Volume 20, Number 4
Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall
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Friday, June 5, 2015
School budget passes
SHOW MADE A SPLASH
By Mark Dionne Town Times
The Coginchaug Regional High School show choir performed “The Little Mermaid, Jr.” recently. Taking a bow after a performance are, from left, Patrick Holden as Prince Eric and Erin Blecha as Ariel. Other actors pictured include Meghan St. Amand as Flounder (yellow and blue costume), Matt Sawicki as Scuttle (yellow hat) and Chloe Pedersen as Ursala the Sea Witch. For some performances, Kacie Halligan played the role of Ariel. The show was directed by CRHS teacher Lisa Larsen. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
On June 2, the proposed school budget for the 20152016 year passed at referendum by a combined unofficial vote of 842-590, a 252-vote margin. The $35,604,297 budget contains a net 1.21 percent increase over the current school year’s budget. “The positive outcome of tonight’s vote is affirmation that there is support for what we are doing on behalf of the students in Regional School District 13,” Superintendent of Schools Kathryn Veronesi said in a statement. On May 5, voters rejected a proposed budget with a 2.21 percent increase by a 30-vote See Budget / Page 2
By Mark Dionne Town Times
At noon on Saturday, May 30 Durham First Selectman Laura Francis announced to some two dozen supporters at the Town Hall that she will run for re-election as Durham’s First Selectman. If she wins, it would be a third term for the Republican, who was first elected in 2007 and won re-election over challenger Roger KleeDurham First Selectman Laura Francis announced on May man in 2011. “I have been honored to 30 that she will run for a third term. Joining Francis on the Town Hall steps is Rob Raney, who announced his bid for | Mark Dionne / Town Times See Francis / Page 2 Selectman.
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