PARIS — The SAD 17 Board of Directors approved the proposed fiscal 2019 budget, an agreement with a Chinese high school that will allow students from that country to get a diploma here and ok’d a proficiency based education policy. But not without some dissent. In a nearly two-and-a-half-hour meeting Monday night, the board approved […]
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Lisbon police budget OK'd by council
LISBON — Town councilors unanimously approved the police budget Tuesday night, setting the stage for hiring another patrol officer. The budget of $1.63 million is an increase of $180,548 over this fiscal year, which ends June 30. “Right now we have bare minimum coverage,” Chief Marc Hagan said. “We are running at overtime rates.” The additional […]
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Former Lewiston school board member paid for robocalls opposing budget
LEWISTON — A former Lewiston School Committee member hired a company to make robocalls to voters Monday night urging them to vote against the school budget Tuesday, according to City Clerk Kathy Montejo. The calls were initiated by Benjamin Martin, Montejo said. Martin did not run for re-election last year. Montejo said Martin called her […]
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SAD 17 board OKs budget
PARIS — The SAD 17 board of directors approved a $39.97 million budget Monday night and an agreement with a Chinese high school to allow those students to get a diploma from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. The budget is $228,929 less than this fiscal year, which ends June 30. The Budget Committee recommended its […]
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Warrants pass selectboard but not without dissent
OXFORD — Voters will be asked to approve a $5.5 million municipal budget when Annual Town Meeting gets underway on Saturday, June 9. The Board of Selectmen has approved the money articles in the 39-article annual warrant at a special meeting on April 26 that supported the Budget Committee’s recommendations almost across the board. If […]
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Peru votes no on covering deficit with surplus
PERU — Townspeople voted 6-16 Tuesday night against taking $32,000 from surplus to cover an overdraft in the municipal budget largely caused by the high level of winter road maintenance. Peru has about 1,200 registered voters. The road commissioner’s portion of the 2017-18 winter budget, $132,000, set to cover 22 weeks of the year, ended […]
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Norway board to vote on town budget
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen will vote Thursday evening on whether to approve a $4.97 million municipal budget. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Town Office. The 2018-19 spending plan is $98,387 more than this fiscal year, which ends June 30, Selectman Warren Sessions said Wednesday evening. Town Manager Dennis Lajoie told […]
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Lewiston council approves city, school budgets
LEWISTON — The City Council approved the $129 million budget for fiscal 2018-19 Tuesday, sending the school budget on to voters next week. Without much discussion or last-minute changes, the council voted 6-1 to pass the $46.1 million municipal budget. There were no comments from residents during the second and final public hearing. Also on […]
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RSU 9 voters to consider proposed $35.5 million spending plan
FARMINGTON — A proposed $35.5 million budget for Regional School Unit 9 will go to a districtwide budget vote at 7 p.m. Monday at the Mt. Blue Campus on Seamon Road. The amount approved by voters there will go to a validation referendum Tuesday, May 15, at polling stations in Chesterville, Farmington, Industry, New Sharon, […]
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Lisbon School Committee discusses bullying, budget
LISBON — Administrators told the School Committee on Monday night that incidents of bullying on social media are effecting students at school. The middle and high schools received no calls or texts through their cyberbully hotlines, but their respective principals, Darren Ackerman and Susan Magee, voiced concerns about social media. “The issues are usually a […]