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POWNAL â Voters in Pownal will elect three people to the Select Board on March 2. Running for two one-year Select Board seats are Jenny Dewar and incumbents Bob Jarvis and Ronald Bisson. Joyce Held, whose name also appears on the ballot, has withdrawn from the race.
For a three-year Select Board seat, the candidates are Michael Slattery, a former Planning Commission member; incumbent Angie Rawling and John Wallner Jr.
To help inform Pownal voters, the Banner submitted identical questionnaires to the candidates, and gave each the same deadline and word limit. Two candidates, Bisson and Wallner, did not respond. Below, in alphabetical order, are the responses of Dewar, Jarvis, Rawling and Slattery.