Carpenter to seek three more years on Middlebury selectboard

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury selectboard Chairman Brian Carpenter will run for a third consecutive term this March, saying he’d like another three years to whittle away at a municipal to-do list that includes completion of the downtown rail bridges project and flood mitigation improvements to portions of the Middlebury River. Carpenter and Swift House Inn co-owner Dan Brown are the only two confirmed candidates so far for two selectboard spots that will be up for grabs on Town Meeting Day. Incumbent Selectwoman … (read more)

Two Middlebury selectboard seats are in play

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury selectboard Chairman Brian Carpenter will run for a third consecutive term this March, saying he’d like another three years to whittle away at a municipal to-do list that includes completion of the downtown rail bridges project and … (read more)

Swift House owner eyes seat on Middlebury selectboard

MIDDLEBURY — Swift House Inn co-owner Dan Brown is no stranger to serving his country. Prior to becoming an innkeeper, the U.S. Naval Academy graduate spent 27 years piloting ships, P-3 airplanes and a segment of the Navy’s acquisition management division … (read more)

Coffey to leave Bristol selectboard in March

BRISTOL — Peter Coffey will not seek re-election to the Bristol selectboard next year. Coffey, whose term expires in March, officially informed fellow board members at the Dec. 16 meeting. It was a decision he had made more than a year ago, he told the In … (read more)

Middlebury board signs off on controversial solar array

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday voted 5-2 to endorse a controversial, 5-megawatt solar farm pitched for Middlebury College-owned land off South Street Extension, a project that will soon be reviewed by the Vermont Public Utilities Commi … (read more)

Ian Albinson wins Bristol selectboard election

BRISTOL — The Bristol selectboard will soon have five members again. In a special election held on Tuesday to fill an open seat on the board, Ian Albinson defeated Eric Carter, 332–320. “I am humbled by the support of Bristol’s voters and thank all those … (read more)

Ballot set for open Bristol board seat

BRISTOL — Two Bristol residents have declared their candidacy for selectboard in a special election that will be held Dec. 3. Ian Albinson and Eric Carter will run to replace former selectboard member Ted Lylis, who suddenly resigned in September. Albinso … (read more)

Bristol sets election for selectboard

BRISTOL — The Bristol selectboard has scheduled a special election for Tuesday, Dec. 3, so that voters can decide who will replace Selectman Ted Lylis, who resigned suddenly last month. The selectboard had originally planned to appoint someone to the seat … (read more)

Six in contention for Bristol selectboard vacancy

BRISTOL — When the Bristol selectboard meets on Oct. 7 to fill the seat recently vacated by Ted Lylis, it will have to choose among at least six candidates. Two of those candidates ran or considered running for Lylis’s seat last March. Ian Albinson, who c … (read more)

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