Each week, VPR touches base with a local newspaper reporter about a top story from their community. This time, we hear from Gregory Lamoureux, who writes for The County Courier in Franklin County.
Voters in Fairfax decided against a $26 million school bond proposal that would have addressed structural upgrades at Bellows Free Academy and the middle school gym. Lamoureux reported about 1,200 voters showed up, and 47.9% were in favor of the bond proposal. He said this was the second time in just over a year that the issue was put before town voters.
The bulk of the bond was going to go towards safety upgrades, largely related to a 25-year-old building addition which boasted a glass foyer. Lamoureux said when one of the town school's addition was upgraded, active shooters were not top-of-mind in school districts nationwide.
And some changes are most likely in store for silos at the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, with the larger Kansas-based Dairy Farmers of America.
Lamoureux said DFA asked St. Albans City for approval to expand the co-op's silos, which house locally-produced bulk milk. Currently, he said, the silos stand at 85 feet, and DFA would like them to rise up to 105 feet.
