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City budget approved, school budget denied at Newport City Town Meeting

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NEWPORT — A $3.1 million city budget, as well as all appropriations, easily passed at Town Meeting Day in Newport City yesterday.

Budget requests from both North Country Union Junior High and North Country Union High School passed with over 60 percent of the vote.

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The Newport Elementary School budget was shot down with 55 percent of voters against the $5.74 million budget request.

The request was $200,000 more than last year’s budget.

Closing out the town meeting, Christopher Royer and Vikki Lantagne were elected to the city school board, defeating Wendy McGillivray in the closely contested race.

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