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Naples town report dedicated to four lives
NAPLES — Each year, as time marches on, someone dies who lived in a town and made it better. In the Town of Naples, in 2023 through early 2024, four citizens who contributed to their town died. Furthermore, the Naples Town Report was dedicated to those four people: Roland...
Town Meeting: Naples voters take bite out of ACO line
NAPLES — Is somebody barking up the wrong tree?. The majority of citizens at Naples Annual Town Meeting rejected the budget for the Animal Control Officer. There was a bit of snag — in how to proceed without an approved budget, especially since the agreement to fund the position involves three other towns.
Harrison at the Polls — Four compete for two Select Board seats
HARRISON — Incumbents Philip Devlin and Frederick Ross will face challenges for their seats on the Harrison Select Board at next month’s municipal election. Alfred Fitzmorris and Deborah Kane will challenge for one of two 3-year terms. The municipal election, along with the SAD 17 vote and State...
Lewiston school committee approves $1.13 million cut to budget
LEWISTON, Maine — Lewiston's school committee has approved a new budget proposal for the 2024-25 school year after a vote Wednesday night. The vote may be welcome news for many Lewiston voters, who soundly rejected the original, higher proposal earlier this month. The rejected proposed budget was $111.47 million,...
Disruptions for some Oxford County students may continue this coming fall
PARIS, Maine — Hundreds of young students in West Paris are likely to attend schools outside of their town in the coming 2024-2025 school year, according to MSAD 17 administrators. District superintendent Heather Manchester sent a letter to parents on May 29 explaining the school board will discuss the...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign visits Maine Thursday
KITTERY, Maine — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, was in Kittery on Thursday afternoon. Kennedy, who is running as an Independent, is the nephew of late President John F. Kennedy. His father served as attorney general and a U.S. senator before seeking the Democratic nomination for president. Both were assassinated.
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