MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury residents at their March 2 annual meeting approved, by voice vote, a proposed fiscal year 2027 budget of $15,998,045 — a roughly 9.9% increase — and then, on March 3, decided a contested race for two spots in the town selectboard.

Here are the key takeaways from Middlebury Town Meeting Day 2026:

• Dan Brown and Danielle Boyce won three-year terms on the selectboard with 777 and 736 tallies, respectively. Candidate Peter Jette finished out of the running with 378 votes.
• Participants at Monday’s annual gathering agreed by a unanimous voice to allow the selectboard to offset $350,000 of debt in the Ilsley Library renovation project using local option tax (LOT) surplus money.
• By a tally of 978-108, approved a $1.5 million bond to replace the water main at Foote Street & Route 7 south. The bond will affect water rates, as opposed to property taxes.
• By a 917-174 tally, OK’d a resolution asking the state Legislature to discuss, and act on, House Bill H.433, which would introduce universal access to primary health care for all Vermonters.

Middlebury residents on Tuesday, March 3, also cast ballots on a proposed fiscal year 2027 Addison Central School District budget of $53 million, a proposed FY27 Patricia Hannaford Career Center (PHCC) budget of $6,271,915; a referendum seeking formal closure of Ripton Elementary School; and a series of uncontested elections for the ACSD board.