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BELLOWS FALLS — Voters approved a $1.6 million village budget in balloting on Tuesday. But the participation was stunningly low, with less than 5 percent turnout. Only 79 people cast ballots, with the only draw being the budget since there were no contested races. The budget passed 56-22. There are about 3,300 residents of the village, with 1,922 registered voters, according to Village Clerk Kathleen Neathawk. Winning reelection in the uncontested races were Village President Deborah Wright and Village Trustees James “Jiggs” McAuliffe and Stefan Golec. Tuesday’s turnout wa...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS -- Only a handful of Bellows Falls residents turned out Monday evening for the annual Village Meeting, which has been stripped of all serious decision making. Voters a year ago approved switching the vote on the village budget to Australian ballot permanently. Last year, the budget was also voted on by Australian ballot, but that was at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The $1.61 million village budget, of which $1.59 million will be raised by taxes, will result in a tax increase of about half a percent -- 0.60. The few ...

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Southeastern Community College commencement ceremony marks the end of a year filled with shared joy and loss Bob Saar for The Hawk Eye Evidence of the impact of a year of pandemics over academics was prevalent and well-illustrated ahead of Southeastern Community College's commencement ceremony Thursday by a mother and son who sat quietly on a park bench outside the Burlington Memorial Auditorium, waiting for the signal to enter the building. Monica Space and her son, Christian Joseph "CJ" Space were awarded associate of arts degrees Thursday night. Monica attended SCC back in 2007, but at the...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   BELLOWS FALLS -- Village President Deborah Wright, Bellows Falls Village Moderator Paul Obuchowski and Municipal Manager Scott Pickup had a Zoom dress rehearsal Friday morning to iron out any kinks for Monday night's annual village meeting. There is one big change: Obuchowski and Pickup decided to hold the meeting downstairs in the Town Hall, in the Lower Theater, rather than upstairs in the Bellows Falls Opera House, because of the technology and equipment needed for a Zoom village meeting. Determined to get as many people to attend the m...