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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   Although state regulators may not begin issuing cannabis retailer licenses until as late as October 2022, voters in Bennington and Pownal will decide at their respective town meetings this year whether to allow such establishments in the future. S.54, the state law passed last year that lays out how Vermont’s cannabis marketplace will be regulated, requires municipalities to “affirmatively permit” via Australian ballot retail cannabis shops, “integrated licensees” — existing medical dispensaries that obtain pe...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   POWNAL — 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 Joyce Held, whose name also appears on the ballot, has withdrawn from the race.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 ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   POWNAL — Six candidates for the Select Board participated in a forum sponsored by the Friends of Pownal, answering questions and offering their views on key issues before the town. One candidate on the town ballot did not participate, while another made a surprise announcement at the end of the forum saying she was ending her candidacy. The forum was held Feb. 7 as a videoconference and was recorded by the Catamount Access Television network. It is being shown in replays on CAT-TV’s Channel 1085, including Thursday, Feb. 18, at 9...