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Central Maine votes: Local election results from across the region
Voters across the Augusta and Waterville areas went to the polls in Tuesday's referendum to decide the fate of school budgets, ordinances, projects and elect public officials.
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The failure to pass the budget comes on the heels of the district reversing several aspects of a controversial administrative restructuring plan that led to a public outcry. -
Residents also approved the $31 million school budget, as adopted recently by city councilors.
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Jane Hubert was returned to the Board of Selectmen over Fred Kimball in a 129-124 vote Tuesday.
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Townspeople voted against the proposal, 332-72, which had called for the town spending up to $25,000 of its undesignated funds to "contract for the engineering and costing" of the building.
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Dresden, Hallowell, Farmingdale, Monmouth and Richmond residents voted to approve a budget for RSU 2 that shows a 9.71% increase.
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Incumbent selectmen Betty Austin and Paul York returned to office for three-year terms while incumbent school board directors Jennifer Poirier and Karen Smith will return for three-year terms.
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Voters in Tuesday's referendum also elected Andrew Ballantyne as a selectmen, who received 175 votes to David Coons’ 57 votes, and at Wednesday's town meeting approved all proposed budget articles.
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The two incumbents defeated challenger Don Skillings in a three-way race for two seats on the board.
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All seven towns will preserve the budget validation referendum process for the next three years
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The budget won majority approval in all of the district's six towns except Canaan.
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The vote rejecting the school spending plan was 350-206 against the measure, according to unofficial election results Tuesday.
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The budget passed Tuesday marks the second time voters in the Anson-based school district have considered 2019-2020 funding.
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Voters in Gardiner, Randolph, Pittston and West Gardiner endorsed the spending plan, following the districtwide vote last week that drew 40 voters.
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David Thompson, who lost his re-election bid two years ago, earned 99 votes to fill one open seat on the board.
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Mount Vernon Select Board Chairman Paul Crockett ran unopposed.
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Longtime Selectwoman Rayna Leibowitz wins by more than a 2-to-1 margin over challenger Darlene Beaulieu.
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The incumbents were re-elected to serve three-year terms on the board.
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Unofficial results from Tuesday's election showed Gerald Lilly winning against Dwight Keene, 103-63.
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Officials will now determine whether the property should be sold to a conservation organization or be kept as a town forest.
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Chelsea voters rejected the school budget locally, but the $23 million budget passed districtwide.
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Each town approves spending plan, up 3.75% from current spending.
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Despite being rejected in two towns, the RSU 12 budget passed with 67% of voters approving.
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Despite opposing RSU 12's $23 million budget, the budget passed by a large margin in five of seven member towns.
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