Town Meeting: Lyme voters reject petitioned revaluation proposal

Vice Moderator Bill Waste collects paper ballots for a petitioned article that would have required the Selectboard to perform a “Full Statistical Revaluation” for the tax year 2024 to update appraised property values to more accurately reflect the current market during Town Meeting at the Lyme School Community Gymnasium in Lyme, N.H., on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Voters rejected the article, but approved all others on the warrant. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Alex Driehaus

Eleanor Geoghegah, 9, yawns as she reads a copy of “Complete Book of Horses and Riding” while sitting next to her mother Jennifer Boylston, center, and Dick Jones during Town Meeting at the Lyme School Community Gymnasium in Lyme, N.H., on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Alex Driehaus

Moderator Kevin Peterson, right, explains where to place the American Flag for the Pledge of Allegiance as he talks to Girl Scouts from troop 30175, from left, Della Cote, Joanna Bujarski and Aila Butler before the start of Town Meeting at the Lyme School Community Gymnasium in Lyme, N.H., on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Alex Driehaus

Mark Schiffman, right, talks to Joan Barthold, center, as she and her husband Scott Barthold sit on a pile of gym mats during Town Meeting at the Lyme School Community Gymnasium in Lyme, N.H., on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Alex Driehaus