The combined vote was 556-225 in favor of RSU 78’s $6M budget for the next school year.
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Maine’s Election Day issues: Getting asked to show ID and a town running out of ballots
From Gorham to Berwick to South Portland and elsewhere, Maine voters and clerks reported a few hiccups and problems on Election Day.
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Towns pass Newport-area school budget
The results of the vote will be ratified Tuesday.
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Pittsfield-area voters approve $15.2M school budget
The Maine School Administrative District 53 budget comes with an overall increase of 1.70% and a local tax increase of 5.58%.
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Voters pass Fairfield-area school budget
All four towns approved the budget in a ballot referendum.
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Monmouth voters reject funds for historic school, approve merging police department with Winthrop
Residents also elected 2 new selectmen, and approved town spending in secret ballot voting during Tuesday’s primary elections.
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Voters reject 2 articles in Fairfield’s $9M municipal spending plan
Voters rejected an article that would appropriate money for capital improvement, and one which appropriates salaries for general government.
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‘A cheap, no-good person’: Donald Trump tees off on Graham Platner
The attacks signal a bruising, scorched-earth general election campaign for Maine’s Senate seat, which is key for both parties’ plans to control the upper chamber.
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Skowhegan-area voters approve school budget, cost-sharing change
The budget reflects an overall local tax increase of less than 2%, while the cost-sharing formula will use a combination of valuation and pupil count.
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Soucy wins 2nd 3-year term on Chelsea select board
Incumbent Jacob Soucy was challenged by Republican state Rep. Michael Lemelin.