LEWISTON — The proposed 2014-15 Lewiston school budget that Superintendent Bill Webster unveiled Tuesday includes higher property taxes, cuts in sports and the loss of 26 positions which would mean dozens of classes with more students. Property taxes would go up about $126 for a home valued at $150,000. That estimate does not count the […]
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LePage and Legislature exchange jabs over Maine supplemental budget
Just before lawmakers on the budget-writing Appropriations Committee started public hearings on everything from cutting spending to raising taxes, LePage announced he would soon unveil a plan to restore $21 million to the state’s budget stabilization fund. Commonly known as the “rainy day fund,” LePage has said lawmakers inappropriately raided it when they voted to […]
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LePage blasts Democrats, plans to replace $21 million in rainy-day fund
Democratic leaders react to Gov. Paul LePage’s announcement AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage announced Tuesday that he has a plan to reverse what he called an “irresponsible and incompetent” $21 million raid of the state’s rainy day fund by the Legislature, which he said would make him willing to release more than $100 million in voter-approved […]
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Appropriations Committee works on supplemental budget today
AUGUSTA — A Maine legislative panel is moving forward with its work to craft a supplemental budget without the help of Gov. Paul LePage. The Appropriations Committee will hear public testimony starting Tuesday on a range of ideas being examined to fix shortfalls in the state’s $6.3 billion, two-year budget. The hearings are expected to […]
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Timeline set for Jay budget development, town meeting
JAY — Selectpersons are scheduled to meet Monday with Town Manager Shiloh Ring LaFreniere and department heads to begin discussion on budget needs for 2014-15. The workshop starts at 5 p.m. March 3 at the Town Office. The meeting kicks off a timeline leading up to the annual town meeting referendum June 10. Revised budgets […]
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Weld voters OK smaller budget
WELD — About 45 residents spent 4½ hours considering 19 articles at the town meeting Saturday. They approved a $406,503 municipal budget, of which $188,353 will be raised through taxation. The remainder will be taken from other accounts, such as excise tax and surplus. The budget is $28,747 less than last year’s budget of $435,250. Voters […]
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Auburn urges public to come out early for budget reviews
AUBURN — City Manager Clinton Deschene said he hopes residents will attend Monday night’s workshop meeting when councilors consider departmental budget requests. Councilors are scheduled to review spending requests from the Police and Fire departments and from the 911 service. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. in Auburn Hall. “As we go […]
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Edward Little defends number of administrators
AUBURN — When Ron Potvin went to high school in the early 1970s, his school had thousands of students more than Edward Little, and there weren’t a lot of assistant principals, he said. As Potvin and other Auburn School Committee members worked on a 2014-15 budget Wednesday night, he was told EL has between 980 […]
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Early chill, spike in fires, storms straining Maine Red Cross resources
BANGOR — Nicole Argraves knew little about the American Red Cross until last month, when her family lost nearly all of their belongings when fire gutted their rented mobile home in Freeport. “I mean, I knew in a vague sense, like everybody does, what the Red Cross does, but (after having) a one-on-one personal experience, […]
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Road panel develops general plan for roads in Livermore
LIVERMORE — The Road Committee is working on a plan to improve River Road and others this year. The committee plans to ask for $280,000 in the 2014-15 budget. The committee expects $21,000 will be left in the account this spring after South Road is paved. The panel will ask that the money be carried […]