AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul LePage touted a state budget surplus of $175.8 million Monday, noting that Maine had concluded the fiscal year well in the black. LePage credited his administration’s sound fiscal management for the surplus. He said $74.6 million of the surplus has been allocated to the state’s next two-year budget and $76.2 million […]
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Livermore Falls manager checking to see what owners plan to do with burned house
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen authorized the town manager Tuesday to contact the owner of a fire-damaged home on Main Street to see if he will have it torn down, otherwise the town may do it. The home at 100 Main St. is owned by Percy Tassie of Rhode Island, who had no insurance on it, […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Mechanic Falls voters approve budget articles
MECHANIC FALLS — Voters on Thursday passed budget articles totaling more than $400,000 that were rejected by narrow margins at the June 12 budget referendum. Town Manager Koriene Low said she was relieved by Thursday’s votes. The articles included the budgets for town clerk/elections, town manager, tax assessor, auditor and Androscoggin County assessment. The articles […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Buckfield voters approve $1.8 million budget
BUCKFIELD — Buckfield voters approved a $1.8 million municipal budget during the annual town meeting June 16. Town Clerk and Treasurer Cindy Dunn said voters approved all but four articles, which resulted in a municipal budget that was $16,335 less than originally proposed by the Board of Selectmen. Article 7 asked if residents wanted to […]
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Lawmakers pass $41M package with funding for disabled, elderly, opioid treatment
AUGUSTA — The Maine Legislature returned to work Tuesday, passing one of two major spending packages that would add about $41 million to the state’s current two-year budget, with much of the funding aimed at helping those with disabilities, the elderly and people grappling with opioid use disorders. There was little partisan rancor on the […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Mechanic Falls sets special meeting
MECHANIC FALLS — Town Manager Koriene Low has announced that Mechanic Falls will hold a special town vote Thursday, June 28, for five warrant articles that did not pass in last week’s town budget vote. Not including the RSU 16 school budget, this year’s town budget of $2.5 million consisted of 34 ballot questions, 29 […]
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Auburn council passes $87.6M budget
AUBURN — The City Council voted 6-1 to approve next year’s $87.6 million budget during a final reading Monday. Councilors also voted 6-1 to pass $8.49 million in bond spending toward next year’s Capital Improvement Plan. The final CIP included a few amendments, including the removal of a $125,000 event floor for Norway Savings Bank […]
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Norway voters approve $4.97 million budget
Norway Fire Chief Dennis Yates, left, recognizes Robert Labrooke, Everett Hussey, Steve Kimball, Christine Yates and Russell Newcomb for their 164 combined years of service with the Norway Fire Department. The recognition took place Monday night during the annual town meeting at the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School forum. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal) NORWAY — Residents […]
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Auburn council set to take up marijuana moratorium, city budget
AUBURN — City officials will have a full plate Monday as the City Council is set to take up a controversial marijuana moratorium and final readings of next year’s budget and Capital Improvement Plan. The CIP failed in its first reading June 4, and has been amended slightly ahead of the workshop and meeting that […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills
Paris voters turn down police funding increase
PARIS — Voters at town meeting Saturday turned down a 1.5 percent increase in Police Department spending recommended by the Budget Committee. The increase was to cover the potential rise in insurance and wage costs, Chief Hartley “Skip” Mowatt said, but it was not known for sure whether he would need it. Union contract negotiations […]