Annual Town Meeting

The warrant is out for the May meeting. You can get a copy at town hall or at either of the post offices. Lots of interesting stuff on the warrant, including 3 citizens' petitions, one of which seeks to permit nonresidents to speak at town meetings. (See several prior postings for background on this.) On the financial front, requested appropriations are up more than 10% over last year. Some of that is increases caused by higher utility costs, etc., but a lot of it is new expenditures sought by the selectmen. At a time when we're all facing increased costs, beats me why the selectmen think we need to spend more. COME TO THE MEETING IF YOU WANT TO HAVE INPUT ON THESE THINGS!