Leeds News

The new budget represents a 0.3673 percent reduction from the previous budget, which was defeated in a referendum on May 8. Superintendent Henry Alberti and the board encourage all residents to attend the district budget meeting vote at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, in the auditorium of Leavitt Area High School.

A giant transformer that's part of Central Maine Power's infrastructure upgrade is being moved along a busy highway between Greene and Lewiston.

Crews prepare a gigantic transformer for transportation at the Portland Terminal Wednesday morning.

The transformer, which weighs 285 tons, was delivered to Portland Harbor on Saturday, and will ship out via rail Wednesday to the town of Leeds.

Turner had 93 yes votes and 33 no votes, favoring the proposed budget by a margin of nearly 3 to 1. Leeds had 40 yes votes and 68 no votes, defeating the measure by about 13 percent.