copyright the Chronicle March 8, 2017 by Randi Morse COVENTRY — Arsenic-heavy water and the power of the select board — that was the main meal during Coventry’s Town Meeting on Tuesday. Over 140 people, including those covering the proceedings from WCAX an... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 16, 2016 by Joseph Gresser HOLLAND – The members of the Holland School Board hope that voters armed with a better understanding of the budget they rejected on Town Meeting Day will reconsider their decision. The school board voted... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 9, 2016 by Tena Starr HOLLAND – The school board here plans to hold a public meeting on Monday, March 14, at 6 p.m. Board members hope that Holland’s voters will tell them how to move forward in the wake of last week’s budget def... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 2, 2016 by Sam Thurston LOWELL – The first order of business at Town Meeting Tuesday was the schools. After re-electing the school directors whose terms had expired, the budget was looked at. Last year the budget was $1,754,498,... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 2, 2016 by Eileen Wolfe BROWNINGTON – Were voters at a mudslinging match? Or a law school class? How about a comedy of errors? Town Meeting on Tuesday seemed to incorporate a bit of all those as people lurched and fought and eve... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 2, 2016 by Tena Starr NORTH TROY – Following a fairly long and typically feisty discussion, voters at Town Meeting here Tuesday agreed to spend $76,000 to buy the so-called Allen property, a lot and house adjacent to the school. T... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 3, 2016 There will be contested races for selectmen in Derby and Brighton. The big news, though, is that the four towns that choose officers by Australian ballot will have candidates for all major offices. In Barton, which has... More »
copyright the Chronicle May 20, 2015 by Elizabeth Trail GLOVER — Orleans County Sheriff Kirk Martin came to the Glover Select Board meeting on Thursday, May 14 to sign the town’s new contract with the Sheriff’s Department. Following a heated discussion at To... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 11, 2015 All Those In Favor, Rediscovering the Secrets of Town Meeting and Community, by Susan Clark and Frank Bryan. Paperback. 87 pages. Published by Ravenmark, Montpelier, Vermont. Reviewed by Tena Starr Frank Bryan is likely V... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 11, 2015 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — Police say they arrested a man Sunday night whose pockets bulged with drugs and guns stolen from the Newport Police Department’s evidence room. The thefts could place some prosecutions in j... More »
copyright the Chronicle March 19, 2014 by Bethany M. Dunbar CHARLESTON — Town Clerk Jeannine Bennett retired at Town Meeting this year, after 30 years of service to the town. Actually, she did not attend Town Meeting because she wanted to avoid a big fuss. “Th... More »
copyright the Chronicle February 26, 2014 Next week at Town Meeting four Orleans County towns will vote on a resolution that basically says they don’t want tar sands oil to be shipped through the Portland Pipeline’s Northeast Kingdom oil lines. They are Alban... More »
