MONMOUTH — Selectmen have settled on a municipal budget that will shave spending by $2,000 over the 2012-13 fiscal year.
April 2012
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Officials work to keep CARA program funded
AUGUSTA — Even as a jail inmate intervention program based in Kennebec County garnered widespread applause Thursday from state corrections officials, a large budget shortfall remains a stumbling block to the popular program’s survival.
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Income tax cut passes House
AUGUSTA — The Maine House on Thursday narrowly passed a bill that will slash the state income tax in half over time.
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Proposed RSU 18 budget would mean $1.1M increase
OAKLAND — When community members and the Regional School Unit 18 School Board examine the proposed $33.1 million budget for 2012-13, which is $1.1 million more than current spending, Superintendent Gary Smith hopes they keep Rosie the Riveter in mind.
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Home invasion nets lengthy prison terms
AUGUSTA — Two men received lengthy prison sentences Thursday for their roles in an armed home invasion last September, and one of them must pay restitution for stealing $15,000 in jewelry from his former mother-in-law.
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Obama visit costs in police overtime
President Barack Obama’s campaign stop through Portland and South Portland last week drew thousands of enthusiastic supporters, but it also cost local police departments thousands in overtime.
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Sale of accused’s car helps burglary victim
AUGUSTA — Britany Whitaker shivered Thursday in a stiff wind that blew through the impound lot at Ready Road Service on Riverside Drive.
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Births: March 4-6
AUGUSTA — A son, Mervin Alphonso Needham III, was born March 6 at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta campus, to Katie Karagiannes and Mervin Needham, Jr. of Augusta.
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Oakland man decides to stand trial for robbery
BANGOR — An Oakland man who was scheduled to plead guilty to robbing a Skowhegan credit union in 2009, changed his mind Thursday and asked that the case be continued, according to a federal prosecutor.
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New Belgrade town office awaits state action
BELGRADE — Town officials are hoping the state government hurries up and sells its highway maintenance site on the corner of Cemetery Road and Route 11 so plans for a new town office and fire station can move forward.