BATH—Bath voters overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to cap school spending during the annual district meeting on March 13.
At an overflowing Bath Village School, residents voted 153-70 against adopting a 2.9% cap on the annual tax rate increase for the school.
It’s New Hampshire Town Meeting followup for Bath, Haverhill, Piermont, Orford, and Warren. Plus Haverhill School Annual Meeting coverage. Check out the JO!
WOODSVILLE—Bar Harbor Bankshares will acquire Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $41.6 million or approximately $56.94 per share.
BRADFORD—The first order of business at the March 13 Bradford Selectboard meeting was the election of Meroa Benjamin as chair and Mike Wright as vice chair.
NEWBURY—On town meeting day on March 4, Newbury voters overwhelmingly approved a bond to build a new fire station in the village.
In an Australian ballot vote, there were 144 votes (76.6%) to approve the station with just 44 (23.4%) votes in opposition.
WOODSVILLE—The Haverhill Selectboard voted 3-2 on Monday night to find that Woodsville has satisfied the bond requirement of a state law that permits town voters to appropriate funds to the district at the annual meeting.
March 4 was Town Meeting Day in Vermont and this week’s issue has coverage of Corinth, Fairlee, Groton, Newbury, and Ryegate plus the election results from Australian balloting in Bradford, West Fairlee, Thetford School, BMU Budget, Newbury Fire Station.
Woodsville Boys won the NHIAA D4 state championship Saturday over Littleton, 51-48. The Thetford Boys won the VPA D3 state championship Saturday night over Hazen, 58-44. Check out the championship coverage in the B Section this week.
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Saturday, Bradford, Thetford, and West Fairlee held their Town Meetings with Australian ballot voting held on Tuesday, March 4 Town Meeting Day. Read all about the weekend meetings.