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Canoe race highlights land trust's efforts

The six-mile Chief Worumbo canoe race on the Androscoggin River starts in Durham and finishes in Lisbon.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

The Forecaster

RSU 5 budget fails by 79 votes as Pownal, Durham voters balk

FREEPORTA a ' Voters rejected the Regional School Unit 5 budget by a 79-vote margin Thursday, 661-582. The budget validation referendum held in Freeport, Pownal and Durham on June 25 brought out about 11 percent of registered voters from all three towns.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

WMTW-TV

Member Towns Split Over School District Vote

Voters rejected a school budget for RSU 5 that would have affected taxes differently in its three member towns.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

The Forecaster

$23.5M school budget goes to voters in Freeport, Pownal, Durham

FREEPORTA a ' Nearly 500 Freeport, Pownal and Durham residents attended the first Regional School Unit 5 town budget meeting Tuesday night and ratified a nearly $23.5 million budget that will increase Pownal's property taxes by more than 25 percent.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

WMTW-TV

Hundreds Scrutinize RSU 5's Budget

Hundreds of people packed the Freeport High school gym Tuesday night, pouring over the Regional School Unit No.

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Sun May 31, 2009

Boston.com

Barn fire leads to power outage in Maine

A barn fire in Durham, Maine, led to a power outage that affected more than 4,000 homes and businesses.

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Tue May 19, 2009

MaineToday

Gardiner to open farmers' market for season on Wednesday

The Gardiner Farmers' Market will open for the season Wednesday. The market on Gardiner Common, Brunswick Avenue, is open from 2 to 6 p.m. and features 13 local farms.

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Fri May 15, 2009

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RSU 5 delays budget vote, wants to put brakes on reorganization; state won't allow it

FREEPORT a ' Some members of the Regional School Unit 5 Board of Trustees want to press the state for a timeout in the consolidation of Freeport, Pownal and Durham schools.

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Thu May 07, 2009

The Forecaster

Pownal vote seeks to repeal school consolidation; no answers for RSU budget woes

FREEPORT a ' Pownal residents upset by a 36 percent tax increase in the Regional School Unit 5 budget have forced a vote on repeal of school consolidation.

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Thu Apr 16, 2009

The Forecaster

Pownal's costs rise 300% in proposed RSU budget

FREEPORT a ' Pownal residents are reportedly "outraged" by a proposed $24 million budget for Regional School Unit 5 that would increase the schools' share of their property taxes by an estimated $1,500 per household.

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Thu Apr 02, 2009

Village Soup

School consolidation evokes seven hours of testimony

AUGUSTA : The Education Committee heard seven uninterrupted hours of testimony Wednesday, April 1, on the statea s school consolidation law, while considering 14 bills that would accomplish everything from minor technical changes to outright repeal.

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Wed Mar 11, 2009

Sun-Journal

Looking back

Young women desiring to enter Bates College in September next must have their applications in the hands of the registrar on or before March 15.

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Mon Feb 09, 2009

Sun-Journal

Looking back

"The agitation concerning the proposed electric road from Auburn to Portland, by way of Durham, Pownal, and Yarmouth, has somewhat revived of late," said an Auburn man yesterday, "and I have wondered why men of ...

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Mon Feb 02, 2009

Sun-Journal

Talk of the town

It's like Auburn and Lewiston are breaking up. Word on the street is, Sabattus was asked to pass a note to Lewiston in study hall in which Auburn lamented that the relationship was just not working out.

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Sat Jan 31, 2009

Village Soup

SAD 40 hires new superintendent

WALDOBORO : Maine School Administrative District 40 board members voted Thursday night to hire Frank Boynton of Durham as their next superintendent, effective July 1. "The board is looking forward to working ...

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Mon Dec 08, 2008

The Citizen

Blackden again gets Boston Post Cane

For the third year in a row, the town honored its most senior resident Sunday by presenting Don Blackden with the Boston Post Cane, continuing a tradition that began in the early 1900s.

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Wed Dec 03, 2008

Sun Journal

Chapel Chix and Chap will perform at church

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church will present the sixth annual Chapel Chix & Chap Christmas concert at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec.

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