Auburn to receive $3 4 million for lead removal in over 100 housing units sunjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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BUCKFIELD It took four hours, but the town finally has a budget for the current fiscal year that it can send to the voters.
The town’s department heads met Tuesday night with the Select Board and the Budget Committee to offer explanations and suggest changes to their budgets that were proposed by interim Town Manager Bradley Plante, who was not at the meeting.
Plante had described his proposed budget as “bare bone,” featuring an increase of three percent. The Select Board and the Budget Committee added approximately $50,000 to the budget to keep the increase just over 3% on the $3.8 million budget, which includes county taxes and the cost for RSU 10. The municipal portion of the budget is $2 million.
Watered-down plan to save India Ocean yellowfin tuna disappoints conservationists mongabay.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mongabay.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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BUCKFIELD The three-member Select Board struggled Thursday night on how to accept the resignation of Chairwoman Tina Brooks and questions about the 2021-22 budget.
Brooks announced Monday that she was resigning for a personal family matter. Her term ends June 30.
Working with Maine Municipal Association legal officials, Town Manager John Andrews drew up a timeline where Brooks could resign during the town elections June 8 with her replacement being elected that day on a separate ballot from other selectmen races that day.
Because Brooks is resigning, the procedure to fill out nominating papers can be shortened. That would save the town money by not requiring a second election, according to MMA.
In the Indian Ocean, predatory European ships have pushed tuna to the brink
European Union-controlled ships, including those flagged to smaller coastal states like Seychelles, haul in the lion’s share of the fish in the region. 2 hours ago Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna is not only one of the world’s most profitable fisheries, but it is also one of the most threatened. | Sucinimad via Flickr, [CC BY-NC 2.0]
A Spanish tuna fishing vessel, the Playa de Anzoras, named after a beach in Spain, sailed under the Spanish flag until January 9, 2014. On January 10 that year, the 2,200-tonne vessel dropped the Spanish flag in favour of the Seychelles flag. Seychelles is a small archipelagic nation in the Indian Ocean.