Town of Amity

A few announcements:

We had a great turn out yesterday here in Amity, 129 voters! It was nice to see everyone and have such great participation.

Update on the phone internet situation:
Pioneer is having trouble porting out the office number to the new phone, but I have been assured that we will not lose the number and that the phone should still be working tomorrow, even though the shut off notice for the DSL lines is tomorrow (Nov 5th). Just want people to be aware incase things do stop working tomorrow. We are getting Fidium at the office but there is an install process that will likely take a few weeks, so I may have to get creative here at some point.

Upcoming office hour changes:

The office will be closed next Wednesday, 11/11, in observance of Veteran's day.

The week of Thanksgiving:

The office will be open Monday 11/23 from 8 to 4 and Tuesday 11/24 from 10 to 6. The office will be closed the rest of that week for Thanksgiving. The office will not be open on the last Saturday of the month (11/28).

The next Selectboard meeting will be held on Thursday November 12th at 4pm at the town office.

The next Veteran's honor roll meeting will be held on November 18, 2026 at 9am at the Reed School Community center.

We had our riffle raffle drawing on October 21st, a big congratulations to the winner Jeffery Bouchard! Thank you to all who bought tickets; the Veteran's Honor Roll committee has decided to do a second riffle raffle due to the success of the first, I will be posting more on that soon!

Follow up on phone/internet at the office:

I have been working on transferring our phone number to a new line, 207-532-2485 will remain the office number, I may have a brief disruption in connectivity but we are getting there! As of November 5th we will no longer have a dedicated fax line.

Have a great day everyone!

2026 Tax Bills have been mailed!

If you have recently moved and haven't reminded me to update your address, please reach out and confirm I have the correct mailing address. 😀

You can receive a 2% discount on your taxes if paid in full by October 14th 2026. Interest starts accruing (7%) starting November 15th. We have committed our taxes at a mil rate of 19.6 😁 (that is just a .6 mil increase from 2025 taxes)

We do have a tax club option available to break up the tax amount into 8 monthly payments without interest. If you were in the tax club last year, your payment booklets were mailed with the bills. If you would like to be enrolled in the tax club, please let me know ASAP. Your account can not have a balance for a prior year to be enrolled in the tax club. The first Tax Club payment is due 10/14/2026.

Upcoming Meetings:

The Next Selectmen’s meeting will be Thursday November 12th at 4pm at the Town Office.

The next Veteran’s Honor-roll Committee Meeting will be Wednesday, November 18th at 9am at the Reed School Community Center.

WANTED

Veterans Honor Roll Committee Members

Be Active in Your Community

We are looking for one or two more members who can attend morning meetings, volunteer at Gun Shows and sell raffle tickets.

Please contact Melissa at the town office or call Larry Hamilton (Committee Chairman) at 207-694-0907 and leave a message. Larry will call you back.

Good news everyone, the BMV Mobile units are coming back. This means that those in need of license renewals will not need to travel all the way to a branch. Click this link for details:

https://www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/visit-your-bmv-branch/find-your-local-branch

The Veteran's Honor Roll Committee is doing a Rifle Raffle to raise funds for the new Veteran's Honor roll.

Tickets are available at:

The Amity Town office

Estabrook Auto

Seider's Variety in Hodgdon

Larry Hamilton (Chairman of the Veteran's Honor Roll Committee)

Display from the 2026 Sportsman Gun Show in Caribou

bottle drive

Bottle Drive for Veteran's Honor Roll

The Veteran's Honor Roll Committee would love your returnables! We are currently collecting returnables at the town office to turn in for more funds for the new Veteran's Honor roll. We just ask that you please rinse before dropping them off.

The Veteran's Honor Roll committee brought a load of cans/ bottles to Seiders and Geno complemented how considerate our donors were for washing out the cans and bottles; thank you for all that have donated so far, we are going to continue the bottle drive, so keep'em coming!

Thank you very much for all the volunteer efforts and fundraising support for our Veteran's Honor Roll, and special thanks to our committee members for keeping this project moving forward!

2026 Dog licenses are now available, dogs must have a current rabies vaccination and must be licensed by January 31, 2026 to avoid a $25 late fee. Dogs that have been spayed/neutered licenses cost $6; dogs that are still intact licenses cost $11.

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Amity Town Office

1143 US Route One

Amity, ME 04471

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 488

Houlton, ME 04730

Town Manager, Clerk, Treasurer, & Tax Collector	Melissa Sherman	Phone:(207) 532-2485
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Office Hours
Tuesday	10:00 am. to 6:00 pm.
Wednesday	8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Thursday:	8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Last Saturday:of the month	9:00 am to 12:00 noon
Closed on all State Holidays

Town Meeting:

Town Meeting is always the last Saturday in April at 9:00AM.

Select Board Meetings:

The Select Board usually meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00PM at the Town Office. This is subject to change to fit work schedules.

The Town does not sponsor or endorse and is not affiliated with any private pageant organization or its titleholders. Any pageant title using the Town of Amity’s name is conferred by a private individual or organization. This should not be construed as official recognition or endorsement by the Town or any Town official