TOPSHAM — Next year’s School Administrative District 75 budget could increase 1.95 percent over current spending, according to a draft unveiled Monday. Superintendent Brad Smith’s recommended $38 million budget is subject to change in the weeks ahead, as it is vetted by the Finance Committee and goes to three public forums later this month. The […]
March 2018
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Resource officer: Falmouth schools ‘have never been safer’
FALMOUTH —The School Department has a nearly perfect score when it comes to a state checklist of the best school security measures. Falmouth follows 64 of the 65 recommendations, leading Rob Susi, the school resource officer, to state the town’s schools have never been safer than they are now. Even so, parents speaking at a public […]
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Florida school shooting suspect indicted on 17 counts of murder
Nikolas Cruz’s public defender has said he will plead guilty if prosecutors take the death penalty off the table,
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Committee supports extending Pine Tree Development Zone tax havens until 2021
Gov. Paul LePage was seeking a five-year extension of the program, which is set to expire this year and has come under criticism for a lack of accountability.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World
Another storm pounds Northeast, and some still don’t have power from the last one
A New Jersey teacher is struck by lightning while holding an umbrella on bus duty, but suffers only minor injuries.
Posted inMaine
Mainer whose boss allegedly called him ‘Big Indian’ wins $40,000 in lawsuit
A judge finds that a member of the Penobscot Indian Nation was subjected to workplace harassment based on his race.
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British police say Russian ex-spy, daughter poisoned with nerve agent
Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia are in critical condition, along with an officer who treated them.
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Watchdog report: Failed VA leadership put patients at risk
Secretary David Shulkin told government investigators that he did ‘not recall’ ever being notified of problems.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Maine critics throw cold water on Trump administration’s offshore drilling plan
The proposal to open 90 percent of the nation’s coastline – including the North Atlantic – to oil and gas exploration draws widespread opposition at an event held by federal officials in Augusta.
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Putin praises Trump as ‘balanced,’ says ‘it’s possible to negotiate with him’
But the Russian president also says the U.S. political system is ‘eating itself up.’