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Selectboard News - July 2025

At our last meeting the Selectboard decided to provide a regular updates on items of interest to the Chebeague community. These monthly updates will be posted on the Town website and included in the Chebeague Island Council Monthly Calendar. Selectboard Members. At the June 18th meeting the newly elected Selectboard members, Ehrhardt Groothoff and Carol White, were sworn in for three-year terms. They joined the current members Eliza Jane Adamas, Richard Hackel and David Hill on the five member Selectboard. At that meeting Carol White was elected as Chair and Eliza Jane Adams was elected as Vice Chair. FEMA Funds: Yahooo! In early June the town received $1,281,872 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to repair damage to municipal infrastructure as the result of the January 2024 storms. Kudos to Vika Wood, our Town Administrator, for her persistence and skill navigating the complex bureaucratic process to secure this substantial sum of FEMA funding. More information on how the funds will be spent will be forthcoming. Wildfire Mitigation: Many thanks to Ellie Hughes, our GPCOG Resilience Fellow, for spearheading the collaborative

wildfire mitigation effort last month. The project was initiated by Kent Nelson of the Maine Forest Service who brought the invaluable support of Team Rubicon to Chebeague. The project was successful due to the combined efforts of a large number of folks including: GPCOGs AmeriCorps Resilience Fellows, Tanner and Aaron, from the town’s Public Works Department, Stu Brown for lending his chipper, cooperative property owners, and several community volunteers. Next Selectboard Meeting: The next Selectboard meeting is scheduled for Tuesday July 1 at 6 pm at the Hall. A copy of the agenda and packet of information will be posted on the Town of Chebeague Island website the week of the meeting. In the meantime, feel free to reach out to Selectboard members with any questions or concerns. The Board’s contact information can be found the Town’s website at https://www. townofchebeagueisland.org/selectmen . Respectfully, Town of Chebeague Island Selectboard Eliza Jane Adams, Ehrhardt Groothoff, Richard Hackel, David Hill and Carol White

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