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Public Post Weekly Roundup

开云体育 | By Mitch Wertlieb,

Amy Kolb Noyes

Published March 1, 2014 at 9:47 AM EST

People fill the seats during the town meeting last year in Strafford, Vt. — People fill the seats during a previous town meeting in Strafford.

Public Post previews Town Meeting Day in Vermont, looking at statewide trends, regional hot topics and local projects. Follow VPR's Town Meeting coverage on Twitter using the hastag #tmdvt. Links to Town Meeting warnings are tweeted using the hastag #warning.

Here's a sampling of the week's Public Post Twitter updates from Berlin, Calais, Townshend, Groton and more:

vote aims to protect students鈥� privacy in record keeping.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

3 resolutions on the : bottle bill, public bank & U32 student privacy.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

The resolution is on the :
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

still appoints Weighers of the Coal. What鈥檚 the oddest office in your town?
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

to vote on adopting a town charter. Charter would change/eliminate some offices.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

votes: hire town manager, eliminate listers & switch to pro auditors.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

Print your own ballot? Yikes! ballot is online:
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

voters will weigh in on a Town Plan update:
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

has vote & effort to up # of signatures on petitions.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

considering $1.3M bond vote for library addition.
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

resolution and milfoil prevention program on the in :
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

to vote on a new fire truck & turnout gear.:
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

voters in considering eliminating Grand Juror offices:
— Amy Kolb Noyes (@AmyKolbNoyes)

VPR鈥檚 Public Post indexes municipal public documents, posted online, to bring you local news from Vermont鈥檚 cities, towns, villages and gores. When we find something interesting or newsworthy, we share it at Public Post, on Twitter, and on-air Saturday mornings at 9:35 a.m. on 开云体育 Radio.

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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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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