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The ballots throughout the Coast Star area will include incumbents, newcomers and former elected officials.

"She has demonstrated strong leadership in the face of challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and a variety of contentious viewpoints," said RSU 21 board member Peter Sentner of Superintendent Terri Cooper.

Appealing the decision "would be an uphill battle at the eleventh hour," as one RSU 21 School Board member put it.

increase font size Election 2021: Kennebunk results are in Four elected to the select board. Voters cast ballots for RSU 21 trustees and approved both municipal and RSU 21 budgets. Share Voters elected four select board members, two RSU 21 board members, returned two unopposed sewer district trustees to office, elected a Kenenbunk Light & Power District trustee, approved all town meeting referendum questions and ratified the RSU 21 budget on Tuesday, June 8. KENNEBUNK – Voters elected three...

Four vie for two Kennebunk RSU 21 seats Reopening schools, communication, student mental health and planning are seen as key issues. Share KENNEBUNK – Four candidates are running for two Kennebunk three-year terms on the RSU 21 School Board. Candidates are Joshua Barstow, Amanda Downing, Alison Riggieri and Peter Sentner. Incumbents Mike Mosher and Gayle Asmussen Spofford are not seeking re-election. • Joshua Barstow said the last five quarters of hybrid learning were necessary but it’s ...

KENNEBUNK, Maine – Recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, improving communication, and increasing the district’s focus on children and curriculum were recurring themes when the six candidates for RSU 21 School Board were recently interviewed about their campaigns. Another theme that often popped up: all candidates are newcomers looking to step off the sidelines and onto the field to oversee the district during a challenging time in education. A change in the boards makeup is inevitable, ...

If the nomination papers currently in circulation are any indication, several candidates are poised to throw their hats into the proverbial ring to run for office during the elections in local towns this June. Nomination papers in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Arundel, Wells and Ogunquit became available at town clerks’ offices in late February and are due back there by Friday, April 9. Heres a rundown of how the races are shaping up: Kennebunk In Kennebunk, Deputy Town Clerk Carrie Weeman report...

KENNEBUNK, Maine – After filling a vacancy on the RSU 21 School Board just two weeks ago, town officials have filled that same seat yet again. At the end of a process that drew some criticism, the Kennebunk Select Board on Tuesday appointed Gayle Asmussen Spofford to complete an unfinished term on the school board. Spofford succeeds Josiah Currier, who resigned last Friday, citing personal reasons, without participating in a single school board meeting as a member. Spofford will serve the re...

Kennebunks new RSU 21 school board member Josiah Currier resigns KENNEBUNK, Maine — The person who was appointed just last week to represent the towns interests on the Regional School Unit 21 board has suddenly resigned. An agenda for this Mondays meeting of the RSU 21 board includes a notice of Josiah Curriers resignation. Town and school board officials confirmed that Currier submitted his resignation Friday morning. In his brief resignation letter, Currier said he needed to resign for u...