Town Of St. George

Earlier today I was in a communications seminar and the presenter asked the participants (there were about 75 in this Zoom class) "What is your town's perception of local government?" The image is a screenshot of the most common responses: lazy, overpaid, inefficient, etc. I thought to myself "Wow, I don't think this is how St. George residents feel about their town staff at all!"

Later in the class there was a breakout session: "What would your response be if a staff person's mistake in mixing some floor cleaning chemicals caused an evacuation." My answer was vastly different from the other participants in my session. One of them was a woman from a nearby town. She said to my group "Bill works in St. George, and St. George is the kind of community everybody wishes they had. In St. George, everybody has each other's back."

Thank you for being a great town, St. George. The quality of the citizenry here is top notch, and at least one other town administrator has noticed.

~Office Clerk A

The St. George Parks and Rec Director for St. George has announced some open gym dates for boys and girls basketball. See the images for all the details, please.

Last week, no meetings. This week? ALL the meetings!
•Monday, Select Board, 6pm
•Tuesday, voting day, 8am-8pm
•Tuesday, budget subcommittee, 3:30pm
•Tuesday, Emergency Services Committee, 6pm
•Thursday, Conservation Commission, 4pm
•Thursday, Cemetery Committee, 4:30pm

If you wish to attend a meeting via Zoom, please send an email with your name, physical address, and what meeting you'd like to attend to webadmin@stgeorgemaine.com. We'll reply with the login info.

November 13 at 5pm.

EDIT: DOG HAS BEEN RETURNED TO OWNER.
Have you lost your black lab? Dylan Benner has a friendly old dog he picked up trying to cross the road in Tenants Harbor. He thought he knew the owner, but it turns out it's not their dog. Sadly, there are no tags on the dog. If your dog is lost, let the town office know, and we'll connect you with Dylan. Also, it's time to get your dog registered. A simple dog registration would have allowed us to look up this dog's owner and make contact. Anyway, be a law abiding dog owner and get your dog registered please.

Senior lunch is next week! Do you know what day/time? Do you know what's on the menu? The photo will give you a hint. AND, if you were getting our newsletter, you'd see it there. You can read the newsletter here: https://5il.co/3qipr. You can also sign up to be alerted when the newsletter is published (as well as other notifications that would interest you). Sign up for those here: https://www.stgeorgemaine.com/forms/subscribe-for-updates

We're going to do our weekly staff shoutout a little early this wek because today is National Harbormaster Appreciation Day! https://www.harbormasterday.com. They must do it right before the floats come out--right before everyone gets mad at the harbormaster! Anyway, no one gets mad at OUR harbormaster; Ryan Cline is everyone's favorite. Thank you Ryan for your hard work. Have a second donut to wash down with that Red Bull. #harbormasterday

So much going on today! The Conservation Commission meets at 4pm. The Cemetery Committee meets at 4:30. And the Resilience Committee invites you to part 1 of their 2 part community meetings.