NEWRY — The Newry select board Tuesday rescheduled a special town meeting to vote on funding for the Newry Withdrawal Committee. The special meeting is now planned for 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2018, at the Bear River Grange Hall. A regular meeting of the select board will begin at 5 p.m. Originally scheduled for […]
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Newry postpones special town meeting
NEWRY — A special town meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, has been postponed. A new date is expected to be set by selectmen at their regular meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday. According to town officials, the meeting was not posted seven days beforehand. The purpose of the meeting is to vote on […]
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Hearing set on RSU 10 withdrawal effort
DIXFIELD — The Regional School Unit 10 board Monday night tentatively set a public hearing for July 7 on the effort of four towns to leave the district. It will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Dirigo Elementary School in Peru and board Chairman Bruce Ross of Dixfield will be facilitator. Committees from Canton, Carthage, Dixfield […]
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Newry to vote on stopping SAD 44 withdrawal
NEWRY — Residents will vote in June whether to stop the process of withdrawing from School Administrative District 44, Town Administrator Amy Bernard said Wednesday. She said the Board of Selectmen was advised to put the question before residents as a secret ballot, rather than at their annual town meeting in March. Selectmen decided to […]
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SAD 44 withdrawal, security system on Newry agenda
NEWRY — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday will discuss drafting a letter to School Administrative District 44 directors about possibly stopping the process of leaving the district. The board will meet at 5 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Town Office. Residents voted in September 2014 to authorize the Withdrawal Committee to appropriate $50,000 from […]
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DOE rejects ending Newry withdrawal negotiations
NEWRY — The Commissioner of Education said in a letter last week to SAD 44 that he does not have the authority to suspend the Newry withdrawal negotiations, as the school board had requested. The board asked for the suspension in order to pursue forming a districtwide committee to craft a local school funding formula […]
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Dixfield selectmen appoint three residents to RSU 10 Withdrawal Committee
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen voted Monday evening to confirm the appointment of three people to the Regional School Unit 10 Withdrawal Committee. Residents voted 542-201 on June 9 to appropriate $50,000 for the withdrawal effort. Previously, the former School Administrative District 21 towns of Dixfield, Canton, Peru and Carthage circulated petitions asking for […]
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Dixfield board to appoint RSU 10 Withdrawal Committee members
DIXFIELD — The Board of Selectmen will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 6, to appoint members to the Regional School Unit 10 Withdrawal Committee. A municipal officer, a member from the general public and a member of the group that filed the withdrawal petition will be appointed. Residents voted 542-201 on June 9 to […]
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Canton board seeks resident for RSU 10 Withdrawal Committee
CANTON — Selectmen are looking for a resident to serve on the town’s new Regional School Unit 10 Withdrawal Committee. On Thursday night, they appointed all but that member to the committee, which will work with legal counsel to craft a withdrawal agreement and negotiate with RSU 10’s superintendent and school board. Donny Hutchins was […]
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Dixfield resident, Belfast lawyer discuss withdrawal process at special town meeting
DIXFIELD — Dozens of residents heard from the Dixfield representative of an ad-hoc withdrawal committee and a Belfast lawyer Thursday night on whether to fund a withdrawal effort from Regional School Unit 10. For the past month, residents from the former School Administrative District 21 towns of Dixfield, Canton, Peru and Carthage circulated petitions asking […]