Voters check in at the polling place at the Integrated Arts Academy on Town Meeting Day Burlington on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerTwo Burlington City Council incumbents, Progressive Perri Freeman and Democrat Joan Shannon, have won reelection, and North District voters backed a new councilor, independent Mark Barlow.Freeman got 1,935 votes from Central District voters, finishing ahead of independent challengers Tiki Ar…

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Bob Farrar, right, and his daughter campaign outside of St. Albans City Hall on Town Meeting Day. Farrar, a former city attorney, challenged incumbent city councilor Kate Laddison for a seat representing Ward 5, but Laddison won reelection. Photo by Michelle Monroe/VTDigger.ST. ALBANS – Infrastructure won the day Tuesday, as voters in St. Albans Town approved a new town hall and St.

Town hall, swimming pool, major streetscaping project approved in St. Albans

Editor’s note: VTDigger’s Underground Workshop offers Vermont’s high school and college students the opportunity to report and write for a statewide audience. We accept submissions on an ongoing basis, and this semester we’re also offering a few “invitational series,” encouraging students across the state to contribute a  piece to a larger project.

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Newport plans a water tower similar to this one in Paxton, Massachusetts, an elevated gas-fused steel tank that can hold 210,000 gallons. Courtesy photoA new $5 million water tower and related infrastructure was the hot topic at a Newport city meeting Monday evening.The discussion centered on the city’s plan to launch a water metering system in Newport.

Metered water plan draws heat in Newport

Wayne Woodard at home in Newport Center on Saturday, February 20, 2021. Woodard lost his job building houses when the pandemic hit and then struggled to receive unemployment checks. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBefore Covid-19 hit Vermont, Wayne Woodard built houses for a living. But in March 2020, like thousands of other Vermonters, he lost his job, and applied for state unemployment insurance.

Virus in Vermont: Thousands on unemployment struggle to make ends meet

Jeff Kauffman, center, chair of the Addison Selectboard, speaks during Addison’s town meeting on Monday, March 1,. Chairs in the unheated Old Town Hall were set 6 feet apart for social distancing. The five-minute-long informational meeting was held before voting by Australian ballot on Tuesday.

As most of Vermont casts ballots, a few towns stick with floor meetings

This commentary is by state Rep. Pattie McCoy, R-Poultney, the House minority leader.How often does an education reform bill pass on a voice vote in the Vermont Legislature? From experience, I can tell you it is about as rare as the same type of legislation passing unanimously. That is, very rare indeed.

Pattie McCoy: Protecting our school employees and Vermont's taxpayers

This commentary is by Ron Pulcer of Rutland Town, who is a software developer, skier, guitar player and occasional blogger at SkiTheMiddleVT.wordpress.com. Politicians swear an oath to defend the Constitution. Some take this oath seriously, others less so.

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