LOVELL — Voters approved a $1.1 million municipal budget and re-elected Selectman Steve Goldsmith and SAD 72 Director Robert Steller at the annual town meeting Saturday. A total of 62 voters in the Town Hall acted on the 90-article warrant in about two hours. They passed a $1.17 million budget, approving all requests except $2,160 […]
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Timeline set for Jay budget development, town meeting
JAY — Selectpersons are scheduled to meet Monday with Town Manager Shiloh Ring LaFreniere and department heads to begin discussion on budget needs for 2014-15. The workshop starts at 5 p.m. March 3 at the Town Office. The meeting kicks off a timeline leading up to the annual town meeting referendum June 10. Revised budgets […]
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Waterford town budget tax rate stable
WATERFORD — Town meeting voters on Saturday approved a $1.3 million budget for 2014, accepted the care and maintenance of a cemetery and agreed to fund a property revaluation . About 60 voters increased last year’s municipal budget by about $103,700. Selectmen Chairman Randy Lessard said the tax rate will remain flat. Voters also approved […]
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Canton selectmen appoint Shane Gallant as EMA director
CANTON — Fire Chief Shane Gallant was appointed as Emergency Management Agency director Thursday night by selectmen. He succeeds Jason Vaughn whose resignation was accepted by the board at the meeting. Gallant said his term as selectman is up this year and he will have more time time to devote to the position. Many towns […]
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Roxbury voters asked to OK $700K budget
ROXBURY — The annual town meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, March 3, in the Town Hall. Voters are being asked to approve a municipal budget of more than $700,000 to be raised through taxation, which is up $21,507 from last year’s budget. The budget doesn’t include county and school assessments. Planned road […]
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Maine budget committee eases forward with fix ideas for 2014 and 2015
AUGUSTA — State lawmakers on the budget-writing Appropriations Committee are gaining steady ground as they work to create a supplemental budget that will balance spending and revenues for 2014 and 2015. The Maine Constitution requires a balanced budget, and without a supplemental budget offering from Republican Gov. Paul LePage, the committee has been left largely […]
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Newry board proposes $829,475 municipal budget for 2014-15
NEWRY — Selectmen finalized their 2014-15 municipal budget Tuesday night and approved taking $346,000 from surplus for two paving projects and to lower the tax rate. Now it’s up to voters on Monday, March 3, to decide if they want to accept the board’s recommendations, administrator Loretta Powers said Wednesday morning. Excluding the county assessment […]
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West Paris to choose officers, OK slightly higher budget
WEST PARIS — Voters at the annual town meeting March 1 will be asked to approve a budget of just under $1.1 million for the 2014-15 fiscal year and choose a selectman and a water district trustee. Action on the 41-article warrant gets underway at 10 a.m. at the Agnes Gray Elementary School on Main […]
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Jay residents vote to transfer $125,000 for valuation experts
JAY — Residents voted Monday to transfer $125,000 from the undesignated fund to the industrial valuation account. It will be used to determine the valuation of Verso Paper Corp.’s paper mill and property, and for legal fees that will be incurred, Town Manager Ruth Cushman said. Ten voters, including five selectpersons, attended the special town […]
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Carthage voters approve $196,438 municipal budget
CARTHAGE — Voters approved a $196,438 municipal budget at the annual town meeting this week, Selectman Stephen Brown said Thursday. Brown said voters approved the 39 articles in a little over an hour Monday. “We had a lot of good participation this year,” he said. Voters approved increasing the salary of the town clerk and […]