FRYEBURG, Maine — Skeptical residents at a June 18 public hearing questioned a proposed warrant article seeking 99-year lease for the Eastern Slope Regional Airport.
The article and others will be voted on by secret ballot on July 14 from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. at the David & Doris Hastings Community Center at 59 Recreation Drive. Absentee balloting is also available, and encouraged by the town.
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