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SAD 1 BudgetWorkshop SAD 1 Operations Supervisor Bob Gagnon discusses recent and upcoming capital projects during a budget workshop. (Melissa Lizotte | The Star Herald) SAD 1 Operations Supervisor Bob Gagnon discusses recent and upcoming capital projects during a budget workshop. (Melissa Lizotte | The Star Herald) SAD 1 expects to enter next fiscal year in ‘good financial shape’ For the third consecutive year, SAD 1 is expecting to keep its fiscal year budget flat, resulting in no increase in local property taxes. PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — For the third consecutive year, SAD 1 is expec...

Voters swiftly passed 20 warrant articles, with only two attracting minor dissent.

3 articles added late will be hand counted BILL PEARSON Edgecomb Town Hall. File photo For the second consecutive year, Edgecomb voters will decide municipal spending through a referendum election. Selectmen opted against a traditional town meeting due to coronavirus concerns, and voters will head to the polls May 21 to decide municipal and school budgets and elect town officers. On April 6, selectmen finalized a 60-article warrant. Polls are open from 1 to 7 p.m. The proposed combined municipal and school budget is $4,917,732, a $95,315 increase or 1.98%. The Fiscal Year 22 school budget is...

AUGUSTA — Senator David Miramant, D-Camden, introduced a bill this week that would require the State of Maine to meet its 55 percent contribution requirement to schools. LD 1114, “An Act To Require the State To Meet the Mandatory 55 Percent Contribution to Schools,” was the subject of a public hearing before the Legislature’s Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. ­“Our school districts are struggling with annual budget increases due to inflation, and communities are resistant to meeting those budget increases by raising property taxes,” said Sen. Miramant. “This situatio...

RSU 24 Board approves 2 percent salary increase for superintendent SULLIVAN — The Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) Board of Directors voted unanimously at its regular meeting Monday to raise Superintendent Michael Eastman’s salary by 2 percent for the 2021-22 school year following discussion in executive session.  According to the district’s 2020-21 adopted budget, Eastman’s current salary is $114,330. In other financial news, School Board member Keith Goldfarb gave an update on the district’s Finance and Budget Committee, where he noted that four out of the district’s five schoo...