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Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   POWNAL — Fallout from the forced rescheduling of Pownal’s March 2 annual election continued to confront local officials and residents Wednesday as new arrangements were made to comply with state election requirements. During an emergency meeting Tuesday evening, the Select Board heard details of a mailing error that resulted in about 1,100 town reports not being delivered to the right voter addresses. Since the reports with annual ballot and budget information must legally be mailed to voters 10 days prior to an election, the boa...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   POWNAL — A new town office project that voters overwhelmingly approved in 2019 has a new hurdle to clear in March after permitting delays pushed up the estimated cost. After a slide presentation on the project and the cost overruns, the Select Board voted Dec. 3 to place a new, larger bond request before voters at the annual town meeting, seeking authorization for $690,000. That figure is up from the $600,000 bond approved by a 326 to 124 majority during an Oct. 29, 2019, special town meeting. Another $175,000 in a town office buildin...