Vote

Vote or appoint? Voters to decide

WILMINGTON- Voters at Wilmington’s Town Meeting will decide whether to cede their power to elect the town clerk and town treasurer to the selectboard.
Article 4 of the Town Meeting warrant asks voters to “authorize the selectboard to appoint a town clerk,” and Article 5 asks the same...

Town must vote to approve other town’s vote

By Mike Eldred
READSBORO- Selectboard members have warned an Australian ballot vote on a question to allow Halifax to withdraw from Southern Valley Unified Union School District for Tuesday, March 24. The board also warned an informational meeting for Monday, March 23, at 7 pm.
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Voters agree to pull out of district

READSBORO- Voters approved a measure to withdraw from their Act 46-mandated union school district in a 47-13 paper ballot vote Monday evening.
With Readsboro’s vote, both Southern Valley Unified Union School District members towns have overwhelmingly voted to withdraw from the union. In...

Voters brave storm to break up school union

HALIFAX- In a rare unanimous vote Monday evening, Halifax voters agreed to seek the town’s withdrawal from the Southern Valley Unified Union School District.
Although voter turnout may have been suppressed by snow and ice, 48 voters made it to the special Town Meeting to weigh in on the...

Voters to decide fate of unified school district

HALIFAX- Southern Valley may become the first union school district formed under Act 46 to be dissolved, if voters approve questions petitioned in the district’s two member towns.
On November 19, the Halifax Selectboard received a petition signed by 41 Halifax voters, more than the 5% of...

River Valley’s moderator, Dr. Robert Backus, right, addresses the floor at Tuesday’s meeting while school board members Dwight Boerem, Rick Thorpe, and Rich Werner look on.

Articles pass with ease at River Valleys school district annual meeting

WARDSBORO - The River Valleys Unified Union School District held its annual meeting on Tuesday, moderated by Dr. Robert Backus. All of the articles warned for the meeting were passed with ease by voters who braved a snowstorm to be there. Many articles were passed without much discussion.
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A crew at work digging a new holding pond at the North Branch sewer plant in Dover. Wet weather delayed the completion of the pond, including the installation of the liner.

North Branch asks voters to approve fund transfer

By Lauren Harkawik
DOVER - The North Branch Fire District will hold a special meeting vote on Friday, December 14. Voters of the district may vote by Australian ballot between the hours of 10 am and 7 pm at the North Branch Fire District Administration Building, 78 Dorr Fitch Road, West...

Where to vote on Election Day

DEERFIELD VALLEY - Election Day is Tuesday, November 6. Absentee voting is already in progress, and numbers are slightly up from the last midterm election. According to Will Senning, director of elections and campaign finance in the secretary of state’s office, as of Wednesday, 52,617 voters had...