LISBON — Town Manager Diane Barnes on Tuesday night presented the Town Council with a $9.5 million municipal budget, an increase of 19.2 percent from this fiscal year. Barnes said the 2017-18 spending plan does not include the county assessment and School Department assessment. “This budget proposes to keep municipal services at status quo,” Barnes […]
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Peru board debates firefighters washing personal vehicles
PERU – Selectman Raquel Welch told the board Monday evening that she wanted to speak with the fire chief about firefighters washing their personal vehicles at the Fire Station. Welch said when she drives past the station on nice days, she sees people washing their private vehicles. “It’s not a car wash,” she said. “People […]
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Woman charged with illegal credit card use
WILTON — Police said a woman from Strong is accused of charging over $4,000 on someone’s credit card without their approval. Erica Couture, 32, was arrested Friday on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said. The card belongs to a Wilton resident who made a payment to help […]
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Write-in candidate wins selectman seat
ANDOVER — Mark Thurston was elected selectman with 53 write-in votes Tuesday, unseating Jim Adler who had 28, Town Clerk Melinda Averill said Wednesday. Thurston, who is also a member of the Planning Board, won a three-year term. School board members Paula Lee and Tim Akers were re-elected to three-year terms and Betty Davis was […]
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Norway board tables vote on undesignated fund balance policy
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen agreed last week to hold off on voting on a new undesignated fund balance policy until its first meeting in April. Town Manager David Holt told the selectmen that “a long, long time ago, there was no policy for undesignated fund balance.” “What the town did was say, ‘We’re […]
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King of Jesters at Johnson Hall
GARDINER — Alex Feldman, the King of Jesters, will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center on Water Street. Unlike a speaking performer, he conveys all the humor and emotions with his tone of voice, expressive face and flexible limbs. Alex the Jester’s humor is multilayered. He involves the […]
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Committee OKs Lewiston law targeting truant 5- and 6-year-olds
AUGUSTA — When people think of truancy, what typically comes to mind is wayward teenagers trying to dodge what they consider yet another boring day in high school. Think of the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” for example. But that’s not how it always is. In Lewiston, for example, one 6-year-old missed over 50 days […]
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Brunswick hires Lewiston educator as elementary school principal
BRUNSWICK — A Lewiston school official will become principal of Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School on July 1. The School Board voted 6-0 Tuesday evening to authorize a two-year contract with Heather Blanchard. School Board members Ben Tucker, Jim Grant and Bill Thompson were absent from Tuesday’s closed-door interview and public vote. Blanchard, 36, is a […]
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Congressman Bruce Poliquin hasn't said how he will vote on GOP health bill
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage and legislative Republicans have pushed for changes now melded into their party’s national health care bill. U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin pushed for others at a White House meeting on Tuesday. But with a vote expected in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday and top Republicans ruling out more changes that they […]
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Maine lawmakers offer two bills for employee paid leave
AUGUSTA (AP) — Two lawmakers are behind bills calling for paid family leave. Independent Rep. Owen Casas’s conceptual bill would require employers to provide more time and flexibility to certain employees who become parents. Democratic Rep. Mattie Daughtry’s bill would create a paid family leave insurance program funded by employee contributions. It would provide either […]