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Article of note: An article asks whether voters supporting using $80,000 from the unreserved fund balance to purchase or retrofit a highway truck.Contested races: Two people are vying for a three-year term on the Selectboard: George McCusker and...

Articles of note: One article asks whether voters will support a bond for $375,000 to purchase the former Bewley property on Newport Road for the site of a future municipal building. A separate article asks for $50,000 to develop a plan for a new...

Articles of note: There is a petitioned article that would have the members of the Charlestown Fire Department elect the fire chief. The fire chief would appoint the firefighters. If approved, the change would go into effect one year from the date of...

Article of note: One article asks whether voters will support contracting with the Lebanon Fire Department for a part-time community nurse at a cost of $45,000.Contested races: There are two people running for a three-year term on the Selectboard:...

Article of note: A petitioned article on the town warrant asks whether the town will require the Selectboard to perform a “Full Statistical Revaluation” for the tax year 2024 to update appraised property values to more accurately reflect the current...

WEST LEBANON — Some Upper Valley towns are inviting voters to cast absentee ballots for Town Meeting voting on Monday, in advance of a winter storm predicted for Tuesday, when in-person ballot voting is scheduled for many New Hampshire towns and...

By ALEX HANSON

CROYDON — Jody Underwood and Angi Beaulieu were allies on the Croydon School Board during a fierce battle over education policy that led to a major change in state law.That they are now opponents, with Beaulieu challenging Underwood, the current board...

LYME — Voters at the Lyme School District’s annual meeting on Thursday night added $139,000 to the $8.4 million proposed school budget, according to the district clerk.The addition brought the total operating budget to $8.5 million, which is up from...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

CORNISH — Town voters approved a $5 million operating budget for next school year and green-lighted funding to study needed roof repairs at Cornish Elementary School, where falling of ice and snow from roof overhangs raises safety concerns, at the...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

BARNARD — For most of Barnard’s Town Meeting, the hour required to dispatch the town’s business breezed by uneventfully as it does almost every year. Familiar names were reelected by voice vote to town boards, positions and commissions and the...

BETHEL — Bethel residents green-lighted a retail cannabis operation in town by ballot vote on Tuesday. The article passed, 131-72. In a non-binding decision, residents also approved, by 179-20 vote, a $2.5 million bond for capital improvements to the...

BRADFORD, Vt. – Voters elected Nikki Stevens and Michael Wright to two-year terms on the Selectboard.Voters also passed a $2.41 million combined highway and general fund budget, up from last year’s $2.23 million combined budget. The Town of Bradford...

BRIDGEWATER — Voters slashed Bridgewater’s proposed municipal budget by 10% from the floor at Tuesday’s approximately four-hour in-person Town Meeting. They also opted to stick with floor voting at future Town Meetings.The budget reduction puts...

CHELSEA — In Tuesday’s floor meeting, 74 Chelsea voters approved all articles on the warning.That included a general fund budget of $1.5 million, of which $1 million is slated to come from taxes. That is up from the $1.41 million budget approved last...

CORINTH — In floor voting on Tuesday, voters approved a highway fund budget of $883,000, of which $659,000 is to be raised by taxes, and gave a round of applause to the road crew, according to minutes from the meeting.In an hand vote of 40-22, voters...

HANOVER — Voters in the Dresden School District approved all articles on the warrant in ballot voting on Tuesday.They approved a $31.1 million budget to support secondary education for the towns of Hanover and Norwich. That is up from the $29.3...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

FAIRLEE — Fairlee voters gathered in person for the first time since 2020 to approve all articles at Town Meeting on Tuesday.The lone amendment was the addition of $8,000 to the town’s operating budget for the annual Fourth of July fireworks display,...

By FRANCES MIZE

CHELSEA — Chelsea and Tunbridge voters approved a prekindergarten program for the First Branch Unified District Monday night at the school district’s annual floor meeting.Voters also passed a $7.68 million school district budget by near-unanimous...

HANOVER — Voters approved all articles on Hanover School District’s warrant in Australian ballot voting on Tuesday.The $15.12 million budget for the 2023-24 school year up from last year’s of $14.25 million.Voters also affirmed a commitment to...

HARTFORD — In ballot voting on Tuesday, both incumbent Selectboard members beat off challengers to retain seats on the board and Hartford voters approved school and municipal spending proposals.In a 861-718 vote, Lannie Collins bested Janelle...