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After months of debate about added student support positions and an unprecedented council vote, residents handily approved Winslow's school budget.
Opposition mounted over a proposed 7% budget increase and the hiring of four new positions despite vocal support from educators and promises from the town office that tax bills would not increase this year.
Officials hope to bring new business to Bay Street, build new affordable housing and curtail the impacts of climate change as part of the town's new comprehensive plan.
The Chaffee Brook station pumps all of Winslow's sewage in a single pipe beneath the Kennebec River that hasn't been updated in decades.
Talks are resuming on a plan to put more than 40 housing units in the former school, after town officials voted down a similar proposal in 2021.