{"id":12717,"date":"2026-09-25T19:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/rangeley-ordinance-updates\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T12:37:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:37:05","slug":"rangeley-ordinance-updates","status":"publish","type":"referendum","link":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/rangeley-ordinance-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangeley ordinance updates"},"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=\"D8rno8VKvX\"><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=D8rno8VKvX\" data-secret=\"D8rno8VKvX\" 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 would restrict what signs could be displayed in Rangeley to preserve the dark skies of the region.<\/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 would limit internally lit signs. Blinking lights, in reference to internally lit message boards, will be capped at one new message every five minutes. Existing signs that go against the code will be permitted to remain until the end of their lifespans.","voter_guide_referendum_vote_no_means":"A no vote will keep the existing 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-12717","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\/12717","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\/12717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13411,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/12717\/revisions\/13411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=12717"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=12717"},{"taxonomy":"vg_referendum_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_referendum_type?post=12717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}