ME Gas Prices Down, Augusta School Budget Up & Other Things You Need to Know Today

Here are the things you need to know today......

~Zone forecast from Maine.gov~

Maine gas price went down 2 cents, averaging $2.21 a gallon, the national average has increased 1.1 cents per gallon in the last month and stands 34.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago according to US News.

CMP is working to build support for a proposed 145-mile transmission line across western Maine to carry power from Canada to Massachusetts according to US News.

A Maine lawmaker is working for parental approval before books with explicit material from being distributed by schools to the students according to WGME.

The proposed Augusta School budget is up $11M according to centralmaine.com.

Gardiner if looking at staffing on the fire department according to centramaine.com.