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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. […]
The Town of Rockport is one of 34 stream crossing projects funded this round by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The funds will result in new or improved fish passage to nearly 130 miles of streams statewide, and result in...