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Preston — Town Republicans did not endorse a candidate for first selectman Friday during a caucus to select candidates for several boards and commissions for the Nov. 2 election, and have several other unfilled spots on the ballot. Incumbent Selectman Kenneth Zachem was endorsed unanimously for a second term, as was incumbent Jill Keith for town clerk/tax collector. Several incumbents and new candidates were endorsed for various boards and commissions, but the Republican slate still lacked candidates for several more spots. Zachem, who has served for more than two decades on different boar...

Preston — The annual budget public hearing May 20 will be the first in-person meeting since the pandemic hit in March 2020, giving voters the chance to gather and comment on the $4 million town and $12.48 million school budgets. Despite spending increases in both budgets, the proposed tax rate would drop by a quarter mill, after the Board of Finance voted to use $450,000 in town surplus funds to offset any tax increase. The entire budget process was left to the Board of Finance last spring according to Gov. Ned Lamont’s pandemic executive order. But Lamont is lifting most pandemic restri...