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VPR Evening News March 2nd, 2009

By Neal Charnoff | March 2, 2009

Federal stimulus money to help fix Richmond bridge; Gearing up for Town Meeting Day; Previewing Senator Bill Doyle’s Town Meeting Survey; Dartmouth College announces new president; and commentator Tom Slayton on Town Meeting.

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More towns pass fair tax resolution

By VPR | March 18, 2008

At least 67 communities have passed a resolution opposed to New Hampshire’s anti-tax “pledge.”

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Markowitz says high voter turnout could have helped school budgets

By VPR | March 6, 2008

Secretary of State Deb Markowitz says the record voter turnout in the presidential primary might have helped Vermont towns pass their school budgets.

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Manchester voters opt to keep Town Meeting Day floor vote

By VPR | March 3, 2008

Manchester residents are opting to decide most Town Meeting Day issues the old fashioned way: from the floor during the open meeting.

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Court: budget items aren’t allowed

By VPR | February 28, 2008

Legislators are trying to make sure that no town meeting budget votes are affected by a recent Vermont Supreme Court decision.

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Norwich to celebrate “Town Eating Day”

By Mitch Wertlieb | February 27, 2008

Rob Gurwitt and Watt Alexander are from Norwich and they’re concerned about the drop-off they’ve seen in Town Meeting attendance since the 1990’s. So they’ve launched "Town Eating Day." And they tell VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb why.