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The Community Resilience Committee Meets via zoom second Wednesday of every month beginning August 12 4:30-530 Zoom login information or any other queries: please contact Trina Wellman at kfwellman8@gmail.com Correction on date: STAND-BY GENERATOR with TRANSFER SWITCH FOR SALE by TOWN Generac 11KW Can be seen at Town Office Bids accepted until August 5th More info here SORRENTO BULKY TRASH DAY Saturday, August 1, 9 am to noon Town Center parking lot. Car trunk full - $20.00 Small pickup truck full (not above the cab) - $40.00 Large pickup truck full (not above the cab) - $60.00 More details about cost and accepted items here . NOTICES 2025 Sorrento Comprehensive Plan REGULAR OFFICE HOURS : Mon 8-3, Wed 9-5, Fri 7-12. (If Mon is a holiday we will be open Tues 8-3) Select Board Meetings 1st/3rd Wednesday of each month. 7 pm in the Sorrento Community Building and via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86535623920?pwd=d010ajZHVE9sbStmQXpZSG M rZkNwUT09 Passcode : 307652 Planning Board Meetings first Thursday of each month. 6 pm in the Sorrento Town Office Rapid Renewal is available for all re-registrations. If you have trouble accessing it please contact the Town Clerk. Expiration Dates TRAILERS: Can be registered for 1 or 2 years, same month, except over 2000 lb. Large trailers expire in Feb. (1 year only) BOATS: Expire Dec. 31st ATVs: Expire June 30th SNOWMOBILES: Expire June 30th MOTORCYCLES: Expire March 31 of every year, except antique You are seconds away from getting this done. 🤩 
 ⚙️Google Calendar Connector and add your Google Calendar URL to connect. Open the The State comments period for the revised Sorrento Comprehensive Plan has ended. Plea se see public notice on the 2025 Sorrento Comprehensive page for details Once state review is complete and the plan is accepted it will be turned back to Sorrento. The town will hold a public hearing before putting it to a vote. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The new revised draft of the complete plan which was sent to the state for review is available for viewing and download along with other information on the webpage 2025 Sorrento Comprehensive Plan NOTES FROM THE CHAIR 2 (long!) years ago I was elected to the Sorrento Select Board, and as Chair. I would like to report what Many Volunteer Hours has helped the Select Board accomplish in the past 2 years: 1) Town Website: up and running for over a year now. 2) Town Audits: finally up to date! The most recent audit, (FY 2024 which ended June 30, 2025) is being worked on as I write this. 3) Overdue Townwide Revaluation: completed. READ MORE >> Town Office Hours Monday 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Tuesday. CLOSED Wednesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Thursday. CLOSED Friday. 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM Saturday and Sunday. CLOSED Office Phone 207-422-6889 email townclerk@sorrentomaine.org townoffice@sorrentomaine.org 79 Pomola Avenue, Sorrento, Maine 04677 July 2026 Newsletter Sorrento Newsletter Archives - Click Here

