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River Valley
News and information about the River Valley area from the Sun Journal.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, River Valley
Cost-sharing formula change: what it means for Woodstock residents
WOODSTOCK — Taxes on a $100,000 home would increase if a cost-sharing formula for School Administrative District 44 is approved by voters. The formula is based 100 percent on property value. Under the proposed change for 2017-18 and 2018-19, it would shift to 90 percent property value and 10 percent student enrollment, hiking taxes on […]
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Education formula change: what it means for Greenwood
GREENWOOD — Town Manager Kimberly Sparks said homes valued at $100,000 would be taxed $4 more a year if the School Administrative District 44 cost-sharing formula is changed to 90 percent property valuation and 10 percent student enrollment. If, as proposed, the formula changes to an 85/15 split in 202o, those same homes would be […]
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SAD 44 residents to vote on cost-sharing formula
BETHEL — Residents in School Administrative District 44 will vote Nov. 8 whether to change the cost-sharing formula from 100 percent valuation to 90 percent valuation and 10 percent student enrollment for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, then to 85 percent valuation and 15 percent student enrollment from 2020 on. Polls will be open from […]
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Cost-sharing formula change: what it means for Newry residents
NEWRY — Owners of properties valued at $100,000 could see their annual tax bills drop $69, if School Administrative District 44 voters approve changing the cost-sharing formula from 100 percent valuation to 90 percent valuation and 10 percent student enrollment, Administrative Assistant Amy Bernard said. However, owners may not see the savings because selectmen may […]
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Cost-sharing formula change: what it means for Bethel residents
BETHEL — Town Manager Christine Landes, using the proposed tax rate calculated in the last budget cycle, said taxes on a home valued at $100,000 would increase to roughly $1,470 a year under the 90 percent property valuation, 10 percent student enrollment cost-sharing formula proposed for School Administrative District 44. After that, it would be about […]
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Healthy Communities director set to retire
RUMFORD — Patty Duguay is preparing to leave her position as executive director of the River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition in a few weeks to enjoy retirement with her husband. “We want to drive the entire coast of Maine,” the 58-year-old Byron resident said. She also wants to fly over the Grand Canyon in a […]
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Rumford police log
• Oct. 12, 10:57 a.m.: Reported burglary of Urquhart residence; medication and a purse reported missing. Sgt. Douglas Maifeld investigating. • Oct. 13, 7:55 a.m.: William O’Leary, 67, of Dixfield was summonsed by officer Lawrence Briggs on a charge of theft of services on Prospect Avenue in Rumford. O’Leary is scheduled to appear in Rumford […]
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Telstar students advised of risks of drug abuse
BETHEL — “Your brain, right now, is at its best for learning,” addiction-prevention specialist Lee Anne Dodge told Telstar Regional High School students at an assembly Thursday. The assembly, sponsored by River Valley Healthy Communities in partnership with the Mahoosuc Prevention Coalition, was aimed at educating students about the consequences of underage drinking and drug […]
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Peru selectmen stand together during potential recall
PERU — The Board of Selectmen supported fellow members John Witherell and Wendy Henderson during a public hearing Tuesday night on petitions seeking to recall the two from office. Residents who signed or circulated the petition did not attend the hearing. “It speaks volumes that those circulating (the petitions) and those who signed (them) didn’t […]