NEWRY — Voters will elect a selectman Monday and decide on a marijuana moratorium and a town budget Tuesday. Selectman Jim Largess is being challenged by Gary Drown for a three-year term. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. March 5 at the Town Office. The town meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. […]
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Waterford residents to vote on $1.85 million budget
WATERFORD — Residents will vote on a $1.85 million budget at their annual Town Meeting on Saturday, March 3. The Town Meeting will begin at 9 a.m. at the Waterford Municipal Building. The budget represents an increase of 8.1 percent, or $344,964, over the previous year. According to the 2017 town report, most of the increase […]
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West Paris voters to get $1.2M budget warrant
WEST PARIS — When voters head to Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, March 3, they will weigh in on a roughly $1.2 million budget, which includes an increased contribution to Oxford County and higher wages for some employees. Town Meeting action gets underway at 10 a.m. at Agnes Gray Elementary School at 170 Main St. […]
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School district budget hearings to begin in April
PARIS — Superintendent Rick Colpitts and school officials will take the proposed Fiscal 2019 budget to the towns beginning April 4 when they begin four days of community-wide budget presentations. Colpitts recently released a revised schedule for community budget hearings that will be held in April in advance of the SAD 17 Board of Directors expected […]
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Conservatives lash out at GOP spending binge
NEW YORK (AP) — The GOP is the party of fiscal responsibility no more. That’s according to some conservatives who are grappling with a Republican-backed spending binge that threatens to generate trillion-dollar deficits for years to come while staining a cherished pillar of the modern-day Republican Party. While President Donald Trump and his allies hope […]
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Senate leaders' budget deal faces opposition in both parties
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers pressed to enact a massive budget deal Thursday along with a temporary funding measure to prevent a government shutdown at midnight. GOP leaders moved to shore up support among conservatives for a plan to shower the Pentagon and domestic programs with an extra $300 billion over the next two years. “It’s […]
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New budget barrier: Nancy Pelosi opposes pact if no 'Dreamer' help
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House’s top Democrat swung out against a bipartisan budget deal taking shape in the Senate on Wednesday, splashing cold water on a two-year plan packed with almost $400 billion worth of additional funding for the Pentagon, domestic programs and disaster aid. That raises anew the possibility of a government shutdown at […]
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Jay board makes cuts to budget
JAY — Selectpersons on Monday cut $48,000 from two reserve accounts, and with hydrant rentals being $22,000 less than initially projected, the proposed municipal budget is $6.18 million. That’s $56,222 more than the current budget. After factoring in nearly $1.77 million in revenue, it represents a net budget of $4.4 million that taxpayers will need […]
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RSU 9 meeting to begin with executive session
FARMINGTON — The Regional School Unit 9 board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Forum at Mt. Blue Campus. Following the opening, directors will go into executive session for legal advice in dealing with harassment/threat issues, according to Superintendent Tom Ward. He confirmed the issue did not involve a current staff member. The executive […]
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Jay board, committee to vote on department budgets
JAY — Selectpersons and Budget Committee members are scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Monday to review and vote on the proposed budget for 2018-19. The meeting will be held at the Spruce Mountain Middle School cafeteria. A second meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday at the school to vote on the library budget […]