TOWN GOVERNMENT >> BOARDS & COMMITTEES Boards & Committees Select Board Board of Appeals Budget Committee Community Building Comprehensive Planning Committee Frenchman Bay Regional Shellfish Committee Harbor Committee Planning Board Select Board Robert Wilpan, Deputy Chair (Term expires 2027) 207-422-9115 r.wilpan@sorrentomaine.org Sue Macey, Chair (Term expires 2028) 781-560-3414 s.macey@sorrentomaine.org Chuck Bennett, Secretary (Term expires 2029) 207-479-5882 c.bennett@sorrentomaine.org The Select Board meets the first and third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Sorrento Community Building and via Zoom. Meeting ID: 865 3562 3920 Passcode: 307652 Join Zoom Meeting at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86535623920?pwd=d010 ajZHVE9sbStmQXpZSG M rZkNwUT09 Select Boards Board of Appeals Stephen Foster, Chair Roger Woodworth Peggy Scott, Secretary Bill Neleski Terry Noyes Boards of Appeals Budget Committee Rick Knowlton, Chair Darla Crocker Wendy Worrell Katie Eastman Ted Preuss, Alternate By-laws: Approved 5/17/23 PDF Sorrento Budget Committee Report 2023 Final PDF Sorrent Budget Committee Report 2024 Final PDF Community Building Committee Averill West Hilly Crary Darla Crocker Dale Strohmaier Comprehensive Plan Committee Ann Hoffner, Chair Chuck Bennett Alvin Scott Trina Wellman Bob Worrell Frenchman Bay Regional Shellfish Committee and Municipal Joint Board Sorrento Representative for MJB - Ann Hoffner The towns of Ellsworth, Franklin, Hancock, Lamoine, Sorrento, Sullivan, and Trenton act collaboratively as stewards to preserve, protect, manage, and enhance the shellfish resources and ecological well-being of the Frenchman’s Bay Region and to ensure a sustainable harvest of shellfish and opportunity for those who make their living on the tide. Harbor Committee Prescott Briggs III Newbold Noyes III Mark Bennett James West Lou Sutherland, Jr. (207) 266-5706 harbormaster@sorrentomaine.org Boat Registration & Excise Tax https://apps1.web.maine.gov/online/boat/ Online Mooring https://myprod.onlinemooring.com/SorrentoME/home.aspx The moorings in the harbor are maintained by the Town of Sorrento, along with a floating dinghy dock for mooring patrons, on the town pier. Dinghies must be marked with their mooring. Planning Board Trina Wellman, Chair Tom Bailey Dan Bierman, Jr Beth Clark Bob Worrell The Planning Board meets the first Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm at Town Office.

TOWN GOVERNMENT >> TOWN OFFICE & DEPARTMENTS >> UTILITIES UTILITIES Water Sorrento has no municipal water supply. All locations are served either by a private well or by the Long Pond Water District, a separate public corporation. Long Pond Water Long Pond Water District supplies clean and safe drinking water from Long Pond, a spring-fed lake located in a nature preserve, to the towns of Sullivan and Sorrento, Maine. https://www.longpondwater.com/ 259 Punkinville Road North Sullivan, ME 04664 operator@longpondwater.com 207-422-3499 EMERGENCY NUMBER: 207-214-1829 Municipal Sewer The Town of Sorrento has a very small Municipal Sewer District that serves 15 customers in the downtown area. It was established in 1988 per order of the Maine DEP to bring these properties in compliance with the Clean Water Act.

TOWN GOVERNMENT >> TOWN OFFICE & DEPARTMENTS >> GENERAL ASSISTANCE General Assistance The town of Sorrento administers a General Assistance Program that provides confidential financial assistance to those residents who are having difficulty meeting basic needs such as housing, utilities and food. The program is funded by property taxes with a 70% state reimbursement. For more information, please call 207-422- 6889 during normal operating hours. For an application click here: https://mainewelfaredirectors.org/assoc/Resources/GA/ord-apl/igaapp.pdf If this is a General Assistance Emergency and the town office is closed, please contact 207-263-6653; or 781-560-3414 if no answer at the first number. The State’s General Assistance Department number is: 1 (800) 442-6003. https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ofi/programs-services/general-assistance All General Assistance ordinances and statutes are available here: Statute: https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/22/title22ch1161.pdf Ordinance: https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/sites/maine.gov.dhhs/files/inline-files/MMA%20GA%20Ordinance%202022.pdf

