CONWAY — Kennett High chorus and performing arts teacher Holly Fougere was arrested Thursday on felony embezzlement charges.
Fougere, who resigned Thursday, had already lined up a new job. In fact, she was set to start as an interim theater teacher in the Kennebunk School District (Maine RSU 21) on Monday.
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