LIVERMORE — The Budget Committee is proposing a $1.22 million spending plan that voters will consider at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, at the Livermore Elementary School. The wrong amount appeared in a story on Page B1 of Tuesday’s Franklin edition. It was a reporting error.
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Posted inMaine
Meth labs busting state budget
AUGUSTA — The national problem of homemade drug labs, mostly making methamphetamine, is growing in Maine and its cost is hitting law enforcement at all levels of government and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. “It is very much a concern,” said Roy McKinney, director of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency. “This has been a […]
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Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Jay voters to consider $6.25 million municipal budget, ordinances
JAY — Voters will consider a $6.25 municipal budget Tuesday, June 12. Also on the ballot are three proposed ordinances on a new uniform building code, energy-efficiency loans and amendment to the subdivision rules. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Community Building in the lower-level of Spruce Mountain […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Livermore Falls to consider $2.3 million town budget
LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents have a chance Tuesday, June 12, to vote on a proposed $2.3 million municipal budget for 2012-13. There will also be elections of selectmen and RSU 73 board members, and two ordinances to consider. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Town Office. There are […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn Council warned, taxpayers are angry
AUBURN — City councilors risk angering taxpayers by adopting a budget increase, they were told Monday night. “We are still a very divided city,” said former City Councilor Ron Potvin, one of citizens who led an effort to recount the School Department’s budget vote. “Half want to expend money on the schools limitlessly. The other […]
Posted inRiver Valley, sj-web
Dixfield falls below levy limit
DIXFIELD- A little more than 60 residents turned out for the annual town meeting Thursday night, and of those who were present, there were many who had a lot of questions as to how selectmen arrived at the proposed figures. Sonya Fuller, Scott Belskis and Dan McKay were just a few who kept elected moderator, […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, sj-web
Buckfield needs only $174K for road repairs
BUCKFIELD — After revising the budget and hiring Dana Lee as its new town manager, the town was able to reduce the amount it would need to borrow to pay for work on four town roads in the coming year. Less than two weeks ago, the town planned on borrowing $198,000 to cover the cost […]
Posted inLetters
J. Pare: Budget vote handled poorly
A fair vote? I read Mona Murphy’s opinion on the school budget vote here in Auburn and the editor’s note afterwards. Whether or not the budget was passed is mute; but how the whole thing was handled is another thing altogether. Yes, according to the editor’s note: this was on the budget’s referendum and, yes, […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
S&P elevates Maine’s credit rating from negative to stable
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A week after a credit rating agency cut Maine’s ratings outlook from stable to negative, another credit rating agency has elevated its outlook for the state’s financial health. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced Friday it has affirmed the state’s AA credit rating, while revising its outlook from negative to stable. […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Late tax payments down in Twin Cities
AUBURN — Fewer households are late in paying their Lewiston-Auburn property taxes this year compared to last year, according to information from Twin Cities finance departments. Auburn Finance Director Jill Eastman said the city mailed late payment notices to 635 Auburn property owners Friday. Those notices warn taxpayers that they have 30 days to settle […]