ORCA Media recorded Waterbury’s 4.5-hour town meeting on March 3. If you missed it, find the video here.

By a margin of precisely three-to-one, Waterbury voters on Town Meeting Day gave their approval to authorizing future bonding of up to $4.3 million if necessary for a major flood mitigation project in the downtown cornfield that’s recently become known as Randall Meadow. 

Roundabout contributor Sarah Andrews spent part of Tuesday’s town meeting stretch talking with voters after they cast their ballots and picked up their “I voted” stickers. Here are highlights from her conversations.

Approximately 180 voters gathered for the annual in-person town meeting at Brookside Primary School on Tuesday. Voters adopted a town budget in which they voted to give raises to elected town officials, purchase a firetruck, and make an adjustment to erase a property tax increase.

In an election with turnout comparable to a presidential primary, Waterbury voters on Tuesday elected three new members to the Waterbury Select Board.  

Casting their ballots in the drive-through loop at the town office and highway garage on Tuesday, Duxbury voters registered strong approval for the proposed $1.18 million town budget and all other financial questions, including $183,000 to purchase a new tandem truck. 

Waterbury Town Meeting voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a $4.3 million bond to support a flood mitigation project proposed for the Randall Meadow property along the Winooski River. Preliminary election results show Martha Staskus and Sandy Sabin won select board seats. Write-in votes are still being reviewed.

Duxbury voters will go to the polls to vote on all town business and elections by ballot using their now-familiar drive-through format. The ballot has a lower budget than last year, a truck purchase, no contested elections, and a few candidate openings.

Hearing and reading support from friends and community members to return as town clerk and treasurer, Karen Petrovic says she’s not a candidate.

In the race for an open three-year seat on the Waterbury Select Board, Chris Viens is on the ballot and Don Schneider is a write-in challenger. Both shared their views on running for office this Town Meeting Day.

Each year, the Waterbury Select Board’s two one-year positions are on the Town Meeting Day ballot. With neither incumbent running this year, three candidates have emerged: Evan Karl Hoffman, Sandy Sabin and Martha Stauskas.

Waterbury Roundabout caught up with the five candidates for Waterbury Select Board. We asked them to tell voters a little about themselves and share their thoughts on some of the top issues they are likely to encounter if elected. Here are their answers.