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🌱 How will MSAD 75’s new budget hit Bowdoinham tax bills?
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- How will MSAD 75’s new budget hit Bowdoinham tax bills?
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📰 News we're reading
• Topsham-area voters pass $61.2 million school budget (pressherald.com) — Bowdoinham residents will see nearly a 10% property tax increase tied to the newly approved $61.2 million MSAD 75 school budget. Voters in Bowdoinham, Topsham, Harpswell, and Bowdoin backed the plan, which boosts funding for staff pay, health insurance, special education, added nursing positions, and new security cameras across district schools. 
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- Maine School Administrative District # 75 posted a job opening for Substitute Custodian in Topsham. Apply here.
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