WALES — The RSU 4 School Board has picked a number. Now it’s time for the community to weigh in. Directors have proposed a $17,749,537.98 budget for the next fiscal year. It’s an 0.85 percent increase over the current year, but has what Superintendent Jim Hodgkin called a “dramatic” effect on property taxes in Sabattus, […]
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Defense department to scale back scope of civilian worker furloughs
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department is poised to trim the number of civilian furlough days from 14 to 11 and will allow the military to exempt thousands of additional workers from the unpaid day off requirements, according to defense officials. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to announce a decision on the hotly contested issue […]
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Franklin County panel to hold public hearing on $5.5 million budget
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County budget panel will hold a public hearing on a proposed $5.5 million budget for 2013-14 at 5 p.m. Monday, May 20, in the Superior Courtroom at the county courthouse. The proposal is $203,484 more than the current budget and includes $1.6 million for the Franklin County jail. The proposed assessment […]
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Gov. Paul LePage accuses Maine state employees union of lying about shutdown
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage on Monday said he has no plans to shut down state government and accused Maine’s state employees union of “lying” and “manufacturing a crisis” by claiming state agencies have been instructed to prepare for a shutdown. In a letter LePage sent Monday to the Maine State Employees Association, he […]
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LePage issues new budget to fill $60M gap
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage proposes to close a new $60 million budget hole in part by continuing to hold off on issuing voter-approved bonds and digging into $16 million his budget had previously left for lawmakers to allocate as they saw fit. LePage’s finance chief, Sawin Millett, presented lawmakers with a package of changes […]
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Lewiston council adopts budget, leaves room for State House changes
LEWISTON — Councilors finished their budget Tuesday night, but they left a loophole in case the state budget requires them to make deeper cuts. Councilors voted unanimously to approve a $43 million spending plan for city operations and a $54.5 million school spending plan. The overall budget would set the tax rate at about $26.05 […]
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State employees’ union wants to meet with LePage to discuss possible government shutdown
AUGUSTA — Maine’s state employees’ union is requesting a meeting with Gov. Paul LePage’s administration to prepare for what the union is calling an “inevitable” state government shutdown. The shutdown would result if lawmakers and LePage fail to come to agreement on a new state budget by July 1. In a letter sent to the […]
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Cadillac Mountain summit road to open on Saturday, despite federal budget cuts
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — Though some sections of the Park Loop Road will continue to be affected by federal budget cuts, park officials have decided to open the summit road to the top of Cadillac Mountain earlier than they had planned. The road and a section of the loop road between Cadillac and Route 233 […]
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Region 9 residents approve $2.11 million vocational budget
MEXICO — Residents on Wednesday night overwhelmingly approved a $2.11 million secondary budget and a $312,000 adult and community education budget for Region 9 School of Applied Technology. Director Brenda Gammon said the 2013-14 secondary budget is down about $25,000 because one of the mortgages on the River Road school has been paid off. About […]
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Mechanic Falls officials recommend $2.2 million budget
MECHANIC FALLS — The Town Council and Budget Committee voted Wednesday to recommend a $2.2 million budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1. While the budget calls for spending $205,000 less than the current year’s budget, Town Manager John Hawley called attention to the figure on the bottom right of the summary page. […]