Eldon Simpson, of Newport, N.H., admires Max outside the polls in Newport on Tuesday March, 8, 2022. Max's owner, Dean Stetson, also of Newport, was outside the polls in support of the article to renovate Sugar River Valley Technical Center. "The trades are dear to me," Stetson said, who is on the center's advisory board. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Eldon Simpson, of Newport, N.H., admires Max outside the polls in Newport on Tuesday March, 8, 2022. Max's owner, Dean Stetson, also of Newport, was outside the polls in support of the article to renovate Sugar River Valley Technical Center. "The trades are dear to me," Stetson said, who is on the center's advisory board. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Jennifer Hauck

NEWPORT — Voters easily approved a $15.4 million appropriation for renovations and additions to the Sugar River Valley Technical Center, 717-156. 

William Wilkinson (471) and Steven Morris (377) were elected to three-year seats on the school board over Darrell Jones (278) and Timothy Beard (356).

The $19.76 million budget and a three-year teachers contract passed easily. 

— Patrick O’Grady