FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors reviewed a tentative timeline Thursday for developing a new 2016-17 school budget and scheduling votes on it. The $32.97 million budget presented to voters Tuesday was rejected. With only 10 of the 16 directors in attendance Thursday, the board reviewed the following tentative schedule: • Budget discussion at […]
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Candlelight vigil in Farmington Thursday for Orlando shooting victims
FARMINGTON — Old South Church will hold a candlelight vigil at 6:30 p.m. Thursday to honor the victims of the mass shooting at a gay night club in Orlando, Fla., the Rev. Alexis Fuller-Wright said Tuesday. The public is invited. The vigil will take place in the main sanctuary of the church at 235 Main St. […]
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Hippach Field Centennial Celebration planned in Farmington
FARMINGTON — For the past 100 years, countless baseball players have found their own field of dreams at Hippach Field. And at Saturday’s centennial celebration a baseball game played by oldtime rules will be one of the remembrances of what the field has meant to many over the years. The celebration begins at the field […]
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Lewiston man sentenced to 13 years in Jay robbery case
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice sentenced Daniel J. Leet of Lewiston Wednesday to serve 45 months of a 13-year prison sentence for robbing a 75-year-old Jay man in June 2015. Justice William Stokes also sentenced Leet to 45 months on a theft charge and 364 days on a misdemeanor criminal restraint charge. Both sentences […]
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Livermore Falls: Voters elect two new selectmen, reject $2.37M budget
LIVERMORE FALLS — Voters on Tuesday decided the outcome of 37 warrant articles, rejecting the largest spending requests, and decided races for selectman and the RSU 73 Board of Directors. The rejected budget items will require the town to craft a new budget and go back to voters for approval. The largest expenditure considered as part […]
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RSU 9 board to consider second budget vote
FARMINGTON — Tom Ward, superintendent of Regional School Unit 9, said Wednesday that the school board will meet Thursday to discuss a timeline for a second budget vote. The proposed budget of $32.97 million for 2016-17 was defeated Tuesday, 1,518 to 1,715. It was an increase of $929,273 over this fiscal year. Voters in Farmington, Industry, […]
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RSU 78 budget passes by 66 votes
RANGELEY — Voters passed the Regional School Unit 78 budget of $3.89 million Tuesday night by a vote of 242-176. Rangeley voters approved the budget by a margin of 174-108 and voters from the four plantations passed it by a vote of 68-62. Voters in Dallas Plantation and Sandy River Plantation approved the budget, while […]
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UPDATED: RSU 58 budget passes in all four towns
PHILLIPS — Voters in Avon, Phillips, Kingfield and Strong on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a $9.19 million budget for Regional School Unit 58. In Kingfield, the budget passed decisively, 65-3; the question of whether to continue the two-vote budget approval also passed with a strong 56-21. For Phillips, the budget tally was 38-15, while the question […]
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RSU 78 school budget narrowly passing
RANGELEY — With four plantations reporting late Tuesday, voters were passing the Regional School Unit 78 budget of $3.89 million by a vote of 68-62. Voters in Dallas Plantation voted 31-25 to approve the budget, and 33-24 to keep a two-step voting process in place for the next three years. Rangeley Plantation residents rejected the […]
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Livermore voters elect Chretien, Timberlake
LIVERMORE — Incumbent Selectman Mark Chretien and Wayne Timberlake were elected to the Board of Selectpersons Tuesday. Chretien received 259 votes, and challenger Raymond Castonguay received 161. Timberlake, who previously served on the board, received 247 votes to unseat current Chairman Peter Castonguay. Castonguay received 164 votes. Town Clerk Renda Guild and Treasurer Amy Byron, […]