A memorial has been unveiled to campaigner Kathy Bracken at Raines House in Wapping where she took on the council when the pensioners’ club was evicted.
A memorial to campaigner Kathy Bracken who battled to stop Raine’s social centre being closed in Wapping is being set up by the mayor of Tower Hamlets.
Read Article With seven of eight towns in School Administrative District SAD 17 reporting, voters seemed to overwhelmingly approve the proposed $43.7 million budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year. Tuesday night returns show 754 votes in favor and 346 opposed.
Also on the ballot Tuesday was the district’s $471,078 adult education budget and Vocational Region 11’s $3.76 million budget. Both passed easily adult education with 72% of 1,152 votes cast and vocational with 75% of 1,151 ballots.
Results are unofficial until certified by election officials.
The school budget results, by town, were: Harrison, 126 yes, 58 no; Hebron, 27-6; Norway, 100-25; Otisfield, 32-9; Oxford, 194-118; Paris, 252-125; and Waterford, 23-5. West Paris tallies were not available Tuesday night.
Campaigner Kathy Bracken, who took on Tower Hamlets Council to try and stop Wapping pensioners' club being evicted from Raine's House, has died aged 73.