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Penobscot Town Contact Information•Municipal Information
Penobscot by the Numbers•Education Emergency & Public Services •Recreation Penobscot Town Map Note: This file is in PDF format and require Adobe® Reader® software to load. For more information or to download Adobe® Reader® please visit www.adobe.com. Town Contact Information Town of Penobscot, P. O. Box 4, Penobscot, ME Selectmen meet: Tue., except 5th Tue., 7-8:30 p.m., town hall. Municipal Information Town Description The town of Penobscot takes its name from the Indian word “Penobskeag,” or “Penopeauke,” signifying a rocky place. Contemporary farmers will attest to the accuracy of this choice. As in other area communities, small farms have been reestablished and are again supporting local families. Other early trades included brickmaking, home and machine knitting and the manufacturing of fish barrels, lime casks, carriages, harnesses and coffins. Ice harvesting, peat bogs, shipping and gristmills employed other residents. The Penobscot Nursing Home is, today, the town’s largest employer. The Penobscot Community School educates students from kindergarten through eighth grade. “Penobscot Days,” celebrated in July, involves the fire department, the historical society, Scouts and others to present a parade and day of exhibits and events. Town Officials Selectmen Treasurer, Tax Collector, Town Clerk, Registrar Alewife Warden Animal Control Officer Board of Appeals Code Enforcement Officer Finance Committee Health Officer Planning Board Plumbing Inspector Recreation Director Road Commissioner Shellfish Warden Town Moderator Tax Information Property assessed: real estate and some personal property tax on commercial equipment. Tax bills are mailed on July 1 and are due when received. Discount of 2 percent if paid in first 30 days. Interest on unpaid bills is 7 percent annually. Rules determined by the state are used to determine property value. Exemptions: homestead and war veterans over the age of 62. Tax is calculated as property value times the mill rate. Town Ordinances Land use regulation, flood plain, shellfish and wind tower. Permits Building, earth moving, road building. They can be obtained at the town office or town CEO and at planning board meetings held first Tue. at 7 p.m. Post Offices Penobscot 04476 Penobscot by the Numbers Geographic Profile Total area: 30,737 acres (48.03 sq. mi.) Population
1990: 1,131 Education Education Contact Numbers Union 93 Penobscot Community School School Board Enrollment figures Oct. 12
Grades K-8 73 Emergency & Public Services FOR ALL EMERGENCIES— Trash & Recycling Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, colored paper, junk mail, envelopes with windows, corrugated cardboard, plastic (#1 and #2), tin, aluminum and glass. Transfer Station hours: Tue. and Sat., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Stickers required; available at transfer station. Public Restrooms No information available. Fire Department To report a fire: 911
Non-emergency numbers: Recreation Walking Trails Starr Virginia Lampson Preserve, Rte. 199; Weinland Natural Area, trails, Gray Ridge Rd. Public Landings Partial tidal launching marked by sign near Northern Bay Market.Wight Pond, fresh water. Cemeteries Approx. 60; Bay is the only public cemetery. |
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