GE SECURITY 1st ANNUAL 5K RUN/WALK
Come out for a fun, family friendly run/walk Saturday, May 31st, 2008. The event starts at 9:00 am in the back parking lot of GE Security at 129 North Main Street. We are 'dashing' to raise money to be donated to the Pittsfield Community Pool Project. Registration is $15 per person. All who pre-register before May 2nd will receive a race day T-shirt! Race day registration will be near the race start point from 8:00 am - 8:45 am in the back parking lot of GE Security. Call 207-487-2103 or 207-944-7427 for more information.
PITTSFIELD AREA BUSINESS FORUM FOR THE SEBASTICOOK VALLEY Mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at the Vickery School Gym in Pittsfield beginning at 6:30 p.m. for the regional business forum. The event will include speakers on resources available to businesses to start up, expand or just helpful resources for every business. There will be plenty of networking. Come meet other business owners and find out what you have in common and whether you might be able to do business together. There will be displays, plenty of resource materials to pick up and refreshments. Storm date is Monday, March 31, 2008 at the same location and time. NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH: Sign up today to help protect our community. Volunteers will work with the Police to help keep our community safe. Sign up at the Town Office or Police Station. Meetings are the first Monday of each month. The next meeting is May 05, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. in the Pittsfield Municipal Building Council Chambers. ELECTION WORKERS NEEDED:
For both June and November elections!
Please contact the Town Clerk at clerk@pittsfield.org or call 487-3136. FLIGHT GROUND SCHOOL: Have you ever wanted to learn how to fly? Flight Ground School was conducted at Curtis Air at the Pittsfield Municipal Airport every Wednesday evening from 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm from September 26 - November 16, 2007. The 8 week course costs $350 which includes $200 Jeppesen Private Pilot Kit. Contact Caleb Curtis at 487-5213 for more details. Watch for the 2008 Flight Ground School Program! E-911 UPDATE:
Letters were sent to all households with the new E-911 addresses. The Town worked in conjunction with the U.S. Postal Service and the State of Maine E-911 and GIS Offices over a multi-year period to complete this project. E-911 matches a physical address with a telephone number and this information is displayed on a computer screen to dispatchers. With each letter, the Town opted to purchase and enclose numbers to be placed on everyone’s houses and businesses. All numbers are supposed to be up on 05/01/2007 on homes or mailboxes if your house is away from the road. We need your new numbers up so that Public Safety can find you as well as to help the post office, delivery companies and visitors. Remember, the Post Office will deliver your mail up to 1 year from the date of your notification, so you have time to use up your checks, letterhead, etc. With your next order, just order the items with your new address. Kleinschmidt Associates has finished the new maps for the Town which have all of the new street names. We now have a two-sided map with an urban in-town map and a country roads map. We now have copies available for people to pick up at the Town Office and Public Library.
If your address in the Verizon Telephone directory has not been updated with your new 911 address, please call 1-800-585-4466 and press "0" for an operator. There will be no charge for this service If you have an seperate carrier then you need to contact their local office and have your account updated. SWIMMING POOL PROJECT:
Come join the Swimming Pool Committee at their next meeting on Monday, April 21, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Conference Room to help plan the new swimming pool for the community. This is an exciting project and with everyone's support, we can proceed forward! CELEBRATIONS PROJECT:
The flags will be erected the week prior to Memorial Day. The committee met on April 23, 2008 at 5:00 pm and there was much talk about putting petunia hanging planters on Main Street for the summer. Also the committee is putting together a 4th of July home decorating contest. There will be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize for the best decorated home.The dates and times will be confirmed at the next meeting including an ad in the paper with the contest application. The next meeting will be held on May 6, 2008 at 5:00 pm at the Town office. Watch for upcoming activities of the Celebrations Committee and how you can become involved 2007 TAX RATE WAS LOWER:
The mil rate has decreased from $22.50/$1,000
to $21.80/$1,000 which is a decrease of $.70/$1,000
valuation or 3.1%. Tax bills are in the process of being mailed during the first week in August. Taxes will be due on Friday, October 19, 2007 by the close of business at 5:00 p.m. If you do not receive a tax bill by mid-August and feel that you should have received one, please contact the Town Office at 487-3136. In 2006, the tax rate decreased from $24.40/$1,000 valuation to $22.50/$1,000 which is a decrease of $1.90/$1,000 valuation or 7.8%. 2006 CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT:
Copies of the 2006 Consumer Confidence Report containing details on the test results for the Pittsfield Water Works were mailed to all users. If you did not receive a copy, copies are available on-line on the Town's web site under Departments. Please scroll down to Water Department on the left hand side of the Home Page. The PDF file is listed at the bottom of the Water Department page under documents. You may also pick up a copy of the report at the Town Office or Pittsfield Public Library.
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