Graphic illustration by Juli Badics / UVM '21
NEWS
Duxbury residents navigated worsening muddy roads on Tuesday to head to the polls where the town’s drive-through election area outside of the town highway garage and offices had melted into rutted mud with standing puddles.
Waterbury voters approved a $6.3 million town budget, a $380,000 new fire truck and filled three seats on the town select board on Town Meeting Day.
Voters in the Harwood Unified Union School District voted Tuesday to send school leaders back to the drawing board on a school budget for 2024-25, but they also told them to stick with investing in school building maintenance.
Town Meeting Day is Tuesday, March 5, and local voters will decide one contested race on the ballot in which three candidates are vying for two one-year positions on the Waterbury Select Board.
The spot on the Town Meeting Day ballot for a three-year Waterbury Select Board seat has just one candidate. Unopposed is Roger Clapp, who joined the board in 2022.
Duxbury is preparing for its fourth drive-through Town Meeting. Voting will be held on Tuesday, March 5, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. outside at the town offices and highway garage on Rt. 100. Voters can attend or watch an informational meeting and ask questions about ballot items tonight, Feb. 26.
Voters across Vermont will have a full slate of business to decide on Town Meeting Day next Tuesday, March 5. Waterbury holds an in-person town meeting starting at 9 a.m. in the gym at Brookside Primary School and voting election ballots 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the school.
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.
Harwood’s proposed $50.8 million budget for the 2024-25 school year in the past three weeks has had three different estimated price tags for taxpayers – without the budget changing a penny.
Taxpayers in the Harwood Unified Union School District could expect to see the school portion of their property tax bills go up by 30% to 40% later this year if they approve the $50.8 million school budget on the Town Meeting Day ballot.
Monday was the deadline across Vermont for candidates running for office on Town Meeting Day and while Waterbury has a race for Select Board, several spots on the ballot will be blank including two openings on the Harwood school board.
The deadline to file to run for local office on Town Meeting Day in March is quickly approaching and multiple positions still need candidates.
OPINION
This was my first time running and while I’m disappointed in not being selected, I am very grateful for all the support I received when I first decided to run and for those who believed in me with their vote! Thank you, your support is truly appreciated.
This latest update from Waterbury Municipal Manager Tom Leitz is his message printed in the town’s Annual Report ahead of Town Meeting Day.
As Vermont’s Secretary of State and Chief Elections Officer, it’s my job to help sustain and defend democracy – the form of government in which we the people choose our leaders and decide issues by voting.
This is the most important school budget vote that we’ve ever had in the 24 years I’ve lived in Waterbury.
Dear Harwood community, we write to ask you to support the school district budget during Town Meeting Day on Tuesday, March 5.
Town Meeting is just around the corner and I wanted to take a moment to remind you that the Central Vermont Career Center’s budget is on one of the ballots available at your Town Clerk’s office.
How will you assess the current proposed Harwood Union Unified School District (HUUSD) budget of $50.8 million? We are fortunate in Vermont in that citizens have the right to vote on the school budget. What will be your vote?