MAY 24, 2024
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Mailloux pursues another appeal Asks for review of of earlier ruling in Gavin Knupp case
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GRADUATION PARADE Members of the Stephen Decatur High School’s Class of 2024 were celebrated Wednesday with a parade along the Boardwalk.
Tyler Mailloux hopes high court will overturn a lower court ruling that said the state’s attorney was correct in pursuing charges in circuit court. — Page 14
Abbott flips, budget flops
Name game continues
Comissioners’ second vote on school budget cuts millions
Bowing to public opinion, the City Council voted in April to name Third Street Park “Third Street Park.” Now, maybe not. — Page 10
Worcester County Commissioner Caryn Abbott was the swing vote last week in the county’s 4-3 approval of all but $1 million of the board of education’s $107 million budget for the next fiscal year.
She switched sides this week, as another 4-3 vote OK’d a scaled-back plan that cuts the teachers pay increase and restricts other funds from being used to make up the difference. — Page 3