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Tracy Davis Pierce

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Jay Town Meeting

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Resort reports good fiscal health by Elizabeth Sargent JAY — The Jay Town Meeting started with Dave Sanders telling voters he was unwilling to be a moderator for the meeting.  Janet Butler was elected moderator for the year. Ms. Butler introduced Steve Wright ... More »

Irasburg Town Meeting

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Soup’s on again by Trisha Ingalls IRASBURG — For the first time in several years, the town of Irasburg brought back its soup potluck dinner to kick off Town Meeting.  Many residents showed up early to enjoy the food and each others’ company before heading to t... More »

Craftsbury Town Meeting

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Baked goods fuel cordial meeting by Gina Campoli CRAFTSBURY COMMON — By 9 a.m., the start time for this year’s Town Meeting, the 150 or so folding chairs set out in the Craftsbury Academy gym were about half occupied.  By 10 a.m., there were over 120 voters pr... More »

Albany Town Meeting

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Departing town clerk honored by Hannah Marvyl Pearce ALBANY — The 67 voters who attended the Albany Town Meeting made quick work of their town’s business in just three hours on Tuesday.  Gary Heath Mason, quickly re-elected as moderator, honored Debra Ann Geof... More »

Westmore Town Meeting

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Packed hall tends to business by Trisha Ingalls WESTMORE — Bear hugs and baked goods ushered in a snowy and packed Town Meeting at the Fellowship Hall in Westmore Tuesday morning. Longtime moderator Andy Berley resumed his habitual role, and after the Pledge o... More »

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 »