TAMWORTH — SAU 13 Superintendent of Schools Lou Goscinski announced Thursday that he's leaving to take a new job as the superintendent of schools in York, Maine.
Goscinski, 58, of Madison, has been the superintendent of SAU 13 since 2012. SAU 13 covers the towns of Freedom, Madison and Tamworth and is based in Tamworth. He begins his new job on July 1. He shared his resignation letter with the Sun. It read in part:
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