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Article of note: One article asks whether voters support authorizing the town tax collector to accept prepayment of taxes, no more than two years in advance.Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed...

Articles of note: Two articles on the school warrant relate to the town’s approach to school choice. The first, which the School Board does not support, asks whether voters support offering high school choice to Piermont students by allowing parents...

Article of note: One article on the town warrant asks whether voters want to direct the Selectboard to appoint a committee to continue to study the town’s relationship with Kimball Union Academy in Meriden.Contested races: There are no contested...

Contested races: Two candidates are running for a three-year term representing Orford on the School Board: David W. Ricker and Charles Smith Jr.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed budget is $14.7 million, up from the $13.3 million budget...

Article of note: There are 41 articles on the town ballot. One of them asks whether voters would support beginning the process of selecting a municipal flag to be flown over public buildings and recreational areas in town.Contested races: Three people...

THETFORD — 87 voters at Thetford Elementary School passed all warned articles with minimal discussion Saturday morning, including a $1.77 million general fund budget, $1.33 million of which will come from taxes.Of the passed $1.54 million highway...

By FRANCES MIZE

NORWICH — Voters will be asked to approve tax-exempt status for property owned by the Norwich Farm Foundation during Tuesday’s Town Meeting ballot voting.The 6.2-acre parcel on Turnpike Road is valued at more than $1 million and is home to Norwich...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

RANDOLPH — Perry Armstrong’s business in Randolph has been broken into four times since November, but one incident, caught on video cameras, stands out as more brazen than normal.Armstrong, owner of tent rental company Rain or Shine Events, said video...

By ALEX HANSON

ROYALTON — The Selectboard decided to put on the Town Meeting warning a proposal to hire a town manager.But the best way to pursue moving to the town manager form of government would be to vote it down, voters and town officials said at Tuesday...

Articles of note: One article asks whether voters will exempt the West Fairlee Fire Department from property taxes for another five years. Another asks for an appropriation of $66,000 to support the fire department.Contested races: Three people are...

Article of note: An article on the town warning asks if voters will raise the business personal property tax exemption from $10,000 to $50,000.Contested races: There are three people running for one two-year seat on the Selectboard: Joseph Bublat,...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

WINDSOR — Both candidates in the lone contested Selectboard race want more funding for amenities such as recreation and the arts, but only one of the candidates has been forced to fend off allegations of having participated in the Jan. 6, 2021,...

Article of note: One article asks voters for $1.65 million, financed over a period of five years or less, for design, bidding, permitting and document development for a proposed middle high school.Contested races: There are no contested School Board...

Article of note: One article asks voters whether to do away with the office of lister and instead hire professionally qualified assessors. Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed budget is $7.68...

Article of note: One article asks voters whether they would like to eliminate the elected auditor positions and move into a contract with an a public accountant or auditor’s firm for the village’s annual audit.Contested races: There are no contested...

By FRANCES MIZE

BETHEL — Bethel voters will be asked to approve a $2.5 million bond for upgrades to the municipal water system at this year’s Town Meeting.The need is wide-ranging, including improvements to aging water mains, replacement of the Gaiko Well House, and...

Article of note: Chelsea and Tunbridge voters will be asked whether to approve the provision of pre-Kindergarten instruction to resident students at the district’s schools.Contested races: The election of officers will be from the floor.Budgets and...

Article of note: One article asks whether voters wish to create a capital improvements and maintenance of facilities fund.Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed budget is $12.97 million. If approved,...

Article of note: One article asks whether voters will exempt the nonprofit Mt. Ascutney Outdoors from property taxes for five years.Contested races: Officers are elected from the floor.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed budget of $1.57...

Article of note: One article asks voters whether to apply a $200,000 surplus from the year ending June 30, 2022 to reduce property taxes for the fiscal year 2024.Contested races: Voting for officers is from the floor.Budgets and spending...