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A Town Meeting snapshot
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Despite the chilly temperatures, attendance at West Windsor’s Town Meeting Tuesday topped out at a respectable hundred plus voters – all in a pretty good mood. VPR’s Betty Smith has this snapshot of town meeting start-to-finish.VPR News
Construction moratorium could affect school consolidation
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Last fall, Weathersfield voters approved a plan to consolidate the elementary school with the middle school, using both state and local money. When Windsor County Senator Alice Nitka stopped by the Weathersfield meeting, school board chairman Jeffery Locke asked her if the governor’s moratorium on new school construction could de-rail the project.VPR News
Weathersfield voters turn back impeachment debate motion
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Weathersfield was one of the communities holding Town Meeting business last night. 87 people turned out for the floor portion of the meeting, deciding not to debate a motion on a non-binding resolution that calls for the Impeachment of President Bush.VPR News
Variety of issues on minds at polls
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VPR’s Betty Smith visited five polling stations in the Upper Valley to find the meaning behind the vote totals.VPR News
Norwich general store offers biodiesel fuel
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It was out with the old and in with the new this afternoon at Dan and Whit’s General Store in Norwich as they modified the old kerosene pump to provide B20, an alternative fuel.VPR News
Pomfret debates increase in town spending
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It was standing room only in the Pomfret Town Hall, as residents met to debate a proposed increase in town spending of more than fifty four percent.VPR News
Backstage with ‘Guys and Dolls’
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In White River Junction, the curtain has gone up on an icon of the theater where the songs are familiar and the themes are enduring.VPR News
Fair People: Kirsten Beaudry, Cornish Fair
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It’s time for the fairs, and with them a colorful cross-section of people. Today, we look back at the 56th annual Cornish Fair, which is held on the third full weekend in August every year.VPR News