Voters took less than three hours to re-elect a selectman and approve all 68 articles at Saturday’s town meeting at the Bowdoin Central School.

Town Clerk Melanie Page said Marc Bernier was elected to serve a second term on the Board of Selectmen. He defeated challenger Karen Marston by a 57-20 margin. Helen Watts and Michaeline Mulvey were re-elected to the Planning Board.

Voters also authorized $6,000 to help with the restoration of the Carter School, an historic one-room schoolhouse that needs a new roof.

Several charitable agencies such as the American Red Cross, United Cerebral Palsy of Maine and Big Brothers/Big Sisters will get to divide $5,000 to help their causes.

Page said the town decided to lump requests for funding from 22 agencies into one article.

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