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Halifax residents to vote on adopting local option tax

HALIFAX - During their regular meeting on Tuesday evening, the Halifax Selectboard decided to include an article about a 1% local option rooms tax on the 2023 Town Meeting warning; proposed to raise highway department wages by 10%; and heard an update regarding DV Fiber.
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School choice vote to take place July 18

READSBORO- School board members set a tentative date for a special school district meeting for voters to weigh in on a proposal to offer school choice for students in seventh and eighth grade, but weren’t able to sign a warrant at their meeting Tuesday evening.
In a phone call with the...

Halifax keeps five-member selectboard, all budgets approved

HALIFAX - Only one article was voted down after Halifax held their Australian ballot on May 3, and Tristan Roberts expects to accept a three-year selectboard position he won by write-in.
Roberts wrote on Front Porch Forum, “Voting to reduce the size of the board eliminates my seat.” He...

Masks were not required during Readsboro's Town Meeting, though votes and board members remained socially distanced.

Readsboro holds in-person Town Meeting

READSBORO- On Monday evening, the town held its first Town Meeting in the school auditorium since 2020, and voters were in the mood to say “yes.” Voters approved every article on the 12-article warning, pausing only for discussion on a few expenditures.
Even with all of the spending...

Left to right: selectboard member Tony Kilbride, moderator Stephanie Moffo, and Langdon James Somerville playing with gavel. Tyler Lederer

Searsburg debates donation

SEARSBURG - Searsburg held both its annual School District Meeting and Town Meeting Monday, starting at 6:30 pm and lasting approximately an hour combined. The night was capped off with a visit from Rep. Laura Sibilia, who updated the town on redistricting and followed up on complaints about road...

Rogue campers trashing Crosstown Trailhead in Dover, Town Meeting date set

DOVER- Selectboard members set a date for Town Meeting, approved a warning, and discussed rogue campers in a town-managed parking area at their regular meeting Tuesday.
An ad hoc committee formed by the selectboard recommended the board warn the meeting for Tuesday, May 17 at 10...

Town set for annual meetings

School tax rate to go down, questions raised about surplus funds vote READSBORO- Voters will gather at the school auditorium on Monday, February 28, for a combined in-person/virtual school informational meeting and an in-person Town Meeting.
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Searsburg to hold in-person Town Meeting on Monday, February 28

By Lauren Harkawik
SEARSBURG - Searsburg will hold its Town Meeting in person at the Searsburg Town Office on Monday, February 28, at 6:30 pm. Masks are required. Voters will vote on both town and school warnings from the floor, with the exception of the election of officers, which happens...

Voters seeking more transparency, communication from town officials

WHITINGHAM - At their regular meeting on Wednesday, the Whitingham Selectboard held a hybrid informational meeting on the budget and town report in anticipation of Town Meeting day. All board members attended in person except Greg Brown, who joined the Zoom call 45 minutes after it had begun....

A worker checks on the placement of concrete forms and rebar during construction at the North Branch district’s sewer plant in the summer of 2019. File photo

Committee’s actions raise transparency concerns

April 28 informational meeting to address cost increases, elections set for May DOVER- North Branch Fire District #1 has warned an informational meeting for Wednesday, April 28, from 7 to 9 pm, to discuss sewer department issues before the district’s annual meeting on Monday,...