Town Of St. George
Including the Villages of Tenants Harbor, Port Clyde, and Spruce Head.
Did you reserve your vanity plate? Great! Now you've received the plate in the mail, and you're ready to register, yes? BRING THE PLATE WITH YOU! Your friendly St. George clerks are ready to reregister that vehicle for you, but we're required to see the plate. Inside the package is a letter, and the letter says "Bring this letter and plates to your town office." Many people, though, recognize the package as their plates, and they don't even open them so they don't see the letter. So tell your friends, and share this post; if you got a new vanity plate, you're required to show it at the time of renewal.
Here are the upcoming meetings for the week: Monday, Select Board, 6pm; Tuesday, Planning Board, 7pm; Thursday, Appeals Board, 5:30pm. The Select Board and Planning Board will have a Zoom option for remote attendance. Email webadmin@stgeorgemaine.com with your name, address, and which meeting you'd like to attend, and we'll reply with the login info.
Assistant Town Manager Tara Elwell. She's amazing. We are so lucky to have her on staff here at the Town of St. George. This woman can (and does) do everything. Need to know the name of the lady who lived next to ol' man McGreedy? Tara can tell you. Need the lyric for any song between 1971 and 2014? Tara can tell you. Need someone to run voting day without hitches? Tara. Lobster stew that people will LINE UP to eat. That's her. Register your boat? Tara can do it. Heck, Tara could pilot your boat; it wouldn't be the first time. Car registrations? Check. Fry cook? Bartender? Hostess? She kills it. Tara's frickin' awesome, and we love her.
Did you know about the Herring Gut sunset cruise that happened LAST night? We had it in our August newsletter! Are you keeping up to date by reading the newsletter? You can sign up to get notified when it's published. You can also stop into the town office and pick up a paper copy. Or, if you aren't nearby and still prefer a paper copy, let us know and we'll mail you a newsletter.
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The Recycling and Solid Waste Committee develops and maintains our recycling program, and advises on all phases of the municipal solid waste operation. They're meeting this week on Wednesday at 3pm. Do you have an idea you think they should hear? A comment or kudo or complaint? Feel free to sit in on their meeting.
What's going on for meetings at the town office this week? Surprisingly few! The staff meeting that was cancelled last week willl be this week instead, so we'll be opening at 9:30am on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday the Solid Waste committee will be meeting at 3pm.
Thank you Adam Ezra Group for the stupendous concert last night! Thank you Mark Lipson for organizing the event. And thank you St. George community for turning out and showing incredibly generous support. We raised a shade under $4000, more than enough to complete one of the renovations on our to-do list. It's an incredible start to the fundraising campaign. If you couldn’t attend last night and want to learn more about the snows point lodge you can do so here: https://www.stgeorgemaine.com/page/snows-point-lodge
Or if you heard the pitch but couldn’t donate online because of the service in port Clyde, here’s a link to the donate page: https://donate.stripe.com/aFa8wR2Sy6Eg9swfLr7AI00
Please remember to like our Facebook page to keep up to date with the project progress. You can also sign up for text and email updates from the town here: https://www.stgeorgemaine.com/forms/subscribe-for-updates
UPDATE: Some keen detective work in the town office has located the phone's owner, and it's being mailed back to her today.
Do you recognize this phone? It was found at the Adam Ezra concert last night. Drop by the town office and confirm the log in code and we'll let you have it. Please feel free to share this post.
In the upper right-hand corner of this pic you'll see 72-57 in red pen. That means this was the 57th building permit issued in 1972. It was also the last building permit of 1972. And 1972 is the last year we have paper records of building permits. And why is this here? This is the last permit being scanned into the town's iWorq database. With this last permit, all the town's building and plumbing permits now are available in the digital realm. Would you like to see past permits on your property? We can email them to you. Are you buying a property and what to see what's been done? We can look up everything with a couple clicks--all the way back to 1972.
We realize this is short notice for today's training, but perhaps you have a hole in your schedule. Or, make plans now to attend the August 27th training. Our EMS will make sure you know the procedures and are up to date.
