New Gloucester and Gray voters approved a bond package for air quality improvements at four MSAD 15 schools – Question 1 on the referendum ballot – by a 981 vote margin on Tuesday. The vote authorizes up to $8.9 million in borrowing for the project, with a grant/loan of $6.4 million from the Maine Department of Education providing a substantial portion of the funding.
A bond for facilities improvements at the High School failed by some 1,365 votes – Question 2. It would have authorized borrowing up to $57 million for upgrades to performing arts facilities, the cafeteria and kitchen, athletic fields and gym. Question 3, an option for a synthetic turf field if Question 2 passed, was decisively rejected. — J.C.
| Question 1 – Air Quality Improvements | Yes | No |
| New Gloucester | 2,048 | 1,691 |
| Gray | 3,068 | 2,444 |
| Total | 5,116 | 4,135 |
| Question 2 – High School Improvements | Yes | No |
| New Gloucester | 1,560 | 2,182 |
| Gray | 2,390 | 3,133 |
| Total | 3,950 | 5,315 |
| Question 3 – Synthetic turf option | Yes | No |
| New Gloucester | 922 | 2,758 |
| Gray | 1,515 | 3,968 |
| Total | 2,437 | 6,726 |
