Town Meeting Day roundup: Mad River Valley
Moretown rejects a bid to consider leaving the Harwood Union school district.; Waitsfield opts-in to cannabis marketplace; and other details in Town Meeting summaries from neighboring communities in the Mad River Valley.
Waterbury approves budget, re-elects incumbents, opts-in to legal weed
Waterbury voters approved everything on their Town Meeting Day ballot on Tuesday including a $5.2 million budget and a question on whether the town should “opt-in” to allow for legal recreational cannabis cultivation, processing, and retail as the state establishes that marketplace in the coming months.
Duxbury opts-in to legal weed, narrowly approves $250k for highway garage
Duxbury’s vote over whether to fix the town highway garage was closer than the decision that voters made Tuesday to opt-in to the legal cannabis marketplace coming together in Vermont in the next year or so.
Voters approve school budget questions, elect three new members
After voting twice on the school budget in 2020, voters in the six towns of the Harwood Unified Union School District on Tuesday took care of business on the first try this year.
Town Meeting report from Reps. Wood and Stevens
If there had been an in-person town meeting this year, you would have seen state Reps. Theresa Wood and Tom Stevens in person and heard them talk about what they are up to and following at the State House.
People at the polls
Town Meeting Day may not have had many in-person meetings, but many voters showed up in person to vote or just drop off their ballots at their polling places.
Town Meeting Election Results (Tues. evening)
Waterbury election results are in with incumbents Mark Frier and Katie Martin winning re-election to one-year terms and Dani Kehlmann winning the three-year term.
Select board candidates on the issues
As Town Meeting Day nears, Waterbury Roundabout caught up with the six 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.
Waterbury town meeting: All that’s left is voting
Town Meeting Day will be less social this year without an in-person gathering but that doesn’t mean it’s less interesting. The ballots are full with candidates running for local office, budget details to keep local government running for the next year, and requests for taxpayers to support the agencies and organizations that address many important needs in the region.
Buying a big truck, fixing the highway garage, growing legal weed – Duxbury town meeting in a nutshell
A $250,000 bond for the town garage, a purchase of a new tandem truck, and the prospect of legal marijuana operations in the near future are just a few of the questions before Duxbury voters for Town Meeting Day this year.
School board candidates discuss racism, inclusion in online forum
In the first of two online candidate forums hosted by the Waterbury Area Anti-Racism Coalition this week, candidates for the Harwood Unified Union School Board discussed how they would tackle issues of race and social justice within the public schools.
Select board candidates address racism, social justice in online forum
Candidates for Waterbury’s Select Board fielded questions on race and social justice in an online forum hosted by the Waterbury Area Anti-Racism Coalition on Wednesday.
Voters to weigh in on welcoming legal weed businesses
On the Town Meeting Day ballot, Waterbury and Duxbury voters will decide whether or not to allow the sale and production of cannabis within their towns.
Town Meeting 2021: Ballots, reports, forums, info meetings
With Town Meeting Day around the corner and the COVID-19 pandemic still a reality, Vermont town clerks are ready with ballots to mail early and local officials are prepping for online informational meetings instead of the traditional in-person gatherings. Two candidate forums are scheduled this week as well.
Pandemic puts everything on the Town Meeting Day ballot
Several contested elections, a question on legal weed commerce in Waterbury, a budget requiring taxes be set at a rate below what voters backed in 2020, and 25 separate requests to fund nonprofit organizations and social service agencies.