SKOWHEGAN — About three weeks after Town Manager Dawn DiBlasi’s departure, a new interim town manager has taken her place.

Nicholas Nadeau toured the town’s departments Wednesday and officially begins his work next week, Skowhegan select board chair Paul York said.

“He’s excited, looking forward to getting started, getting going,” York said. “He liked what he saw. The department heads that he was able to speak to, he liked.”

Nadeau, who holds a doctorate of education from Liberty University, will work consecutively as the interim manager in both Skowhegan and Fairfax, Vermont, where he was appointed in January. York said Nadeau will take on more responsibilities in Skowhegan as his work in Vermont winds down. Nadeau also served as town administrator in Blue Hill for about a year before he resigned in August 2023.

York said Nadeau reached out to Skowhegan officials himself to inquire about the interim position, while town officials were in the process of interviewing another interim candidate.

Nadeau could not be immediately reached for a comment.

DiBlasi left earlier this month after just a year on the job, citing a carousel of board members and general misinformation around town, especially about the community center athletic complex project. Her resignation was announced at the end of a three-and-a-half hour board meeting in April.

Skowhegan’s town manager position was vacant for six months the last time a permanent manager resigned, with police Chief David Bucknam serving as interim manager following Christine Almand’s resignation in late 2023. DiBlasi, formerly the Somerset County administrator, took the position last summer.

York said town officials have yet to begin the search for a new permanent town manager in earnest.

“We haven’t really even decided the process yet, but we also want to make sure we have what we’re actually looking for in a town manager and laying out the job description,” he said. “We’re working on that, so that as we actually start the process, people know exactly what we’re looking for, what we expect of the town manager.”