Two candidates competing for one open seat on the SAD 28 and Five Town CSD school boards received a tie vote, with the outcome remaining up in the air. 

Both Stacey Contakos and Brieanna Gutierrez each received 165 votes. The third candidate, Ellen Reynolds, received 160 votes.

Voters in Rockport approved an updated comprehensive plan with 433 in favor and 222 opposed. They also approved Article 4, to have the town apply for a federal Land and Water Conservation Act matching grant of up to $500,000 for creating a new park at the former RES site. The Rockport Common grant would be matched locally by a private donation of the Lesher Family Foundation, not the Rockport taxpayer. Voters approved the Lesher Family Foundation donation for this purpose in 2023, and this article moves the grant application forward.

Rockport voters approved its share of the  $18,504,043 Five Town CSD (Camden Hills Regional High School) budget, with 418 voting yes and 244 voting no.

Rockport's share is $4.78 million up 5.6 percent, or $253,827, from the 2024-2025 budget. The proposed CSD budget expenses are 8 percent above the current budget, with the impact to taxpayers at at 8.95 percent increase.

Voters also approved the School Administrative District 28 2025-2026 budget of $21,496,178, up $1,135,278, or 5.58 percent, from the current $20. 3 million budget.

Residents voted 424 in favor of the SAD 28 school budget and 242 opposed it. Rockport's share is to be $8 million, up $285,537, or 3.6 percent, from the current budget.

And, by 39 votes, residents approved the municipal budget at a vote of 316 to 279.

Rockport's municipal budget increased by 13.89 percent to $13 million, up $1,026,542 from the current budget. 

Read the Rockport Warrant.