Woodstock
Residents approved a total of $220,682 in contributions to area nonprofits, including $51,250 for the Norman Williams Public Library (364-217), $39,000 toward Pentangle Arts (358-222) and $34,935 for the Woodstock Area Council on Aging’s Thompson Senior Center (530-54).
On Saturday, voters defeated, 91-48, a proposed $6 million town budget that would have increased taxes by a projected 10 percent. Town officials predicted that a revised town budget would be ready for consideration at a special Town Meeting within the next two months.
Incumbent Selectboard member L.D. “Butch” Sutherland garnered 467 votes to win re-election in an uncontested race, and Mary Riley received 525 votes to win a first term on the board. She was also unopposed.
Other officials elected in uncontested races include Candace Coburn (524 votes), who was elected to a one-year term as treasurer; Paul Wildasin (467 votes), who will serve a three-year term as a lister; and Greg Camp (528 votes), who won a three-year term as a cemetery commissioner.
