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OV schools reject guns

Posted on March 12, 2018 |
By Lee J. Kahrs



BRANDON — At their recent annual school meeting, residents of the Brandon-area schools approved a non-binding resolution calling for the district not to allow teachers and staff to possess guns in the Brandon, Leicester, Whiting and other district schools.

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Brandon street to get million-dollar makeover

Posted on March 8, 2018 |
By Lee J. Kahrs



BRANDON — A plan to fix pothole-laden main street in Brandon moved forward on Town Meeting Day when town residents OK’d a funding of a renovation plan.

The $1.4 million bond question to pay for infrastructure improvements to Park Street passed overwhelmingly, 488-123.

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Brandon recognizes Kirbys for service to town

Posted on March 8, 2018 |
By Lee J. Kahrs



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BRANDON — “I just want to tell you what it’s like to be a celebrity in Brandon.”

Dick Kirby took the microphone at Brandon town meeting Monday evening with his wife, Debbie, after the couple was honored in this year’s Brandon Town Report. Kirby said that after he got word of the dedication, he met with his weekly coffee group of older gentlemen in Brandon, who call themselves, “Sick, Lame and Lazy.”

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Town meeting wrap-ups from every Addison County town, plus Brandon

Posted on March 8, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



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Whew! That was interesting! Our local March town meetings have come and gone. Here’s your chance to see what happened on the floor of your town’s meeting and who won local board seats once Tuesday’s ballots were counted. Read out town-by-town wrap-ups from each of the 23 municipalities in Addison County, plus Brandon.

Read about what happened in in your towns, check out the issues in other neighboring towns. Click on our town-by-town previews, which are arranged alphabetically:

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Brandon town meeting wrap-up 2018

Posted on March 8, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



BRANDON — All floor and ballot items passed on Town Meeting Day in Brandon this year.

The $1.4 million bond question to pay for infrastructure improvements to Park Street passed overwhelmingly, 488-123.

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New security features added to the front entrance of OVUHS

Posted on March 5, 2018 |
By Lee J. Kahrs



BRANDON — Major changes are planned for the front entrance at Otter Valley Union High School in light of the recent school shooting threat in Fair Haven and the tragic mass shooting in Parkland, Fla.

The plan comes just days after Gov. Phil Scott issued a memo to legislators proposing several gun restrictions and school safety measures, including school security reviews and grant funding for security improvements.

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Town Meeting Preview: School budgets, town trucks and one big bond

Posted on March 1, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



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Maple sugaring season is here so Vermont’s town meetings can’t be far behind. Do your civic duty and share your views with others in your municipality at the upcoming town meetings. These local meetings get under way this Saturday in Starksboro, Ferrisburgh, Monkton and Salisbury and continue in our various towns until Tuesday evening when Whiting residents call a close to their annual meeting.

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2018 Brandon town meeting preview

Posted on March 1, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



BRANDON — There are no challengers for town board seats Brandon, but voters will have plenty of money issues to decide next week.

When Brandon residents gather at 7 p.m. on Monday at Brandon Town Hall for town meeting, there will mostly be presentations for money items decided by Australian ballot on Tuesday. Residents will vote on whether to exempt the Stephen A. Douglas Birthplace from education and municipal taxes.

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OV district teachers agree to new contract

Posted on February 26, 2018 |
By Lee J. Kahrs



BRANDON — The first district-wide teacher contract that covers the eight schools in the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union has been ratified.

On Feb. 13, Rutland Northeast Education Association members overwhelmingly approved a new collective bargaining agreement for the 171 teachers employed by the Otter Valley Unified Union School District, the Barstow Unified Union School District, and the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union.

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Brandon police take steps at OV after Fair Haven threat

Posted on February 22, 2018 |
By Lee J. Kahrs



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FAIR HAVEN/BRANDON — A link to the school shooting threat that originated in Fair Haven last week prompted Brandon police to take action at Otter Valley Union High School. In the end, though, authorities said no one in Brandon was in immediate danger from the threat.

With an eerie echo of the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting on Feb. 14, Vermont State Police on Feb. 15 arrested 18-year-old Jack Sawyer of Poultney for allegedly making threats and plans to commit a mass shooting at Fair Haven Union High School.

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