STRONG — Voters approved a 2014 budget that raised and appropriated a total amount lower than the previous year. The Saturday meeting drew 51 voters to the Forster Memorial Building to mull over the 61-article warrant. Selectmen and the Budget Committee calculated initial requests for $565,059, down from a 2013 total of $565,182. After a […]
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Mexico selectmen vote to approve Fire Department, Public Works budget proposals
MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen voted during Tuesday evening’s budget meeting to approve budget proposals for the town’s fire department and public works department. Town Manager John Madigan said Wednesday that the selectmen approved a $268,583 budget proposal for the town’s fire department, which was “a little higher than last year.” The fire department […]
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Avon voters approve slight increase in spending
AVON — Voters on Saturday approved a $211,000 town budget for fiscal year 2014, up from last year’s $198,000 spending plan. About 20 townspeople appropriated money for roads, cemeteries, repairs and maintenance. They agreed with selectmen that they needed an additional $5,000 from excise taxes for the winter roads account. “Our salt and sand supplies […]
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Hebron voters increase spending on firefighting, roads, cemeteries
HEBRON — Voters at Saturday’s annual town meeting passed a budget of about $740,000, but some raised concerns about the $770,000 available in the General Fund. “We have a ton of money in the General Fund,” said resident Randy Swift as voters were asked to approve requests for increases in several budgets. Swift said he […]
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RSU 9 directors change budget referendum to June 10
FARMINGTON — Instead of a formal vote Tuesday, RSU 9 school directors gave a thumbs up to change the date of the budget validation vote to June 10 to coincide with state primary elections. The yes-or-no referendum was initially set for May 22. Superintendent Tom Ward told the board that representatives from a couple of […]
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Canton selectmen appoint Shane Gallant as EMA director
CANTON — Fire Chief Shane Gallant was appointed as Emergency Management Agency director Thursday night by selectmen. He succeeds Jason Vaughn whose resignation was accepted by the board at the meeting. Gallant said his term as selectman is up this year and he will have more time time to devote to the position. Many towns […]
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Buckfield voters will get second chance to decide on RSU 10 withdrawal
BUCKFIELD — Voters will be given a second chance to vote on the town’s withdrawal from the RSU 10 school district at a ballot election that may be held earlier than municipal elections in June. A petition requesting the reconsideration of the withdrawal measure approved by voters last June was submitted to the Town Office with […]
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Livermore Falls voters approve creation of TIF district
LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents voted Thursday to approve a development municipal tax-increment financing district and authorized selectmen to submit a TIF application to the state. Voters also agreed to eliminate an existing TIF connected to the former Otis Mill that closed in 2009. More than 30 voters turned out for the special town meeting at […]
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Vote on TIF application postponed in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — A vote on a tax-increment financing application involving Central Maine Power’s 14 million substation upgrade has been rescheduled to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Town Office. It had been set for Feb. 10. Consultants from Community Dynamics Corp. in Auburn wanted to send the application to the Maine Department of Community […]
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Group targets Lewiston for next vote to legalize marijuana
AUGUSTA — The Marijuana Policy Project will launch new efforts to legalize recreational marijuana use this fall in Lewiston, South Portland and York, a move that leaders in two of those cities said caught them to some degree off guard. While South Portland Police Chief Edward Googins said he has suspected since election night in […]