Boothbay-area voters reject $89M school project

Boothbay-area voters reject $89M school project

Voters in Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor voted down a two-part referendum to spend $28.8 million on repairs for the region’s elementary school and $60.2 million to build a new high school.As the Cold War-era school buildings get more expensive to repair and maintain safety, the Boothbay-Boothbay Harbor school district — which is part of Alternative Organizational Structure 98 — had put forward the two-part referendum on the November ballot. Both …