Town Meeting Day
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Ferrisburgh budget up, but maybe not taxes
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…
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How do we boost town meeting participation?
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…
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5-Town ballots to feature races for school and selectboards
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,…
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Meet Middlebury selectboard candidate Megan James
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,…
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Spending up 1.5% in ANWSD
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…
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ACSD budget OK’d for March 4 vote
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…
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Field set for ACSD, Middlebury elections
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…
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Vergennes area to see contested elections
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.
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Ferrisburgh will not include Palestine resolution on warning
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…
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Letter to the editor: City ballot item called ‘divisive’
I write to oppose the anti-Israel non-binding referendum on the Vergennes Town Meeting Day ballot. Israel is a vibrant democracy. Palestinian Israelis vote alongside Jewish Israelis in all…
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City voters to weigh in on pro-Palestine article
Vergennes residents on Town Meeting Day will have a chance to tell city councilors to take a stand in the war between Israel and the Palestinian people.
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March 4 ballot in Vergennes is shaping up
Due to expiring terms, potential races loom in March on the Vergennes ballot for mayor, three city council seats, two seats on the Addison Northwest School District Board,…
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City Council eyes ballot items for Town Meeting Day
The Vergennes City Council last week discussed two necessary and five potential Town Meeting Day ballot items that could be warned for residents to consider.
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Town Meeting 2024 results
Here’s what happened at each of the town meetings in Addison County.
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Middlebury elects two selectmen, OKs budget
Middlebury voters overwhelmingly backed all the financial items on their town meeting agenda and elected Farhad Khan and Fred Dunnington to three-year terms on their selectboard.
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Lincoln voters dig into issues at annual meeting
It’s possible that Lincoln’s annual town meeting, held on Monday night in Burnham Hall, can be summed up by a single remark made by resident and former state…