Most of the spending increase comes from a $239,000 tax abatement the city must pay in the upcoming fiscal year to Granite Hill Estates, an apartment and assisted living complex for older adults at 60 Balsam Drive.
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Waterville council votes to award more than $2 million in paving contracts
Eighteen Streets in the South End and two basketball courts will be paved as part of contracts the City Council approved Tuesday.
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Lewiston man died of gunshot wound to chest in shooting at Augusta towing company
The death of Tyler Morin, 36, has been classified as a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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Clinton holds hearing on $3.3 million municipal budget as proposed package now goes to Town Meeting
Much of the discussion at Tuesday’s meeting concerned a preliminary audit that found over at least 10 years the town had billed $339,000 for its ambulance service but never collected the money.
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Proposed MSAD 54 budget rises 2.6% as salary, fuel, insurance costs increase
Voters are to decide June 14 on the proposed $38.9 million spending plan for Maine School Administrative District 54, based in Skowhegan.
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Albion residents at hearing support starting process to explore leaving Fairfield-area school district
At a public hearing Monday, Albion residents expressed support for a plan to begin the process of withdrawing from the MSAD 49 school district, a process that can be started if residents approve a question at a special town meeting next month.
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Augusta man who allegedly set off fireworks inside apartment indicted
Gerald Scott Stackpole, 45, of Augusta was indicted on charges of arson, domestic violence criminal threatening and endangering the welfare of a child following a July 1, 2021, fire in his apartment.
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Removal of art display brings into focus century-old Skowhegan labor strike
Some on social media recently criticized Skowhegan Savings Bank after an art display was removed from the building that depicted a 1907 strike, but the bank says it only sought to have another display featured because it better represented the bank’s history.
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Parent tells Waterville school board that Black daughter mistreated by teachers at high school
Karlene Burrell-McRae, who’s an administrator at Colby College, urged the schools and Board of Education on Monday to “do better.”
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Public health officials warn of possible hepatitis A exposure at Skowhegan Walmart
A person who worked in the deli section of the store was found to have been sick with the contagious liver disease this month, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.