CORINNA — Selectmen have appointed an interim town manager while the town continues to mourn the loss of Kimberly Godsoe, who died in an all-terrain vehicle accident on Sunday in Moscow.

Albert Tempesta, the town’s code enforcement officer, will be interim town manager.

“The town is very shaken up,” said Tempesta on Tuesday. “We’re all shocked at what happened.”

On Sunday, Godsoe was riding an ATV on Deadwater Road in Moscow when she ran over some loose gravel and hit a tree, according to the Maine Warden Service. The exact cause of the accident is still unknown and may never be solved, said Warden Jared Herrick.

“It’s very tragic,” said Herrick. “It’s just terrible. She was well-liked in the community.”

Tempesta said he isn’t sure how long he will serve as town manger and that the town is still trying to overcome the shock of the accident. As code enforcement officer, he was at the Town Office on Fridays, but now he will be there every day.

“We don’t know what our long term plan is,” he said. “It all happened very quickly and there haven’t been a lot of decisions yet.”

Godsoe, of Hartland, was appointed town manager of Corinna in September 2011. Before being named to the post, she also worked as an administrative assistant to the town manager in St. Albans from 2008 to 2011.

Her town government experience also included work in the Town Office in Hartland.

In a open letter to the residents of Corinna after her appointment, Godsoe pledged to show residents “all my love and respect for municipal work, community history and future technology through my hard work and dedication to your community.”

In an invitation to residents to share upcoming events in a town calendar, she referred to Corinna as a “very arms open wide community.”

She was a graduate of Dexter High School and Beal College and lived with her husband and three children in Hartland.

A memorial service and potluck gathering is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hartland Consolidated School in Hartland.

Rachel Ohm — 612-2368

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