School Administrative District 13 residents easily pass $3.47 million spending package for the coming year.
bingham maine
Posted inCommunity
Central Maine seventh-graders attend Outdoor Career Exploration
Students from Skowhegan, China, Madison, Valley Warsaw and Waterville middle schools explore outdoor careers at event at Kennebec Valley Community College in Hinckley.
advertisement
Posted inCommunity
Moscow Elementary registering students
Preschool students must be 4 years old by Oct. 15, and kindergarten students must be 5 years old by Oct. 15.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
School Administrative District 13 in Bingham, Moscow looking at 5 percent drop in proposed spending
The closing of Quimby School and newly hired teachers contribute to a drop of about $185,000 in the district’s proposed spending; the budget is expected to be finalized Thursday night before the public votes in May.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Bingham school closure among latest as Maine’s student population declines
As the number of students in Maine drops, it’s causing some school districts to think about closing local schools and what the effect is on communities.
Posted inLocal & State
Bingham residents approve nearly 50 percent increase in ambulance costs
The new executive director of the Upper Kennebec Valley Ambulance Service said the agency is forced to pass on to towns a 48.7 percent increase in costs after discovering a $70,000 loss over the past two years that had not been reported to the board of directors.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Bingham, Moscow residents vote to close only middle school in SAD 13
Officials in Bingham-based School Administrative District 13 put the proposal to close Quimby Middle School before voters as a way of addressing declining enrollment and to save money.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Bingham, Moscow to vote on closing Quimby Middle School
The vote is the latest effort to close the school, which officials have debated keeping open since 2009 in light of declining enrollment.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Bingham residents to consider budget, increased ambulance cost
Residents will consider raising $638,090 from taxation Monday at Town Meeting, an increase of about 5 percent from the current budget.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Harmony woman who lost her fiancé in fatal crash seeks missing dog
Tootie, a Pekingese and a poodle mix, remains missing from the crash site off U.S. Route 201 in Bingham, where Brenda Cote’s fiancé, Michael Handy, was killed in a head-on crash.