KINGFIELD — Voters quickly dispatched 41 warrant articles and the election of four officials at the annual town meeting Saturday. The handful of townspeople reviewed a proposed allocation of $971,152, and a $147,000 offset of tax-increment financing funds from Poland Spring. Within two hours, 41 voters approved the majority of warrant articles as written, authorizing […]
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RSU 4 budget ready for voters on Tuesday
Voters from Sabattus, Wales and Litchfield gave their initial approval to RSU 4’s $18.1 million school spending package Wednesday. The 53 voters made no changes to the 16-item budget but they asked lots of questions, Superintendent James Hodgkin said. “I think we were pretty well-prepared,” Hodgkin said. “We went through a pretty comprehensive process in […]
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RSU 16 residents vote on budget Tuesday
POLAND — A referendum on the RSU 16 budget will be held Tuesday, June 10. Polls will be open in the Mechanic Falls’ municipal building, Minot’s Town Office and Poland’s Town Hall from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The $20 million proposed spending plan was approved at the May 12 districtwide meeting. It is up […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Dixfield to vote on $2.15 million budget June 10
DIXFIELD — Residents will vote on a proposed $2.15 million municipal budget next week. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 10 at the Dixfield American Legion Hall. In previous years, residents voted on budget items at the annual town meeting in late May. After last year’s town meeting, a straw […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Residents to determine 2014-2015 budget, new selectman
BUCKFIELD — Residents will gather at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 14, at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School to vote on the 2014-15 budget. On Tuesday, June 10, at the municipal building, voters will elect a new selectman. Scott Violette is on the ballot to replace Warren Wright, whose three-year term is up. He is […]
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Livermore Falls residents to vote on proposed $2.45 million budget
LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents will take up a proposed $2.45 million budget for 2014-15 in a referendum vote Tuesday, June 10. The budget is $5,670 less than the current budget. They also will be asked to consider changing the name of the Geneva Hodgkins Memorial Park back to Union Park. Voters have 39 warrant articles […]
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P. DeFilipp: No easy answers to budget woes
I’ve been reading the misinformation about Mexico’s finances. As a member of the town’s Budget Committee, I am aware of the figures. The only way to cut revenue 10 percent is to reduce services. That would mean cuts to the library of $60,000; garbage disposal, $59,000; recreation, $100,000; police, $60,000. I did not include fire […]
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UMaine trustees propose workforce cuts
BANGOR (AP) — University of Maine System trustees have released a draft strategic plan that would cut about $60 million through workforce and facility reductions over the next five and streamline academic programs to reduce overlap. The plan approved Thursday is part of an effort to close a projected $69 million budget deficit by 2019. […]
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Turner, Leeds, Greene voters pass school budget
TURNER — Voters in Turner, Leeds and Greene passed the RSU 52 school budget in a 217-124 vote Tuesday. Poll results released Wednesday by Superintendent Henry Aliberti are Turner, 156-73; Leeds, 32-26; and Greene, 29-25. Aliberti thanked those who voted. “We have an outstanding school system in which we can be very proud,” he said. […]
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UMaine trustees approve $529M budget for 2014-15
BANGOR — The University of Maine System’s trustees have approved a $529 million budget for the next academic year that freezes tuition but eliminates more than 150 positions system-wide. The budget approved Monday for 2014-15 includes $11.4 million from emergency reserves to help fill a $36 million budget shortfall. Trustee Norman Fournier says the budget […]