MEXICO — The proposed town 2023-24 municipal budget of $3.72 million represents a small increase, said Town Manager Raquel Welch-Day on April 26. Last year’s approved town budget was $3.28 million. Welch-Day said, “I’m hoping to keep the tax rate the same, but we’ll have to see how things play out with the school budget […]
RUMFORD Supt. Dale Roberts of the Public Works Department told the Select Board on Thursday they recently got word the town has been awarded $150,000 from the Maine DEP’s Municipal Stream Crossing Grant Program, which provides grants that match local funding for the upgrade of culverts at stream crossings. He said this would be […]
RUMFORD — Following a lengthy discussion, the Board of Selectmen voted Feb. 2 for a sewer rate assessment increase of $386 per unit to $490, as recommended by Town Manager Stacy Carter. The voted was 4-0, with Selectman Eric McLean absent. Carter noted that the state average for municipal sewer assessment is $500 per unit. […]