Voters across the region last week gave a strong vote of approval to the budget for the Central Vermont Career Center. According to election results released on Monday, the $4.1 million budget passed by a vote of 6,535 to 1,806 on Town Meeting Day.

Waterbury voters and town officials dusted off the cobwebs and put on their first in-person town meeting in three years that featured some spirited debate, but ultimately ended with all questions being approved on voice votes without any changes.

Harwood’s $45.4 million budget passed muster with school district voters, winning approval on Town Meeting Day by a two-to-one margin.  Voter participation in the school budget vote was 15.7%.

With a second drive-up voting booth set up outside the town garage and town office, Duxbury voters cast their ballots from their vehicles on Town Meeting Day with all items passing handily. 

By a 17-vote margin, newcomer select board candidate Kane Sweeney unseated veteran select board member Chris Viens in a three-way race for two seats in Tuesday’s Town Meeting Day election. 

As towns across Vermont ease back into their pre-pandemic Town Meeting Day routines, Duxbury is moving on by embracing the paper ballot format it used for the past two years that resulted in higher voter turnout than before. Voting will be held 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the town offices and garage on Tuesday. There is no in-person town meeting.

Tonight at 6 p.m., the Harwood Unified Union School District holds its in-person annual meeting to cover housekeeping items ahead of the district-wide vote by ballot on school budget questions the following day. It will include a budget presentation with a chance to ask questions.

Waterbury voters who gather for Town Meeting this Tuesday morning will find that much has changed since March 3, 2020, the last time the traditional meeting was held in person. Here’s an overview of what’s on the agenda for the meeting and on the ballot for all-day voting.