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RSU 9 reviews cellphone ban, staffing and behavioral needs
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (842+ words) Monitor Local is a reporting initiative to meet the local information needs of people in towns across western and downeast Maine with public service reporting on town council meetings, school budget debates, zoning conversations, tax deliberations and more. It functions…...
School budgets had a rare good night during Tuesday's elections
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (596+ words) Maine voters approved almost every school budget that was up for a vote on Tuesday, giving some school boards a reprieve after last year's tough budget battles. Last summer, a series of taxpayer revolts led several districts to hold repeated…...
Augusta voters pass school budget that will force $6. 6 M in cuts
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (386+ words) Augusta voters passed a school budget Tuesday that'will force steep cuts to services, handing conservatives on the City Council a victory despite local Democrats urging a "no" vote. About 64% of voters approved a version of the budget backed by the…...
Harrison is on the verge of leaving its school district
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (525+ words) Voters in the western Maine town of Harrison will vote Tuesday on whether to begin the process of withdrawing from their school district in response to a far-off proposal to consolidate local elementary schools. Residents will decide whether the lakeside…...
Voters approve $1. 6 million budget for Beals Elementary School
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (456+ words) Monitor Local is a reporting initiative to meet the local information needs of people in towns across western and downeast Maine with public service reporting on town council meetings, school budget debates, zoning conversations, tax deliberations and more. It functions…...
Claim that shaped Platner's private schooling explanation isn't true
1+ week, 1+ day ago (451+ words) Democratic U. S. Senate candidate Graham Platner's hometown high school never lost its accreditation, contrary to a claim that the progressive once made to explain why he attended private institutions. Platner said'on a October podcast'that Sumner Memorial High School in Sullivan was…...
Wilton candidates talk budget pressures, policing, school concerns
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1025+ words) Monitor Local is a reporting initiative to meet the local information needs of people in towns across western and downeast Maine with public service reporting on town council meetings, school budget debates, zoning conversations, tax deliberations and more. It functions…...
RSU 73 reviews reading gains, upgrades, dropout reduction efforts
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (1012+ words) Monitor Local is a reporting initiative to meet the local information needs of people in towns across western and downeast Maine with public service reporting on town council meetings, school budget debates, zoning conversations, tax deliberations and more. It functions…...
Beals voters to decide $1. 6 million school budget Tuesday
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (586+ words) Monitor Local is a reporting initiative to meet the local information needs of people in towns across western and downeast Maine with public service reporting on town council meetings, school budget debates, zoning conversations, tax deliberations and more. It functions…...
Bowdoin withdraws campsite application, plans to refile after review
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1355+ words) Monitor Local is a reporting initiative to meet the local information needs of people in towns across western and downeast Maine with public service reporting on town council meetings, school budget debates, zoning conversations, tax deliberations and more. It functions…...