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Steve Aikenhead, left, gets an enthusiastic greeting from Windsor County Senators Becca White, D-Hartford, second left, and Alison Clarkson, D-Woodstock, second right, and candidate for state representative Mark Yuengling, D-Weathersfield, right, as he arrives to vote and volunteer at the Weathersfield, Vt., polls on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Woodstock’s Clarkson announces plan to retire after 22 years in Vermont legislature

by Clare Shanahan March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

Amelia Ackerman, 6, gets a reminder from family friend Carleah Meenagh to keep her voice down at left, during Cornish Town Meeting debate at Cornish Elementary on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Preview: Cornish Elementary School renovation bond up for vote

by Clare Shanahan February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

With the town report in hand at the Haverhill Town Meeting, resident Philip Szilva waits his turn at the microphone on Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Haverhill, N.H. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Preview: Haverhill voters to decide on town clerk’s term length and $10K wastewater study

by Clare Shanahan February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

Lebanon voter Joy Blongewicz leaves City Hall after voting at Ward 3 on Tuesday March, 8, 2022, in Lebanon, N.H. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Preview: Lebanon voters to decide on city budget cap, keno games, social districts

by Clare Shanahan February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

Plainfield ballot clerks count votes on the question of the town's $2.63 million budget during Town Meeting in the Plainfield Elementary gym in Meriden, N.H., on Saturday, March 12, 2022. The budget passed. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Preview: Plainfield voters to weigh in on proposed school and town budgets

by Clare Shanahan February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

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Woodstock Village Trustees to hold second hearing on police chief’s demotion

by Clare Shanahan February 26, 2026February 26, 2026

Checklist supervisors Arlene Mahler, left, and Ann Bradley sort through files on voting day at Hanover High School in Hanover, N.H., on May 8, 2018. The supervisors had to go through 900 files to send information cards to Dartmouth College seniors. (Valley News - Carly Geraci) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Budget concerns drive Hanover School Board election

by Clare Shanahan February 25, 2026February 25, 2026

Landowners Carin Pratt, left, and John Echeverria walk up to a large tree trunk that lies across Orchard Road trail in Tunbridge, Vt. The couple owns the land and is battling the town in court over who has the right to maintain the public trail. (Vermont Public - Howard Weiss-Tisman)

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Vermont Supreme Court sides with Tunbridge in longstanding trails case

by Clare Shanahan February 24, 2026February 24, 2026

Dan Wing, left, makes an announcement about a program to build insulating window inserts while holding up an example during Town Meeting in Corinth, Vt., on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. “What if your windows are bigger than that?” an attendee jokingly asked. “Well then you’re just out of luck,” Wing responded, prompting a collective laugh. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Preview: Voters to decide on eliminating constable office in Corinth

by Clare Shanahan February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

.Jim Dow, who lives in Brockway District between Quechee and West Hartford, listens to Judith Bettis raise a question about property taxes at Hartford's pre-Town Meeting session in White River Junction, Vt., on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Rick Russell photograph

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Preview: Hartford voters to decide on $8.36 million bond for water main improvements

by Clare Shanahan February 20, 2026February 20, 2026