Residents at the town meeting Saturday voted to demolish Sand Hill School, an unused one-room schoolhouse that is beyond repair.

Sand Hill School was last used as a schoolhouse in the early 1970s. At the time, it was one of two remaining one-room schoolhouses in town. The town built a new school in 1973 and used Sand Hill as a gathering place for organizations and families.

"It was beyond repair," said Selectman David Stanley. "I am pleased with the vote. If there was a practical way to restore it, that would be fine, but it's in a dilapidated condition.

"Some people were very much opposed to demolishing it. More people decided it was time to move on."

Stanley said some town officials discussed building a new town hall on that site that would resemble Sand Hill School.

About 40 residents approved a $321,857 municipal budget, a slight increase over last year.

Residents voted to raise $26,000 for the volunteer fire department; $10,000 for capital road improvements; $115,000 for snow removal; and $77,000 to maintain town roads and bridges.

Stanley said residents asked some good questions about the budget.

"We have concerns. Are people able to pay property taxes? We have seen a decrease in excise taxes," Stanley said. "We plow our roads with that money. It has to come out of property taxes.

"You can shave pennies here and there. There are things you can do to not increase taxes, but you have to plow roads. Road maintenance is important."

In the elections, Stanley and Martha Staples and Arthur Barnett were re-elected to the board of selectmen. Jesse Turner was re-elected road commissioner, and Ernestine Peaslee was re-elected town clerk and administrative assistant. Natasha Bouchard was elected tax collector and treasurer.