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Article of note: In three separate votes from the floor, voters will be asked whether to move to Australian ballot voting for the election of town officers, budget adoption and all public questions.Contested races: Voters will elect town officers,...

Articles of note: In three separate votes during the town’s floor meeting, voters will be asked whether to shift to an Australian ballot form of voting for electing officers, and approving budget articles and public questions.Contested races: Voting...

Articles of note: In Australian ballot voting, voters will be asked whether they would like to allow retail sale of cannabis in town and whether to take out a $2.5 million bond to make capital improvements to the town’s water system. From the floor,...

Article of note: One article on the town warning asks whether voters want to reduce the number of Thetford’s representatives on the Tri-Town Commission, which is responsible for the operation and management of the Lake Fairlee Dam, from three to...

Articles of note: In three separate articles, voters will be asked whether to charge 1% interest per month on overdue taxes; a 2% late fee on payments due on Feb. 14, 2024, paid on or before Feb. 28, 2024; and an additional 6% on payments made after...

By ALEX HANSON

At a class Tuesday night in Strafford’s Cabin Fever University titled “All You Ever Wanted to Know About Stafford Town Meeting,” around 20 town residents wondered aloud how they could combine the traditional in-person meeting and its vigorous and...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Voters at Wednesday’s annual school district deliberative session added $1 million back in to the 2023-24 budget proposal, money that School Board members trimmed last month in an effort to contain spending increases.The amended budget...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — At Wednesday’s annual school deliberative session, residents have the chance to comment on and recommend changes to the proposed $37.34 million school budget for 2023-24.The total represents a nearly $2 million reduction from the spending...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST CANAAN — Mascoma Valley residents will have an opportunity to weigh in on the Mascoma Valley Regional School District’s proposed school budget Saturday morning.The proposed 2023-2024 operating budget for the district — which includes Enfield...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Two Upper Valley towns, Woodstock and Norwich, will ask their voters at Town Meeting whether to eliminate the position of town lister, which is an elected office, and replace it with a professional assessor who is hired by the...

By ALEX HANSON

CROYDON — Nearly 60% of Croydon’s registered voters filled the vast dining hall at Camp Coniston to standing-room-only capacity on Saturday and reinstated the small town’s $1.7 million school budget.The vote count was 377-2, and its announcement by...

By DARREN MARCY

CROYDON — The Croydon School Board got an earful Monday evening as about 75 people turned out to oppose what 20 town voters had approved days earlier.On Saturday, during the school portion of Town Meeting, a motion from the floor reduced the...

By Jordan Cuddemi

Strafford — Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved an article opposing the NewVistas proposal to build a planned settlement in Strafford, Tunbridge, Royalton and Sharon.But the somewhat lengthy discussion focused not on the merits of the...