OUR TOWN & RESOURCES >> CHURCHES Church of the Redeemer, Sorrento Sunday Worship Services — 10 AM (July & August) We welcome you, wherever you find yourself on your journey of faith, to join us! 60 Bayview Avenue, Sorrento between the tennis courts and Mt. Desert Avenue Services; Sundays 10am, July and August Tuesdays 9-10am: book group in rectory living room (details TBD) July, 2024 minister: the Rev. Benjamin Maas August, 2024 minister: the Rev. Matthew Hanisian Join our Redeemer information sharing list or request information for a special service. Send your names and emails to: Celi Putnam, chair cbputnam@gmail.com Claire Chafee Bahamon, secretary ccbaha1@gmail.com Harriet Smith, treasurer harrietfsmith10@gmail.com Contacts for other church committees: Christine Wellman, chair of rectory committee ctwellman@verizon.net Peter Seterdahl, chair of building committee petersederdahl@gmail.com Sally Wise, landscaping committee sallyw160@gmail.com Peter Hunt, memorial garden peterhunt038@gmail.com Sorrento Community Church The Sorrento Community Church The historic Sorrento Community Church is a simple single-room place of worship located on East Side Road in Sorrento. It remains open to the public due the care of generous volunteers and community members. The church has been painted, new shingles put on and the whole interior repainted. Christmas parties for the whole town take place each year. Regular services were held there as well as a children's church for a few years. When Waukeag Point was still part of the Town of Sullivan, the church was known as the Sullivan Point Union Meeting House. It had been in existence since at least 1859, when a record indicating Lyman M. Bragdon et al as the Building Committee deeded a pew to John White and Jonathan White in November of that year. There are some references to it as the Union Church of that area during that time. Years later, W.H. Lawrence began developing the area and purchased the original pews from the church in 1895, as it had fallen out of use. In the 1930s, the community raised funds to bring the church back into use, and it was renovated in 1935. Through 1946 at least, it hosted a regular congregation numbering anywhere from 15 to 55 people and had an active Sunday School. Upkeep and maintenance were done entirely by the community. Membership waxed and waned, and it was used by the United Methodist Church in the 1950s and 1960s. It was during this time that Rev. Margaret Henrichsen was assigned to the area by the Methodists and the Community Church was among her circuit of Sunday stops she highlighted in her book Seven Steeples. The Hale family had long been involved with the church, with Lillian Hale spearheading the revival effort in the 1930s. In the 1980s another reclamation effort was made thanks to a generous donation from a local family, and Michael Parker was hired to restore the interior. From Lelia Clark Johnson’s book Sullivan and Sorrento since 1760, we know the builders of the church to be: Benjamin Preble, b.1798 Lyman Bragdon, 1811-1901 Oliver Bragdon, 1826-1919 Newell Bragdon, 1817-1891 Fabins Downing, 1793-1884 Richard Downing Samuels Ingalls (deacon), 1800- Willard Hall, 1821- Jonathan White, 1821- John Stover, 1825- Asa White, 1800- Nathan White, 1806- The Census of 1860 has the above men and their families in the same 3 pages, living nearby, so it makes sense that it would have been built in the late 1850s. Lydia (Arey) Bragdon, wife of Oliver, donated a handsome Bible for use in the church, which was rediscovered by community members in the building. Johnson’s book also mentions that a hymnal was dedicated to the Sorrento Community Church in honor of its builders and old resident families. First Families of Waukeag Neck (Sorrento): Benjamin Ash, James Bean, John Bean, Ebenezer Bragdon, Joseph Bragdon, Richard Downing, Samuels Ingalls, William Ingalls, Moses Bragdon, John Hammond, John Preble, Nathanial Preble, Samuel Preble, Daniel Sullivan, Jabez Simpson, John Urann, John White, Benjamin Welch. “They rest their labors, but their works do follow them.”

