TOPSHAM — Town Meeting voters could decide on a $12.2 million municipal budget for fiscal year 2019 – up 3.19 percent from current spending. The Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee support all the budget lines, which comprise the first several articles on the May 16 Town Meeting warrant. Selectmen were due Thursday, April 12, […]
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Topsham looking at tax hike of at least 6.3%
TOPSHAM — Town Meeting voters could decide on a $12.2 million municipal budget for fiscal year 2019 – up 3.19 percent from current spending. The Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee support all the budget lines, which comprise the first several articles on the May 16 Town Meeting warrant. Selectmen were due Thursday, April 12, […]
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SAD 75 budget, borrowing proposal go to voters in June
TOPSHAM — Along with a proposed $38 million fiscal year 2019 budget, a $1.56 million bond for roof replacements will go to School Administrative District 75 voters in June. If approved, the 10-year bond would be issued next spring. An interest-only payment of $33,000 would follow in fiscal year 2020, with the maximum annual payment […]
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Deadline nears for written comments on Brunswick-Topsham bridge replacement
TOPSHAM — With a federal decision on whether to rebuild or rehabilitate the Frank J. Wood Bridge expected this summer, the Mt. Ararat High School Commons area was packed last week by those with sparring viewpoints on the structure’s fate. Some see the 86-year-old bridge – which carries Route 201 traffic across the Androscoggin River between […]
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Topsham Police Beat: March 30
Arrests 3/21 at 1:01 a.m. Noel Newell, 42, of Bowie Hill Road, Durham, was arrested by Officer Garrett Decker on Main Street on a charge of operating under the influence. 3/24 at 8:47 p.m. Joshua Nowlin, 37, of Baird Circle, South Portland, was arrested by Officer Donald Cowles on Lewiston Road, and charged with possession […]
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Under pressure: Topsham school counselor has seen the profession evolve
Second of three stories. Krista Chase’s counseling office at Mt. Ararat High School is cozy and warmly lit, with student memorabilia covering the walls and a comfortable seat for teenagers to unload what’s on their minds. Chase, also the Topsham school’s field hockey coach, has spent 20 years as a high school counselor, including 13 at […]
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Medical-care center to open at Topsham mall
TOPSHAM — Central Maine Healthcare on March 22 announced plans to open an outpatient care center, which it calls the first of its kind in Maine, in July. The Topsham Care Center, which will also include New England Cancer Specialists and Shields Health Care Group, will fill a 44,000-square-foot space at 105 Topsham Fair Mall […]
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Appeals court: Topsham student has no right to record school day
TOPSHAM — A U.S. appeals court ruled Monday that a special education student does not have a right under the First Amendment to wear a recording device in school. The Boston-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which first heard the case Jan. 8, ruled in favor of School Administrative District 75 and […]
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Appeals court: Topsham student has no right to record school day
TOPSHAM — A U.S. appeals court ruled Monday that a special education student does not have a right under the First Amendment to wear a recording device in school. The Boston-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which first heard the case Jan. 8, ruled in favor of School Administrative District 75 and […]
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Topsham parents can’t record autistic son’s school day, federal court rules
The parents said their son should be allowed to carry an audio recording device in class because he’s unable to tell them about his school day.