FARMINGTON — It took four proposed budget amounts, several amendments and a lot of mixed votes Tuesday for Regional School Unit 9 directors to pass a proposed $33.89 million budget. The weighted vote was 583-200. The spending plan will go before voters at 7 p.m. May 31 at Mt. Blue Campus. Whatever is approved then […]
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Legislature’s budget committee agrees to $100 million borrowing package
AUGUSTA — Focusing on roads, bridges and housing, the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee on Monday signed off on a $100 million state bond package that will go to voters in November for approval. “These investments will address immediate needs in our communities and spur much-needed job growth across the state,” state Rep. Peggy Rotundo, D-Lewiston, […]
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Public invited to tour new Lewiston Middle School during Dec. 3 open house
LEWISTON — To thank taxpayers and show how the money was spent, the public is invited to an open house to show off the new-and-improved Lewiston Middle School. The open house will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3. “We want to welcome the public, who overwhelmingly supported the renovation project,” […]
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Two bond referendum questions for SAD 15 discussed
GRAY — A second community forum on two bond referendum questions by SAD 15 will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Gray-New Gloucester High School. On Nov. 4, taxpayers in Gray and New Gloucester will be asked to approve two bonds totaling $7.34 million for improvements to the middle and high schools and athletic […]
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Community forum on proposed RSU 15’s $7.34 million bond facing voters
NEW GLOUCESTER — A line of three dozen RSU 15 teachers bearing picket signs protesting having to work without a contract flanked the front of Memorial School on Monday to greet residents attending the first of three community forums by the school board on an upcoming $7.36 million referendum vote. The 11-member school board planned […]
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Democrats want bond package to support small businesses; GOP wary of additional state borrowing
AUGUSTA — Legislative Democrats will seek support for a slate of bond proposals they say will create jobs by supporting Maine businesses, but Republicans in the state House and Senate are tepid on the idea of additional state borrowing. House Speaker Mark Eves, D-North Berwick, said any bonds supported by Democrats in the second session, […]
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UMaine student’s app tracks invasive aquatic plants
FARMINGTON (AP) — Invasive aquatic plants? There’s an app for that. University of Maine at Farmington senior Christopher Bond has created an application for mobile devices to help people identify invasive aquatic plant species and report them to a lake-monitoring program. Bond’s efforts started as a National Science Foundation Grant project to protect Maine’s natural […]
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Manslaughter charge filed in Hudson boat crash
PIERMONT, N.Y. (AP) — A deadly nighttime speedboat crash on the Hudson River hurled a bride-to-be and her fiance’s best man into the water and left the groom and three others injured, including a friend charged with vehicular manslaughter on Saturday, just two weeks before the couple was to exchange their vows. Six friends were […]
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LePage urges lawmakers to consider roads bond
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is urging lawmakers to consider a proposed bond for the state’s highways and bridges this week. The Republican governor said in statement Monday that the Democratic-led Legislature should consider the $100 million transportation bond when they reconvene on Tuesday to finish their business for the session. But Democratic lawmakers […]