NEW SWEDEN, Maine – New Sweden residents voted in favor of budgets for both town and school operations Thursday. Twelve registered voters gathered at the town office, with John Hedman elected as moderator. Most school budget articles passed without discussion. New Sweden is part of School Union 122, which also includes Woodland and Westmanland. The […]
Selectmen had a brief meeting on June 13 in which they welcomed newly-elected selectmen, appointed a new chairman and vice-chair, and held an executive session to discuss the town manager hiring process.
Voters elected town council incumbents Paul Nadeau and Anne-Marie Poitras for three-year terms with a respective 141 and 138 votes.
Select Board Chairperson Matt Cole adjourned the meeting due to an error on the printed copies of the budget warrant that resident Rosemary Monahan alerted the board to on Tuesday.
Voters elected two new selectmen, two school board members, and approved a $9.5 million school budget during the election on Tuesday.
Voters in the district’s 5 towns approved a $30,820,480 budget for the 2024-25 school year, municipal officials said Tuesday night.
Local voters approved a $23.44 million budget for Regional School Unit 39 (Caribou and Stockholm) Tuesday.
The department closed temporarily four months ago due to lack of staff and now is officially dissolved.
Josh McLaughlin, owner of J. McLaughlin Construction who lives on Park Street, said that as a taxpayer and business owner who donates a lot of time and money to the community, the condition of the community seems to be going downhill rapidly and it is escalating out of control.
Many Fort Kent residents coming to vote at the town office on Tuesday morning showed strong support for Austin Theriault, a Fort Kent native who is running for the 2nd Congressional District seat.
