LEWISTON — Councilors sparred briefly Tuesday over how to best use the federal Community Development Block grant money. Economic & Community Development Director Lincoln Jeffers said the city expects to receive about $722,000 — a 36 percent cut over the last four years. “We are continuing to run lean,” Jeffers said. Lewiston is one of […]
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Voters approve lower budget at Turner town meeting
TURNER — One-hundred registered voters turned out Saturday in the Leavitt Area High School cafeteria to approve expenditures of $2.35 million in a five-hour town meeting. This represents a $12,660 reduction from the budget approved last year. Moderator Ike Goodwin conducted an orderly meeting. Selectmen and the Budget Committee pointed out that, because of uncertainty […]
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Budgets for sheriff, communications departments pass first hurdle
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a $1.52 million Sheriff’s Office budget and a $792,479 communications budget. The votes came as the commissioners reviewed the proposed $5.5 million spending plan for 2013-14. The Budget Advisory Committee will begin its review of the budget at 1 p.m. April 29 in the commissioners’ […]
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Obama to return 5 percent of salary to Treasury
WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in light of automatic spending cuts that have led to furloughs for thousands of federal workers. A White House official says Obama decided to return part of his salary each month for the rest of the […]
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Livermore Falls continues work on budget
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen and Budget Committee members are working on municipal budget proposals for 2013-14. A preliminary budget of $2.2 million was reviewed Monday night but everything has not been factored in. The draft proposal stands at $50,274 less than the current budget. The Budget Committee will meet at 6 p.m. April 10 at […]
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Auburn begins budget work with $930,000 spending increase
AUBURN — City expenses would increase about $930,464, according to a draft budget councilors received Monday night. City Manager Clinton Deschene unveiled his proposed budget that would use more general fund revenues to pay for capital projects such as road work and equipment purchases, increase employee salaries by about 1 percent and pay for spring […]
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Franklin County budget review to begin
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will begin review of a proposed $5.5 million budget for 2013-14 on Tuesday, beginning with program grants to organizations, economic development, and social service and educational agencies. The proposal, if approved as is, is $214,501 more than the current budget and includes $1.6 million for the jail. After about an […]
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Town manager says Paris accounts off by $2.1 million
PARIS — The town’s general ledger is off by $2.1 million, Town Manager Amy Bernard reported Wednesday. Manual credit and debit entries into the ledger were incorrectly transposed, throwing the town’s accounts far off balance, Bernard explained. In some cases, the bookkeeping confusion has meant payroll checks have bounced because transfers weren’t made in a […]
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Maine lawmakers still distant on how to solve $880M shortfall
AUGUSTA — With fewer than 100 days left in the state’s fiscal year and a June 30 deadline for a balanced budget looming, Maine lawmakers are far from agreement on how they will settle an $880 million budget gap. Many expect the debate on the state’s $6.3 billion budget and how to fix that 14 […]
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Capital work facing ax in Lewiston budget
LEWISTON — Road repairs and other capital spending would be sacrificed to keep property-tax increases to a minimum, City Administrator Ed Barrett said Tuesday. “A lot of this looks pretty familiar,” Barrett said. “We are talking about the fiscal climate we are in and the budget is a slight modification of what we’ve faced in […]