Town meeting results: Brandon

BRANDON — Incumbents Seth Hopkins and Doug Bailey won re-election to the Brandon selectboard on Town Meeting Day against a solid challenge from newcomer Alison Walter. Board Chair Hopkins was the top vote getter in the race for two one-year seats with 709 votes. Bailey garnered 657 votes, and Walter tallied 553. Reached by phone Tuesday night, Walter said she was pleased with the results. “It was a good showing,” she said. “I think I did pretty well considering I’m a relative newcomer to the Brandon politic … (read more)

BRIDPORT — Bridport residents at their town meeting on Tuesday morning endorsed all the money items on their warning, including a major bridge/culvert project and a new, one-ton truck for the highway department. Article 34 on the town meeting warning aske … (read more)

BRISTOL — Residents of Bristol elected another new member of the selectboard on Town Meeting Day. Darla Senecal defeated Bill Mount, 763 – 487, for a two-year term on the board. “I am so happy to be able to serve my community as a selectboard member,” Sen … (read more)

FERRISBURGH — Ferrisburgh residents’ decision-making was focused on financial matters at town meeting on Saturday morning and in voting booths on Tuesday. Town spending measures were decided from the floor of town meeting. Voters backed without amendment … (read more)

CORNWALL — Cornwall residents passed all the money items on their ballot, but defeated two advisory referenda related to how Addison Central School District directors should be elected and the process for closing ACSD schools. Cornwall was one of four Add … (read more)

GOSHEN — After a traditional potluck dinner at their town hall Monday evening, Goshen residents held a quick, hour-long town meeting in which they OK’d a town spending plan and discussed how the town, which handles trash pickup, will manage the state mand … (read more)

GRANVILLE — A few years ago Granville discarded the old tradition of the office of the auditor as it became more difficult to populate the office, but at Tuesday evening’s town meeting residents reinstated the office. They also elected three auditors to t … (read more)

HANCOCK — Hancock voters returned an incumbent selectman at their annual town meeting on Tuesday morning and OK’d their town budget with only a minor modification. Jack Ross stood for re-election to the selectboard in the gathering at the Route 100 town h … (read more)

LEICESTER — It was smooth sailing at town meeting in Leicester this year. When they gathered at the Leicester Meeting House on Monday evening residents approved the proposed $695,235 of town spending for the coming fiscal year, an amount that is roughly $ … (read more)

LINCOLN — In Lincoln this week, residents approved more than a million-and-a-half-dollars in town spending, elected several town officials (including one new face) and conducted the usual town meeting business. Without too much ado, residents at Monday ni … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury voters at their annual town meeting Monday evening passed all the money items on their ballot, though they modified a major funding request from Middlebury Regional EMS (MREMS) and decided they should be able to pay their property … (read more)

MONKTON — On Town Meeting Day, incumbent selectboard member Bill Martin won another three-year term on the board. He ran unopposed. In a contested race to fill the seat vacated by longtime selectboard member Ann Layne, Paul Low defeated Robert Fogg, 520–2 … (read more)

NEW HAVEN — On Town Meeting Day, 706 ballots were counted in New Haven and several incumbents maintained their seats. Incumbent Taborri Bruhl defeated John Hamel for a three-year term on the selectboard, 367–286. Incumbent John Roleau defeated Bruce Many … (read more)

ORWELL — Orwell residents on Tuesday approved a town budget and welcomed two new members to the town selectboard. The big ticket items on the Town Meeting Day ballot — a $26,623,041 Slate Valley Unified Union School District spending plan and a $59.5 mill … (read more)

PANTON — In Tuesday Australian balloting, Panton voters approved town spending measures and returned incumbents to the town selectboard and the Addison Northwest School District board. Residents supported, 141-74, a proposed 2020-2021 Panton town budget o … (read more)