all things Town Meeting
Starting with good news:
The long-awaited Town Hall conference tech has been installed! Come to a meeting and check it out!
Farmer and the Bell has a new donut flavor called brown butter maple bourbon biscoff and it’s going to make you wish you never met a pants zipper.
The station wagon has a new home! We bid farewell to Big Red this past weekend. You might still see it around as its new owners live in Pomfret.
A note of thanks to Deanna Jones, the Executive Director of The Thompson Senior Center, who testified this week in front of the House Committee on Human Services to advocate for expanded support of Meals on Wheels across the state. If you want to see her moving testimony, you can watch (and learn!) here. If you want to support our local Meals on Wheels program, you can make a donation to the Senior Center or volunteer as a driver.
a demonstration of the aerobic granular sludge process that will be replacing the current activated sludge process at the main wastewater treatment plant
Let’s get into it!
We are 8 days away from Town Meeting Day, part 1. Town Meeting in Woodstock is held in person on Saturday, February 28th at 10am in Town Hall. We will be voting on Articles 1-8 and also hosting an information session about the wastewater treatment plant upgrades.
For part 2: We will be voting via ballot at Town Hall anytime from 7am-7pm on Articles 9-25. This includes the wastewater treatment plant bond, elected offices, school budget, and the school rebuild bond.
Sample ballots are available here if you want to study them. The Town Ballot will be one page, the School District ballots will be 4 pages.
I also have a guide available to walk you through each article on the Town Ballot.
How to register
You can register to vote online at vote.vermont.gov. You will need either a valid photo ID (driver’s license or passport), current utility bill, current bank statement, or another government document containing your residential address.
You can register to vote in person at the Town Clerk’s office any time they are open, including Town Meeting Day. The office is on the first floor of Town Hall (31 The Green), hours listed here.
Voting absentee
Absentee ballots are currently available. You can vote absentee for measures we are voting on Tuesday 3/3, but not for the Saturday portion of our town warning.
If you plan to vote absentee, I would recommend hand-delivering the ballots to the Clerk’s office as postmarks cannot be honored.
What else?
I’m working with Change the World Kids to provide childcare for kids 4+. I’ll keep you updated!
If you have any questions, let me know!
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