Town Meeting

Most Town Meeting budgets pass

DEERFIELD VALLEY- Few budgets failed in valley towns this year and, for the most part, incumbents who were seeking another term were elected without opposition.
Halifax
Although Halifax’s Town Meeting was otherwise uneventful, witnesses said the meeting...

Emily Carris-Duncan speaking to Town Meeting voters in Whitingham

Rep says town has “best road crew” in Vermont

WHITINGHAM- When moderator Leon Corse invited Rep. Emily Carris-Duncan to speak to the crowd at Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 4,, he said it was a great pleasure, for the first time in his 40-year tenure, to be introducing a representative who was a Whitingham resident.
Carris-Duncan gave...

Voters turn down plan for local option tax

WHITINGHAM- Town Meeting voters passed every spending request on their 34-article warning, but overwhelmingly rejected two articles to create a 1% local option tax, and a fund from which to disburse the proceeds.
The discussion came at the end of the meeting, after lunch and after some...

Readsboro passes all spending articles

READSBORO- Town Meeting voters passed every article on their 14-article warning Monday evening, and voters returned incumbents to most town offices in Australian balloting on Tuesday.
Selectboard chair Ray Eilers eked out a victory over write-in challenger Bart Howes, with 56 votes to...

Moderator Richard Werner, center, address voters at Dover’s Town Meeting on Tuesday. Lauren Harkawik

Voters approve all articles, throw the MOOver some extra MOOlah

DOVER - In a packed town hall on Tuesday, voters approved all warned articles on the town’s annual Town Meeting warning, including a raise for the town’s selectboard. Voters amended an appropriation request from Southeast Vermont Transit, also known as the MOOver, to give the organization more...

Rep. Laura Sibilia at Dover’s Town Meeting. Lauren Harkawik

Voters raise concerns to state representative

DOVER - Rep. Laura Sibilia joined voters at Town Meeting on Tuesday, where she updated gathered constituents about the major issues facing the Legislature this year, including a proposal from Gov. Phil Scott to drastically alter the way education is structured and administered in the state. ...

Sen. Rob Plunkett, left, Sen. Seth Bongartz, center, and Rep. Emily Carris Duncan were ready to update voters at Wilmington’s Town Meeting on Tuesday. The annual event was held at the Old School Community Center. R. Capitani

State senator says education system reform will not finish this year

WILMINGTON- At Tuesday’s Town Meeting, Bennington County state senators Seth Bongartz and Rob Plunkett, who represent Wilmington, and Rep. Emily Carris Duncan were in attendance and talked about their committee assignments and issues in the Statehouse.
Bongartz, a veteran legislator from...

Dover Town Clerk Andy McLean checks a figure while selectboard members Scott Salway, left, chair Vicki Capitani, and Sarah Shippee look on. Lauren Harkawik

Dover Town Meeting voters to decide money matters, police staffing levels

DOVER - On Tuesday evening, voters gathered for the annual Pre-Town Meeting, a preview of what’s to come at next week’s Town Meeting. Topics discussed included a proposed raise for selectboard members, raises and staffing levels for the town’s police department, and appropriations for local...

Wilmington's former fire station

Former firehouse use questioned

WILMINGTON - During a meeting on Tuesday, February 4, the Wilmington Selectboard approved the purchase of a new police department vehicle and approved a license renewal for a small indoor cannabis cultivator. They also reviewed articles that will be voted on at the upcoming Town Meeting on...

Whitingham Town Moderator Leon Corse (left) collects paper ballots from voters during the 2020 Town Meeting

No one on ballot to fill town clerk position, most races unopposed

DEERFIELD VALLEY- Valley voters will find they have few choices to make on this year’s Town Meeting ballots. Petitions for town and school offices were due on Monday, January 27. Few positions drew interest from more than one candidate, and many of the candidates who turned in petitions...