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Kittery approves school budget

Voters decided to continue a budget vote and passed town warrants.

The $17.5 million budget received strong support from voters.

Voters chose new members of the Regional School Unit 57 board of directors and town council members.

Voters also decided to continue budget validation referendums for the next three years.

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The $67.8 million budget includes an increase attributed to the construction of a new middle school.

Residents will no longer have to buy and use town-specific trash bags.

The proposed $62.6M budget was rejected in all three towns in RSU 21 during the June 10 referendum.

Residents voted Tuesday on a proposed $21.27 million school budget that contained a nearly 8% property tax increase.

The proposed School Administrative District 15 budget represented an increase of $2 million, or 5.9%, from the previous year.