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Tag Archives: Pownal

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Pownal Selectman Bob Jarvis sounds off on hostile town emails

A Selectboard member in Pownal has gone on Facebook to speak his mind about the thousands of town government emails that were leaked to the public in December.

February 27, 2020 in TNR News.
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Video: Pownal Selectboard votes to approve Second Amendment sanctuary resolution

The five members of the Pownal Sectboard on Friday voted unanimously to approve a nonbinding resolution to declare the town a sanctuary from unconstitutional gun-control laws.

February 3, 2020 in Videos.
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Video: Pownal town government having internal war over climate economy, left-right divide

Elizabeth Rowe, vice chairwoman of the Pownal Selectboard, called for Marlena Pellon, Jenny Dewar, Michael Slattery, Syd Smithers, Crystal Gardner and Shannon McLenithan to resign from their positions.

January 15, 2020 in TNR News, Videos.
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Pownal board hears feedback on proposed junk ordinance

Equal parts concern and support were on display Thursday at a special meeting of the Select Board, as board members heard feedback on a proposed junk ordinance regulating salvage yards, waste disposal and junk and junk vehicles.

August 6, 2019 in TNR News.
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Pownal Selectboard considering possible junk ordinance

“There’s an argument to say if it’s your property, it’s your business,” said Bob Jarvis, a member of the board. “We need to be very mindful of that.”

June 2, 2019 in TNR News.
Essex Westford School District

Pownal votes to take buses, acquire gravel pit

Voters approved a $1.04 million general budget and a $1.02 million road budget Tuesday, along with multiple ballot articles, including one authorizing the Select Board to acquire, maintain and operate two buses donated by the Pownal School District.

March 6, 2019 in TNR News.
Bob Jarvis

Accusations fly after Pownal Selectboard member resignation

“We have liberty-minded citizens who are afraid to voice their opinions and speak up because they know they will be on the receiving end of some pretty vicious attacks,” Jarvis said.

November 19, 2018 in TNR News.
Bob Jarvis

Conservative Bob Jarvis wins Selectboard seat with ‘Take Back Pownal’ campaign

Voters in Pownal elected Bob Jarvis to a three-year Selectboard term Tuesday following the candidate’s campaign for personal liberty, property rights, local control, government transparency and a job-friendly business climate — a platform he said would serve to “take back Pownal.”

March 7, 2018 in TNR News.
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‘Climate economy’ initiative divides Pownal, Middlebury next

One community has become divided after the Vermont Council on Rural Development visited with its Climate Economy Model Communities Program, and now another is about to embrace the same controversial program.

September 11, 2017 in TNR News.
Sarah Swenty/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Pownal residents say green ‘model communities’ program not local, rolled out illegally

It came dressed up as a local initiative to spur Vermont’s first “climate change economy,” but some residents say the Climate Economy Model Communities Program originates from Montpelier and is being implemented illegally.

July 27, 2017 in TNR News.

 

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