Welcome to Palermo


Upcoming in Palermo:


Next Select Board Meeting is June 15th. View Zoom invitation HERE.


FREE Swimming Lessons to Palermo Residents grades pre K-8, see more HERE.


Absentee ballot applications for the June 13th, 2023, RSU 12 referendum election are available from now until June 8th. Registered Palermo voters can request a ballot application in person or by calling the Palermo Town Office. The RSU-12 Referendum Election will take place on June 13, 2023 at the Palermo Town Office.

Polls will be open from 3pm until 7pm. Absentee ballots will be processed at the close of polls (7:00pm).



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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Get your copy of the 2022 Town Report at the Town Office!

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Palermo Town Office

45 N Palermo Rd

 (207) 993-2296

Fax (207) 993-2938

topclerk@fairpoint.net

topdeputy@fairpoint.net

topdeputy1@fairpoint.net



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.