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TOWNSHEND-On Wednesday, May 13, the polls will be open in the towns of Brookline, Jamaica, Newfane, Townshend, and Windham for the registered voters of those towns to vote on a revised FY27 budget for the West River Modified Union Education District, more commonly known as the WRED.
This district covers the educational needs for all students in the listed towns except for elementary expenses in the Town of Windham. The original budget was voted down on April 8 with a total of 440 votes cast (238 no and 202 yes).
The purpose of my communication is not to try tell people whether they should vote for or against the budget. I urge people to do a bit of research, talk with your representative(s) on the board, and develop your own opinion.
But I do want to emphasize that you need to vote.
In the upcoming general election on Nov. 6, voters in Brookline, Jamaica, Newfane, Townshend, and Windham will be handed an additional ballot. The purpose of this ballot is to change certain sections of the articles of agreement of the West River Modified Unified Education District. The ballot will be...
My Facebook feed has been lit up with friends posting links to articles about how we are going to pay people $10,000 to move to Vermont. It has been great fun. I have a limited number of friends, by design, and they are scattered all across the country. Many,
When you have been on this earth for over a half a century, you can expect assorted traumatic events over that period of time, events that make you reexamine all your most basic beliefs. The only thing left to do is to get your act together and move on as best you can. A bit of therapy can also help you deal with the new truths. The powers-that-be decided that there was no such thing as a brontosaurus, and that...
I need to make a correction, but not to in any way, criticize the reporter. We had a nice chat, and it is not easy to talk on a phone and take notes at the same time. No, I have to make a correction in order to prevent being labeled as “clueless” here in Townshend, though many will have a good time at my expense anyway. The gazebo, as most of the world now knows, was taken down by an...
My wife and I have been in Vermont since 1977. We filed our 1977 tax returns and paid Vermont tax on what was, at the time, income generated in New Hampshire. We currently live in the same house, we use the same post office box, and our Social Security numbers are the same. The only thing that has changed in 39 years is that our road was given a name when E911 came in to being. We started paying a...
At Town Meeting in Townshend, I made an error in a statement that I made about the lack of visits from Windham County senators. Senator Becca Balint was there, and I - and the rest of those in attendance - thanked her for understanding that Townshend was part of Windham County and for actually dropping by for Town Meeting. She came with State Representative Emily Long. Later in the day, when I saw former Windham County Senator Peter Galbraith, I...
Part of the problem with political issues these days is we refuse to even listen to the other side. The country is extremely polarized, as is the media, which plays to one side or another. The Commons has been responsible, in my view, by publishing a side that might not be popular in the area that it serves. To even suggest that they may be “on the take” does them a great disservice. You have one opinion of the closing...
