Town Meeting Day
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Addison County favors Haley over Trump
Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign after Donald Trump’s sweeping success in Tuesday’s Super Tuesday primaries, but not for lack of support in Vermont…
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School budgets take a hit statewide
Voters struck down close to a third of school budgets across Vermont on Tuesday, the highest proportion in at least a decade, according to the Vermont Superintendents Association.
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Editorial: No easy fix for costly school budgets, but here’s a start
As about a third of the state’s school districts, including three of the four school districts serving Addison County, were defeated in Town Meeting votes this Tuesday, voters…
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County voters reject most proposed school budgets
In all school districts, boards struggled with the double-digit rising costs of health insurance for their employees, general inflation and the loss of federal money started during the…
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Mt. Abe’s spending plan falls 228 votes short
Voters in the Mount Abraham Unified School District on Town Meeting Day narrowly defeated the proposed district budget for the 2024-2025 academic year and opposed by a much…
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ANWSD residents defeat board’s $28.3M budget
In commingled balloting in the five Addison Northwest School District communities, the ANWSD board’s Fiscal Year 2024-2025 (FY25) budget proposal of $28,232,078 was defeated on Tuesday, 1,282-1,012, or…
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Brandon-area towns say no to OV spending
In what’s shaping up to be a season of “nay” in the area, the proposed FY25 budget for the Otter Valley Unified Union School District was rejected by…
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ACSD, Career Center budgets are approved
Voters in the Addison Central School District communities of Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge went to the polls on Tuesday to approve a proposed FY’25…
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Town Meeting 2024 results — so far
Here are the key takeaways from Town Meeting Day in Addison County, as of 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. We will update this article as we have more results.
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VARS seeks hike in town charges
One reason for the higher proposed municipal spending that Vergennes-area towns will consider this Town Meeting Day is an increase in the funding requests to those communities from…
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Bristol to weigh land purchase at town meeting
Bristol voters will be asked at the town’s annual meeting next week to OK the purchase of land to house a new Public Works Department facility.
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Town Meeting 2024 Preview
Here’s what to expect at each of the town meetings in Addison County this week.
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When and Where is Your Town Meeting in 2024
Find out the date, time and place of your town meeting in Addison County and Brandon.
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Visit MyVoterPage for all your Town Meeting info
With the Presidential Primary and Town Meeting Day (March 5) coming up next week, Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas reminds Vermonters that there are resources available…
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Editorial: At town meeting, local races and big questions on school budgets
Across Addison County, the Addison Independent’s coverage of Town Meeting sees relatively few local races or issues, but big questions concerning higher-than-average school budgets.
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Legislative Review: Town meeting takes center stage
There are a lot of important races and issues on this year’s March ballot. Be sure you’re registered to vote; learn about the budgets, candidates, and issues; and…