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Super Sucker 5500 to be Replaced

New Senate District Candidates are Lining up

2022 Vermont Senate Districts Set

Spongy Moths Ready to Hatch
4/12/22 Conservation & Trails Committee Meeting

Trustees Plan to Celebrate Independence
4/13/22 Trustee Meeting Highlights

Glavel Neighbors Complain about Noise and Odor

Map of New House Districts

Trustees Place a LOT on the April Ballot

3/8/22 Trustee Meeting

March Election Results

Selectboard Race Attracts Outsized Funding

Essex ReTorter Hosts Selectboard Candidate Debate at Uncommon Coffee

Some Town Meeting Ballots Mailed to the Wrong Voters

‘Got Pot?’ March Vote to Decide on Retail Cannabis

One-Year Selectboard Seat Has Competition

Four Candidates Vy for Three Selectboard Seats

Projected TOV Separation Costs Less Than Merger

1/3/22 Selectboard Meeting Highlights

Joint Boards Owe Unified Manager $85,000 Severance

Officials Push For Local Option Tax Vote in March

Cady Hosts an Education Town Hall Meeting

Seniors Celebrate Native American Heritage Month

Public Demands Diversity on EWSD Board
But Campaign Based on Leaked Info Fails

$76: Projected Town Tax Increase

11/9/21 and 11/15/21 Town FY23 Budget Work Sessions

Uncommon Coffee Takes Home 1st and 3rd in Latte Art Contest

$132: Projected Village Tax Increase

11/4/21 Village FY23 Budget Work Session

Candid Conversations on Separation

Road Salt Season Ahead: Supply Uncertain

10/4/21 Selectboard Meeting

Brown Promises Separation Savings

9/28/21 Trustee Meeting

School Board Chair Sells But Stays

Essex Rescue Anticipates Move

Stevens Park: Emerald in the City

Labor Day Water Main Break

Takeover of Tree Farm Facility Fails

8/23/21 Joint Selectboard & Trustee Meeting

EJRP to EPR: You're Out!

One Out, One Up, One Re-Open

8/17/21 Selectboard Meeting

Staff: Merge Fire Budgets Before Separation Vote

8/4/21 & 8/6/21 Public Forums

REAL ESTATE: This commercial property in the heart of downtown Essex Junction is ripe for redevelopment

Raptors, Reptiles and Rabbit Promote Reading

Essex Free Library Summer Reading Program

Trustees Send Separation Conditions to Selectboard

 7/19/21 Joint Board Meeting

Boards Discuss Separation-with-Sharing

June 2021 Trustee and Selectboard Meetings

SB Agrees to Talk to Trustees About Sharing

6/21/21 Selectboard Meeting

EWSD was All Ears

6/7/21 Special School Board Meeting 

Cyber Abuse Targets Watts, Wrenner

Essex Talks about Race & Equity in Schools

5/28/21 Grange & Church Meetings in Essex Center

Sock Puppets Don't Vote

Village Values: Privacy, Quiet, Independence

4/27/21 Trustee Meeting

SB Vice Chair is Sorry-Not-Sorry

4/19/21 Selectboard Meeting

School & Municipal Upsets

4/13/21 Elections

Records Withheld by Haney

Public Records Request Not Fulfilled

Trustees Take Two Tracks Toward Separation

4/14/21 Trustee Meeting

SB Leaders Caught Covertly Communicating in Meeting

3/25/21 Selectboard Meeting

“Yikes!” says New Chair Upon Election

4/5/21 Selectboard Meeting

NO Merger Wins, Re-Vote Scheduled

Official Memorial Day Parade Nixed

Local Restaurateur to the Rescue

Trustees Talk Merger Alternatives

3/23/21 Trustee Meeting

A Recount of the Recount

3/8/21 Recount of March votes

Bogus Accounts Breach FPF

Recount Narrows Margin But Outcomes Stand

3/8/21 BCA Meeting and Recounts

EDC to Study Local Option Tax

2/22/21 Special Meeting

Close Calls as Merger Falls

3/2/21 Town Meeting Day Election

Campaign Finance Complaint: "One Essex" Negligent in Filing

2/27/21

Essex Free Library Board of Directors Rejects Pro-Merger Sign

2/17/21

Merger Plan (and Front Porch Forum) Unzipped

2/16/21 Selectboard Meeting

Selectboard Notables / History

Legislators Virtually Visit EWSD

1/12/21 Essex Westford School District Meeting

New Rules!

