BELFAST — Last week, Madison Cook announced her run as a write-in candidate for a seat on the Regional School Unit 71 School Board.

Cook is 28 years old. She grew up in Belfast, attending Waldo County schools from kindergarten through 12th grade. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Tulane University in Louisiana. She then joined the faculty at Virginia Tech where she taught design in rural Appalachia, and served in several administrative and leadership roles, including on a high profile international search committee for a new school director. She has since returned home and settled back into her coastal community.

Cook has received support for her campaign from local leaders including Belfast’s Mayor Eric Sanders. Sanders, who has known Madison since she was a teenager,

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