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2026 Annual Town Meeting Results

04/07/2026 (Boards/Committees, Elections/Voting, Planning Board, School Committee, Select Board, Town Meetings)

Friday, April 3, 2026

Article 1: John F. Milliken Jr. was elected moderator by written ballot.

Article 2:
Select Board: (1 seat)
Ellen Best: 238
Scott Cromwell: 203
Write-In: 4
Blank: 14

Planning Board: (2 seats)
Marcia McKeague: 319
Gavin Riggall: 318
Write-In: 1
Blank: 280

School Board: (3 seats)
Hannah Bates: 335
Elaine Lawrence: 306
J. Benjamin Wootten: 287
Write-In: 8
Blank: 441

Article 3:
GSA Excess Tuition:
Yes: 302
No: 149
Blank: 8

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Article 4: passed by unanimous consent

Article 5: passed by unanimous consent

Article 6: passed as recommended

Article 7: passed as recommended

Article 8: passed as recommended

Article 9: passed as recommended

Article 10: passed as recommended

Article 11: passed as recommended

Article 12: passed as recommended

Article 13: passed as recommended

Article 14: passed as recommended

Article 15: passed as recommended

Article 16: passed as recommended

Article 17: passed as recommended by written ballot
Yes: 130
No: 7
Blank: 0

Article 18: passed as recommended by visual count
Yes: 133
No: 1

Article 19: passed as recommended

Article 20: passed as recommended

Article 21: passed as recommended

Article 22: passed as recommended

Article 23: passed as recommended

Article 24: passed as recommended

Article 25: passed as recommended

Article 26: passed as recommended

Article 27: passed as recommended

Article 28: passed as recommended

Article 29: passed as recommended

Article 30: passed as recommended

Article 31: passed as recommended

Article 32: passed as recommended

Article 33: passed as recommended

Article 34: passed as recommended

Article 35: passed as recommended

Article 36: passed as recommended

Article 37: passed as recommended; article text amended to read “[. . .] principal amount not to exceed $1,592,500, which bonds or notes [. . .]” (emphasis added)

Article 38 passed as recommended

Article 39: passed as recommended

Article 40: passed as recommended

Article 41: passed as recommended

Article 42: passed as recommended

Article 43: passed as recommended

Article 44: passed as recommended

Article 45: passed as recommended

Article 46: passed as recommended

Article 47: passed as recommended

Article 48: passed as written ($35,000)

Article 49: passed as recommended

Article 50: passed as written ($1,150)

Article 51: passed as recommended

Article 52: passed as written ($3,000)

Article 53: passed as recommended

Article 54: passed as recommended

Article 55: passed as recommended

Article 56: passed as recommended

Article 57: passed by visual count as amended to read “[. . .] raise and appropriate $3,000 from Property Tax [. . .]” (emphasis added)
Yes: 71
No: 31

Article 58: passed as recommended

Article 59: passed as recommended

Article 60: passed as written

Article 61: passed as written

Article 62: passed as written

Article 63: passed as written

Article 64: passed as written

Article 65: passed as written

Reminder: Fire Station Open House

04/01/2026 (Emergency Services, Public Safety Building Committee)

As a reminder, the Fire Department will hold an open house at the existing Blue Hill Fire Station on Water Street on Thursday, April 2 from 4:00-6:00pm.

This will allow residents and voters to see the current layout, condition, and learn about the Town’s concerns about the facility before the Annual Town Meeting on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4.

Amended Town Meeting Warrant

03/26/2026 (Select Board, Town Meetings, Warrants)

On March 25, the Select Board approved an amended warrant for Blue Hill’s Annual Town Meeting. The warrant:

  1. Added an article (Article 65) that had been inadvertently omitted from the warrant relating to naming the AA Little League field the “The Steven P. Johnson Memorial Field.”
  2. Specified the amount requested by the Blue Hill Public Library in Article 25.
  3. Corrected a clerical error in the Select Board and Budget Committee recommendations in Article 37.

The amended warrant is available here.

Open House: Public Safety Building

03/26/2026 (Emergency Services, Public Safety Building Committee)

The Fire Department and Peninsula Ambulance Corps will hold an open house on Saturday, March 28 from 1:00-3:00pm at 30 Tenney Hill.

The open house is intended to provide members of the public with an opportunity to visit the proposed location of the new Public Safety Building, to review the plans to date for adjusting the interior of the existing building and the construction of an apparatus bay behind the existing building, and to hear why (and how) this site was chosen over others that were considered.

PUBLIC HEARING: GSA & Warrant Review

03/25/2026 (Budget Committee, Public Hearings, School Committee, Select Board)

Reminder: There will a public hearing to discuss the GSA Excess Tuition request on Thusday, March 26 in the Gordon Emerson Auditorium at the Blue Hill Town Hall. The hearing will begin at 6:00pm.

All items to be considered by a referendum vote (such as the GSA request) must be preceded by a public hearing to allow voters to debate the pros and cons of the question.

After the public hearing, the Select Board, School Committee/Superintendent, and Budget Committee will review a summary of the budget articles in this year’s warrant, together with the potential property tax implications of the Town’s voting. This is intended as an opportunity to better understand the budget and to prepare for Town Meeting.

For members of the public interested in reviewing more detailed budgets, the municipal budget is available here and the school budget is available here.

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