DIXFIELD — Regional School Unit 56 directors reviewed three possible budgets at their meeting Tuesday night in an effort to get a spending plan passed for 2017-18. The district’s proposed $13.2 million budget was rejected by voters this month. It represented an increase of over 20 percent in assessments to Canton, Carthage, Dixfield and Peru, compared […]
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Chellie Pingree calls Donald Trump's Coast Guard, FEMA cuts 'reckless'
PORTLAND (AP) — Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine says a Trump administration plan to trim the Coast Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency budgets are “illogical” and “reckless.” Pingree made the statements on Thursday in response to reports that Trump’s budget proposal calls for a 14 percent cut to the Coast Guard and an […]
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Androscoggin County Clerk Patricia Fournier to retire
AUBURN — Longtime Androscoggin County Clerk Patricia Fournier announced her retirement Wednesday night after serving the county for more than 40 years. Fournier’s surprise announcement came following an executive session that Fournier requested at the conclusion of the county commission meeting. Over the years, Fournier also served as the county personnel director and its purchasing […]
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Pats cut Wayne, 11 others
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady will have one less veteran receiver when the defending Super Bowl champs open their season Thursday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Patriots cut veteran wide receiver Reggie Wayne and 10 others on the final day to get NFL rosters to the 53-player limit Saturday. On the team’s Twitter […]
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Maine hospitals say proposed LePage budget will cost them $55 million a year
AUGUSTA — Hospital executives and their representatives lined up Wednesday to say a proposed two-year budget offered by Republican Gov. Paul LePage would damage the state’s health care system and put hospitals deeper in debt if passed by the Legislature. Members of the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee and the Health and Human Services Committee are […]
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Jay board to consider a Dec. 8 special town meeting
JAY — Selectpersons will be updated Monday on a proposed special town meeting and warrant article to transfer $6,000 from the undesignated fund to pay additional costs for street lights. Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere will also review a proposed timeline for the annual town meeting referendum to occur at the same time as the RSU […]
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USM cuts will affect Muskie School, eliminate language programs
PORTLAND — The loss of 50 faculty positions at the University of Southern Maine will affect more than just the two programs the University of Maine System board of trustees voted to eliminate last week. If a plan presented by University of Southern Maine President David Flanagan and Provost Joseph McDonnell is carried out, the […]
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UMaine System panel backs program cuts at USM
PORTLAND (AP) — A University of Maine System committee is backing a plan to cut some programs at the University of Southern Maine. The Portland Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/ZHj75q) that the committee voted 6-1 on Wednesday in favor of eliminating the undergraduate French major and master’s program in applied sciences. The full University of Maine […]
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USM president announces another $2.5 million in cuts
PORTLAND — University of Southern Maine President Theodora Kalikow announced Friday the final phase of cuts needed to pass a balanced fiscal year 2015 budget, though more cuts are expected in the coming years. The bulk of the savings — $1.56 million — will come from 16 faculty retirements and one staff layoff. Another $483,000 […]