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Article of note: Voters will hear a report from the Selectboard on its plans for spending the town’s federal funds received through the American Rescue Plan Act.Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets and spending articles: Voters will...

Article of note: One article asks voters for $1 million to be financed over 20 years or less for upgrading and repairing municipal buildings.Contested races: Emma Caffrey and Tom Demasi are facing off for a two-year seat on the Selectboard.Budgets and...

Articles of note: Voters residing in the Police District will be asked to approve a budget of $771,000, of which $499,000 would come from taxes. Voters also will be asked to grant the Randolph Senior Citizens Center a five-year property tax...

Articles of note: Voters will be asked whether to create an ARPA Fund for federal funds received through the American Rescue Plan Act.Contested races: Officers are elected from the floor.Budgets and spending articles: The proposed general fund budget...

Article of note: At both town and school meetings, voters will be asked if they want to change the format of Town Meeting and move from floor voting to Australian ballot voting for electing town officers, adopting budget articles and voting on public...

Articles of note: Voters will be asked whether to adopt a town manager form of government, whether to eliminate the position of constable and whether to disapprove an ordinance regulating all-terrain vehicles that was adopted in December.Contested...

Article of note: Voters will be asked whether to use $147,375 from the unassigned general fund balance to reduce taxes.Contested races: Benjamin Brickner and Frank Perron Jr. are facing off for a three-year term on the Selectboard. Three people are...

Articles of note: Voters will be asked to provide town leaders with advice on whether or not to add a fifth full-time police officer to the three budgeted officers and chief. They also will be asked to weigh in on whether to eliminate the office of...

Article of note: A petitioned article asks voters to direct the Selectboard to voice the town’s opposition to the state’s plan to site a juvenile detention facility at 487 Stevens Place in Newbury.Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets...

Articles of note: Voters will be asked to appropriate $80,000 for the town’s volunteer fire department, $28,200 for the town’s community nurse program, $3,700 for the Special Needs Support Center of the Upper Valley and $55,207 for social service...

Article of note: In Australian ballot voting, voters will be asked to approve a school operating budget of $47.6 million. The budget proposal increases total spending next year by $3.9 million, which would result in an estimated 7.5% increase in the...

Article of note: Voters will be asked whether to affirm that the Dresden School Board establish policies to move school facilities and operations to renewable energy sources for electricity, heating and cooling, and transportation.Contested...

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WOODSTOCK — Windsor Central Unified Union School District voters will be asked at this year’s district meeting to approve $1 million to upgrade the heating system at Woodstock Union Middle High School.The school’s heating system, which dates back to...

Article of note: The School Board is asking voters to affirm the commitment to transitioning school campus to 100% renewable sources for electricity and climate control.Contested races: There are no contested races.Budgets and spending articles: The...

Article of note: Voters will be asked to establish salaries for board members, including $1,250 per year for the chair and $1,000 per year for other members.Contested races: Kaitlyn Gould and Amy McMullen are facing off for a three-year seat...

Article of note: Included in the budget are requested appropriations from 23 social service organizations. Contested races: Town officers, including a Selectboard member for a three-year term, will be elected from the floor during Town...

Article of note: Voters will be asked to establish a penalty of 8% for taxes not paid or postmarked by their due date, and establish a monthly interest charge of 1% for taxes unpaid after the due date.Contested races: Ronald Johnson and Jesse Brinkman...

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,...