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The Regional School Unit 71 board checked two big items off the new district's to-do list Monday, hiring a new superintendent and approving a draft 2015-16 budget to take to voters.
The board voted unanimously to hire Paul Knowles as the new superintendent. He will start when the district launches, July 1, replacing Interim Superintendent Bruce Mailloux.
Knowles is coming off a four-year stint training superintend...