The public hearing begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Rome Town Office.
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Oakland-based school district proposes $40.5 million budget for 2021-22
The proposed budget for Regional School Unit 18, which enrolls about 2,500 students at eight schools in Belgrade, China, Oakland, Rome and Sidney, represents a 1.7% increase to current spending.
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Travis Mills Foundation retreat in Rome ramps back up for summer
The lakeside retreat opened in the summer of 2017 and plans to resume the summer family retreats that were halted in 2020 because of the pandemic.
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Organization offers free transportation for those in need
Neighbors Driving Neighbors covers the towns of Fayette, Mount Vernon, Belgrade, Vienna and Rome.
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A tie in Rome selectman’s race ends when candidate exits from contest
The annual Rome Town Meeting and elections were anything but business as usual Friday and Saturday as a tie in the first selectman’s race was broken when the incumbent announced she was exiting the contest and charged that some officials had tried to smear her name.
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Proponents of climate change carbon resolution voice message at town meetings, other venues
Representatives of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby are promoting at town meetings and municipal meetings a resolution to be sent to state and federal officeholders to support a fee on fossil fuel sales that once collected would be distributed to residents as a dividend.
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Rome residents to vote in municipal election Friday, attend Town Meeting on Saturday
Polls are open noon-8 p.m. Friday at the town office. The annual meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Belgrade Central School.
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Survey identifies 237 sites where pollution affected water quality of Belgrade-area Great Pond
7 Lakes Alliance and the Belgrade Lakes Association updated the Great Pond watershed community about efforts to improve water quality in Great Pond.
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Musical family takes Oakland-based RSU 18 chorus international
Choral directors Kevin and Pam Rhein are working with their daughter and son-in-law on a choral collaboration with the Marymount International School in Rome, Italy.
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Oakland area superintendent says nearly all schools have students and staff in quarantine
“We have students and staff in most buildings that are quarantining,” Regional School Unit 18 Superintendent Carl Gartley said.