Town Meeting preview: Strafford Selectboard races on the ballotContested races: John Freitag and Toni M. Pippy are facing off for a three-year seat on the Selectboard. Meanwhile, Andrew Duncklee, Kelly Harman and Andy Silovich are vying for a two-year seat on the Selectboard. Hannah Levinger is running unopposed...
Town Meeting preview: Two vying for contested Thetford Selectboard seatArticles of note: The proposed appropriation for the fire department is $337,000 and the appropriation for the Thetford Library Federation is $130,000.Contested races: David Forbes and John Piecuch are vying for one-year to complete a three-year term...
Town Meeting preview: Noise ordinance and declaration of inclusion headed to Tunbridge votersArticle of note: One article asks whether voters will approve a noise ordinance and another asks whether voters authorize the Selectboard to adopt a Declaration of Inclusion.Contested races: Officers will be elected from the floor.Budgets and spending...
Article of note: One article asks whether voters authorize the Selectboard to borrow $150,000 to replace a 2009 backhoe. Another asks whether voters approve an operating budget of $378,000, to come from non-tax revenue, for the Solid Waste Management...
Article of note: One article asks whether voters will increase the annual stipend for Selectboard members to $1,200 and provide an additional $200 to the chair.Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets and other spending articles: The...
Town Meeting preview: West Windsor considers allowing Selectboard to appoint treasurer and clerkArticles of note: Voters will be asked whether to authorize the Selectboard to appoint a town clerk and town treasurer, and to eliminate the position of town lister and appoint a professional assessor.Contested races: Officers will be elected from the...
Article of note: From the floor, voters will be asked whether to put part of an audited fund balance, not to exceed $998,000 into a capital improvements and maintenance of facilities fund.Contested races: Peggy Ainsworth is running unopposed for a...
Article of note: One article asks voters for $97,000 to support the Windsor Public Library. Another asks for $20,000 for the Windsor Cemetery Association.Contested races: Tera Howard and Eric Saltonstall are vying for a two-year seat on the...
Town Meeting preview: Local option tax heads to Woodstock votersArticle of note: One article asks whether voters support a 1% local option sales tax with proceeds to be allocated toward infrastructure costs. Contested races: Laura Powell and Scott Smith are vying for a seat on the Selectboard.Budgets and other...
Some Upper Valley school districts postpone budget votes amid changes in Vermont’s funding formulaBy CHRISTINA DOLAN
HARTFORD — On Feb. 12, the Mount Ascutney School Board became the first district in the Upper Valley to formally remove a 2023-24 budget proposal from an approved Town Meeting warning.Strafford school officials followed three days later. After them...
By FRANCES MIZE
WOODSTOCK — Pivotal municipal votes are on deck for Town Meeting Day and beyond in Woodstock, where pressing infrastructure needs could show up on special meeting ballots later this year as side-stepped deficiencies and deferred maintenance come home...
Opposition to Fairlee short-term rental ordinance prompts special Town MeetingBy LIZ SAUCHELLI
FAIRLEE — Residents will vote on whether to overturn a newly approved short-term rental ordinance during a special Town Meeting on Saturday.The Feb. 24 meeting is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at Fairlee Town Hall. Residents will have an opportunity to...
Six vie for three Hartford Selectboard seatsBy PATRICK ADRIAN
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Voters will be asked at Town Meeting to elect three candidates to the Hartford Selectboard, two of whom will replace board members who did not seek reelection. Rocket, an incumbent who goes by a single name, and three...
Incumbent faces two challengers for Norwich Selectboard seatBy CHRISTINA DOLAN
NORWICH — Three people are vying for one three-year term on the Selectboard in Norwich’s only contested race this year.Selectboard Vice Chairwoman Mary Layton faces competition from residents Doug Wilberding and Chuck Tufankjian.All three candidates...
By PATRICK O’GRADY
CLAREMONT — Employee pay increases are among the drivers of a 3.2%, or $1.2 million, increase included in the budget voters will consider during the deliberative session of the Claremont School District on Saturday.The $39.6 million proposed budget...
NEWPORT — Residents will have the opportunity to amend the School District’s proposed $22 million budget at Saturday’s deliberative session beginning at 9 a.m. at the Newport Middle High School.The budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WEST CANAAN — Voters will have a chance to weigh in on the Mascoma Valley Regional School District’s proposed $32 million operating budget during a deliberative session this Saturday.The proposed 2024-2025 budget is around 3.2% higher than the current...
By PATRICK ADRIAN
NORWICH — Having ratified a budget proposal for fiscal year 2025 last month, the Norwich Selectboard now needs to determine how to appropriate a $1.1 million surplus, with many funding needs to consider. The Selectboard will hold two meetings this...
By LIZ SAUCHELLI
WOODSTOCK — The town will conduct all of its Town Meeting business using Australian ballot voting this year.On Monday night, the Woodstock Selectboard voted to employ Act 1, a law that grants town governing bodies the “temporary authority” to change...
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