November 8, 2022 General Election

 

November 2022 General Election

The November General Election will be November 8, 2022 at the Community Room on Kimball Pond Rd. 

We will also have a ballot for the RSU #9. They are voting to see if we will authorize them to accept a donation from the Bjorn Foundation In an amount up to $2,500,000 to construct and equip an addition and related improvements to the Mt. Blue Middle School for career and technical education programming at the middle school level.

Public Hearing - Monday, Sept. 19, 2022 - 6:30 pm.

The Public Hearing for the Oct. 1 special town meeting will be at the Vienna Community Center on the Kimball Pond Road (Fire Station) this coming Monday, Sept. 19 at 6:30 pm.

Mark Ouellette of Axiom Technologies, as well as the Select Board and Vienna Broadband committee members will be there to answer your questions.

If you prefer to attend remotely here are the Zoom details:

Topic: Public Hearing - Broadband Project
Time: Sep 19, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Vienna Community Fiber

  • Vienna Community Fiber

 

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Special Town Meeting - Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 - 9:30 AM - Vienna Community Center

A frequent complaint of Vienna residents has been the lack of access to an affordable, quality, high-speed internet connection. This was even before the COVID pandemic which only made the problem  worse. People were unable to work from home or their children unable attend online classrooms.

We heard you and after three years of study, now have a proposed solution. The timing couldn't be better, as the Federal government is stepping up to help out under-served communities like ours.

The Select Board has scheduled a special town meeting on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 9:30 AM at the Vienna Community Center to vote on an article authorizing them to negotiate and finalize a proposal from Axiom Technologies of Machias, Maine. In this proposal, Axiom will oversee the construction of a fiber-to-the-home network that Vienna will own. Vienna will subsequently contract with Axiom to operate the network and return a share of the revenues to the town.

Make an informed decision

There will be:

  • Informational Meeting at the Community Center on Wednesday, August 31 at 6:30
  • Public hearing on the article at the Community Center, Monday, September 19 at 6:30.

Please attend, listen, learn and share your opinion.

This will be a major project taking over two years to complete. When complete Axiom will offer monthly subscription fees less than what most people are paying now and with minimum speeds up to 20 times faster. Gigabit speeds will be possible for a higher subscription rate.

Further Information

 

Vienna Record: Aug-Sept 2022

View the Aug-Sept 2022 issue here

Selectmen's Minutes May 31, 2022 through July 26, 2022

Town Clerk hours 

Broadband Committee report - Special town Meeting - Oct. 1, 2022

Planning board minutes - May 25, 2022 and June 22, 2022

Dr. Shaw Memorial Library News

Editor's Notes - Article deadline for October/November newsletter: Sept. 25, 2022

Fire Department News - Successful Chicken BBQ

Mt. Vernon Community Center announcements