JAY — If everything stays the same in the proposed $18.9 million budget for Regional School Unit 73 for 2012-13, all three towns would see an increase in tax commitments for school operations. The proposed budget would be an increase of 2.78 percent, or $512,546.98 over the current $18.4 million budget. Coupled with a loss […]
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RSU 9 budget increases from debt, fuel
FARMINGTON — The Regional School Unit 9 board continued its study Thursday night of the $28.9 million proposed budget for 2012-13 and listened to administrators’ explanations of the $3.6 million increase. Most of that increase, $2.7 million, is for debt service. Insurance will cost more, Superintendent Michael Cormier said, and fuel is $23,000 more, David Leavitt, […]
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School board requests more information on positions
JAY – Regional School Unit 73 directors asked for more information Tuesday on several items related to the proposed $18.9 million school budget for 2012-13. Vice Chairwoman Mary Redmond-Luce of Jay and Chairwoman Denise Rodzen of Livermore Falls requested information on how much time the assistant special education director/assistant principal is spent in each position. […]
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MSAD 52 budget referendum set for May 8
TURNER — The school board for Greene, Leeds and Turner has approved a proposed budget with a 1.3 percent increase. That budget will be voted on by residents in the three towns in a May referendum. The MSAD 52 Board of Directors approved a $23.2 million budget, up from the current $22.9 budget, on April […]
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RSU 73 board considers fewer credits for graduation
JAY – Regional School Unit 73 directors reviewed the proposed $18.9 million budget Tuesday, prompting a discussion on reducing the number of credits needed to graduate from high school to 23.5. Currently students attending the north campus of Spruce Mountain High School in Jay need 24.5 credits and those at the south campus in Livermore […]
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Livermore Falls proposes $98,960 capital improvement budget
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen are proposing a $2.3 million budget for 2012-13 to cover municipal government, Town Manager Kristal Flagg said Wednesday. It reflects an increase of $108,834 over the current $2.19 million budget, she said. The board met Tuesday to decide what should be added to the budget for capital improvements. They settled on […]
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Anger over vetoes: Maine Democrats, Republicans clash on budget
AUGUSTA — Democrats reacted angrily Wednesday to a decision by Republican legislators not to break up a monthlong recess to take up two of the governor’s line-item budget vetoes, saying the GOP breached the public trust and damaged hopes for bipartisanship when the session resumes. Republicans said suggestions of a crisis are being overblown and […]
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Line-item vetoes by LePage stand as lawmakers remain in recess
AUGUSTA — Faced for the first time with the various rules on the Maine governor’s line-item veto, legislative Republicans decided Tuesday not to break up their recess in order to decide whether to let the vetoes stand. A phone survey by legislative officials showed that more than two-thirds of the GOP members of the House […]
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State revenues improving, surplus expected
AUGUSTA — After three quarters of the state’s budget year, revenues are $35 million over estimates, and Finance Commissioner Sawin Millett says his pessimism is fast being replaced with optimism that the state will end the budget year with a revenue surplus. “March was a good month, up $13.5 million over estimates,” Millett said. “It […]
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Turner voters change zoning, adopt budget
TURNER — Voters at town meeting Saturday approved a change to a zoning ordinance that reclassifies four lots on Beals Pond from residential to commercial. The 109 voters who met in the Leavitt Area High School cafeteria also approved a town budget of $2.36 million. Article 56, the zoning change, elicited significant debate but was […]