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Tracy Davis Pierce

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Glover Town Meeting

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Driveway sand drives discussion by Natalie Hormilla GLOVER — Glover residents voted in all but one of their incumbent town officers by a single ballot, and easily passed the proposed budget and all appropriations at Town Meeting this year. The only incumbent t... More »

Charleston Town Meeting

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A model of efficiency by Peggy Stevens With 65 residents in attendance at 10 Tuesday morning, Charleston voters got to work, tearing through the Town Meeting agenda and breaking records for speed and efficiency as warned items were dispatched one by one. Peren... More »

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No more auditors in Troy

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by Matthew Wilson TROY — A series of paper ballots had Troy residents repeatedly lining up to vote on Tuesday morning at Town Meeting.  Two select board seats saw a bit of competition and an article to eliminate the town’s auditor positions provoked a lot of d... More »

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Paper ballots don’t signal dissent

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    by Emmett Avery BROWNINGTON — Brownington’s first in-person Town Meeting in two years saw a three-way race for an open select board seat in which William Falconer prevailed and the passage of the town and road budgets by paper ballot. The town’s fiscal yea... More »

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Falcon boys earn a trip to the Aud

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by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — The North Country Union High School Falcons and Mount St. Joseph Green Wave faced off on the basketball court Friday night, a match that saw the teams go toe to toe up until the last quarter.  Each battled hard to earn a trip to the... More »

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LRUEMSD—Voters add to capital budget

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  by Trisha Ingalls At Monday night’s annual meeting of the Lake Region Union Elementary-Middle School District voters brought two new faces to the school boards and a better-than-requested capital budget. The meeting, moderated by Kristin Atwood with Shelia M... More »

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Old cases resolved in Superior Court

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  by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT—Keith Sylvester, 33, of Newport will spend between 16 months and seven years behind bars after settling a host of charges in the Criminal Division of Orleans County Superior Court. The guarantee of time to serve came when Mr. Sylves... More »

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Holland decides to meet on a Tuesday

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  by Matthew Wilson HOLLAND — The roads were snowy Saturday morning, but that didn’t stop the people of Holland from conducting their annual Town Meeting.  Members of the community heard from their state representative, who shared information about a few bills... More »

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Brighton Town Meeting — Voters question authority

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    by Joseph Gresser ISLAND POND — About 60 Brighton residents turned out for the town’s floor meeting Monday night and they weren’t there to be gentle with town officials.  New Town Manager Noah Bond, only months into his job was asked almost to his face, if... More »

Smooth sailing at Derby Town Meeting

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  by Matthew Wilson DERBY LINE — Derby voters gathered at the Derby Elementary School here Monday night and after a brief discussion adopted the town and Derby school budgets. At the start of the meeting, Derby residents took time to recognize Curt Brainard fo... More »

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No cause for alarm

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A long row of tank cars sitting on a siding just outside of Orleans has generated a lot of interest, especially after the rail disaster in East Palestine, Ohio.  Peter Young, general counsel for Vermont Rail, said Monday that there is no cause for alarm.  Whil... More »