Town Meeting 2021
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Town Meeting 2021 results
ADDISON COUNTY — Here are the results of Addison County’s Town Meeting Day votes. ADDISON Addison on Tuesday chose an incumbent over a challenger for a seat on…
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Ripton advances in bid to leave the ACSD
RIPTON — The town of Ripton’s quest to withdraw from the Addison Central School District will now advance to the State Board of Education. This comes after the…
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Thomas outpolls Hooper for Middlebury selectboard
MIDDLEBURY — Esther Thomas on Tuesday defeated Andy Hooper, 812-633, in the race for a one-year term on the Middlebury selectboard. Meanwhile, incumbent selectboard members Farhad Khan (1,286…
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Hescock, Noble, Conlon win seats on ASCD board
MIDDLEBURY — Addison Central School District voters went to the polls on Tuesday to elect three new board members and return an incumbent to office. In one of…
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Rakowski joins Huizenga, Hawley on city council
VERGENNES — Former Addison Northwest School District Board Chair Susan Rakowski was the top vote getter in Tuesday’s five-way contest for three seats on the Vergennes City Council.…
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Town Meeting ’21: No cookies
BRISTOL — Perhaps the shortest way to draw a contrast between last year’s “normal” town meeting in Bristol and this year’s virtual information-only meetings is to cite the…
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Voters approve school budgets
ADDISON COUNTY — Local school district budgets for the upcoming academic year all passed easily in Australian balloting on Tuesday, with percentage margins ranging from 57% support in…
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Editorial: Town meeting reflections
RIPTON’S CHOICE: A LESSON IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT The decision by Addison Central Supervisory Union district voters to allow Ripton to withdraw from the district is a lesson in…
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Vermonters get a new tool to estimate their education property tax bills
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Department of Taxes has created an education property tax estimator tool for the 2021-2022 property tax year (FY22). The tool was created to help…
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Town Meeting 2021 preview
ADDISON COUNTY — Here’s what’s on the docket for each of Addison County’s town meetings. ADDISON Most Vermont towns will hold their annual town meetings online with voting…
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Ripton’s fate lies with ACSD voters
RIPTON — You’ll forgive Ripton residents this year for being more preoccupied by their neighbors’ town meeting results than their own. That’s because residents in Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury,…
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Five vie for three city council seats
VERGENNES — Vergennes residents are seeing another crowded ballot for the city council, with three incumbents facing two challengers for two-year terms. The top three vote-getters in the…
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ANWSD now projects lower taxes
VERGENNES — On Tuesday, the Addison Northwest School District residents will weigh in on a $21.6 million 2021-2022 (FY22) school spending plan that comes in at about $238,400…
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ACSD education tax rates revised downward
MIDDLEBURY — It’s a yearly, late-January disclaimer from school budget preparers when district spending plans have to be put to bed in order to meeting the annual town…
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Kramer raises $7k for ACSD board race
CORNWALL — Campaign finance records filed with the Vermont Secretary of State on Feb. 20 show that Addison Central School District board candidate Chris Kramer had raised $7,025…
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Two vie for one seat in Starksboro
STARKSBORO — When Starksboro voters to go the polls on Town Meeting Day, March 2, they will be asked to elect two selectboard members. The seats’ current occupants…