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Article of note: One article asks whether voters will authorize the town to use surplus funds for special projects to restore the town hall and purchase and install a generator for a total of $133,000.

Articles of note: An Australian ballot article asks whether voters support a $700,000 bond for the construction of the town fire station. The bond is expected to cover approximately half of the total cost of the project.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

NEWBURY, Vt. — Voters will decide in March whether to approve a $700,000 bond to fund the construction of a new fire station at the same Chapel Road site as the current station.

By ETHAN DEWITT

As town meeting season nears, the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s Office is reminding residents of a new voter ID law.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — Facing rising costs of operation that are driving up property tax rates, two Upper Valley towns are asking voters to approve a 1% local options tax to augment municipal revenues.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

BRADFORD, Vt. — A year ago, two members of the Selectboard resigned alleging prejudice in the municipal government. Now, six candidates are running for three seats on the board.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CORNISH — Plans to convert the former Cornish General Store into a new library remains contentious two years after residents narrowly approved a Town Meeting petitioned article to accept the store’s donation.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — Town Meeting voters will be asked whether to allow Vermonters who don’t live in Norwich to be elected or appointed to some town offices and boards.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — After weeks of debate, a divided Selectboard approved a general fund budget proposal of $6.7 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1.

CHARLESTOWN — Voters will have a chance to discuss the town’s operating budget and other items at Saturday’s deliberative session.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST WINDSOR — Shortly after the West Windsor Selectboard approved a new short-term rental ordinance in September, Anne Yates got to work collecting signatures to repeal it.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTLAND — Town Meeting voters next month will decide whether to allow the town to put the long shuttered North Hartland School building up for sale.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — In March, voters in Norwich and Hanover will weigh in on school budgets and decide whether to appropriate funds for a new middle school athletics program.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The School Board and Selectboard last week approved the budget proposals that will go before voters at Town Meeting in March.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST CANAAN — Mascoma Valley residents will have a chance to weigh in on a proposed 1.2% school district budget increase during a public hearing at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium at Mascoma Valley Regional High School.

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — The School Board will hold a public hearing Thursday on its proposed $22.29 million budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1.The budget presents a 1.2%, or $407,000, increase from this year’s default budget of $21.88 million that was...