Letter to the editor: Citizens should get involved in their communities

As a selectboard member in and resident of Addison County, I wanted to thank Marin Howell for her timely article in the Jan 30 issue of the Addy Indy on boosting community participation in Town Meeting Day.

I am happy to be running for a position on the Bristol library board, having moved back to Vermont this year after living for 30 years out west.

I’ve been a resident of Lincoln for most of my life. I believe in democracy and have expressed my opinion at the ballot box, both national and local, whenever an election has been conducted.

Please support me on the ballot March 4 as a write in candidate (3-year) to serve as Lawrence Memorial Library Trustee.

We urge voters in Vergennes and several other Vermont towns to reject well-meant but futile resolutions attacking Israel.

When voters in the Mount Abraham Unified School District head to the polls on Town Meeting Day they’ll be asked whether to allow district officials to transfer up to $1.04 million from MAUSD’s Capital Reserve Fund to the general fund. The money would help … (read more)

Ferrisburgh residents will consider from the floor of town meeting on Saturday, March 1, the selectboard’s proposed Fiscal Year 2026 spending plan of $2,830,154, which was adopted on Jan. 28.

This past March, a total of 86 residents attended Bristol’s town meeting — 66 in person and 20 listening in on Zoom. Bristol town officials and community members are now exploring ways to attract more people to the annual event, such as by offering free c … (read more)

Monkton voters on Town Meeting Day will elect three new faces to serve on the town’s selectboard, as a few longtime board members decided they will step down, and several residents have stepped up to run for the open spots.

Nineteen years ago, Megan James exited Middlebury College with a degree and a lot of enthusiasm that led her to a career in journalism. Young, bright and motivated, the world was her oyster, but the pearl was always in Middlebury. And that’s where she wan … (read more)

The Addison Northwest School District board on Wednesday, Jan. 22, adopted a $27.653 million budget proposal to provide education for students in the 2025-2026 academic and fiscal year (FY26) at the Vergennes Union High and Middle, Vergennes Union Element … (read more)

Addison Central School District residents on March 4 will field a fiscal year 2026 spending proposal of $51,719,284 to run Middlebury-area schools. This plan reflects a 2% bump in overall spending, but a 6.2% decrease in per-pupil spending

Middlebury residents will see only one contested election on their May 4 Town Meeting Day ballot: A five-person race for three of the community’s seats on the Addison Central School District board.

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.

While Vergennes residents on Town Meeting Day will consider a non-binding resolution relating to Israel and its treatment of some Palestinian people, Ferrisburgh voters will not have a voice on a similar resolution after the town’s selectboard declined to … (read more)