City Manager Nate Rudy expects a modest increase in the upcoming fiscal year’s budget, in part because more than an extra $100,000 is earmarked for fire services.
May 2017
Posted inMaine, News
Fairfield residents to vote on annual budget at Town Meeting
Town Meeting will be held Monday, May 8, with the $5.6 million municipal budget as the only discussion item.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Maine’s highest court to hear Viles, Hoover cases this week in Augusta
Several local, high-profile cases will be heard by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court starting Tuesday.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Former Statler Mill site in Augusta draws no response from housing developers
Mayor David Rollins expressed confidence that the 20-acre property, acquired by the city for nonpayment of taxes in 2009, will be developed at some point.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News, Politics
Despite critics’ claims, Republican health bill doesn’t make rape a pre-existing condition
A highly unlikely cascade of changes in federal and state law needs to happen before a woman is denied insurance solely because she was raped or sexually assaulted.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
In Beijing ballroom, Kushner family offers $500,000 ‘investor visa’ to wealthy Chinese
Reporters were asked to leave the the event because “this is not the story we want,” a public relations worker said.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
Navy SEAL killed in Somalia was Falmouth native
Kyle Milliken, 38, was killed Friday during an operation against the terrorist group al-Shabab, the Pentagon says.
Posted inEditorials
View from Away: What Tillerson gets right — and wrong — about American values
The Washington Post
Posted inCommunity
Augusta, Waterville area bridge, cribbage results
Gamers play in Waterville, Hallowell and Augusta.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
’13 Reasons Why’ stirs debate in Maine schools on issues surrounding suicide
The Netflix show’s critics say it romanticizes the subject as some Maine schools give parents tips on how to respond.