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BRADFORD, Vt. — At the polls on Tuesday, voters decided contested Selectboard races.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

ROYALTON — Voters rejected a proposed plan to regulate development in flood-prone areas by a wide margin of 390-193 Tuesday. 

BETHEL — In Tuesday’s floor meeting, voters added $3,000 to the proposed appropriation for the Bethel Food Shelf, bringing the total to $30,000.

WINDSOR — In ballot voting on Tuesday, voters reelected the incumbent in a three-way race for a two-year term on the Windsor Selectboard.

STRAFFORD — Voters rejected any change to Strafford’s Town Meeting voting format at the polls on Tuesday.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Hartford police have released the name of the man who died underneath the Hartford Avenue bridge last Thursday night.

WINDSOR — Voters in Windsor and West Windsor approved a $15.7 million budget for the Mount Ascutney School District in ballot voting on Tuesday.

POMFRET — At the polls on Tuesday, voters elected Emily Grube to a two-year seat on the Selectboard in a contested race.

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

NORWICH — Voters rejected a $3,500 appropriation for the Norwich Lions Club for fireworks for the Norwich Fair at the polls on Tuesday, possibly ending a long-standing summer tradition.

THETFORD — Voters at the floor meeting on Saturday passed an article pledging “to join others in working to end support to Israel’s Apartheid system, settler colonialism, and military occupation.”

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — In Australian ballot voting Tuesday, voters approved a new 1% sales tax to offset municipal taxes and settled two contested Selectboard races.

HARTLAND — Voters rejected an article that would have allowed the sale of the North Hartland School building in Town Meeting voting on Tuesday.

By JOHN LIPPMAN

WINDSOR — Chief Jen Frank is trading maple trees for palm trees.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

BRIDGEWATER — After much discussion at Town Meeting on Tuesday, voters rejected a motion that would have eliminated the office of the town lister and moved to a professional assessing system.

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

ROYALTON — By the slimmest of margins, voters defeated a proposed 1% local option tax on meals, lodging and alcohol.

FAIRLEE — In a floor vote on Tuesday, March 4, Town Meeting attendees voted to change the town treasurer from an elected position to one appointed by the Selectboard.

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

WEST WINDSOR — Residents overwhelmingly voted to uphold the town’s short-term rental ordinance during Town Meeting.

CHELSEA — During the First Branch Unified School District annual meeting on Monday night, Tunbridge and Chelsea voters approved a $9.14 million school budget.

By ALEX HANSON

SOUTH ROYALTON — Bethel and Royalton voters approved a $15.2 million budget for the White River Unified School District with a minimum of conversation about it at Monday night’s annual meeting.

By SEAN OGLE

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