2/1/21 Selectboard Meeting

Citizen Convinces Board to Alter Budget

1/28/21 Selectboard Meeting

Macy Does the Math on Merger Costs

1/25/21 Joint Board Meeting

Town Budget Public Hearing Re-Do on Feb. 1st

1/19/21 Selectboard Meeting

What's That Smell?

1/12/21 Trustee Meeting

Content of Merger Plan Squeaks By, FY22 Budget Set

1/11/21 Selectboard Meeting

15 Takeaways on the Town Budget

1/4/21 Selectboard Meeting

2020 in the Rear View

Essex Boards Dazzled by Legislators

12/28/20 Joint Selectboard and Trustee Meeting

"Show Me the Money!"

12/22/20 Trustee Meeting

15 Takeaways from the Village Budget Summit

Residents' Food Insecurity Rising

COVID Won't Cancel Town "Merger" Vote

12/7/20 Selectboard Meeting

Campaign Finance Complaint Lodged Against Village PAC

Rakes and Shovels and Wheels, Oh My!

11/1/20 "Dig Day" at Maple Street Bike Park

"Ready, Fire, Aim"

11/23/20 Joint Board Meeting

Public Suggests Merger Plan Not Ready for Prime Time

11/16/20 Selectboard Meeting

Essex High School Places 2nd at Vermont Debate & Forensic League Speech Tournament

Selectboard Chair Seeks Input, if it Conforms

11/2/20 Selectboard Meeting

Million Dollar Meeting

11/10/20 Trustee Rundown

November Election Highlights

Permanent Pavilion Replaces Library's Windblown Tent

11/02/20 Trustee Meeting

Public Hearing Yields Some Contradictory Merger Info

10/27/20 Trustee Meeting

Officials Plow Ahead with Plans for a New Tax

10/26/20 Selectboard / Trustee Joint Meeting

Village Concerns Dominate Planning Parley

10/20/20 Joint Board Meeting with Planning/Zoning Boards

Weatherization Guide for Homeowners

Essex Energy Committee

All Quiet on the Merger Front

10/13/20 Village Trustee Meeting

Top Cop Talks Traffic Stops

10/13/20 Village Trustee Meeting

Townwide “Out & About” Event, Oct. 17 - 18

Trails and Tribulations

10/5/20 Selectboard Meeting Summary

Town Meeting is on the Ballot

November 3rd Election Preview

Merger / Separation Quick Study

Separation Yields Faster Tax Relief

9/28/20 Joint Selectboard/Trustees Meeting

SX Imitates SNL

9/28/20 Joint Selectboard/Trustees Meeting

Packed Agenda Falls Victim to the Clock

9/24/20 Trustee Meeting Rundown

Town Installs Ballot Deposit Box

9/21/20 Selectboard Meeting Summary

Chapin: "The People's Orchard"

Side By Each: Simultaneous Meetings

9/8/20 Selectboard & Trustee Meetings

Phil Scott Holds Up Amtrak Re-Start

Village-Only Merger Vote: 

'Fellowship of the Rings' Falters 

Openings and Fillings

8/25/20 Trustee Meeting Rundown

Staff Suggests Merger is the Way Forward

8/25/20 Joint Board Meeting

“No Skateboarding in the Village!”

8/17/20 Trustee Meeting Rundown

Trustees Warn Merger Vote in November for Village Only

Budget-to-Ballot Question Goes to Town Voters

8/18/20 Selectboard Meeting Rundown

Densmore Drive Culvert Replacement Next Spring

Saturday Design Charrette for Pocket Park

Meeting Begets Meeting

8/13/20 Selectboard Meeting Rundown

Merger Charter “Good Enough?"

8/11/20 Trustee Meeting Rundown

Vermont House Primary Results for Essex

Trustees: Put Ballot Budget Question on Nov. Ballot

8/11/20 Trustee Meeting

Charter Change Held Hostage to Merger for Years

Citizens Seek Stat’s on Separation

Village Tax Rate Set

Is Downtown District at Risk in a Merger?

Handy Granted 3-Year Tax Break

Selectboard Meeting Run Down, July 20th

"Open and Outside" Update

No Stomach for Merger?

Trustees Won't Beg and Murray Conveys Regrets

Fireworks at Joint Board Meeting, July 6