The RSU 38 board of directors voted Wednesday to approve a budget that raises school taxes on average 8.24% throughout the district, which includes Manchester, Mount Vernon, Wayne and Readfield.
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Colby College program to aid middle-income families with cap on tuition, room and board
The program is possible because of a $10 million gift from an anonymous donor, the Waterville college said.
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Photos: Margaret Chase Smith Community School topping-off ceremony held in Skowhegan
Contractors set the final steel beam for the new community school under construction behind the Margaret Chase Smith School on Heselton Street. All photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Anna Chadwick.
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Senate moves to exempt sole store targeted by bill to ban tobacco sales near schools
A Senate version of a bill to ban tobacco sales within 300 feet of a school would allow existing, licensed stores to keep tobacco sales.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, News, Schools and Education
SAD 54 board of directors approves $48.89 million budget for Skowhegan-area schools
Spending funded by local property taxes is expected to increase 3.95%, though the expected impact of the increase on the district’s six towns varies widely.
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Week In Photos April 5-12, 2024
Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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Bill to allow lawsuits against gun manufacturers narrowly advances to the Senate
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, cleared the House of Representatives last night by a 4-vote margin, with at least 6 Democrats joining Republicans in opposition.
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Strong winds knock out power to thousands of CMP customers
The National Weather Service said winds gusted up to 50 mph on Friday, but that sunnier, drier weather is on the way over the weekend and into next week.
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Retired Air Force colonel named Maine’s chief medical examiner
Dr. Alice Briones, who grew up in Hampden, was the first woman to lead the U.S. Armed Forces Medical Examiner System.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: The beauty of birds
We may think of birds and other wildlife as separate from us humans, but we really are all a symbiotic part of this Earth we call home, Amy Calder writes.