BUCKFIELD — Selectmen have postponed outlining a plan to cut services from emergency providers until residents meet later this month. The decision halts formal recommendations on how to cut $52,000 from the Rescue Department’s budget, made in light of voters taking up the issue on whether to restore the funding at a special town meeting […]
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Lewiston school budget revised: Fewer cuts, lower tax hike
LEWISTON — There would still be cuts in student programs and teaching positions, and property taxes would go up, but not by as much under a revised school budget from Superintendent Bill Webster. However, Webster warned Thursday, the proposed spending plan still doesn’t meet the needs of students and it isn’t affordable. The $60.76 million […]
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Peavy goes fishing despite cutting finger
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Jake Peavy arrived at Boston’s spring training complex on Monday with a large white bandage covering his left index finger, the result of a weekend accident. The right-hander, scratched from his scheduled spring training debut Monday against Pittsburgh in Bradenton, said he was hurt Saturday. “Just getting ready to go […]
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Avon woman accused of cutting boyfriend with knife
AVON — A local woman is accused of cutting her boyfriend with a knife early Friday during a dispute over finances, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Jessica Savage, 31, of Avon was arrested on a felony charge of aggravated domestic violence assault and a charge of violation of probation. Savage and her boyfriend […]
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Maine elver fishery to face harvest cuts in 2014
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s lucrative glass eel fishery will be allowed to remain open next year as long as state officials devise a plan to cut its 2014 catch by at least 25 percent, regulators agreed Wednesday. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s eel management board voted to postpone passing new regulations that would go […]
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Tebow still in the game
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tim Tebow has one game left to improve his chances of staying with the New England Patriots after surviving the mandatory roster cut to 75 players on Tuesday.Tebow is expected to see considerable playing time Thursday night against the New York Giants in the Patriots’ final exhibition game. He played poorly […]