JAY — Voting on a proposed $6 million municipal budget for 2017-18 will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at the Community Building. The town has to keep its voting date, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere told selectpersons on March 27. Jay had aligned is annual town meeting referendum to match […]
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SAD 44 residents to vote on cost-sharing formula
BETHEL — Residents in School Administrative District 44 will vote Nov. 8 whether to change the cost-sharing formula from 100 percent valuation to 90 percent valuation and 10 percent student enrollment for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, then to 85 percent valuation and 15 percent student enrollment from 2020 on. Polls will be open from […]
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Mexico voters approve $4.44 million municipal budget
MEXICO — Voters Tuesday overwhemingly approved a $4.44 million municipal budget for fiscal year 2016-17, a $27,000 decrease from last year. Town Clerk Penny Duguay said voters approved all 19 articles. Town Manager John Madigan said salaries are up 1.5 percent and insurances up 9 percent for an overall 3.76 percent increase in salaries and benefits. The […]
Posted inFranklin
RSU 9 voters reject school budget
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 voters rejected a proposed $32.97 million budget Tuesday by a vote of 1,518 to 1,655. Voters were favoring keeping a two-step voting process in place on a proposed budget for the next three years 2,183-908. The district currently uses the two-step process. Farmington voters approved the budget in a […]
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RSU 78 voters to consider validation of $3.89 million school budget
RANGELEY — Regional School Unit 78 voters on Tuesday set a $3.89 million school budget to go before voters on Tuesday, June 14, in a validation referendum in each of the respective polling places. The school unit serves Rangeley, Dallas Plantation, Rangeley Plantation and Sandy River Plantation, all in Franklin County, and Magalloway Plantation in […]
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RSU 9 voters to consider keeping 2-vote process on annual budget
FARMINGTON — In addition to validating a $32.97 million school budget, Regional School Unit 9 voters will have a second question to decide at the polls in each of the 10 towns Tuesday, June 14. Voters will be asked whether they want to continue the yes-or-no budget validation referendum process in the district for the […]
Posted inFranklin
RSU 9 budget meeting contentious at times
FARMINGTON — The first shot against the proposed Regional School Unit 9’s $32.97 million budget was fired just after the discussion began on Article 1 on Wednesday night. From there, it was a volley of shots between those who were in favor of validation and those opposed. According to comments overheard in public and on […]
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RSU 9 voters send $32.97M budget to referendum
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 voters set a $32.97 million budget for 2016-17 on Wednesday in the first of two votes on the proposed spending plan. In a town-meeting-style forum at Mt. Blue Campus, voters also set $404,034 for the proposed adult education budget. The local share is $153,982. It is $18,544 more than this […]
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Lewiston school budget info session tonight
LEWISTON — A public information meeting on the proposed $68.8 million school budget will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, in the Farwell School gym on Farwell Street. The 2016-17 spending plan is 6.3 percent more than this fiscal year, because of higher-than-expected enrollment. If approved by voters, it would mean a tax increase of […]
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Voters approve RSU 73 budget
Voters in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls on Tuesday narrowly approved the Regional School Unit 73 budget of $18.8 million for 2016-17. They also approved continuing the budget validation referendum process for the next three years. Voting was light for all towns. “For something that’s so important and affects people’s taxes, turnout is really low,” Town Clerk […]