.S. §6323
By virtue of a Stipulated Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated November 5, 2019 and entered in the Maine District Court, District Thirteen, Division of Central Penobscot at Lincoln, Civil Action, Docket No. LINDC-RE-2019-024, in an action brought by the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA acting through the RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, USDA, f/k/a the FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, against BRENDA L. SOUCIER, Defendant, for the foreclosure of Mortgage Deeds dated August 25, 1988 and November 17, 1989 and recorded in the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds in Book 4296 Page 013 and Book 4558 Page 178 respectively, the statutory ninety (90) day redemption period having been waived, notice is hereby given that there will be sold at public sale at the offices of the USDA, Rural Housing Service, 967 Illinois Avenue, Bangor, Maine (if the agency is closed for any reason, the agency may conduct the sale on the outside steps of the building) on January 14, 2020 at 9:30 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage deeds and being situate at 17 Dodlin Road in Enfield, Maine.
The property shall be sold to the highest bidder at the sale. Ten Percent (10%) of the purchase price will be required to be paid, in cash or by certified check payable to the Rural Housing Service at the time and place of sale. The balance of the purchase price is to be paid within thirty (30) days following the sale. Failure to pay the balance due within thirty (30) days following the sale shall be deemed a forfeiture of the successful bidder's deposit. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale.
The above property is being sold "as is" and will be conveyed by Release Deed without any warranty as to the condition, size or location of the property or the state of title to the property. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
The property will be sold subject to utility easements and rights of way of record and utility easements and rights of way that are visible on the face of the earth. The property will be sold subject to real estate taxes assessed by and due and payable to the Town of Enfield.
Further information regarding the terms and conditions of the sale of this property may be obtained by contacting the offices of Broderick & Broderick, P.A., at (207) 794-6557.

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
PURSUANT TO 14 M.R.S. §6323
By virtue of a Stipulated Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated November 22, 2019 and entered in the Maine District Court, District Thirteen, Division of Central Penobscot at Lincoln, Civil Action, Docket No. LINDC-RE-2019-017, in an action brought by the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA acting through the RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, USDA, f/k/a the FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, Plaintiff, against BRADLEY V. ESHAM and REBEKAH R. ESHAM, Defendants, for the foreclosure of Mortgage Deed dated October 2, 2009 and recorded in the Penobscot County Registry of Deeds in Book 11935 Page 158, the statutory ninety (90) day redemption period having been waived, notice is hereby given that there will be sold at public sale at the offices of the USDA, Rural Housing Service, 967 Illinois Avenue, Bangor, Maine (if the agency is closed for any reason, the agency may conduct the sale on the outside steps of the building) on January 21, 2020 at 10:30 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage deed and being situate at 5 Grove Street in Howland, Maine.
The property shall be sold to the highest bidder at the sale. Ten Percent (10%) of the purchase price will be required to be paid, in cash or by certified check payable to the Rural Housing Service at the time and place of sale. The balance of the purchase price is to be paid within thirty (30) days following the sale. Failure to pay the balance due within thirty (30) days following the sale shall be deemed a forfeiture of the successful bidder's deposit. Additional terms may be announced at the time of sale.
The above property is being sold "as is" and will be conveyed by Release Deed without any warranty as to the condition, size or location of the property or the state of title to the property. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
The property will be sold subject to utility easements and rights of way of record and utility easements and rights of way that are visible on the face of the earth. The property will be sold   subject to real estate taxes assessed by and due and payable to the Town of Howland.
Further information regarding the terms and conditions of the sale of this property may be obtained by contacting the offices of Broderick & Broderick, P.A., at (207) 794-6557.
Dated: December 16, 2019                /s/ Richard H. Broderick, Jr., Esq.                                Attorney for Plaintiff
Dated: December 9, 2019                /s/ Richard H. Broderick, Jr., Esq.                                Attorney for Plaintiff

DECEMBER 19, 2019

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD
The Springfield Town Office will be closed Dec. 24th and 25th for the holidays. Thank you.

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF LEE
The Town Office will be closed on Tuesday, Dec. 24th and Wednesday, Dec. 25th, and Wednesday, Jan. 1st.

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF LEE
Nomination papers are now available at the town office for the following positions:
First Selectman
Town Clerk
2 -MSAD #30 Board of Directors

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF HOWLAND
All Town department hours of operation for the next two weeks are as follows:
Friday, December 20th, closing at 12 noon for employee holiday celebration.
Tuesday, December 24th, closing at 12 noon for Christmas Eve.

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF CHESTER
Christmas Week office hours are as follows:
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
CLOSE AT NOON
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
CLOSED

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF LEE
Transfer Station
The Transfer station will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 25th, but will be open Thursday, Dec. 26th. The transfer station will BE OPEN on New Year’s Day.

PUBLIC NOTICE
TOWN OF WINN
Nomination papers are available at the town office for the following positions:
Selectman
One 3 year term
MSAD #30
School Board Member
One 3 year term
Papers are due in by Jan. 24, 2020. They should be turned in to the Winn Town Office by 5:00pm.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas

from
The Town of Enfield
The Town Office will be closed for the holidays
Christmas, Dec. 25 and 26
and New Year’s Day, Jan. 1

CHANGE OF RFP
TOWN OF LINCOLN
Request for Proposals LED light conversion
The Town of Lincoln is seeking qualified electrical contractors to provide and install LED type lights including fixtures as needed in and outside every building the town operates or uses. The goal is to convert all lights the town uses to LED. The successful bidder must first complete an Inventory of lights and fixtures that will be needed. Then the successful bidder must
provide a contract to complete the work, net of all rebates.
Interested providers may contact Rick Bronson, Town Manager 29 Main Street, Lincoln or initially contact by phone at 794-3372. To be considered proposals must arrive prior to January 30, 2020.
The Town of Lincoln reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals submitted.
Buildings involved:
1) Town office, interior and exterior, where most of the lights are already changed.
2) Public Library, interior and exterior, where some have already been changed.
3) Public Works Garage which is not an old building so it may not need all changed, interior and exterior.
4) Old Public Works garage which will need to be totally new interior and exterior but can not be done until mid-spring after the structural steel repairs are completed. To be priced as part of this project.
5) Public Safety Building, interior and exterior. A few existing lights may already be LED but most are not.
6) Transfer Station, change any interior and exterior that are not yet LED
As part of this project price an additional run of lights in the public library in the dark area on the main floor, staff can show where that is.
None of this work includes any exterior lights that are currently rented from Emera.

LEGAL NOTICE