Regional School Unit 9 proposes $41.71 million spending plan.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Schools & Education
Wales-based district passes school budget
Slight reduction in proposed spending plan leaves all but one article intact.
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Posted inElection 2022, Franklin, The Franklin Journal
RSU 9 CTE Referendum to Pass
Mt. Blue Middle School and RSU 9 are set to have the funding for their new CTE center approved.
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Livermore Falls voters nix property study
LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents defeated a proposal Tuesday to spend up to $10,000 from the town’s surplus fund to conduct a study of town-owned property. The measure failed 584-476. The money would have been used to determine the feasibility of using a tax-acquired property on Route 106 in East Livermore as the location of a […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Farmington to vote on $1.2 million dam removal project
FARMINGTON — Residents will have the opportunity to vote Tuesday on whether to authorize the town to move ahead with a $1.2 million proposal to remove the Walton’s Mill Dam and upgrade a surrounding public park. The proposal would be funded entirely by the Atlantic Salmon Federation and includes the removal of the dam and […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Supporters of assisted suicide to seek signatures on election day
Maine voters may find themselves facing a decision about whether to approve assisted suicide, an issue that has simmered in the last two sessions of the Legislature and could land on statewide ballots next year. A political action group seeking to get an “assisted dying” question on the November 2019 ballot will be fanning out […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Campaign starts for paid sick days for Maine workers
Mainers may get the chance to follow the lead of 10 other states that mandate employers offer paid sick days to their employees. “I’m proud to be part of a group of worker, family and health care advocates who have taken the first step in submitting language for a referendum to guarantee access to earned […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Topsham voters to decide three pot questions
TOPSHAM — Voters will consider three questions Nov. 6 to guide the town on whether to allow retail marijuana sales. All three votes are nonbinding, meaning they are only advisory. If there is enough support to move forward, an ordinance governing uses could go to the town meeting next May. Chairman Dave Douglass noted at […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, The Bethel Citizen
Bethel voters to consider four marijuana site options in November
BETHEL — Selectmen voted unanimously this week to hold a referendum Nov. 6 on whether to allow adult-use marijuana establishments in town. Voters will be asked whether to allow: * Adult-use marijuana cultivation facilities; * Adult-use marijuana stores; * Adult-use marijuana products manufacturing facilities; and * Adult-use marijuana testing facilities. The decision was made despite […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Advocates of in-home care referendum call it fairness; critics call it a scam
Opponents of a ballot initiative that would raise taxes on wealthier Mainers to subsidize in-home care for the elderly and disabled have stepped up their rhetoric, calling the measure a scam and accusing its promoters of deceptive practices. The group pushing the measure said such tactics only prove how desperate opponents are to prevent Mainers […]