An auditor has said the town could have to spend an extra $831,078 to make up for the funding shortfall.
Charles Eichacker
Charles Eichacker covers crime and general news in the Winthrop area, but his side interests include health, politics, culture and the outdoors. A Maryland native, he first came to Maine in 2004 to attend Colby College. After several years away, including a stint teaching English in China for the Peace Corps, he returned in 2014 for a job at the Ellsworth American. He started writing for the Kennebec Journal in spring 2016. An Eagle Scout and sometimes karaoke singer, his short term life goals include running a marathon, growing tomatoes and playing “Ziggy Stardust” on guitar.
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Auditor recommends Winthrop town, school officials cooperate to resolve $700,000 funding shortfall
Auditor Bruce Nadeau made those recommendations at a Town Council meeting Monday.
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Maine Board of Pharmacy asking lawmakers to clarify naloxone law approved last spring
The request comes as health groups have urged the board to move faster on rulemaking.
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Frosty windshield leads to three-car crash Friday morning in Augusta
A man was turning left off Riverside Drive when the initial collision happened.
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Augusta police charge six during Thursday drug bust
Police made the arrests after serving a warrant at a home on Crosby Street Place.
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Disagreement in Winthrop over who is responsible for school funding errors
The Town Council will consider several accusations by the school district at its Monday meeting.
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Brunswick woman who allegedly smoked heroin, drove children, charged
Ashley Theriault, 26, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after Gardiner police were called to Route 24 on Sunday.
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Friends remember 38-year-old Winthrop dispatcher who died on Thanksgiving Day
Mathew Guilfoyle, who worked in Winthrop, Richmond and Farmingdale, leaves behind a wife and a baby daughter.
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Hallowell man dies in Monmouth crash
Police say John P. Meserve, 61, may have had a medical emergency that led to the crash on Main Street earlier this month.
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Former owners of Readfield company donate 342 acres of forest to Kennebec Land Trust
The preserved land will be open to the public for skiing, hunting and other outdoor activities.