Zack Hagan was awarded the $2,500 grant toward the purchase of his required tools and following two years of study and hands-on training at a dealership, he became a Ford Master Technician.
Residents were most concerned about salary expectations for a prospective town manager search, the town’s recreation department and Trafton Lake campground, and school budget increases.
Voters elected town council incumbents Paul Nadeau and Anne-Marie Poitras for three-year terms with a respective 141 and 138 votes.
Select Board Chairperson Matt Cole adjourned the meeting due to an error on the printed copies of the budget warrant that resident Rosemary Monahan alerted the board to on Tuesday.
Dawson Anderson, Silas Nadeau and Seth Quint, will be entering the local workforce and Aimon Simoes will be attending Northern Maine Community College.
Voters elected two new selectmen, two school board members, and approved a $9.5 million school budget during the election on Tuesday.
Daniel Bernaiche, 50, was charged on Tuesday when police arrived at his home for a bail check and found drug paraphernalia in plain sight, according to Fort Fairfield Police Chief Matthew Cummings.
Mark Lipscombe, who moved with his family to Houlton from Tennessee about four years ago, shared with the council that there were several reasons he was seeking a seat on the school board.
Voters in the district’s 5 towns approved a $30,820,480 budget for the 2024-25 school year, municipal officials said Tuesday night.
Local voters approved a $23.44 million budget for Regional School Unit 39 (Caribou and Stockholm) Tuesday.
