After voters rejected an initial $32.97 million 2016-2017 spending plan at the polls in June, they will meet Thursday to consider a $32,749,109 million budget.

Robert Neely will be in charge of the state university system’s efforts to expand access to more people and tailor programs to Maine’s critical needs.

The committee, made up of members from Oakland, China, Sidney, Belgrade and Rome, will start meeting at the end of the summer to look at the formula used to determine each town’s share of budget costs.

Mary Wright, a former Fayette selectman, is launching a fundraising campaign to pay for a new theater in Readfield.