The overall increase on property taxes in the proposed budget is about 3.95%, but the impact on each of the district’s six towns varies because of changes in state property valuation.
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Third candidate challenges Angus King for U.S. Senate seat
King, an independent, is now being challenged by a Democrat, a Republican and an independent.
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Two dead in fire in Hancock County
The identities of the victims were not made public Monday.
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Person said to jump off bridge at Head of Falls in Waterville
The Waterville Fire Department used its ladder truck Monday afternoon to rescue the injured person, who was then taken by a LifeFlight of Maine helicopter to the hospital, according to reports.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Voters to decide on proposed $29.8 million budget for Hallowell-area school district
Regional School Unit 2’s annual budget meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Monmouth Academy at 96 Academy Road.
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Lincoln County mother appeals dismissal of lawsuit over child’s gender expression at school
Amber Lavigne, of Newcastle, sued Great Salt Bay Community School officials, saying they provided her child with a chest binder and allowed the child to use pronouns different than the ones assigned at birth.
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Gov. Mills to create commission to prepare Maine for more battering storms
Mills will sign an executive order Tuesday to create the commission in the wake of an extremely warm and stormy winter.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, News, Schools and Education
For this year’s Somerset County Teacher of the Year, teaching runs in the family
Kaley Brown, a social studies teacher at Skowhegan Area High School, won the award this year, nearly a decade after her mother, a Skowhegan Area Middle School math teacher, won the same award.
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Lawrence High School students release salmon fry into the Sandy River in Farmington
Peter Kallin, interim chief executive officer of 7 Lakes Alliance in the Belgrade Lakes area, gave students in Eric Brown’s ecology and biology classes a lesson in the cycle stages of salmon.
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Maine university system trustees approve $650 million budget that includes tuition increases
The board also voted to extend Chancellor Dannel Malloy’s contract by another 2 years, though the exact terms have not been negotiated.