Furloughs ahead: Both school districts cut days to balance budgets
Mount Angel Superintendent Troy Stoops and Silver Falls Superintendent Andy Bellando are already anticipating decisions for 2013-14 district budgets.
Holding the line: Grants, capital improvements drive Silverton budget
The City of Silverton’s 2009-10 spending plan, proposed by the budget committee and scheduled for review by City Council June 15, will be approximately $33 million.
“Our new budget, which Council has to review and approve, is definitely a ‘hold-the-line’ one,” said Silverton City Manager Bryan Cosgrove. “We have no new expenses or personnel and are, in fact, leaving one position vacant in the sewer department.”
Grocery guidance: Budget-saving tips
From the basketball bleachers to the post office to the grocery store, people are talking about money – how to stretch it, save it or earn more of it. The current recession has many worried about the future – from will our jobs be safe to how to pay for college.
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