Paige Brown of Bangor wins her award in the environmental engineering category and Demetri Maxim of Gould Academy takes first place in translational medical science.

Selina Warren, of Kingfield Elementary School; Andrew Forster of Messalonskee High School; and Tammy Ranger, of Skowhegan Area Middle School were among 15 teachers recognized Friday as County Teachers of the Year.

Residents will vote on a $25.8 million budget for the coming year, up 1.27 percent from the current year’s.

The budget, up less than 1 percent from the current year’s, met some opposition Thursday from residents who said it is not affordable for the district’s older residents.

Through the fellowship, Travis Bent, of Norridgewock, will teach English as a foreign language in Spain after his graduation from the University of Maine at Farmington.

The Pathways Program allows high school juniors and seniors to take classes toward their associate degree while completing high school.

The proposed $9.6 million school budget is up less than 1 percent from the current budget, but officials plan to use more than $1 million of the district’s reserve account to fund it.