April 30th, 5:00-6:30pm
St. George Town Office Big Room
Do you get water from a well? Come learn about well safety, testing, resources, contaminants, drought impacts, and the status of drinking water quality in St. George. Speakers will include Sarah D. Oktay, PhD, the Executive Director of Herring Gut, and Dave Tortora, a Community Specialist for RCAP Solutions. (For the Zoom link, email webadmin@stgeorgemaine.com)
It's Tuesday, and yes, the Transfer Station is open.
Ever wonder what actually happens to the cans you toss into the recycling bin at the Transfer Station? They don’t just sit there! Once collected, they’re compressed tightly into large bales and shipped off to be recycled and sold. This stack of approximately 7.5 tons of cans currently at the transfer station is valued at $1,500, helping offset the disposal cost of our trash when sold. St. George has long been at the forefront of recycling, and every can you drop in the bin helps keep valuable materials out of the landfill.
While recycling markets have changed over the years and the revenue from cans isn’t quite what it used to be, they still generate income for the town and help offset waste disposal costs. Every little bit counts—and it starts with residents doing their part.
~Bruce Fagley, St. George Solid Waste and Recycling committee chair
Follow the link (https://forms.gle/w7HLPE8f829xeoWR6), QR Code or go to the Town Website to register today!
Here are the upcoming meetings for the week:
•Budget Committee, Monday, 5pm, downstairs meeting room
•Select Board, Monday, 6pm, downstairs meeting room
•Planning Board, Tuesday, 7pm, downstairs
•Resilence Committee, Wednesday, 4pm, downstairs
•Water Quality roundtable, Thursday, 5pm, upstairs big room
If you would like to attend a meeting remotely via Zoom, please email your name, physical address, and what meeting you'd like to attend to webadmin@stgeorgemaine.com. We'll reply with the meeting info. Schedule subject to change.
•Solid Waste committee meeting, today (Tuesday), 3pm
•Open Space committee, Wednesday, 4pm, downstairs meeting room
The due date for property taxes was March 31st. In a couple of weeks we'll be mailing a "30 day notification" to remind you, and to alert you you're in danger of having a lien placed on your property. That letter, with it's postage and added services, is around $10. Those fees get added to your account. And, if you have more than one address on file (like a mortgage holder, or multiple family members on the account), each one of those gets a letter too; that means the $10 for each of THOSE letters gets added to your account as well. We would prefer not to go through this process, and would prefer to to add extra charges to your account. So please, if you have outstanding taxes, could you please get them paid?
•Tuesday, Senior Luncheon, 11:30am, featuring music by Steve Lindsay with Cadillac Psycho Billy
•Tuesday, Parks & Rec Committee, 6pm, downstairs meeting room
•Tuesday, Planning Board, 7pm, downstairs meeting room
•Thursday, Harbor Committee, 6pm, downstairs meeting room
If you would like to attend a meeting remotely via Zoom, please email your name, physical address, and what meeting you'd like to attend to webadmin@stgeorgemaine.com. We'll reply with the meeting info. Schedule subject to change.
•Monday, Select Board Meeting, downstairs meeting room, 6pm
•Wednesday, Ad Hoc Open Space committee, downstairs, 4pm
•Wednesday, Jackson Memorial Library host "Candidates' Night" at the town office, upstairs "big room," 6pm
•Friday, "Senior Social," upstairs, 11am.
If you would like to attend a meeting remotely via Zoom, please email your name, physical address, and what meeting you'd like to attend to webadmin@stgeorgemaine.com. We'll reply with the meeting info. Schedule subject to change.
Speaking of the transfer station, did you know about the excellent paint recycling we have? If you have liquid paint* in the container, with the label still on it, you can recycle it? Just place it in the drop off area. There's no extra charge; the disposal fees are paid at the time of purchase.
*What do we mean by "liquid paint"? That means paint that isn't all dried up, or paint that's been mixed with woodchips or sawdust. Those were old paint disposal techniques, and that paint can't be recycled. If it's all hard or mixed with sawdust it goes right into the demolition hopper.
•Public Meeting on Resilience, 5:30pm, Jackson Memorial Library
•Resilience Committee meeting, 4pm, downstairs meeting room
• Cemetery Committee, 4:30pm, upstairs big room
•Conservation Commission, 4pm, downstairs meeting room
Meeting schedule subject to change. If you would like to attend the meeting via Zoom, please send an email to webadmin@stgeorgemaine.com with your name and physical address, and what meeting you'd like to attend, and we'll reply with the info.
Skiff adrift! Harbor Master Ryan Cline reports there's a 15' Carolina Skiff lost from Wheeler's Bay in Spruce Head, and prevailing winds would have it headed toward Port Clyde. Mariners and riparian owners, could you keep your eyes peeled? Ryan can be reached via cell/text at (207) 542-2709.
•Monday, Select Board, 6pm, downstairs meeting room
•Tuesday, Planning Board, 6pm, downstairs meeting room
•Wednesday, ad hoc Open Space committee, 4pm, downstairs meeting room
•Wednesday, School Board's Vote on Proposed Budget, 6:30pm, Grace Innovation Center
If you would like to attend the meeting via Zoom, please send an email to webadmin@stgeorgemaine.com with your name and physical address, and what meeting you'd like to attend, and we'll reply with the info.
*This is a joke. What's not a joke? These aren't ALL the certificates Steve has.
"From the moment I set foot in Midcoast Maine my heart said I was home. I feel fortunate and grateful to have been led to this place, its people, and the work of emergency medicine. As an EMT at St. George EMS I have the honor of serving alongside an amazing group of first-responders, dedicated to family and this community. I am also immensely gratified to serve members of this community on a very human, elemental level. I was asked to include something about what I like to do in my free time. I’ll let you know when I am completely finished paramedic school with my medic license in hand--though I did promise my roses they would get more attention this year. "
