Biddeford voters say a $32.9 million school budget is too high, meaning the School Committee and City Council must go back to work.
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Gillian Graham reports on social services for the Portland Press Herald, covering topics including child welfare, homelessness, food insecurity, poverty and mental health. A lifelong Mainer and graduate of the University of Southern Maine, she has worked as a journalist since 2005 and joined the paper as a staff writer in 2012. During her time with the Press Herald, Gillian has told the stories of everyday Mainers and tackled issues of poverty, hunger and homelessness. She enjoys telling compelling stories that help people better understand and connect with the communities and people around them. In her free time, Gillian loves spending time with her husband and family, hand embroidery, and hunting for vintage treasure at flea markets and antique stores.
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Saco residents to vote on plan to withdraw from school unit
A second vote on the RSU 23 budget also will take place on July 31.
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Scarborough and Saco seek new turnpike interchange
To ease traffic on routes 1 and 112, they are funding a study to persuade turnpike officials of the need.
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Scarborough, Saco look at possibility of new turnpike interchange
Officials from both communities say the time has come to take a closer look at how traffic moves through two highly traveled corridors.
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Magazine ranks Ogunquit as ‘best beach town’
Three other York County communities also make Yankee Magazine’s list of the Top 25 Beach Towns in New England.
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Saco sets date for school-district secession vote
Saco residents will decide next month if they want to form a committee to seek withdrawal from Regional School Unit 23.
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South Portland seeks to lower Highland Avenue speed
Complaints lead the city to ask the state to reduce the limit on a busy stretch near the Scarborough line to 35 mph.
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Biddeford gets to vote on school spending plan
The education budget is unchanged from the one that had been vetoed by Mayor Alan Casavant.
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Biddeford to vote on $32.9M school budget
Biddeford residents will vote Tuesday on an education budget previously vetoed by the mayor.
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Deal appears near to rid Biddeford of MERC plant
Councilors hope to buy and close the trash incinerator, long viewed as an obstacle to downtown development.