Welcome to Palermo


There will be a Planning Board meeting and Public Hearing on March 28th at 6PM at the Town Office.  This will be to discuss the subdivision proposed by Kirk and Judy Sherman.  This will be located on the North Side of Route 3,  across from the enterance to the Banton Road and abuts the East Palermo Cemetery, Tax Map R10, Lot 50C.


If you would like to post a public comment at the PUC, please click on this link for instructions: www.protectmainefarmland.org/p/please-post-a-public-comment-at-the  Your voice IS important. 


Membership on the committee is open to town voters who can commit 2-3 hours per week in time. Please feel free to reach out to brook.delorme@protonmail.com.



The Federal Communication Commission has set up an essential community service for people to use by calling 211.  When you call 211 the Center's referral specialists receive these requests from the callers.  They will access their databases of resources that are available from private and public health and human service agencies.  You will be matched to available resources and be referrerd or linked directly to an agency or organization that can help you.  

 



Please register your dogs before January 31, 2024 to avoid a 25$ late fee.


The Town Office is now a warming center for residents to come in to warm up and to charge their devices.  Our hours will be normal Town Office hours:  M,T,F - 7:30AM to 12:30PM and Thursdays 10AM to 7PM. 


There will be a Select Board meeting on, March 21, 2024 at the Town Office beginning at 6PM.  A Zoom link will be posted.  The RSU 12 budget will be presented.  The public is welcome to attend.



Transitional Transportation (TT) can provide eligible families with help paying for work-related travel expenses. Applications are available online at www.maine.gov/dhhs/ofi/applications-forms or by calling your local DHHS office or by calling 1-855-797-4357.





 

Taxes were due on September 8, 2023.  January 10, 2024 will be the deadline for Automatic Foreclosures on 2021 taxes.

The High-Impact Transmission Line Moratorium Ordinance will allow the Town a reasonable period of time to evaluate any concerns raised regarding the installation of a high-impact electric transmission line and develop any necessary ordinances to prevent serious harm. You can read the proposed moratorium memo HERE 


Upcoming in Palermo:  



 LS Power informational notes can be read HERE 


Informative Bulletin: Impact of Clean Energy Goals on Electrical Corridors can be read HERE




Palermo is a small town in the southwest corner of Waldo County, Maine, United States. Palermo was settled in 1804 by Stephen Belden, and legend has it that a crate of Sicilian lemons provided the inspiration for our town's name. We are well situated in central Maine, just a thirty minute drive from Augusta, Waterville, and Belfast. Our population was 1,570 at the 2020 census, nearing its record high population of 1,659 in 1850. We have friendly people, beautiful ponds, hills, farms, blueberry fields, the annual Family & Friends Bluegrass Festival, and a total area of 43 square miles and 9 ponds, of which the largest is Sheepscot Pond, a State Fish Hatchery and local attraction.

Palermo is part of the Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit (RSU 12). K-8 students go to Palermo Consolidated School, a school with around 140 students. RSU 12 has high school choice, and many Palermo students attend Erskine Academy in China.

We are so happy to have you here!

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Palermo Town Office

45 N Palermo Rd

 (207) 640-8100

Fax (207) 370-6550

TownClerk@townofpalermo.org

DeputyClerk@townofpalermo.org




Town Office Hours:

Tues: 7:30am - 12:30pm

Wed: 7:30am - 12:30pm

Thurs: 10am - 7pm

Fri: 7:30am - 12.30pm


Closed: Sat, Sun, Mon

                All State Holidays and 

when the State closes for  weather emergencies. 

Planning an open burn or campfire?

Do your part by preventing wildfires and check the Wildfire Danger Report HERE prior to having any fire.

Get your Maine Burn Permits HERE.