Lauren Abbate

Staff Writer

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Published
July 3, 2016

Chesterville community collaboration plants literacy seeds with summer reading program

The Chesterville Center Union Meeting House and Our Chesterville Community Library hope that the program is a step toward getting a library in town.
Published
June 30, 2016

RSU 9 directors set $32.75 million budget proposal

In the wake of voters rejecting a $32.97 million budget proposal in June, Regional School Unit 9 directors voted to cut $224,071 from the initial proposal, reducing the proposed budget increase to 2.2 percent over the 2015-2016 figure.
Published
June 30, 2016

Franklin County Commissioners review approved budget, make adjustments

County commissioners voted Thursday to alter four line items within the $6.1 million budget approved by the county’s budget committee last week, for an increase of $13,455.
Published
June 23, 2016

RSU 9 talks reductions in second round of budget deliberations

After voters rejected a $32.97 million 2016-2017 school budget, the RSU 9 Board of Directors discussed $235,400 in possible reductions.
Published
June 22, 2016

Franklin County committee approves $6.1 million budget

The Franklin County Commissioners will take action on the approved figure at a June 30 meeting.
Published
June 22, 2016

Wilton residents approve $15,000 wastewater contribution

At Town Meeting on Monday, residents approved appropriating money to aid with debt payments that will be due on loans used to pay for upgrading the town’s wastewater treatment plant.
Published
June 21, 2016

RSU 9 directors set timeline for new budget process, begin deliberations

Following the rejection of a proposed $32.97 million budget at the polls on June 14, board members began the profess of seting a new budget.
Published
June 21, 2016

Phillips residents to consider $1.3 million budget

At Town Meeting on Thursday, residents will consider a $1,314,018 budget including funding for the lease-purchase of an excavator and for the replacement of the heating system at the town garage.
Published
June 19, 2016

Exterior work on the Western Maine Play Museum underway in Wilton

The project has been slowly but steadily raising money for construction over the last two years, and the installation of a courtyard marks the first visible work on the 100-year-old building.
Published
June 18, 2016

Sunshine a boon for Trek Across Maine participants

A sunny sky added to a jubilant mood Saturday as an estimated 2,200 cyclists participated in the 32nd annual Trek Across Maine.