At the RSU 12 budget meeting at the Windsor School June 2, all 17 articles of the $25,765,644 budget passed by large margins.
According to RSU 12 Supt. Greg Potter, the RSU has been able to cover all but $636,881 of the $3,223,433 loss in operating subsidy.
If adopted by the eight towns on June 12, the budget will mean an increase of 3.48 percent for Palermo, a 5.29 percent increase for Somerville, and a 4.75 increase for Alna, Wiscasset, Chelsea, Westport Island, Whitefield, and Windsor.
A complete story will appear here and the June 7 print edition of The Lincoln County News.