🌱 How Raymond’s Select Board and school board seats were just decided

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• How Raymond’s Select Board and school board seats were just decided

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 79 and low of 62 degrees.
• Saturday: Clearing, warm and less humid, temps: high: 88, low: 59. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Partly sunny with a t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Raymond candidate falls short in comeback bid for Select Board (pressherald.com) — Raymond voters have chosen newcomer Charlotte Jewell over former Select Board member Denis Morse to finish a three-year term, with Jewell winning 790–647 after a hand-counted ballot delay. Two other Select Board seats went uncontested to Derek Ray and Fred Miller, and Jodi Carroll secured the Windham-Raymond school board seat, rounding out a full slate of newly confirmed local officials.
   

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📸 Around Raymond

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Raymond

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday June 24

• Charcuterie 101 - Maine Theme →
  Southpaw Meat Market, 1233 Roosevelt Trail Ste 8, Raymond
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday June 17

• RSU14 School Board Meeting - JSMS
  Rsu 14 Raymond, ME 04071
  6:30 pm

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📣 Raymond Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday June 12

• Morning Faith Lift
  Unity Center for Spiritual Growth ME
  8:00 am
• Device Tech Session
  Windham Public Library , 217 Windham Center Rd, Windham, ME 0406
  1:00 pm
• Graze at Pineland Farms June 12, 2026 →
  Pineland Farms, 15 Farm View Dr, New Gloucester
  6:00 pm

Saturday June 13

• Library @ Farmers' Market (OFF SITE)
  Windham Public Library Turning Leaf Drive, Windham, ME 04062
  9:00 am
• Annual Town Meeting - WHS Auditorium →
  Windham, ME Calendar, 406 Gray Road, Windham
  10:00 am

Sunday June 14

• Sunday Celebration Service
  Unity Center for Spiritual Growth , 54 River Road, Windham, ME, 04062-4047, United States
  10:00 am
• A Course in Miracles
  Unity Center for Spiritual Growth , 54 River Road, Windham, ME, 04062-4047, United States
  11:30 am
• Enduring Grace: Story Sharing Circles A six-week... →
  House of Breath Sanctuary, 4 Meserve St, Naples
  4:00 pm

Monday June 15

• Projected Last Day of School-Early Release
  Rsu 15/msad 15 New Gloucester, ME 04260
• Facilities Committee
  Rsu 61/msad 61 Naples, ME 04055
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Naples. Apply here.
• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Assistant Manager in Poland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Raymond here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Gray

• Gray elects Simoneau, Edson to Town Council (pressherald.com)
• Lakes Region school districts approve budgets, elect new representative (pressherald.com)
• How older adults can spot overtreatment and avoid unnecessary care (wabi.tv)

Standish

• Saint Joseph's Teams & Athletes Listed in Final 2025-26 NCAA Statistical Rankings (gomonks.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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