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.
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PARIS Political newcomer Walter Perry defeated Rusty Brackett on Tuesday for a seat on the Select Board, denying the board chairman a third term.
Perry, a teacher, coach and science department chairman at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, mounted a spirited campaign against the incumbent. Perry finished with 225 votes, compared to 165 for Brackett, who had been on the Select Board since 2016.
Brackett received the endorsement of Town Manager Dawn Noyes, who cited that the present board worked well together and she hoped it would remain intact. Perry thought the endorsement, written on town stationary, was inappropriate, especially when he said it reflected support by the entire town.