DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 10 learned last week that it will soon receive an additional $339,401 in general purpose aid from the state. Superintendent Craig King told the board at Monday’s meeting that a decision on how that money will be spent will likely be made at the Sept. 14 board meeting. In other […]
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Selectmen approve town manager’s contract in emergency meeting
OXFORD — Selectmen extended Town Manager Michael Chammings’ contract for five years during an emergency meeting Tuesday evening. There was little public notice of the meeting and no minutes were recorded, as required by Maine law. The contract, which was released to the Sun Journal through a Freedom of Access Act request, indicates that Chammings is […]
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Selectmen prepare for union negotiations
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen met for more than two hours Thursday night to discuss negotiations for Teamsters Union Local 340 employees. Vern Stevens and Rodney Lake represent the union, which includes police, highway and sewer treatment plant employees. Their three-year contract expires June 30. The board had planned to work on the 2015 municipal budget, but […]
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Ward’s contract extended in RSU 9 in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Superintendent Tom Ward of Temple, who is in the second year of a three-year contract with Regional School Unit 9, will lead the district through June 30, 2018. The school board voted to renew his three-year contract Tuesday night after a brief executive session, Ward said. No salary was negotiated. He was hired […]
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Colpitts’ contract renewed for another year
PARIS — The SAD 17 board of directors approved a one-year extension of Superintendent Rick Colpitts’ contract Monday. The action followed an executive session to conduct an evaluation. The board is required by state law to review the superintendent’s performance in December of each year and to decide whether to extend his contract. The directors […]
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Peru, school group hammer out agreement
PERU — Selectmen and Friends of Peru Elementary School representatives Norman DeRoche, Anne Stickney and Nick Waugh met last week to work on a management contract. Last month, residents voted to return control of the building to selectmen, to provide $10,000 for its operation as a community center and to enter into a contract for […]
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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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Farmington moves to contracted assessing services
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen unanimously agreed Tuesday to contract with a firm for assessing services when the current assessor retires at the end of the year. The next step is for the town manager, town attorney and assessor Mark Caldwell to go over the three proposals under consideration and make a recommendation, Board […]
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Three-year contract approved for Jay police
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday night to approve a three-year contract with the union representing police, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said Tuesday. During the first year of the contract, union members will get a 1 percent increase, she said. There is a clause that says for the second and third years the union can request […]
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Franklin County panel approves new dispatcher contract
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners have ratified a two-year contract with the Teamsters Union, representing county emergency dispatchers, county Clerk Julie Magoon said Monday. Commissioners voted on the pact Aug. 5. There used to be a 15-year pay scale, but commissioners voted to compress the pay scale into fewer steps. Under the new agreement, supervisors […]