GRAY — Moderator Don Libby of New Gloucester lead 37 registered voters in Gray and New Gloucester on Thursday as they passed Regional School Unit 15’s proposed 2015-16 budget, totaling $23.91 million. This paves the way for the June 9 district referendum validation approval vote at the polls. At the same time, by a ballot vote of 27 […]
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Democrats on Maine taxation committee reject LePage referendum bill
AUGUSTA — On a mostly party-line vote, a legislative committee Wednesday rejected a proposal by Republican Gov. Paul LePage that would ask Maine voters to repeal the state’s income tax by 2020. The proposal seeks to put a ballot question before voters in November that would amend the state’s constitution to prohibit a state income […]
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New assistant principal and new athletic director hired at RSU 10
DIXFIELD — When classes resume in Regional School Unit 10 later this year, Dirigo High and Middle schools will have a new assistant principal and a new athletic director. The RSU 10 board Monday appointed Jason Long, a longtime social studies teacher at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris, as assistant principal at the […]
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Jay voters to consider $5.63 million budget, land lease
JAY — Residents will vote Tuesday, April 28, on a proposed $5.63 million municipal budget for 2015-16. The amount is a $92,656.60 more than this fiscal year. After factoring in anticipated revenues of $1.33 million, the net budget is $4.3 million. The figures do not factor in Franklin County taxes or the town’s share of the […]
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MPA, AFL-CIO start referendum campaign to raise minimum wage
AUGUSTA — Mainers could take to the polls in 2016 to decide whether to raise the state’s minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020. The referendum campaign, spearheaded by the Maine AFL-CIO and the progressive Maine People’s Alliance, was kicked off Thursday, when the group turned in the signatures necessary to begin the process […]
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Lewiston committee votes for $64.7 million school budget
LEWISTON — Saying they’d like to do more to reduce class sizes, Lewiston School Committee members approved a $64.7 million budget Monday night, a 5.8 percent increase from the current budget. The proposed budget includes 32 new positions, most of them special ed to keep pace with growing special ed students. About 10 educators would […]
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Rumford, Mexico selectmen approve police coverage article for June referendum
RUMFORD — The Rumford and Mexico Boards of Selectmen voted 6-3 at Monday evening’s joint meeting to approve an article for the upcoming June referendum that would ask residents from both towns if they wish to approve a proposal by the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office to provide police coverage for both towns or keep their […]
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Peru selectmen, Finance Committee vote to place fire station article on June ballot
PERU — The Board of Selectmen voted 4-0 Tuesday evening to add an article to the June referendum ballot asking for $10,000 toward tearing down the Worthley Pond Fire Station and replacing it. Board of Selectmen Chairman Lee Merrill brought up the issue with the Finance Committee, which met after selectmen. Merrill said the fire […]
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Maine Supreme Court denies appeal to bear baiting ban supporters
PORTLAND — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is denying an animal rights group’s request for an expedited appeal in its case against the state’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Mainers For Fair Bear Hunting is appealing a Portland judge’s ruling that the wildlife department can use its resources to campaign against a statewide referendum […]
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Jay considers coordinating voting time with RSU 73
JAY — Selectpersons indicated Monday night that they were interested in changing the annual town meeting referendum date from June to April to vote at the same time Regional School Unit 73 holds its yes or no validation vote on the school budget. The district holds a district-wide, open-style meeting for voters from three towns […]