Voters in Lincolnville went to the polls June 10 to tend to school budgets and candidates, voting by secret ballot. On Thursday, June 12, citizens will gather at the Lincolnville Central School  at 6 p.m. to act upon the remaining articles in the warrant. The 2025 warrant can be read here. 

At the June 10 polls, residents elected Amelia Grant with 216 votes to the Five Town CSD school board. Her opponent, Joseph McLauglin, received 85 votes.

They also elected Ann McKittrick to the Lincolnville Central School Committee with 199 votes. Her opponent, Sonia Caitlin, received 79 votes.

Incumbent Stephen Hand was reelected to the Select Board with 266 votes. He ran unopposed.

Petrea Allen, Nancy Laite and Glenn Sampson were elected to the Budget Committee with no competition.

At the polls. voters approved the Lincolnville School budget 201-124. The $5,328,708 Lincolnville school budget represents an increase of $4,910,340, up 8.52 percent, or $418,367. The percentage increase on property tax, according to the school committee, is 3.91 percent. The committee's Budget Report is here, and the full budget is here.

Lincolnville voters also approved, at a vote of 210 to 117, their share of the  $18,504,043 Five Town CSD (Camden Hills Regional High School) budget. Camden's share is $5,166,297, up 12.1 percent, or $559,640, from the 2024-2025 budget. The CSD budget expenses are 8 percent above the current budget, with the overall impact to taxpayers at at 8.95 percent increase. Lincolnville's share is $2.09 million, with the tax increase of 5.8 percent.

Lincolnville's $3 million municipal budget represents an increase of 2.4 percent over the current $2.9 million budget. Lincolnville's warrant includes proposed municipal expenditures and business for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.