TOPSHAM — The proposed $34.7 million budget for School Administrative District 75 goes to the first of two district-wide votes Thursday, May 23. The fiscal 2014 budget, approved 8-2 by the SAD 75 Board of Directors on April 25, is a 4.4 percent increase over this year, which would result in a 4.1 percent tax […]
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Major changes planned for Brunswick downtown review process
BRUNSWICK — The Planning Board will hold a public hearing next week on an ordinance overhaul that officials hope will streamline planning processes in the historic downtown district. The board’s May 21 meeting at 7 p.m. will give the public the opportunity to comment on changing how the Village Review Board works. The board is […]
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Bath museum completes 'evocation' of largest wooden ship ever built in U.S.
BATH — Looming on the banks of the Kennebec River, six masts reach 120 feet into the sky to remind observers of the magnitude of the ship built there more than a century ago. The recently erected structures are part of Maine Maritime Museum’s sculptural “evocation” of the schooner Wyoming, which the museum says was […]
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Falmouth board adopts revised policy on student drug, alcohol use
FALMOUTH — After more than a year of work, the School Board has overhauled the School Department’s policy on drug and alcohol use by students to reflect a more current cultural environment. The revised policy, approved this month, provides more flexible options for punishment of students who violate the alcohol and drug code than the […]
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RSU 5 board adopts $25.8M budget, braces for state budget
FREEPORT — With a somewhat clearer budget picture from the state, the Regional School Unit 5 Board of Directors made a conservative decision to adopt a $25.8 million fiscal 2014 budget – an increase from earlier proposals to help brace for potential state cuts. The budget now heads to a public budget meeting on May […]
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Falmouth council sends Route 1 redesign to voters
FALMOUTH — In the final vote before a public referendum in June, the Town Council on Monday approved a comprehensive overhaul of the Route 1 business corridor. Councilors praised the plan and urged voters to approve the $11.7 million needed to implement the changes. “This is something that will have a monumental effect on the […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
'No way to avoid services, programs' after Scarborough school budget fails
SCARBOROUGH — The 10 percent of voters who cast ballots on the $39 million school budget for fiscal year 2014 were clear: it was too high and they didn’t want it. Tuesday’s 898-643 vote showed 58 percent of voters against the budget, marking the second time an education budget has been rejected in town since […]
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Cape Elizabeth voters overwhelmingly approve school budget
CAPE ELIZABETH — Voters approved the school budget by a wide margin in a referendum Tuesday, despite a push by some parents to reject the budget out of opposition to a full-day kindergarten pilot program. At $22.5 million, the budget for fiscal year 2014 represents a significant chunk of the $33.2 million municipal budget, an overall […]
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Voters overwhelmingly approve $96.4M Portland schools budget and validation process
PORTLAND — Voters approved the $96.4 million school budget for fiscal 2014 by a large majority Tuesday. The budget passed 1,395 to 971, or by a margin of about 3-to-2. Voters also decided to continue with the annual public budget vote by a slightly lesser majority, with 56 percent approving, 1,319 to 1,032. The budget […]
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Hundreds in Falmouth mourn mother, friend Shirley Leighton
FALMOUTH — Hundreds of Shirley Leighton’s friends and relatives packed the Episcopal Church of Saint Mary the Virgin Monday for her funeral. Leighton’s son, meanwhile, who is charged with shooting and killing his mother May 3, continues to hear voices and is still awaiting a state psychiatric evaluation, his attorney said Tuesday. Andrew Leighton, 46, […]