TOWN GOVERNMENT >> MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT >>SELECT BOARD MEETING 2021 2021 01-06 Select Board Meeting-AMENDED.docx.pdf 2021 01-20 Select Board Meeting.docx.pdf 2021 02-03 Select Board Meeting.docx.pdf 2021 02-17 Select Board Meeting.docx.pdf 2021 03-03 Select Board Meeting-Amended.docx.pdf 2021 03-17 Select Board Meeting.docx.pdf 2021 04-07 Select Board Meeting-AMENDED.docx.pdf 2021 04-21 Select Board Meeting-AMENDED.docx.pdf 2021 05-05 Select Board Meeting-AMENDED.docx.pdf 2021 05-19 Select Board Meeting-AMENDED.docx.pdf 2021 5-26 Public Hearing Minutes.docx.pdf 2021 06-02 Select Board Meeting-Amended.docx.pdf 2021 6-08 Election minutes.docx.pdf 2021 06-16 Select Board Meeting-Amended.docx.pdf 2021 07-07 Select Board Meeting-AMENDED.docx.pdf 2021 07-21 Select Board Meeting-Amended.docx.pdf 2021 08-04 Select Board Meeting edited.docx.pdf 2021 08-18 Select Board Meeting.docx.pdf 2021 09-01 Select Board Meeting edited.docx.pdf 2021 09-15 Select Board Meeting.docx.pdf 2021 10-06 Select Board Meeting-Amended.docx.pdf 2021 10-20 Select Board Meeting.docx.pdf 2021 11-03 Select Board Meeting-Amended.docx.pdf 2021 11-17 Select Board Meeting-Amended.docx.pdf 2021 12-01 Select Board Meeting-Amended.docx.pdf 2021 12-15 Select Board Meeting.docx.pdf

TOWN GOVERNMENT >> TOWN RECORDS Town Records Annual Financial Audits Ordinances as Amended Disbursement Warrants Select Board Meeting Minutes Planning Board Minutes Annual Reports Annual Meeting Minutes Annual Financial Audits Sorrento Audit 6-30-17 Sorrento Audit 6-30-18 Sorrento Audit 6-30-19 Sorrento Audit 6-30-20 Sorrento Audit 6-30-21 Sorrento Audit 6.30.22 Sorrento Audit 6-30-23 Sorrento Audit 6-30-24 Sorrento Audit 6-30-25 Annual Financial Audits Ordinances as Amended Animal Control Ordinance Sept 1997 Anti-Discrimination Ordinanace Sept 1998 Board of Appeals Ordinance reestablished Sept 2004 Cable Television Ordinance Oct 1988 Declaration of Disaster Ordinance Sept 1999 Fire Ordinance Apr 2006 Floodplain Management Ordinance May 2016 Frenchman Bay Regional Shellfish Conservation Interlocal Management Agreement 2026 General Assistance Ordinance - updated 10_18_23 Harbor Ordinance Oct 2022 Land Use Ordinance - 2016 Parking Ordinance Nov 23, 1994 Planning Board Ordinance reestablished Sept 2004 Prohibiting Retail Marijuana Establishments and Retail Marijuana Social Clubs Ordinance Sept 18, 2017 Restricting Vehicle Weight on Posted Ways Ordinance Mar 2003 Sewerage System Use Ordinance July 2000 Shoreland Zoning Ordinance June 2021 Solid Waste & Recycling Ordinance June 1993 Street Naming and Property Numbering Ordinance Amended June 8, 2021 Disbursement Warrants (see Municipal Government) Municipal Government Select Board Meeting Minutes (See Municipal Government) Municipal Government Planning Board Meeting Minutes 2025 Planning Board Meeting Minutes 2024 Planning Board Meeting Minutes 2023 Planning Board Meeting Minutes 2022 Planning Board Meeting Minutes Annual Reports Sorrento Annual Report 2025 Sorrento Annual Report 2024 Sorrento Annual Report 2023 Sorrento Annual Report 2022 Sorrento Annual Report 2021 Sorrento Annual Report 2020 Sorrento Annual Report 2019 Sorrento Annual Report 2018-1900: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/towndocs-sorrento/index.html Annual Meeting Minutes 2018 Annual Meeting Minutes 2019 Annual Meeting Minutes 2020 Annual Meeting Minutes 2021 Annual Warrant Minutes 2022-10-17 Special Town Meeting Warrant with Minutes 2022-9-24 Annual Warrant with Minutes 2023-9-30 Annual Meeting Minutes 2024-6-24 Annual Meeting Minutes 2025-6-18 Annual Meeting Minutes

