Boothbay Harbor town meeting voters approved a 2008-09 budget on Saturday for more than $7 million in municipal, school and county services.

The meeting at the Boothbay Region Elementary School lasted four hours and covered 89 warrant articles, said Louis Burnham, town council chairman.

On Friday, town voters elected Denise Griffin and Frank Sample III to two open seats on the town council. They received 326 votes and 275 votes, respectively. A third candidate, Thomas Carbone, received 229 votes.

Also on Friday, town residents voted down a proposal to close the Boothbay Harbor Communication Center. The ballot was 239-218 to keep it open, Burnham said.

Residents at the Somerville town meeting voted Saturday to approve $350 for improvements to a local unused, one-room schoolhouse after a discussion to determine what work was needed.

About 25 residents from the town of about 500 were at the meeting, according to First Selectman David Stanley.

“Sand Hill School is in some disrepair and there was a discussion to decide what to do, and we decided that we were going to schedule a public hearing,” Stanley said. A date for the hearing has not yet been set.

Voters residents passed all 18 articles, agreeing to spend $30,251 for municipal salaries, a 5 percent increase over last year; $95,600 for snow removal, up 19 percent from last year; $77,000 for maintaining roads and bridges, no change from last year; and $2,000 for cutting bushes, no change from last year.

Also approved was $26,000 for the Somerville Volunteer Fire Department and $10,957 for the TriCounty Solid Waste Management Organization.

The only change in appropriations was an increase from $220 to $300 for CHIP, a fuel assistance program.

Stanley said he was pleased with the meeting, although the turnout was relatively small.

“To me, it’s the last vestige of democracy,” he said. “Your hand going up is the vote.”

Somerville will vote on its school budget in June.

On Friday, residents voted to re-elect the three incumbent selectmen, who were running unopposed. Re-elected to another one-year term were Stanley, Second Selectwoman Martha Staples and Third Selectman Arthur Barnett.

Across the board at town meetings Saturday, residents grappled with budget increases attributed to rising fuel costs and additional snow removal.

Residents in Nobleboro feel the pinch, too. About 75 voters approved an estimated $654,633 municipal budget, which increased about $30,000 over last year.

Board of Selectmen Chairman Richard Spear said the increase reflects a rise in fuel costs and operating expenses for the municipal building. The snow removal contract has also expired and the town needs to put the job out to bid, which factors into the increase, he said.

Voters approved each of the 42 articles as they were written in just over two hours. Some of the budget items approved included $140,000 for road repair and paving and $82,000 for the fire department. Residents also voted to raise $15,497 for social service agencies and charitable organizations.

Voters also approved an estimated $3 million school budget. Spear said residents expressed disappointment over the school budget.

“This week, the School Committee found out that the state cut our state subsidy by $250,000 to accommodate Gov. John Baldacci’s proposed budget cuts. Before town meeting, the school committee had to cut $70,000 out of the budget to absorb some of the cost,” he said.

In elections Friday, Henry Simmons unseated Selectman Al Jones by a vote of 64 to 49.