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South Portland Cape Elizabeth NextSentry: Category Archive for Budget

6 percent budget moves to July 14 public hearing (July 3, 2008)

School board stands behind 6 percent (June 20, 2008)

Voters reject school budget (June 13, 2008)

Cape decides school budget question (June 6, 2008)

Council approved budget ups mil rate 56 cents (June 6, 2008)

Letter: Vote ‘no’ on fairy tale school budget (June 6, 2008)

Letter: Advisory ballot data is inaccurate (June 6, 2008)

Cape school budget goes before voters (May 30, 2008)

Letter: Councilor: ‘Reasonable people can disagree' (May 30, 2008)

Nate Jones' Locker: Education is what you make of it (May 23, 2008)

Letter: Some clarifications about school budget (May 23, 2008)

Residents protest over cuts, CEHS teacher resigns (May 16, 2008)

South Portland voters narrowly approve $42M school budget in first referendum (May 16, 2008)

Letter: Residents should be city’s top priority (May 16, 2008)

City council approves $42M school budget (May 9, 2008)

Letter: With school funding analogy is off limits (May 9, 2008)

Letter: Reality check (May 2, 2008)

Stand up to the union (May 2, 2008)

Letter: Comparing schools to business is unfair (April 25, 2008)

Cape officials debate school spending (Printed April 18, 2008)

A year later, clean up continues (Printed April 18, 2008)

Guest Editorial: School budget requires creativity, ‘strong spine’ (Printed April 18, 2008)

Letter: Historic armory building holds possibilities (Printed April 18, 2008)

City council approves new police agreements (Printed April 11, 2008)

Consider ‘all the angles’ before raising taxes, residents say (Printed April 11, 2008)

Nate Jones' Locker: "‘Take the money and run’" (Printed April 11, 2008)

City could benefit by millions with pair of TIF extensions (Printed April 4, 2008)

Police present vandalism case to DA’s office (Printed April 4, 2008)

Gailey outlines $83mil budget plan (Printed March 28, 2008)

Fate of Armory still unclear, officials say (Printed March 28, 2008)

Wetlands amendment passes, grant approved (Printed March 21, 2008)

School board approves new district lines, $42.7M budget (Printed March 14, 2008)

Economy woes weigh heavily on Cape Elizabeth School Board’s budget decision (Printed March 14, 2008)

School jobs on chopping block (Printed March 7, 2008)

Parents ‘blindsided’ by proposal (Printed March 7, 2008)

So. Portland gets new assistant city manager (Printed March 7, 2008)

Cape Elizabeth farms seek viablility in the 21st century (Printed March 7, 2008)

Guest Editorial: Moving forward on Maine's budget (Printed March 7, 2008)

State and federal budget cuts may hurt mental health services (Printed Feb. 29, 2008)

On the city’s agenda (Printed Feb. 29, 2008)

Veterans Bridge tops PACTS list (Printed Feb. 22, 2008)

Proposed school budget heads before public, school board (Printed Feb. 22, 2008)

Guest Editorial: A people’s history of the Armory 'debate' (Printed Feb. 22, 2008)

Letter: Stop busing (Printed Feb. 22, 2008)

Hawkins proposes $2.5mil increase (Printed Feb. 15, 2008)

After nearly 70 years of service, directors plan retirement (Printed Feb. 15, 2008)

Officials plan for ‘challenging’ budget season (Printed Feb. 1, 2008)

Cities explore ‘major’ harbor dredging project (Printed Jan. 25, 2008)

Cape postpones revaluation (Printed Jan. 18, 2008)

City looks to shore up ties to the north (Printed Jan. 11, 2008)

Cape cleans up with eyes on the budget, calendar (Printed Jan. 11, 2008)

Tax request denied; Mall appeal slated (Printed Dec. 21, 2007)

Full circle: Cape Elizabeth council frowns on roundabout (Printed Dec. 21, 2007)

Polling place consolidation considered (Printed Dec. 14, 2007)

Mayor plans joint council workshop (Printed Dec. 13, 2007)

Mayor Soule calls for secession (Printed Dec. 7, 2007)

Farewell: Fire chief retiring after three decades of service (Printed Dec. 7, 2007)

Cape reviews alternative district plans (Printed Nov. 30, 2007)

Police problems: Boosting dept. numbers key? (Printed Nov. 23, 2007)

High School bond backers try to pick up pieces (Printed Nov. 16, 2007)

