Millinocket voters will decide next month on a raft of charter revisions that would provide a clear path to remove officials convicted of crimes and clarify who can serve in other positions.

Change is nothing new for the Penobscot County town that lost the paper mill that anchored its economy in 2008 and has lost roughly half of its population since 1970. On Nov. 4, its voters will consider their first update to the town’s founding document in decades.

The package of seven ballot questions includes one that would enable town council, town manager, and school board positions to automatically become vacant if officials are convicted of a felony. Another one would clarify that town managers need not live in Millinocket itself and instead mandate only living within a “safe commuting dista

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