A Message from Brian
Good afternoon Sangerville, happy Friday the 13th. Not one to be particularly superstitious, I do not concern myself much with Friday the 13th, black cats, walking under ladders and breaking mirrors. The only superstition I have found any validity to is that if you are working EMS or in an Emergency Room and some moron says something to the effect of, “boy it is quiet tonight”, the world will immediately fall apart.
The origin of the dark cloud over Friday the 13th may possibly be traced to that date in 1307, when the King of France ordered the Knights Templars arrested for heresy so he could both steal their alleged treasure and provide an excuse not to pay back the money he borrowed from them. It would be nice to believe that a guy with that track record and moral compass could not find a place in politics today, but I will let you be the judge of that.
Friday the 13th notwithstanding, Wednesday the 11th was a good day. We had a very good Veterans Day ceremony in Sangerville. I would like to thank the team from the Recovery Center for all their help along with the American Legion, Boy Scouts of America, Dyan McCarthy Clark representing the Sangerville Historical Society and Senator Chad Perkins. A special thanks to Emma, our soloist, who sang the National Anthem, she did an outstanding job.
Last night our planning board met and spent most of our meeting discussing the comprehensive plan and how to apply the great feedback we got from our citizens this past Saturday evening. We continue to make progress on this document. With the holidays just around the corner, we are not planning any extra work sessions until after the first of the year. Our next planning board meeting and continuation of discussion of the comprehensive plan will be on Thursday December 10th at 6:30 PM at the fire station. We will have a guest speaker that night, Brownville Town Manager Alaina Zelkan, who was recently town manager in Monson when they did their comprehensive plan, will share with us what she learned in the process.
This Sunday morning the fire department will be training, you may see us out with the firetrucks moving some water to maintain our skills putting water on fires when and if needed to do so. If you are interested in the fire department and seeing how we train, please stop and see us.
Monday evening November 16th, the Piscataquis County Commissioners will be holding a public hearing for the fiscal year 2027 budget at 6:00 PM in the Commissioners’ chambers in the Peaks Building portion of the courthouse complex at 163 East Main St. in Dover-Foxcroft. In fiscal year 2026 the Sangerville share of county taxes was $222,135.00. They are looking at approximately a 6% increase to the county budget for the next fiscal year. This is a good opportunity to for everyone to understand how the county is using this portion of your property taxes.
On Tuesday the 17th at 6:00 PM the Sangerville Historical Society and Sangerville Town Hall committee will have a joint meeting at the fire station in Sangerville.
On Wednesday the 18th the select board will meet at 6:00 PM at the fire station. One item that will be of interest to the public that will be discussed is a presentation from Alex Robinson of the Dover Rovers ATV club about a potential plan to improve ATV trail access in Sangerville.
Have a good weekend everyone.
Brian