The budget, totaling $23.9 million, is up 4.98 percent over the current year’s budget.
Jessica Lowell
Jessica Lowell is the managing editor of the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. She previously covers business and economic development and general news in the Gardiner area.
After short but intense aspirations to be an opera singer (age 4) and a deep-sea diver (age 6) her most enduring passion has been telling stories.
A University of Maine graduate, she worked for newspapers in New Hampshire, upstate New York and Wyoming, where she has won awards for investigative and explanatory journalism. She’s a fellow of the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources.
After several years out of journalism, she returned to Maine and to writing, where she spends her free time enjoying both trees and the ocean, two commodities that Wyoming lacks.
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Gardiner residents looking at 2.1 percent budget increase
Gardiner’s county tax bill is up 1.5 percent and the local school district assessment is up 4.1 percent.
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Richmond family escapes fire that damages mobile home
A family of three was displaced in the aftermath of a fire that is thought to have started in the bathroom.
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Gardiner City Council to start budget debate
Councilors also will consider submitting grant applications for economic development and workforce development for three Gardiner companies.
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Augusta, Winthrop schools among six districts to win enrollment challenge grants
Full Plates Full Potential challenged districts to encourage families to fill out and return applications for free and reduced-price lunches.
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Richmond proposes municipal budget smaller than current year’s
The spending plan preserves the town’s current level of service and allows officials to embark on a road paving plan.
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School for personal finance in session in Augusta
Teachers from around the state gathered at the Augusta Civic Center for a daylong conference offering tips and strategies to engage students in learning about money and financial decisions that will affect their lives.
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One year later, Augusta woman killed in Nepal remembered by family
Yasmine and Khaled Habash marked the first anniversary of their mother’s death by hiking the path she took on the day an earthquake and avalanche wiped the village of Langtang from the face of the Earth.
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Collins to Trump: ‘Knock off the gratuitous personal insults’
Maine’s senior U.S. senator, mentioned as a possible running mate for both presidential front-runners, said although she does not support Hillary Clinton for president, the two worked well together in the Senate.
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Randolph man turns himself in after Chelsea fight Saturday night
Witnesses say Joseph R. Johnson was pointing a gun at people and threatening to kill everyone.