Panton sets vote to expand its selectboard

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.

Ways of Seeing: The sweetness of town meetings

Unlike the divisive national political scene which gives me a stomachache and makes it hard for me to speak with my neighbor and another close friend, the Middlebury town meeting was like a gooey chocolate brownie to a sugar addict.

Venable-Novak, Makleff & Orzech win ACSD seats

Addison Central School District voters on Tuesday decided a five-person race for three of Middlebury’s seven seats on the ACSD board, choosing Jess Venable-Novak, Ron Makleff and incumbent Steve Orzech to fill those three-year spots.

Middlebury OKs $49.5M sewer bond

Middlebury residents on Tuesday voted overwhelming in favor of three public works-related bond proposals, the centerpiece of which was a proposed $49.5 million upgrade of the town’s 24-year-old wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) at 243 Industrial Ave.

Packed Bristol library race results in a tie

Bristol voters could soon weigh in again on who they’d like to fill an open seat on the Lawrence Memorial Library Board of Trustees after a contested race for two, two-year terms on the board ended in a tie for second place on Town Meeting Day.

ACSD plan OK’d in landslide

Buoyed by good news on projected education property tax rates, a majority of Addison County residents supported their local school budgets on Town Meeting Day.

$35M approved in MAUSD

Voters in the Mount Abraham Unified School District on Town Meeting Day decisively approved a $34,894,443 fiscal year 2026 budget. They voted in favor of the spending plan, 1,280-596.

ANWSD budget wins big

Residents in the five Addison Northwest School District communities on Tuesday solidly backed a $27.653 million budget proposal to provide education for students in the coming school year.

Lincoln weighs the future of town meeting

There were several articles on Lincoln’s town meeting warning that generated lively discussion at Monday’s annual gathering in Burnham Hall. But one in particular seemed to get at the heart of the town meeting tradition and why Vermonters continue to prac … (read more)

Inappropriate content pops up at Ferrisburgh town meeting

Town officials pulled the plug on live-streaming Saturday’s town meeting after someone hacked the site and X-rated images appeared as a legislator was addressing the crowd.

Lincoln approves school spending

About halfway through Lincoln’s town meeting Monday night, the gathering recessed to hold the Lincoln School District annual meeting.

Voters OK Mt. Abe roof project funds

Bristol-area voters on Tuesday agreed to allow the Mount Abraham Unified School District to use up to $1.04 million from its Capital Reserve Fund to help pay for replacing Mount Abraham Union High School’s roof.

Editorial: School budgets: What a difference a year makes!

At Vermont’s Town Meetings last year, voters rejected over 30 school budgets, about one in three, because of budget increases that averaged close to 13%. This year, when the average property tax is expected to rise about 6% or half what it did last year, … (read more)

Town Meeting 2025 Results

Here’s what happened at each of the town meetings in Addison County and Brandon.

When and Where is Your 2025 Town Meeting

Find out the date, time and place of your town meeting in Addison County and Brandon.

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