Residents of the towns voted Thursday in favor of a $35.4 million budget that, while roughly 6% higher than the prior year’s, includes limited of staff cuts.
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Last-minute hitch imperils Appalachian Trail conservation project in Somerset County
Three of five county commissioners are concerned a land trust’s plan to buy 1,845 acres next to Moxie Pond for the National Park Service would close the area to hunting.
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Posted inLocal News, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Mexico residents see proposed design of new fire station
The Select Board voted 5-0 last December to accept a $4.5 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant toward a new fire station.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Cyclists in Lewiston-Auburn pedal silently for safer roads
The Ride of Silence wound through the Twin Cities on Wednesday night, honoring cyclists killed on the road, and seeking change.
Posted inLocal News, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Peru sets budget information meeting for May 31
The meeting begins at 10 a.m. at the Town Office.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
No injuries as SUV, police cruiser collide in Auburn
There were no charges in the crash Thursday on Minot Avenue.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Canton Wok customers lament loss of Lewiston restaurant, owner’s arrest
The arrest by federal immigration authorities of Xing Feng Dong has generated a lot of heated discussion, with longtime customers worried about his fate.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, Politics, Schools & Education
Judge blocks Trump’s orders to dismantle Education Department and fire employees
The ruling in 2 consolidated lawsuits — including one in which Maine joined 21 other states — says that Trump’s plan amounts to an illegal closure of the Education Department.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Laurel Libby regains vote in Maine House, but must remain silent on House floor
The Auburn Republican’s emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court only requested that her voting rights, not her ability to speak, be restored while her lawsuit is pending.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
Massachusetts man pleads guilty to manslaughter in Franklin County side-by-side case
Mathew Tolman, 27, was sentenced to seven years with all but nine months suspended.