LEWISTON — Councilors will crack open their budget books again at a specially scheduled workshop meeting Wednesday. “We hope to get a budget option finalized so we can come back on July 16 and do the actual budget amendment,” City Administrator Ed Barrett said. “We’ll also take a quick look at our capital budget to […]
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Legislature back in session for budget fix, override votes
AUGUSTA — You may have thought the session was over for the summer, but the Legislature will reconvene on Tuesday to make a technical correction to a recently enacted $6.3 billion state budget. The fix is in the “errors and omissions” bill, LD 1572, which, depending on who you ask, is either a big deal […]
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Voters re-elect Phillips, approve funds for rebuilding sidewalks
PHILLIPS — Voters at the annual town meeting gave approval to raise matching funds for rebuilding Main Street sidewalks. In less than three hours, the 77 voters agreed on a 2013-14 budget of $1.2 million, an increase of about 2 percent over last year’s requests, Town Manager Elaine Hubbard said. Mike Ellis moderated the Saturday […]
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Auburn slates budget information sessions July 8-9
AUBURN — City officials scheduled two public sessions for July 8 and 9 to talk about pending budget cuts and get resident feedback. “We’re going to have a night and a day session, and we’ll evaluate the success of them,” City Manager Clinton Deschene said. “If we have to, we’ll do more.” The meetings are […]
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Budget cuts may mean smaller Balloon Festival this summer
AUBURN — Organizers for the Twin Cities’ signature Great Falls Balloon Festival say the festival may shrink this year, ending all events in Auburn because of city budget cuts. “We’ve always had two stages, in Lewiston and Auburn,” said Mell Hamlyn, treasurer for the Great Falls Balloon Festival organizing committee. “We have to pay for […]
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Black Mountain needs community support right now
It’s 2010 all over again in Rumford. Three years ago, in a confusing three-option vote, the citizens of Rumford did not approve $51,000 in spending for the Black Mountain of Maine Ski Resort. On June 11 this year, citizens again did not approve $51,700 in spending for mountain. Three years ago, voters reconsidered the resort […]
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LePage says Legislature’s override of budget veto is ‘sad day for Maine’
AUGUSTA — The Maine House and Senate voted Wednesday to override Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of the state budget for the next two years, avoiding a state government shutdown and temporarily raising sales, meals and lodging taxes. LePage reacted Wednesday afternoon during a news conference, saying, “It was a sad day for Maine.” He […]
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Maine lawmakers to try budget veto override
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine lawmakers are heading back to the Capitol to vote on whether they should override Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of the state’s $6.3 billon, two-year budget. The Democratic-controlled Legislature is expected to return on Wednesday to take up the budget and other vetoes. The Republican governor vetoed the state budget on Monday […]
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Army to cut brigades as it slashes budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army will eliminate at least 12 combat brigades, relocate thousands of soldiers and cancel $400 million in construction projects as the first wave of federal budget cuts takes aim at military communities around the country. In a massive restructuring, Army leaders said Tuesday that they will slash the number of active […]
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Republicans need to weigh options carefully
As Republican legislators prepare to vote tomorrow on whether to sustain or override Gov. Paul LePage’s budget veto, they should ask themselves two questions: 1. Should I vote to impose severe service cuts and property tax increases on the communities in my district in order to maintain the governor’s anti-tax pledge? 2. Or is it […]