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Council to develop fiscal policy
Will help them in budget developent

Gray--How can a municipality develop a budget without a basic fiscal policy that underpins it? the Gray Town Council wondered Monday night. At their regular workshop meeting in Stimson Hall, they discussed creating a fiscal policy, setting their priorities for the work they want to accomplish, and asked the Manager to provide them with financial materials related to the Tax Cap presentation held last October. ... more

News Briefs:

--Sex Offender List Expands
--Hall quits Trustees
--Found: Maine's Best Lobster Roll- At Bob's Seafood in Windham
--Booby Trapped Marijuana Plot
--Fall Lamb and Goat Auction Announced
--Maine College Democrats present All Day with Al Franken ... more

New Gloucester Town Manager's Report
By Rosemary Kulow

--Meetinghouse Siding Project
--Town Hall Security System Project
--Town Manager's Certification
--Gazebo Car Wash
--Notice of Business Hours Change
--Central Corridors Coalition Meeting
--Clerks Elections Workshop
--ADA Workshop
--Costs to the Town for Disposal of Certain Types of Solid Waste
--"No Parking" Signs
--November Election
--Workplace Health Care
--Emergency Management ... more

"Believe in ME...Maine"
By Rep. Susan Austin

Representing portions of Gray, No.Yarmouth & Pownal, serving on the Business Research and Economic Development Committee I gain and gather "good news" just for you! ... more

Inside the First Amendment:
Journalists in jail: bad news for a democracy
By Paul K. McMasters
First Amendment Center

It can be something of a jolt to the democratic sensibilities of most Americans when they learn that a journalist has been arrested for treason, held for months without public charges, denied bail not by a court but by the government accuser, and is destined to be tried in secret. ... more

Sharing a School of thought
Dry Mills Schoolhouse Committee hosts Raymond-Casco Historical Society

Gray--A summit of knowledgeable volunteers convened at the Dry Mills Schoolhouse last Saturday morning to network and discuss proper maintenance of their common assets: the few remaining one-room schoolhouses in their towns. ... more

Savvy Senior: Cremation
By Jim Miller

Dear Savvy Senior,
Can you help us with some questions about cremation? My husband and I are both in our late 70's and have been thinking about seeing one of our local undertakers to make our funeral arrangements but ... more

Celestial Cycles
Readings by Moti

October 2005 HEY What's Up With The Heavens? This month is about loving and exalting the beautiful Libras among us! Famous Libras: Mahatma Ghandi, Christopher Reeve, Catherine Zeta-Jones. ... more

By the numbers:
SAD 15 Bus Inspection results

On the first day of school there was a regularly scheduled inspection of all school buses conducted by Maine State Police. The results, ... more