SUN JOURNAL • May 28, 2024
The Livermore Falls Select Board has tasked the Planning Board with possibly developing an ordinance governing livestock in the village area. Animal Control Officer Kenneth Pelletier told selectmen at their May 21 meeting that in the past 90 days he received 45 to 55 complaints, six of them about goats. “We have a lot of goats,” he said. In addition to the goats, there are complaints about chickens and pigs, and about odors. There are state laws on the “Right to Farm” and an amendment to the Maine Constitution addressing the “Right to Food” which the Planning Board will need to consider.