LEWISTON — School officials will get a second vote on their $69 million budget after city councilors narrowly agreed to send the matter on to voters Tuesday. Councilor Shane Bouchard, speaking for those who voted no, said the proposed school budget was too similar to one voters turned down earlier this month. “To send the […]
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Two hearings this week on RSU 10 budget
DIXFIELD — Residents in Regional School Unit 10 will have two opportunities this week to learn about the proposed 2016-17 budget. Public hearings are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, at Dirigo Elementary School in Peru and at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School in Buckfield. The $38.23 million budget […]
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SAD 44 residents to vote on $10.59M budget
BETHEL — School Administrative District 44 residents will vote on a $10.59 million school budget at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, at Telstar Regional Middle/High School auditorium. They will also decide on a a $164,394 Adult and Community budget. The school budget is 1 percent less than in 2015-16. Superintendent said the three new articles […]
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RSU 9 sets budget votes for June 1 and June 14
FARMINGTON — Voters in the 10 towns that make up Regional School Unit 9 will have their chance to vote on a proposed $32.97 million school budget and a $404,034 adult education budget June 1. The districtwide meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Mt. Blue Campus on Seamon Road in Farmington. It will be […]
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Lewiston school budget info session tonight
LEWISTON — A public information meeting on the proposed $68.8 million school budget will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, in the Farwell School gym on Farwell Street. The 2016-17 spending plan is 6.3 percent more than this fiscal year, because of higher-than-expected enrollment. If approved by voters, it would mean a tax increase of […]
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SAD 44 adds 3 spending articles to budget
BETHEL — The SAD 44 school board has added three articles to its budget meeting agenda, Superintendent David Murphy said. The public meeting for the 2016-17 fiscal year budget is tentatively scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, at the Telstar High School auditorium. The three new articles are: • Taking $90,000 from the Capital Improvement […]
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RSU 16 presents spending plan
MECHANIC FALLS — Regional School Unit 16 officials held the first of their three community budget meetings, beginning with Tuesday’s meeting at Elm Street School. RSU 16 officials will present the proposed budget again Wednesday, April 27, at Poland Community School and Thursday, April 28, at Minot Consolidated School. Both meetings will take place at […]
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Mechanic Falls budget hearing Thursday
MECHANIC FALLS — Town officials will hold a public hearing on the proposed $2.4 million municipal budget at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 28. It will be held in the Town Council Chamber at the Municipal Building on Lewiston Street. The budget, as proposed by the council and recommended by the Budget Committee, calls raising $21,000 […]
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Voters approve RSU 73 budget
Voters in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls on Tuesday narrowly approved the Regional School Unit 73 budget of $18.8 million for 2016-17. They also approved continuing the budget validation referendum process for the next three years. Voting was light for all towns. “For something that’s so important and affects people’s taxes, turnout is really low,” Town Clerk […]
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Dixfield residents to vote on debt service budget
DIXFIELD — Town Manager Carlo Puiia told residents Monday evening that there will be one municipal budget item decided at the April 28 annual town meeting, while the rest of the municipal budget items will be voted on by secret ballot June 14. Puiia said the board agreed that the Debt Service warrant article should […]