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Lisbon, again stung by budget miscalculations, faces another tax increase

The interim town manager last week presented a proposed budget that would lower taxes, but it was off by more than $600,000.

After a spike in property tax bills last year, the town’s budget proposal reduces spending by nearly $1 million.

A cat that lived in the home was unaccounted for a day after the blaze at 104 Ferry Road.

Councilors said they want more information on the mill’s potential uses before getting public input.

In recent years town councilors have expressed an interest in bringing the department under town management.

The state’s largest brewery doubled its pledge to use 1 million pounds of Maine grain, relying in part on Lisbon’s Blue Ox Malthouse.

The homeowners escaped the early morning fire safely.

Town officials say residential taxpayers shouldn’t have to foot the bill for commercial businesses that utilize the transfer station.

The program comes on the heels of steep property tax increases, with more likely to come.

Sherlock was remembered by colleagues as a calm and hardworking reporter whose versatility was evident across a 4-decade career.