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Write-in votes were critical on a ballot where no one was running for five of the 15 open seats.

Select Board member Russell Clarke resigned May 5 after nearly seven years on the board. A special election will take place this summer to fill the remaining two years of

“And the last,” said Eric Krutiak. Wishful thinking or not, the meeting got the job done, as roughly three dozen residents, most joining a Google Meet session by phone, took about an hour to approve the town’s spending plan for the fiscal year that starts July 1. They might have handled town business faster, if not for the awkwardness of determining the residency of those calling or logging in. And because he could not see all participants, Krutiak had to ask first for “noâ...