STRATTON - Coming off a very successful Olympics, the snowboard world prepares to descend on Stratton Mountain for a week long celebration of the sport. All the big names will be be there, but for every Shaun White and Hannah Teter there will be two or three locals to compete and enjoy the ride.
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MANCHESTER - A controversial zoning change article, narrowly passed by voters at town meeting by a 4-vote margin, may return for a re-vote at a Special Town Meeting if a petition drive is successful.
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MANCHESTER - The state has readjusted Manchester's CLA (Common Level of Appraisal) to 97.95 - a change that will result in a slight increase in taxes.
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DANBY - The Danby School Board and the Union District #23 Board of School Directors took stock of things in the wake of their defeated schoool budgets, discussing further reductions and fielding questions and suggestions from the approximately 15 people in attendance at Monday night's meeting.
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ARLINGTON -- After the Arlington School District's proposed budget was narrowly defeated at the polls, administration officials said thebudgeting processwould soon start again from scratch.
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SUNDERLAND -- Money moved to the general fund from the highway department to cover the construction of a town hall cannot be moved back,a Select Board member said Thursday.
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MANCHESTER - By the narrowest of margins, voters on Tuesday approved a controversial zoning change amendment, approved a school budget, and elected two members to the Select Board, one a newcomer, the other an incumbent seeking to move from a 2-year to a 3-year seat.
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MANCHESTER - Voters in Sunderland soundly defeated a proposal to construct a town hall by a 148 -94 margin during Australian balloting on Tuesday.
The proposal - the third time in recent years that it's been brought before voters - was embedded inside the main town General fund budget, so in order to vote it down, voters had to defeat the entire municipal budget. A separate highway fund budget passed, however, by a 154-88 margin.
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WINHALL - An article asking voters to approve a 1 percent sales tax, 1 percent meals and alcoholic beverages tax and a 1 percent rooms tax was approved by majority vote following more than a half-hour of discussion.
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SUNDERLAND - A proposal to construct a town hall came under close scrutiny by voters Monday night during an informational meeting.
Several townspeople spoke of their dismay over the Select Board's decision to merge approval for the remaining funds needed to build the facility directly into the overall General Fund proposal voters will decide by Australian ballot on Tuesday. Not having the opportunity to vote on the town hall as a separate item came in for strong criticism.
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