Town meeting results: Ripton

RIPTON — Ripton residents at their town meeting approved all the articles on their warning, including two advisory referenda that suggested local residents be given more of a say in the election of their local school directors and potential future closure of their local school. Ripton was one of four Addison Central School District communities that permitted a public vote on two petitioned items that the ACSD board had declined to place on the district ballot. The first article, which recommended that each … (read more)

SALISBURY — Salisbury voters on Town Meeting Day approved all the articles on a busy warning, including their town and highway budgets, and a measure to eliminate the local office of town auditor. A proposal to allot $26,371.80 to the Brandon-Leicester-Sa … (read more)

SHOREHAM — Shoreham residents at their town meeting passed all the money items on their warning and decided to continue fielding social service agency donation requests by Australian ballot. Voters were asked if they wanted to return to fielding social se … (read more)

STARKSBORO — On Town Meeting Day, three selectboard candidates running unopposed in Starksboro all won at the polls. Incumbent Greg Cota won another three-year term. Greg Hahr won election to the remainder of the term he’d been serving as an appointee. An … (read more)

UPDATED  VERGENNES — Vergennes residents on Tuesday picked Martha DeGraaf over Jena Santa Maria to fill the vacancy on the Addison Northwest School District Board; the vacancy was created in January when ANWSD Board Chairwoman Sue Rakowski announced she w … (read more)

WALTHAM — Waltham residents from the floor of town meeting on Monday evening picked a new selectboard member — who also becomes the first woman to serve on the Waltham selectboard, according to town officials — and approved town spending measures. On Mond … (read more)

WEYBRIDGE — Weybridge residents passed all items on their nine-article town meeting warning, including a $190,000 request for a new tandem plow truck for the highway department. The fiscal year 2021 Highway Department budget of $519,400 and General Fund r … (read more)

WHITING — Whiting residents from the floor of town meeting on Tuesday night returned incumbents to office and backed town spending. Earlier in Australian balloting they joined the rest of the state in backing Sen. Bernie Sanders and President Donald Trump … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — Whether you agree with your neighbors on all issues or think they are possibly a little nuts, we all have to live together. Here’s an opportunity to do your civic duty and share your views with others in your municipality at the upcoming … (read more)

ADISON COUNTY — Providing childcare at town meeting was always something the folks at Middlebury Area Land Trust wanted to do, but they just didn’t have the capacity — until now. This year, according to programs coordinator Caleb Basa, the organization fi … (read more)

ADDISON — Financial decisions and a contested race to represent Addison on the Addison Northwest School District board highlight Addison’s Town Meeting Day warning. All of Addison’s choices will be made by Australian ballot from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the to … (read more)

BRANDON — Many of the town meeting decisions that Brandon residents will make next week will be done at the ballot box on Tuesday, March 3, not at the in-person meeting the night before. On Town Meeting Day, Brandon residents will vote on a three-way race … (read more)

BRIDPORT — Bridport residents at their town meeting next Tuesday will be asked to bankroll a major bridge/culvert project and a new, one-ton truck for the highway department. Article 34 on the town meeting warning asks voters for up to $400,000 to invest … (read more)

BRISTOL — Bristol will hold its annual town meeting at Holley Hall on Monday, March 2, 2020, at 7 p.m., where voting on warned articles 1 and 3–21 will take place. Voting by Australian ballot to elect town officers, approve the unified school district and … (read more)

CORNWALL — Cornwall residents are in store for a fairly basic 2020 town meeting, with no contested elections and not a lot of business beyond the usual town, highway and school budget requests. But local residents will help decide two contested elections … (read more)