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Ballot-voting machines to be tested in Hanover on Tuesday
05-08-2023 4:17 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

Two towns will be testing ballot-counting machines at elections Tuesday, the latest step as the state decides how to replace the aging AccuVote machines.Hanover and Moultonborough, N.H., will use ballot-counting devices produced by Election Systems &...

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Town Meeting: Chelsea shifts to ballots, but not for budgets
06-10-2022 10:57 PM

By ROSE TERAMI

CHELSEA — Residents decided on two articles regarding voting logistics at a special Town Meeting on Thursday night, preserving traditional floor meetings for budget articles but moving other questions to the polls in the future.Chelsea’s shift away...


06-06-2022 9:46 PM

By ROSE TERAMI

CHELSEA — A special town meeting is scheduled for Thursday to decide whether or not future articles and budget items should be voted on by Australian ballot, rather than at a traditional floor meeting. Voter turnout at Chelsea’s March 1 Town Meeting...


Vershire approves budgets
05-23-2022 11:17 PM

By ROSE TERAMI

VERSHIRE — While voters here approved budgets and elected officers with little fuss, several smaller expenses on the Town Meeting warning generated substantial debate over the town’s priorities.That debate included a rejection of a proposed contract...


Town Meeting: Tunbridge approves budget, keeps nurse position alive
05-22-2022 1:08 AM

By ROSE TERAMI

TUNBRIDGE — The ox-pulling arena on the Tunbridge fairgrounds shaded around 100 voters during a tradition-filled and spirited Town Meeting on Saturday. Following announcements promoting the Friends of the Library raffle and pie bake sale, town...


Town Meeting: Vershire voters to weigh in on fire & rescue funding
05-20-2022 11:02 AM

Article of Note: Article 23: “Shall the voters of the Town appropriate $63,436 for Vershire Fire & Rescue for the fiscal year 2022-23?”The proposed Vershire Fire & Rescue budget is up nearly $24,000 over the prior year, which represents the largest...


Vershire to vote on long-awaited town garage
05-19-2022 9:53 PM

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

VERSHIRE — After two decades of searching for a way to replace the town garage, Vershire may be poised to do just that should voters approve a $1.53 million bond in a ballot vote next month.The Selectboard unanimously approved sending the question to...


Town Meeting: All items sail through Corinth’s big-tent meeting
05-17-2022 10:05 PM

By ROSE TERAMI

CORINTH — Under a tent and in the parking lot behind Cookville Town Hall, all 18 articles on Corinth’s Town Meeting warning passed with relative ease on Tuesday. The town moderator, Gary Apfel, led around 60 attendees in the pledge of allegiance...


Town Meeting 2022: Corinth to discuss ARPA funding
05-16-2022 12:36 PM

Article of Note: Article 5: “To hear a report on and discuss how best to spend the American Rescue Plan Act money the town will receive ($425,970).”The use of town ARPA funds to be addressed by Article 5 on the warning is open-ended and will likely...


Town Meeting: Newport rejects rec center funding
05-10-2022 10:39 PM

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — For the second time in four years, voters defeated an appropriation for a new recreation center.Needing a 60% majority, the article failed to reach a simple majority, with a vote of 652-642.The appropriation, this time for $8.65 million, was...


Croydon reverses slashing of school budget after voters turn out for special meeting
05-07-2022 7:29 PM

By ALEX HANSON

CROYDON — Nearly 60% of Croydon’s registered voters filled the vast dining hall at Camp Coniston to standing-room-only capacity on Saturday and reinstated the small town’s $1.7 million school budget.The vote count was 377-2, and its announcement by...


Town Meeting: Rec center highlights Newport’s annual vote
05-07-2022 1:25 AM

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — As voters prepare to decide the fate of a $8.65 million appropriation for a new community center, town officials feel confident they will raise enough in donations, grants and other sources needed to fully fund the project should the article...


Town Meeting: Hanover to vote on zoning changes, budget increase
05-07-2022 1:04 AM

By DARREN MARCY

HANOVER — Voters here will head to Town Meeting on Tuesday to tackle zoning amendments along with a 5.5% increase to the municipal budget.The zoning proposals are laid out in 10 articles and are all related to housing issues. Four of the 10 articles...


Town Meeting: Enfield keeps traditional floor format, expand Selectboard seats
04-30-2022 9:47 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Residents voted to preserve traditional Town Meeting and expand the Selectboard from three to five members during a busy, yet chilly, session outdoors at Huse Park on Saturday.Voters also approved two multimillion-dollar bonds to renovate...


Town Meeting: Enfield to vote on expanding to Selectboard to 5 seats
04-21-2022 10:00 PM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — Voters will consider increasing the number of seats on the town’s Selectboard from three to five at this year’s Town Meeting.The petitioned article, which was proposed by Tracy Young, will go before voters during April 30’s floor portion of...


Croydon school funding battle turns to turnout as voting official quits
04-18-2022 1:35 PM

By DARREN MARCY

CROYDON — A supervisor of the town voter checklist said Friday she has resigned from her position after a decision by state officials that could make things easier for a push to add money back to the town’s 2022-23 school budget.Cathy Peschke said she...


School boards missing members
04-04-2022 9:37 PM

By ROSE TERAMI

In the wake of Town Meeting season, several Upper Valley communities — including Bethel, Royalton, Strafford, Bridgewater and the Rivendell district towns — find themselves with vacant seats on school boards. For some schools, this is not an unusual...


Town Meeting 2022: Recreation center tops Newport warrant
04-02-2022 2:35 PM

By PATRICK O’GRADY

NEWPORT — Voters will have the opportunity to debate and amend the Newport Town Meeting warrant at Tuesday’s deliberative session beginning at 6 p.m. in the Newport High School gymnasium, ahead of voting on May 10.The warrant includes a $7 million...


Town Meeting: Enfield considers return to SB 2 voting after 2-decade hiatus
04-01-2022 6:02 AM

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

ENFIELD — At the end of this month, residents will decide whether to do away with the town’s traditional floor meeting and handle all Town Meeting business under what’s known as SB 2 voting, which would return the town to a meeting format it did away...


Croydon sets dates for school budget hearing, revote after funding was cut in half on Town Meeting Day
03-30-2022 10:06 PM

By DARREN MARCY

CROYDON — Residents outraged after the 2022-23 school budget was slashed by more than half at Town Meeting earlier this month will get a chance to restore the money after the School Board on Tuesday scheduled another budget vote at 9 a.m. on May 7.The...


Town Meeting 2022: Voters approve Rivendell District budget
03-30-2022 4:27 PM

ORFORD — Voters in the towns of Fairlee, Orford and West Fairlee passed all articles on the Rivendell Interstate School District warrant.The $13.32 million budget was passed by a vote of 368 to 261. Additionally, voters approved $120,000 to repair the...

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