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Voters in Windham, Raymond asked to approve $43 million school budget

The proposed budget includes the equivalent of about four new full-time positions.

The June 14 vote will be the second on the issue since 2012.

The combined municipal, school and county budget proposals for 2016-17 would add 41 cents to the property tax rate.

by From staff reports June 3, 2016June 3, 2016

School officials had to deal with a $1 million reduction in state education aid.

The town will join Freeport in considering a ban on plastic shopping bags.

If approved, the $13.4 million education budget will result in at least 12 layoffs.

The $1.4 million transfer station proposal was developed after a town resident was killed in an accident in the compactor building.

The budget would allow the district to add teachers and programs without raising property taxes.

The two men are seeking to serve the remaining year of a term on the School Administrative District 51 board.

by Staff report November 16, 2015January 4, 2016

The city’s Ward 5 will have a new city councilor for the first time since 1993.