Panton selectboard candidates make their cases

At the ballot box on Thursday, May 15, Panton residents will decide a three-way race for two newly created seats on the town selectboard. Town residents in March approved an expansion of their selectboard from three to five members.

Along with choosing among three candidates for two seats to fill out a newly expanded selectboard, Panton residents on May 15 will also decide whether to approve a charter change that would allow them to petition for a vote that would give local voters th … (read more)

Panton residents on Town Meeting Day approved expanding their selectboard from three members to five. Now three candidates have filed for election to those fill two openings.

The Panton Town Hall was packed this past Thursday, when over 60 residents gathered to voice concerns or show support for the Vorsteveld Farm, which has applied to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture for authorization to grow its operation.

At an April 3 meeting to inform the public about a Panton dairy farm’s request to expand its operation, conversation at times veered off from the proposal at hand and pointed to broader concerns over how state entities work together to tackle agricultural … (read more)

Panton will hold a special election on Thursday, May 15, to fill out the newly expanded selectboard that residents voted in favor of on Town Meeting Day. It will now be five members rather than the previous three.

Two candidates are running for a seat on the Panton selectboard on Town Meeting Day. They are longtime incumbent Howard Hall and challenger Reece Jaring.

Residents of Vergennes and Panton on Wednesday voted in favor of spending up to $3.52 million to install almost a mile of the most troubled water mains in the Vergennes/Panton Water District, including into Ferrisburgh.

The money would fix 90-year-old water mains along Main Street and Monkton Road that have sprung leaks recently.

There are contested Town Meeting Day races in two of the five communities that include Vergennes and the four other towns northwest corner of Addison County.

Kyle Rowe, Panton’s new town clerk and treasurer, is a busy guy.

There are a handful of certainties about the 50-megawatt solar array proposed to be installed on a 220-acre tract of Panton land.

Panton residents on Tuesday voted, 307-100, in an advisory ballot article that the town of Panton should not support a 50-megawatt solar array proposed for 220 acres west of Route 22A.

Thank you for your extensive coverage of the shortfalls and challenges of the town of Panton. The headline could have been “How to Dismantle Democracy” in a small town.

Along with choosing elected officials on Nov. 5, Panton residents will also make their opinions known on a 50-megawatt solar array proposed for a roughly 220-acre plot of land west of Route 22A surrounding the intersection of Slang and West roads.