RUMFORD — Town Clerk Beth Bellegarde said Friday afternoon that the results of Tuesday’s referendum ballot have been deemed official. The official results are as follows: * $749,000 for general government, 514-444. * $650,000 for public safety, 506-450. * $716,000 for the Police Department, 510-448. * $625,000 for the Fire Department, 528-431. * $874,000 for […]
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Mexico selectmen vote to postpone vote on COPS grant to Nov. 26
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday to wait until the end of November to decide whether to accept a $156,071 grant that would help fund the salary of a police officer for three years. On Sept. 28, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services awarded grants totaling $656,071 […]
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Rumford PD budget cuts lead to higher county call volume
RUMFORD — Ever since deep cuts to its budget earlier this year, the dispatch center at the Police Department’s offices on Congress Street has been closed and its direct phone line disconnected. For nonemergencies, residents need to use the red telephone provided to contact the Oxford County Regional Communications Center in Paris, which will connect them […]
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Task force seeks an extra $40 million in Maine’s tax code
AUGUSTA — A task force of lawmakers, business interests, economists and tax experts continued Monday its work toward finding $40 million in savings by December, as required by the biennial budget the Democrat-led Legislature approved over the protests of Republican Gov. Paul LePage. If the Tax Expenditure Review Task Force cannot identify those savings, the […]
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What has changed now the federal government has shut down
WASHINGTON — Campers in national parks are to pull up stakes and leave, some veterans waiting to have disability benefits approved will have to cool their heels even longer, many routine food inspections will be suspended and panda-cams will go dark at the shuttered National Zoo. Those are among the immediate effects when parts of […]
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Federal shutdown to have limited effect in Maine
In Maine, a federal government shutdown does not signal the end of mail delivery but could affect a range of things from fall tourism to flu readiness. The hardest hit likely would be the neediest Mainers, whose federal aid for housing, heating and food could be jeopardized by a long shutdown. A shutdown began as […]
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Most of shutdown’s effects will be slow to reach Maine
LEWISTON — At the stroke of midnight Monday, the federal government partially shut down because Congress failed to agree on essential funding. By early Tuesday, the blame game was on. In a statement issued midday, Gov. Paul LePage called the shutdown the “result of failure of leadership in Washington, D.C.,” and assured Mainers the shutdown […]
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Tourists to bear most of the brunt of a government shutdown
WASHINGTON — A government shutdown would have far-reaching consequences for some, but minimal impact on others. Mail would be delivered. Social Security and Medicare benefits would continue to flow. But vacationers would be turned away from national parks and Smithsonian museums. Low-to-moderate income borrowers and first-time homebuyers seeking government-backed mortgages could face delays. A look […]
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U.S. Senate rejects House conditions on spending bill
WASHINGTON— The Democratic-led Senate has rejected conditions that House Republicans attached to a temporary spending bill. On the brink of a government shutdown, the Senate voted 54-46 on Monday to strip a one-year delay in President Barack Obama’s health care law from the bill that would keep the government operating. The Senate also stripped a […]
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Acadia would close during foliage season if federal government shuts down
PORTLAND (AP) — A government shutdown could close Acadia National during prime foliage season. It would be the second time in less than six months that congressional wrangling would threaten tourism. Park officials announced in March that the Park Loop Road would open in May, a month later than their usual openings because of a […]