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SEN. RUTH HARDY speaks at the Starksboro Town Meeting.
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RICH WARREN TALKS at town meeting in Starksboro.
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PETER RYERSBACH SMILES at the town meeting action in Starksboro.
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MIKE BLAKESLEE SPEAKS up at Starksboro town meeting.
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MARY O’BRIEN LISTENS attentively at Starksboro’s town meeting.
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LISA DAUDON SPEAKS up at town meeting in Starksboro.
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SOMEONE’S ALWAYS CROCHETING at town meeting. Here’s Lausanne Allen at the Starksboro meeting.
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MODERATOR KEEGAN TIERNEY conducts the action at Starksboro’s town hall.
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MT. ABE BASEBALL coach Jason Barnard speaks at his Starksboro town meeting.
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ROBINSON SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Edorah Frazer speaks at the Starksboro town meeting.
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ADDISON COUNTY STATE Sen. Chris Bray, shown at the Starksboro town meeting last week, fielded questions about a Fish & Wildlife bill during questioning at Monday’s legislative breakfast in Vergennes.
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REP. CALEB ELDER speaks at Starksboro’s town meeting.
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ALAN QUITTNER PAYS attention at Starksboro’s town meeting.
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MODERATOR TIM O’LEARY gets things started at Ripton’s town meeting.
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RIPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Principal Meg Cheresnick speaks at the Ripton Town Meeting on Monday night. The proposed budget of her school’s district, ACSD, was one of the only plans in Addison County voters approved on Town Meeting Day.
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FOLKS SETTLE IN at the start of the Ripton town meeting.
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RIPTON SELECTBOARD MEMBERS (seated from left) Laurie Cox, Giles Hoyler and Tim Hanson prepare to field questions at their community’s town meeting on Monday.
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JOANNA DORIA AND Ripton Elementary School Principal Meg Cheresnick chat before the start of town meeting.
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HEATHER AND ELLIOT Pask share a cozy moment on the floor at Ripton’s town meeting.
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RIPTON FIRE CHIEF Chris Pike and Zoe Pike at town meeting on Monday night.
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ELLIOT AND JOANNE Pask survey and sample the treats on a table at the back of the Ripton Community House while their elders focus on the action at the front of the room during Monday evening’s town meeting. This was the first year since the pandemic that the Ripton Social Committee could bring back the soup potluck and the table full of cookies.
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ELIZABETH GUILBEAU LEANS into the discussion at the Ripton town meeting Tuesday night in the community house.
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RIPTON RESIDENTS SHARE coffee and conversation at Ripton’s annual town meeting, held on Monday evening, March 4. Attendees voted on two contested selectboard races, OK’d budgets for town highways, the town cemetery and the fire and rescue department, and opted for Joe Biden and Nikki Haley in the Presidential primary.
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MIDDLEBURY SELECTPERSON LINDSEY Fuentes-George addresses the crowd at Monday’s annual town meeting, held at the Middlebury Union High School auditorium. Fuentes-George chose not to seek re-election on Tuesday following a six-year stint on the board.
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AROUND 180 PEOPLE attended Middlebury’s annual town meeting in the MUHS auditorium on Monday evening. They made relatively quick work of the five-article agenda, and also set aside time to talk about a proposed Ilsley Library construction project, as well as two bond proposals that voters fielded (and passed) on Tuesday.
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FOLKS CHECK IN to vote in Middlebury on Tuesday.
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MIDDLEBURY SELECTBOARD CANDIDATES Farhad Khan, left, and Fred Dunnington stand outside polls at the Middlebury Recreation
Center on Tuesday, where they could talk with or wave to voters. They won the two selectboard seats up for election.
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LEICESTER TOWN CLERK Julie Delphia, right, and selectboard member Diane Randall explain the election process to area students on a school field trip to the Leicester polls during voting this past Tuesday.
Photo courtesy of Dianne Harvey
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BRIDPORT TOWN CLERK Julie Howlett speaks at her town meeting.
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ROSEMARY PAYNE SPEAKS up at the Bridport town meeting.
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SEVERAL BRIDPORT RESIDENTS have their hands raised at Tuesday town meeting while weighing in on the issues of the day.
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PAUL WAGNER LISTENS at Bridport’s town meeting.
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PAUL MILLER SPEAKS at Bridport’s town meeting.
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MODERATOR TIM HOWLETT listens attentively at Bridport’s town meeting.
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BRIDPORT RESIDENTS LIKE Dinah Bain get a chance to seek clarity on municipal issues at Tuesday morning’s town meeting in Bridport’s Community Hall.
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DANA GILBERT SPEAKS at Bridport’s town meeting.
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DAN THOMAS CONSULTS the town report at Bridport’s town meeting.
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ANDREW MANNING RAISES his hand at the Bridport town meeting.
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VIRGINIA MONTGOMERY REFERS to her town report during Monday’s Addison town meeting.
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TERRY PHILLIPS LISTENS at Addison’s town meeting.
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FOLKS RAISE THEIR hands at Addison’s town meeting.
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ADDISON SELECTBOARD CHAIR Roger Waterman speaks at the town’s March 4 informational meeting
in the former Addison Central School gym. Waterman was re-elected to the board the next day in a five-person race for one seat.
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SELECTMAN ROB HUNT participates in Addison’s town meeting.
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MARY HARRIS MAKES a point at Addison’s town meeting.
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KAY SMITS LISTENS at Addison’s town meeting.
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PEN IN HAND, Jodie Bushey emphasizes her point during discussion at the Addison town meeting Monday evening in the former Addison Central School. Independent photo/Steve James
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ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG SPEAKS at Addison’s town meeting.
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ELIZA SPENCER SPEAKS at Addison’s town meeting.
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BARBARA PELTON PARTICIPATES in Addison’s town meeting.
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TOWN MEETINGS CAN mean serious business, but there are cheerful instances, too, like the one that brought this smile to Alden Harwood’s face in Addison on Monday.
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