A new school committee member has been appointed to fill the spot after a former member resigned a month after his election.

Al Avery was appointed to the Dr. Lewis S. Libby School Committee at a meeting Thursday night. His term runs through June and he replaces Morgan Gunnell who resigned in August .

The board 3-0 to accept the appointment.

Avery has worked for the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office for a long time and said he looks forward to working with the school committee.

“I’ll give you all my best,” Avery said. “I know I wasn’t voted, but the overwhelming support that I’ve gotten from my community, I’m just so grateful.”

Gunnell’s resignation came days after the Bangor Daily News first reported that Gunnell was convicted of assault in 2015. He said he wrote in his name dur

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