Voters approve new police contract by Joseph Gresser BARTON—Voters ended an impasse between the town and the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department at Town Meeting on the evening of March 5.  The town hasn’t had a contract with the department, nor any formal agreement to provide police protection with another agency, since 2020, when negotiations with Sheriff Jennifer Harlow broke off. There was little drama in the resolution, as voters approved spending $95,160 for 30 hours a week of coverage in … Continue reading Barton Town Meeting