LISBON — The Town Council voted 6-1 Tuesday to hold workshops to discuss whether to rezone Route 9 from residential to commercial. Norm Albert, Eric Metivier, George Bickford, Chris Brunelle, Dale James Crafts, and Allen Ward voted in favor; Kasie Kolbe opposed the motion. Those opposed to the zone change fear it will lower home […]
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RSU 9 residents raise concerns over increasing school costs
WILTON — An overview of school funding, the education tax rate and the proposed preliminary district school budget for 2016-17 were presented Monday at a Regional School Unit 9 budget information meeting at Academy Hill School in Wilton. The preliminary budget directors have begun deliberations on is $33.5 million, a $1.5 million, or, 4.7 percent increase […]
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Lisbon council OKs school budget proposal
LISBON — The Town Council voted 4-3 Tuesday night to present a $15.18 million school budget for 2015-16 to voters Jan. 12. It will be the fifth attempt to pass a budget for the current fiscal year, which began July 1. Allen Ward, Kasie Kolbe and Normand Albert, who were elected in November, voted against […]
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Lisbon School Committee tries again with another budget
LISBON — The School Committee voted 4-0 Monday night to recommend a 2015-16 school budget of $15,272,598. A public hearing is scheduled for Dec. 15, after which the Town Council will vote on a budget that will be presented to voters on Jan. 12 In November, the Town Council did not vote for the budget […]
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Lisbon school budget fails for 4th time
LISBON — Four attempts. Four failures. By a vote of 900 to 1,085 on Tuesday, voters failed to pass a school budget for the fourth time since June 9. The struggle to reach agreement on the budget has divided members of the School Committee and Town Council, many of whom expressed hope last week that Tuesday […]
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Lisbon to vote for fourth time on school budget
LISBON — A school budget for fiscal year 2015-16 will go before voters for the fourth time on Nov. 3 — this time for $15.01 million. Voters rejected similar budgets in June, August and September, saying they were too low. Town councilors, School Committee members and townspeople are hoping that the November election will put […]
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Lisbon council votes to increase school budget
LISBON — The Town Council voted Tuesday night to send a school budget of just over $15 million to voters next week. A budget of $14.93 million failed in June with voters saying it was too low. In August, voters defeated a budget of $14.88 million, again saying it was too low. Since the August […]
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Lisbon council sends even lower school budget to voters
LISBON — The town council voted Tuesday to send a proposed budget of just under $15 million to a referendum Aug. 11 — $416,893 lower than the budget recommended by the School Committee and $47,827 lower than the budget that went before voters in June. A budget of $14.93 million, excluding adult education, was rejected […]
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Lisbon School Committee OKs budget
LISBON — The School Committee voted 4-0 Monday to send a proposed school budget to a public hearing July 21. The $15.1 million school budget approved by the Town Council on May 19 was rejected by voters June 9. Responses to a question on the warrant showed voters thought the budget was too low. The […]
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R. Sevigny: Put emotions aside
Every spring, in Auburn, residents are forced to view the same B-rated horror flick titled, “The School Budget.” The superintendent comes looking for money that taxpayers do not have, and when the City Council tries to hold her in line, she makes budget cuts that will draw the maximum amount of emotions from parents. She […]