Short-term rental debates pit Upper Valley property owners against neighborsBy LIZ SAUCHELLI
SUNAPEE — At first, Lisa Hoekstra was open to Sunapee’s plans to monitor short-term rentals.Two years ago, she joined the town’s Short-Term Rental Task Force and began brainstorming ideas that she hoped would result in a policy that would be a win-win...
By CHRISTINA DOLAN
HARTLAND — Each board within the Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union is playing its part in a last-minute effort to reduce demands on the state education fund in what has become a zero-sum game of educational funding this year.School budget votes for...
By PATRICK ADRIAN
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The voting on the 2024-25 Hartford school budget and a $21 million school renovation proposal has been moved to April.On Wednesday, the Hartford School Board made plans to reschedule the votes — originally planned for next...
By ALEX HANSON
Two White River Valley school districts that canceled their annual budget votes will resume discussions at school board meetings in the coming days.Both the Strafford and First Branch Unified school districts opted to call off their planned budget...
Flood-related costs hit some Upper Valley towns in the budgetBy FRANCES MIZE
STRAFFORD — Last July, flood waters tore apart Freeman Bridge, which spans a length of Old City Falls Brook on Freeman Road.Strafford’s road crew rushed to erect a temporary replacement as the town waited on funding from the Federal Emergency...
Town Meeting preview: Barnard to consider restoring library windowsArticle of note: Voters will be asked to approve $16,500 for the restoration of 13 original windows on the main floor of the Danforth Library.Contested races: Town officers, including a three-year Selectboard seat, will be elected by ballot.Budgets...
Article of note: One article would eliminate the office of the town lister and replace it with a professionally qualified assessor.Contested races: Adam Stearns and Paul S. Vallee are vying for a two-year term on the Selectboard.Budgets and spending...
Town Meeting preview: Two vie for three-year term on Bradford SelectboardArticle of note: One article asks whether the town should “cease the scoping, design and/or construction of a walking/bicycle path or sidewalk” from Vermont Route 25B to a park and ride located off the intersection of Route 25 and Plateau...
Article of note: One article asks voters to approve tax exempt status for the Bridgewater Grange #284 for five years.Contested races: Voters will elect a Selectboard member to a three-year term from the floor.Budgets and spending articles: The...
Town Meeting preview: Chelsea to consider tax break for grange hall Article of note: One article asks voters to exempt Chelsea Grange No. 362, located at 260 VT Route 110 on a .11-acre of land, from property taxes for five years.Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed...
Town Meeting preview: Corinth capital equipment fund upArticle of note: The proposed highway capital equipment fund is $130,000 to be raised by taxes, which is up from $89,000 that voters approved last year.Contested races: There are no contested races this year.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed...
Article of note: One article asks voters whether they support the cost of a new three-year collective bargaining agreement between the Hanover Education Association and the Dresden School Board. The cost of the new contract in the first year, 2024-25,...
Town Meeting preview: Cost for capital improvements up in FairleeArticle of note: Voters will be asked whether they want to raise $287,000 in taxes to support capital improvements in town. That’s up from $275,000 last year.Contested races: Officers will be elected from the floor.Budgets and spending articles: The...
Article of note: Voters will be asked whether to appropriate $75,000 from the Don S. Bridgman Fund in the 2024-25 school year “in order to afford additional advantages to the students of the District not provided by taxes.”Contested races: There are...
Town Meeting preview: Hartford considers local option sales taxArticles of note: One article would add a new 1% local option sales tax and direct revenues to a capital reserve fund for the town. Separate articles ask whether voters support directing $200,000 of local option tax revenue to purchase an ambulance;...
Town Meeting preview: Hartland Fire Department requests higher appropriationArticle of note: Voters will be asked for a $92,000 appropriation for the volunteer fire department. That’s up from $80,000 last year.Contested races: There are no contested Selectboard or School Board races this year. Trace Tancreti is running...
Contested races: Megan Reed and David Taft are vying for the remaining two-years on a seat representing Windsor on the two-town board. Elizabeth Burrows is unopposed for a three-year West Windsor seat. No one filed for a three-year seat representing...
Annual meeting preview: Mountain Views School Distrct to decide $99 million school bondArticle of note: Voters will decide the fate of a $99 million bond to finance the construction of a new union middle/high school, athletic fields and related outbuildings, as well as the demolition of the old middle/high school.Contested races: School...
Articles of note: In separate articles, voters will be asked whether they authorize the Selectboard to sell 20 acres of town-owned land on Old Stagecoach Road and 24 acres of land on Halls Lake Road, also known as the Old Ski Tow property. Another...
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