BRUNSWICK Brunswick will have to cut more than $900,000 from its spending plans for 2018-19 to keep tax rates from increasing more than 3 percent. Given a target tax rate increase range of 2.5-3.5 percent in February, councilors are aiming for the middle of that target, eyeing looming costs for constructing a new school and […]

BRUNSWICK Anticipating a shortage of beds for students, Bowdoin College will be before the planning board today seeking a conditional use permit that will allow the college to use a four-apartment building as a residence hall to house 12 undergraduate students. The planning board will hold a hearing to see if anyone from the public […]

BATH Voters in Regional School Unit 1 communities will be asked to approve a $30.1 million spending plan at the June 12 referendum. Approved by the RSU 1 board at a special meeting Monday, the proposed budget calls for a 3.87-percent increase in spending, up $1.1 million from the current budget year. The local share […]

BATH School tax increases are poised to drive most of a 2.48 percent property tax increase for Bath residents, say city officials. The total amount to be raised by taxes will be $21.15 million, an increase of $510,978. The tax increase impact to Bath taxpayers breaks down as follows: • The municipal budget will increase […]

TOPSHAM A nonprofit addressing animal population control is looking for a few good grant proposals. The Maine Community Foundation’s Belverde Animal Welfare Fund is accepting applications for grants to be awarded this year. In 2017, the fund — which was started in 2007 by an anonymous donor — awarded 13 grants, totaling $142,147. “Project grants […]