Don't forget the Adam Ezra concert tonight at 6:15pm at the Port Clyde Landing. Not familiar with the Adam Ezra Group? Check out this Spotify playlist.
Here are the meetings and events for the upcoming week. •Monday, Select Board Meeting, 6pm; • Wednesday, staff meeting, town office opens at 9:30am; •Wednesday, Adam Ezra Port Clyde Dock concert, 6:15pm.
Staffed with friendly guys. Efficient. Well maintained, and well run. All these things could be said about our transfer station. And now, "award winning" gets added to the list. We understand they just barely beat out the Girl Scouts. "I was going to congratulate them on their win," said station manager Ben Caron "but since we won, I'm showing them no mercy. They have enough awards." That Ben! He's all business (but all heart too).
Your bilge pump battery croaked, you are out of town, and your boat is sitting low in the water. You need to borrow some chairs and tables from the fire department for the family reunion. You found a skiff washed up on the shore, and are trying to find the owner. Who can help? Ryan Cline! In addition to all his harbor master duties, he's a key component of the Port Clyde Landing project, and he spends much time there. (In fact, you might even see him chalking tires and busting overtime parkers.) And on top everything, he's got that tan! Thanks for being a good guy, Ryan.
Did you hear about the results of the St. Geroge Days lobster feed put on by the St. George Volunteer Firefighters Association? You can read all about it on page seven of the August town newsletter. It's available to view here: https://5il.co/3ms04
Here are the upcoming meetings for this week. • Parks and Rec Committee, Tues. 6pm; • Conservation Committee, Thurs. 4pm; • Cemetery Committee, Thurs. 4:30pm. If you would like to attend any of these meetings via Zoom please email webadmin@stgeorgemaine.com with your name, physical address, and the meeting you'd like to attend. We'll reply with the login info.
"Why do I have to change my plate?" "I like the chickadee." "We voted down the flag, so they're forcing it on our plates." "That doesn't look like a pine tree. It looks more like a Christmas tree with the star on top." We've had lots of feedback on the new license plates, and most people seem to prefer the ol' chickadee. The thing is, the chickadee plates have been issued for more than 25 years!
“License plates need to be easily visible by other drivers, toll authorities, and law enforcement,” said Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. “As anyone driving on Maine roads can see, some of the older Chickadee plates are becoming worn, faded, and difficult or impossible to read, and that presents a real safety issue. But it also presents an opportunity for something fresh and new, and we’re looking forward to the new plates.”
What do YOU think? Do you like the new pine tree plates? Or do you prefer the chickadess?
We have two notaries public here at the town office. Assessor's Assistant Magan Wallace and Finance Director Irene Ames both offer their notary services during business hours here at the town office. This is a service they perform for the benefit of the citizenry; they don't collect fees or get a bonus in their pay. They do it because they're good people. If you need a notary, it's best to call first to make sure one of them is here; and if one is, they're happy to serve you in their notary capacity.
Did you know about the new community calendar? Well if you had read our July newsletter (https://5il.co/3ko35) you could have read about it. Many local community nonprofits can now post thier events to one place. You can go to the calendar and see what's going on, all over the community. What's going on next weekend when friends are visiting? Need something for the grandkids to do on Thursday? When's that bean supper happening? Look on the community calendar! https://tinyurl.com/stgcommunitycal
Here are the meetings for the week; there are only two, and they're both tonight.
•Budget Committee Meeting, downstairs meeting room, Monday, 5pm.
•Select Board Meeting, downstairs meeting room, Monday, 6pm.
If you'd like to attend one of these via Zoom, email webadmin@stgeorgemaine.com with your name and physical address, and we'll respond with the meeting info. Please have your request in by 3pm.
•Budget Committee Meeting, downstairs meeting room, Monday, 5pm.
•Select Board Meeting, downstairs meeting room, Monday, 6pm.
If you'd like to attend one of these via Zoom, email webadmin@stgeorgemaine.com with your name and physical address, and we'll respond with the meeting info. Please have your request in by 3pm.
