May 28, 2026
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Guilford Vol. XXIX Iss. 22
Revised Budget Fails in Second Vote By Aaron Rubin Staff Writer
Guilford taxpayers voted down the proposed fiscal year budget again in a second referendum held May 19. Official results reported by the town showed the budget failed by a vote of 2,258 to 2,154.
The revised budget totaled more than $128 million and cut $750,000 in spending from the initial proposal. Most of the reductions — about $525,000 — came from the Board of Education budget, which accounts for roughly $78 million of the town’s proposed spending for the next fiscal year. According to Guilford Public Schools Superintendent Paul
Freeman, most of the cuts affected staffing and administrative support for special education students. While Freeman said the reductions were concerning, he and the board believed the district could “work within David Negron is honoring his these budget constraints and still provide a daughter and helping families with Chloe's Closet...............................2 See Revised Budget Fails page 7
Remembering Standouts Their Service SCC Guilford's track teams shined at Dozens of small American flags line the bank of Mill Pond in front of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7666 in Guilford on Memorial Day, May 25. A sign reading “All Gave Some, Some Gave All” stands among the flags honoring fallen service members. Guilford’s Memorial Day ceremony, along with several others along the Connecticut shoreline, was canceled because of rain.
Photo by Wesley Bunnell/ The Courier
SCC West Sectionals....................20
Postcards from Afar Susan Cornell wraps up her threepart travel series from Italy..........23
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