OUR TOWN & RESOURCES >> LOST & FOUND Lost & Found Can’t find something? Found something and now you’d like to find the owner? You’ve come to the right place! Pets: If you have lost a pet, we can post it here, and on the town Facebook page. You might also want to post it on the “Friends of Sorrento Maine” Facebook page (you have to be a member to do so). Please be sure to let us know if your pet is found! Email a photo, location the pet was last seen and your contact information to Townoffice@sorrentomaine.org Other Items:

RECREATION & FACILITIES >> COMMUNITY BUILDING Sorrento Community Building From its early beginnings as the Sorrento Grammar School (built by Ed Hale in 1941 and operated until 1975 when the Mountain View School was built) to its function as a community center today, the Sorrento Community Building has always been treasured as a valuable resource by the town. It is now used regularly for town meetings, voting, community gatherings and private functions. The building boasts a full kitchen and over 1,200 square feet of meeting space in the main room. Beautifully painted with many lovingly maintained original details, ceilings over 20 feet high and plenty of chairs and tables, the space is a highly desirable gathering space. Rental The kitchen and main meeting space can be rented on a first-come basis. Contact the Town Office to check on availability or for any other questions. Fill out and provide the Application for Use of the Sorrento Community Building to the Town Office and have your insurance agent fax a Certificate of General Liability Insurance, naming the Town of Sorrento as an additional insured to the Town Office (207) 422-3737, at least one week before your event. Application for Use of the Sorrento Community Building Alcohol No alcoholic beverages are permitted in the building or on the premises unless a caterer or bartender with proof of Liability Insurance is hired. A copy of the Liability Insurance MUST be provided to the town one week prior to use of the building. Additionally, you must hire (at your own expense) a constable who will be in attendance for the entire duration of the event. To secure your space, you will need to provide the forms noted above and pay the following fees at least a week BEFORE the use of the building. Your date will not be held until payment is received. One Day Rental Fee – Sorrento Resident - $50 or Non-Resident - $100 Refundable Security Deposit/Cleaning Fee - $100. (This fee will be returned to you after the event as long as the building, bathroom and kitchen are left clean - as described in the rental agreement, all trash has been removed, refrigerator is cleaned and emptied and no damage has been done.)

CONTACTS Town Directory Town Office Address 79 Pomola Avenue Sorrento, ME 04677 Phone: 207-422-6889 Fax: 207-422-3737 townoffice@sorrentomaine.org Opening Hours Monday Wednesday Friday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm 10:00 am – 3:00 pm 8:00 am – noon

TOWN GOVERNMENT >> PROPERTY TAXES >> PROPERTY TAX INFORMATION 2023 Property Tax Info 2022 Property Tax Info 2021 Property Tax Info 2020 Property Tax Info 2019 Property Tax Info 2018 Property Tax Info 2017 Property Tax Info 2016 Property Tax Info 2015 Property Tax Info 2014 Property Tax Info 2013 Property Tax Info 2012 Property Tax Info

RECREATION & FACILITIES >> GOLF COURSE Blink Bonnie Golf Links 89 East Side Road 207-422-3930 https://www.sorrentovia.org/golf Golf Course Operating on honor system or pay online below! Wednesdays at 4:00 PM: Twilight Scramble Fridays at 4:00 PM: Senior Flat Five Scramble (55+) Sundays at 10 AM: Scramble Established in 1916, Blink Bonnie is a rare jewel on the rugged Maine coast. This open, links-style, 9-hole walking course, with its manicured bentgrass greens and stunning views of Flanders Bay, is open to the public seven days a week. Alternate tee box locations offer golfers diverse nine-hole options, promising a unique golf experience with every outing. Daily Rates Mon-Friday $25 all-day, $15 after 5 pm Sat & Sun $30, $15 after 5 pm Pull carts $5 Greens Fees and Cart Rentals can NOW BE PAID ONLINE at https://www.sorrentovia.org/golf. We operate on the honor system. If you are unable to pay online, and when the golf shop is not open, please put cash or check in an envelope and put that through the mail slot.