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1 of 6 Gaetano Putignano, chairman of the Rockingham Select Board, and others participate in the Rockingham Town Meeting at the Bellows Falls Opera House, in Bellows Falls, Vt., on Monday, March 1, 2021. Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer Deb Wright listens to people speaking during the Rockingham Town Meeting at the Bellows Falls Opera House Monday night. Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Reformer Doug MacPhee, of Rockingham, addresses the Select Board during the Rockingham Town Meeting at the Bellows Falls Opera House Monday night. Kristopher Radder, Brattleboro Ref...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BELLOWS FALLS â Rockingham residents will have plenty of choice for the three open seats on the Rockingham Select Board at Town Meeting in March. With Select Board members Gaetano Putignano and Ben Masure not seeking re-election, more than a half dozen people have filed for a seat, with most of the candidates filing for both the open three-year seat and one of the two, one-year seats. Such a strategy is legal, Vermont election officials have said in the past, but successful candidates may only hold one seat. Among the candidates are t...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BELLOWS FALLS â Some members of the Rockingham Select Board had sharp criticism for the Rockingham Free Public Library Tuesday for not saving more money during the coronavirus pandemic shutdown. Library Director Celina Houlne outlined the libraryâs budget request for the coming fiscal year; the library is independent of the Select Board, and it gets its funding by a direct Town Meeting appropriation. Houlne said the proposed budget was level funded at $428,286, with a town appropriation of $379,200. She said the library currently...