FARMINGTON — The superintendent of Regional School Unit 9 will present a new budget-making timeline to the school board Tuesday following the failure of a $33.9 million spending plan Thursday. It will be the third attempt to pass a school budget for 2017-18. The school board meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 8 in […]
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Partial results show RSU 9 budget passing
FARMINGTON — With two towns reporting results early Thursday night, the Regional School Unit 9 proposed $33.9 million school budget was passing 254-164. New Sharon residents approved the proposal by a vote of 204-95 while Temple voters rejected it by a vote of 50-69. The budget represents a $1.18 million increase over last year and factors in […]
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RSU 9 holds 2nd referendum to validate $33.9 million budget
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 voters will consider a proposed $33.9 million budget Thursday, Aug. 3, in a validation referendum at the polls in each of the 10 district towns. The proposal represents a $1.18 million increase over last year and factors in an additional $729,954 in state education revenue. Of that amount, $378,165 […]
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Maine ends fiscal year with $111 million surplus
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage’s administration says Maine has ended the fiscal year with a $110.9 million surplus. The Republican administration says the surplus will be funneled into funds to stabilize the state budget and reduce the state income tax rate. The Portland Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2u1kN9k ) the administration will allocate about $37 […]
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RSU 56 budget of $12.95M discussed
DIXFIELD — A revised budget of $12.95 million, representing an average increase of less than 12 percent in assessments to the towns of Canton, Carthage, Dixfield and Peru, was discussed at the Regional School Unit 56 informational meeting on Wednesday night. In June, voters rejected a $13.2 million budget, which was an average increase of more […]
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RSU 9 puts additional state revenue into reducing tax assessments, bond amount
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted unanimously Thursday to use the majority of $729,954 in additional state funds to reduce tax assessments and borrowing for capital improvement projects. Directors anticipated the district would receive more subsidy but they did not know how much before the first proposed budget of $33.89 million failed by […]
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Last-minute budget deal leaves Maine communities confused
AUGUSTA (AP) — Communities across Maine say they’re confused by changes to education and tax policy contained in a last-minute budget deal that’s displeasing to Republican Gov. Paul LePage and unlikely to offer promised relief to all taxpayers. The $7.1 billion, two-year budget that ended a three-day government shutdown includes education initiatives that LePage fought […]
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House budget blueprint boosts military, cuts benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a 10-year budget blueprint that would dramatically increase military spending while putting the GOP on record favoring Medicare cuts opposed by President Donald Trump. The GOP plan, authored by Budget Chairman Diane Black, R-Tenn., would also pave the way for overhauling the U.S. tax code this fall, […]
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RSU 9 to get $729,000 in additional state funding
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors will hold a special meeting Thursday, July 20, to decide how 50 percent of the $729,000 in additional state revenue will be used in the 2017-18 budget. The state released additional revenue for school systems earlier this week. The state Legislature passed a $7.1 billion state budget on […]
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Lawmakers reach tentative budget deal
Update: Gov. Paul LePage ends shutdown by signing $7.1B budget bill AUGUSTA — Lawmakers hoped late Monday that they had struck a deal that would allow state offices to open as usual on Wednesday. “We’re closing in on a budget deal” that Gov. Paul LePage will sign, said Sen. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston. “The shutdown should end […]