Editorial: Voters keep close eye on wallets (Printed Nov. 9, 2007)

Letter: Response to city councilors (Printed Nov. 2, 2007)

What to do: Future of Armory debated (Printed Oct. 26, 2007)

Letter: Taxpayers, take a close look at bond (Printed Oct. 26, 2007)

Letter: Bond presents false premise on learning (Printed Oct. 26, 2007)

Council brainstorms on funding future projects (Printed Oct. 19, 2007)

Election 2007: Three vie for two Cape Elizabeth Town Council seats (Printed Oct. 19, 2007)

Three candidates seek two Cape School Board seats (Printed Oct. 19, 2007)

Letter: How can project funds be justified? (Printed Oct. 19, 2007)

Letter: Bond issue on ballot of great importance (Printed Oct. 12, 2007)

Sawyer Marsh land swap complete (Printed Oct. 5, 2007)

Editorial: An idea for the suggestion box (Printed Oct. 5, 2007)

Letter: School expansion plan addresses needs (Printed Oct. 5, 2007)

Letter: Breakdown needed for how school funds spent (Printed Oct. 5, 2007)

So. Po. Council workshop yields spate of proposals (Printed Sept. 28, 2007)

New waste contract signed, new city manager sought (Printed Sept. 21, 2007)

CIP plans to go before So. Po. council at upcoming meeting (Printed July 13, 2007)

Letter: Local district consolidation could have eliminated waste (Printed June 23, 2007)

So. Portland City Council passes $81M budget (Printed June 8, 2007)

Cape passes $29M budget (Printed May 18, 2007)

Few speak at Cape budget hearing (Printed May 11, 2007)

Cape budget moves to hearing (Printed April 27, 2007)

City Council hears more on H.S. plan (Printed April 27, 2007)

Cape Elizabeth manager releases benchmark study (Printed April 13, 2007)

Editorial: Cape gets an ‘A’ for benchmark study (Printed April 13, 2007)

Council hears H.S. renovation plan, requests more information (Printed March 30, 2007)

Cape school board begins budget review (Printed March 23, 2007)

School board approves budget (Printed March 16, 2007)

Weekly Interview: Wendy Houlihan (Printed March 2, 2007)

Local officials get first hand look at jail (Printed Feb. 16, 2007)

School budget target divides Cape council (Printed Feb. 16, 2007)

South Portland City Council learns more about TIF plan (Printed Feb. 16, 2007)

Amanda Estes' Notebook: Into the hole (Printed Feb. 16, 2007)

Editorial: ..and they get paid how much? (Printed Feb. 16, 2007)

Letter: What happens to federal dollars in district plan? (Printed Feb. 9, 2007)

Letter: Protect our schools or we'll find new ones (Printed Feb. 9, 2007)

South Portland decries valuation calculation (Printed Feb. 2)

Letter: Local control is about more than money (Printed Feb. 2, 2007)

City TIF zone proposal expands ahead of vote (Printed Jan. 26)

Cape council needs more guidance for budget guidance (Printed Jan. 26)

Zack Anchors' Notebook: The year ahead (Printed Jan. 26)

Editorial: Could've, should've, would've (Printed Jan. 26)

Letter: Don't trust state with kids' education

Weekly Interview: Peter Crichton (Printed Jan. 19)

Letter: County budget is a good value for services provided (Printed Jan. 19)

Consolidation plan met with skepticism (Printed Jan. 12)

Cape and So. Po. consolidate PSAP (printed Jan. 12)

Weekly Interview: Claude Morgan (Printed Jan. 12)

Letter: Taxes in So. Portland are too high (Printed Jan. 12)

One year in the Sentry– a look back at 2006 (Printed Jan. 5)

City petitions Augusta with new bill requests (Printed Jan. 5)

Ecomaine looks to improve legacy (Printed Dec. 22)

Mental illness at jail drives county budget increases (Printed Dec. 15)

Taxes and police already driving budget debate (Printed Dec. 22)

Cape Council sets course for new year (Printed Dec. 15)

SMCC looks toward a future of growth (Printed Dec. 1)

Fees increased in last meeting of current S.P. council term (Printed Nov. 24)

Zack Anchors' Notebook: "Local activity on alternative energy " (Printed Nov. 17)

South Portland looks to feds to fund road work (Printed Nov. 17)

Editorial (Printed Sept. 29)

Police restate force level grievances (Printed Sept. 29)