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Residents at Saturday's town meeting will decide whether they want to spend more than $500,000 to purchase a new trucks for the fire and road departments.

Administrative assistant Gloria Ripley said the town is hoping to gain approval to use $350,000 to buy a pumper truck for fire and rescue needs and $175,000 for a town dump truck.

"We have had a reserve fund for a fire truck and a town truck for years," she said, "so whenever we do replace them, we will utilize that funding."

Ripley said each fund has $51,000. She said town officials plan to borrow the remaining money to purchase the vehicles.

The pumper would replace a 1981 fire truck while the dump truck, including plow equipment, would replace a 1996 model, Ripley said.

Friday's elections feature one contested race: Incumbent Raymond Clement faces Noel "Red" LaLiberte for a three-year seat on the Board of Selectmen.

Clement has been a selectman in Sidney for the past three years. Previous to that he served as selectman in Embden for 12 years.

"I'm interested in what is going on in town government," he said, "and keeping taxes down as much as possible."

LaLiberte has no experience as an elected official but has been a business owner for the last 27 years. His businesses include NRL Builders.

His emphasis as a town official would be to improve communication, he said. LaLiberte said this comes naturally to him.

"When it comes to knowing how to treat people," he said, "people have told me many times I'm a people person."

Ripley said the town historical society will have an exhibit at town meeting, while Second Baptist Church will provide the lunch at $5 per person. Proceeds from the lunch will fund the church's food bank.