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Voters pass spending articles, concerns raised over school tax rate

WILMINGTON- Voters passed all of the spending articles on this year’s Town Meeting warning, but not without discussing each.
Article 6, to raise and appropriate $2,028,917 and appropriate $233,000 of the 2018 fund balance for the 2020 general fund, sparked the most discussion.
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Readsboro voters give approval to building, budget, history tour plan

READSBORO- Town Meeting voters closely scrutinized several reserve funds, but passed Readsboro’s $851,858 general fund budget with no discussion.
Article 11, an advisory article asking voters to give the selectboard the go-ahead to begin planning new municipal buildings, stirred the most...

Road crew, transfer station dominate conversation

SEARSBURG - Many of the warned articles at Searburg’s Town Meeting, which was held on Monday night, passed without much discussion. Two articles in particular generated debate: how the selectboard will handle possible changes to its road crew, and whether the town should continue to operate its...

River Valleys items pass

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Three ballot items, including the first-ever budget for the newly formed River Valleys Unified Union School District, comprising Dover and Wardsboro, passed on Town Meeting day. The matters were voted on by Australian ballot at Dover and Wardsboro’s separate Town Meetings. Two...

Board won't fill vacancy before Town Meeting

WHITINGHAM- Selectboard members will not fill two vacated positions on the board before Town Meeting. Board members held a meeting by teleconference Friday morning, after they were advised by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns that board vacancies must be posted within 10 days. According to...

Judge grants continuance pending club bankruptcy

HARTFORD- A Connecticut judge has issued an order putting a lawsuit filed against James Barnes and the Hermitage on hold, pending the outcome of a settlement under Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Mark Brett filed the case in Hartford Superior Court in March 2018, seeking $963,000 in compensation...

Candidates talk about themselves and issues they are concerned about

Compiled by Lauren Harkawik
DEERFIELD VALLEY- Town Meeting is Tuesday, March 5. We asked candidates in contested races around the valley for their thoughts and some background. Those question were:
1. Why are you running for the selectboard?
2. What relevant experience will...

Tax stabilization draws concerns

DOVER - At Dover’s pre-Town Meeting on Tuesday, an article pertaining to tax stabilization for commercial and industrial properties inspired ample discussion.
Article 14 on the town’s Town Meeting warning reads: “Shall the Town of Dover authorize the Dover Selectboard as provided in 24 §...

Option tax to be voted on at Town Meeting

WARDSBORO - Voters at next week’s Town Meeting in Wardsboro will weigh in on whether the town should implement a 1% local option rooms tax.
The article pertaining to the matter, which will be voted from the floor, reads: “Shall the town of Wardboro vote to implement the 1% local option...

Concerns raised over lack of plan for movie theater

DOVER - In what has become a bit of a tradition in Dover, at the town’s pre-Town Meeting on Tuesday, voters expressed concerns about the direction of MHCA Dover Cinema, the town’s movie theater.
Article 12 on the town’s Town Meeting warning reads: “Shall the voters raise and...