In additions to budgets and town officers, many Valley residents will
vote on a resolution calling for legislators to reject Vermont
Entergy's bid for relicensing the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in
Vernon.
Waitsfield
Voters in the town of Waitsfield will gather at the elementary school
auditorium for Town Meeting at 10 a.m. followed by the annual school
meeting at 1 p.m. Residents will be able to vote on town business, by
Australian ballot, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Lunch will be served at the Waitsfield United Church of Christ between Town Meeting and the school meeting.
There is a two-way race for a two-year term on the board of the
Waitsfield Elementary School. Helen Kellogg and Scott Kingsbury are
both vying for a two-year seat made vacant when former chair Missy
Siner-Shea stepped down.
On the select board, board chair Kate Williams is running for
re-election to a two-year term and vice-chair Charlie Hosford is
running for re-election to a three-year term; Hosford is being
challenged by former select board member Elwin Neill Jr., who is
running as a write-in candidate.
Warren
Voters in the town of Warren will meet in the Warren School gymnasium at 9 a.m.
This year, the annual school meeting will precede regular Town Meeting.
The select board will call the meeting to order at 9 a.m. and
immediately adjourn until after the completion of the school meeting.
Regular Town Meeting will follow the school district meeting. Voters
will be able to vote, by Australian ballot, between the hours of 7 a.m.
and 7 p.m. at the Warren School. Lunch will be served in the school
cafeteria between the two meetings.
There are two contested races in Warren. This year select board chair
Burt Bauchner resigned before his three-year term was up in 2011;
Charles Snow and Anson Montgomery are both running for the remaining
one year of Bauchner's three-year term.
Sandra Brodeur is running for a three-year term as a lister,
challenging current lister Priscilla Robinson who is running for
re-election.
Ken Frey is seeking a two-year seat on the select board after serving
as an interim member following Erin Russell-Story's resignation last
fall.
Moretown
Moretown residents will attend an informational meeting on Monday,
March 1, at 7 p.m. at the elementary school. Town Meeting will take
place the following morning, March 2, at 9 a.m. at the Town Hall.
Moretown Select Board chair Rae Washburn previously announced that he
will not seek re-election in 2010; no petitions were submitted for the
three-year term. Current select board member John Hoogenboom (who is
not up for re-election until next year) is seeking the vacant
three-year seat on a write-in campaign.
Current select board members Rob Roberts and Dave Van Deusen are
seeking re-election against Reed F. Korrow for a one-year term on the
select board. If Hoogenboom wins the uncontested three-year seat, he
will resign his current seat and move to appoint the loser in the
contested race for the one-year seat.
Moretown First Constable Ray Munn resigned last fall; Charlie Abare Jr.
is seeking election to the open position for a one-year term. There is
a contested race for second constable: Mike Demingware and Clarence
Wood are both running for the one-year term.
The Moretown School Board of Directors has one contested race: Thomas
J. Badowski, Diana Costello and Jennifer Tripp Mead are all running for
a one-year term. Kaj Samsom is running uncontested for a three-year
term on the school board.
Town Meeting lunch takes place at the Town Hall.
Duxbury
Duxbury voters will convene at 9 a.m. at the Crossett Brook Middle
School to vote from the floor on 15 articles. There will be a potluck
lunch hosted by the Duxbury Historical Society immediately following
Town Meeting.
Fayston
Voters in the town of Fayston will gather at the elementary school at
9:30 a.m. to conduct town business and vote on 22 special articles.
Fayston residents vote from the floor and eat lunch on site.
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