AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Despite a threat from Gov. Paul LePage that he wouldn’t sign a supplemental spending bill, Maine lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to the measure aimed at balancing the two-year $6 billion budget that ends in mid-2013. The Maine Senate emphatically gave its final approval with a 35-0 vote that sent […]
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SAD 58 budget cut by 5 percent
SALEM TOWNSHIP — SAD 58 Superintendent Brenda Stevens told a gathering Thursday that the initial 2012-13 budget proposal has been cut from $10.1 million to $9.6 million. The initial budget, she stressed, was not the “be all and end all” that some of the public had anticipated. The original proposal would have increased each town’s share […]
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RSU 16 proposed budget up 3.69 percent
POLAND — The public informational meeting Wednesday on RSU 16’s proposed budget for 2012-13 drew few members of the public and fewer questions. Perhaps 20 area residents listened to interim Superintendent Michael Wilhelm’s presentation of the $18.5 million budget. “There are no new programs, the board has been sensitive to the economic times,” Wilhelm said. […]
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Mexico selectmen approve a proposed $3 million municipal budget
MEXICO — Selectmen on Wednesday night approved a $3 million municipal budget for 2012-13 that is 5.67 percent higher than this year’s. The $3,011,100 spending plan is $161,485 more than this year’s $2,849,615. It does not include school taxes or Oxford County taxes. Town Manager John Madigan said the tax rate, once all three components […]
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Dwindling block grant program troubles councilors
LEWISTON — Councilors split Tuesday night over how to best divide up the dwindling federal block grants the city gets. Councilors reviewed the proposed spending plan for Lewiston’s Community Development Block grant program that provide money to several agencies, including Sexual Assault Crisis Center and a Catholic Charities drug treatment program. “I’m appalled that the […]
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Maine budget gets approval from key committees
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine lawmakers have taken a big step toward winding up the year’s work as the Appropriations Committee agreed on a supplemental state budget for the two years ending in mid-2013. The agreement came just before midnight Monday. The spending plan could go before lawmakers Thursday. Democrats say the budget avoids the […]
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Auburn school budget gets support during hearing
AUBURN – Matthew Kovacevich, the parent of two Park Avenue Elementary School students, urged the School Committee on Wednesday to “please support the budget.” He was one of six taxpayers who spoke in favor of the $35.9 million proposal. The budget has $109,000 more for iPad tablet computers for kindergarten students next fall. That means […]
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After Maine finds extra $14.3 million, what’s next for budget process?
AUGUSTA, Maine — Tuesday’s discovery of an extra $14.3 million in state revenue has thrown a wrench into the Legislature’s budget negotiations. The co-chairs of the Appropriations Committee — Sen. Richard Rosen, R-Bucksport, and Rep. Patrick Flood, R-Winthrop — were expected to meet Wednesday with House and Senate leadership to discuss options. The statutory adjournment date for […]
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Franklin County budget review to begin
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will begin review on Tuesday, April 3, of a proposed, draft budget of $5.3 million, which includes $1.6 million to operate the jail, for 2012-13. A second day of budget review will be held Wednesday, April 4. Some items have not been factored in, county Clerk Julie Magoon said Monday. […]
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Auburn council looks to trim spending
AUBURN — It might make sense to combine the city’s planning, economic development and community development departments under one budget, Mayor Jonathan LaBonte suggested Saturday. “If we want to have a one-stop shop for business development, for poverty improvement for neighborhood development, it would bring all of those units under one umbrella,” LaBonte said. “I […]