CONWAY — At last Thursday's SAU 9 Board reorganization meeting at the Professional Development Center in Conway Village, incumbent board chair Nancy Kelemen of Bartlett held off a challenge by Albany’s Tim Sorgi.
The SAU 9 Board is made up of 27 school board members, with three each from Albany, Chatham, Eaton and Hart’s Location; five each from Bartlett and Jackson; and seven from Conway.
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