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Public Post Weekly Roundup

开云体育 | By Peter Biello,

Amy Kolb Noyes

Published February 1, 2014 at 10:18 AM EST

Seahawks vs. Broncos tailgate parties, like this one in 2010, will be a familiar scene this weekend. In Shelburne, planning officials will be hosting a tailgate to talk about zoning along Route 7.

Public Post reports on a petition to close the public elementary school in Westford; a public bank initiative that's appearing on some Town Meeting warnings and efforts to get the public involved in Shelburne zoning changes.

Broadcast on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 9:35 a.m.

Here's a sampling of the week's Public Post Twitter updates from Morristown, Alburgh, Middlesex, Greensboro and more:

Mayors Coalition discussing collecting $500 from each of 8 cities to hire lobbyist.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

& getting public charging stations via state grants.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

petition seeks to close elementary school & open indy school. Will be taken up @ .
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

The City Meeting warning is posted and contains a legislative directive.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

Despite frigid temps, the use of Center Bay Beach was the hot topic at this week鈥檚 Select Board meeting.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

Article on School Dist. Annual Meeting asks if school budget vote should be by paper ballot next year.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

Article 20 urges school boards to enforce strict controls over personal student data.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

Lacking a solution to school space needs the Arts Alliance is killing its Town Hall Theater project.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

voters will be asked to approve $21,340 to remodel the Town Hall kitchen.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

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Peter Biello

Peter was a Producer/Announcer at VPR until 2015. He began his public radio career in 2007 at WHQR-FM in Wilmington, North Carolina where he served as Morning Edition host and reporter, covering county government and Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base. His work has won several Associated Press awards and has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and PRI's This American Life. A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of Maine at Farmington, Peter enjoys writing, cooking and traveling.

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Amy Kolb Noyes

Amy is an award winning journalist who has worked in print and radio in Vermont since 1991. Her first job in professional radio was at WVMX in Stowe, where she worked as News Director and co-host of The Morning Show. She was a VPR contributor from 2006 to 2020.

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