{"id":12716,"date":"2026-09-25T19:07:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/rangeley-lighting-ordinance-update\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T12:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:37:29","slug":"rangeley-lighting-ordinance-update","status":"publish","type":"referendum","link":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/rangeley-lighting-ordinance-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangeley lighting ordinance update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e44e021b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-4-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-left is-style-short-red\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-lewiston-sun-journal wp-block-embed-lewiston-sun-journal\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rOWN61I1mt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/09\/01\/rangeley-voters-will-decide-ordinance-updates-in-november\/\">Rangeley voters will decide ordinance updates in November<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cRangeley voters will decide ordinance updates in November\u201d \u2014 Lewiston Sun Journal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/09\/01\/rangeley-voters-will-decide-ordinance-updates-in-november\/embed\/#?secret=6HDuOb8Ek7#?secret=rOWN61I1mt\" data-secret=\"rOWN61I1mt\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rangeley residents will vote on four updates to the town&#8217;s ordinances on Nov. 3. The updated lighting code will limit unshielded outdoor lights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_referendum_type":"","voter_guide_referendum_needs":"","voter_guide_referendum_fiscal_impact":"n\/a","voter_guide_referendum_effective_if_passed":"","voter_guide_referendum_sponsor":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_required":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_collected":"","voter_guide_referendum_legislative_action":"","voter_guide_referendum_on_ballot_since":"","voter_guide_referendum_vote_yes_means":"A yes vote will add restrictions to outdoor lighting in Rangeley, including a banning of searchlights and lasers. Outdoor lights will be required to be shielded by an overhang, or stay below a set number of lumens.","voter_guide_referendum_vote_no_means":"A no vote will keep the current ordinance as is.","voter_guide_referendum_related_links":"https:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/2026\/09\/01\/rangeley-voters-will-decide-ordinance-updates-in-november\/","_speedyseo_primary_vg_referendum_type":"","footnotes":""},"vg_scope":[899],"vg_municipality":[1096],"vg_referendum_type":[],"class_list":["post-12716","referendum","type-referendum","status-publish","hentry","vg_scope-local","vg_municipality-rangeley"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/referendum"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13412,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12716\/revisions\/13412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=12716"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=12716"},{"taxonomy":"vg_referendum_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_referendum_type?post=12716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}