Does a town manager in Maine need to be a resident of that town?

Answer 1

That information goes town by town. Call town hall or check the town's website for your municipal code. Generally you do have to be a resident of the town (or willing to move their), but in some towns make an exception if they have a hard time finding someone and will open it up to residents of the county. I have never heard of it being open to anyone in the state though.