Category Archives: Elections

Who’s running for School Board and Selectboard?

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ELECTION 2022 Two School Board and two Selectboard seats are up for election at Town Meeting this year. With the filing deadline less than a month away, I thought I would check with the incumbents to see if they had made any decisions. School Board member Lily Trajman has said she is running to retain her School Board seat. Dr. Trajman was appointed by the Norwich School Board on November 3 to fill the vacancy on the Board due to Continue reading Who’s running for School Board and Selectboard?→

UPDATE: Legislative Apportionment Board opts for single member House and Senate districts, rejecting Norwich BCA recommendation on House

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By a 4-3 vote, the Vermont Legislative Apportionment Board (LAB) opted to recommend single-member House and Senate districts across the State. If approved by the General Assembly (and that is a big ‘if’), most of the Town of Norwich would lose all incumbents currently representing its population in the Legislature. As explained by Lola Duffort, a reporter for VTDigger, in a recent article: The General Assembly must redraw its boundaries every 10 years, after the new U.S. census is published, Continue reading UPDATE: Legislative Apportionment Board opts for single member House and Senate districts, rejecting Norwich BCA recommendation on House→

UPDATE: Norwich opposes House redistricting proposal, as do Sharon, Strafford and Thetford

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The Norwich Board of Civil Authority (BCA) is against the House redistricting proposal put forth by the Legislative Apportionment Board (LAB). The Norwich BCA submitted a formal response to the LAB last week. The BCA’s for Sharon, Strafford and Thetford are also against the change from a four town district. As noted in a prior post, Norwich, Sharon, Strafford and Thetford currently comprise the Windsor-Orange 2 district. It has two representatives in the Vermont House of Representatives. Seeking to create Continue reading UPDATE: Norwich opposes House redistricting proposal, as do Sharon, Strafford and Thetford→

Masland and Briglin pan House redistricting proposal for Norwich

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House Representatives Jim Masland and Tim Briglin weighed in for Daybreak on the tentative proposal by Legislative Apportionment Board (LAB) to split the Town of Norwich into two House districts. Rep. Masland says it is: “Bad, bad, bad!” Further, Rep. Briglin believes “there is little/no chance the LAB’s proposal will be adopted by the legislature.” See their complete comments on Daybreak here. However, single member districts get support from Vermont Public Research Interest Group, a left-leaning advocacy organization, as well Continue reading Masland and Briglin pan House redistricting proposal for Norwich→

Proposed House districts split Norwich

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The Town of Norwich is split into two House districts, under the map tentatively proposed by Legislative Apportionment Board (LAB). The Norwich Board of Civil Authority (BCA) plans to meet on Monday, October 25, 2021 to review the map. At present, Norwich, along with Sharon, Strafford, and Thetford, are in the Windsor-Orange 2 district. It has two representatives in the Vermont House of Representatives. The LAB’s emphasis was to create single member House districts. As a result, the current Windsor-Orange Continue reading Proposed House districts split Norwich→

School Board seat available

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The Norwich School Board wishes to fill a vacancy on its board, due to the resignation of one of its members. The person appointed also serves on the Dresden School Board. If you want to apply, the deadline for letters of interest is October 29. The listserv post of October 19 says: The Norwich School Board has recently received the resignation of one of its school board members. Vacancies on the Norwich School Board will be filled in accordance with the provisions Continue reading School Board seat available→

Selectboard and School Board races set

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Who’s running for Selectboard and School Board? Neil Odell is running unopposed to retain his Norwich School Board seat. That position includes a seat on the Dresden School Board. Mr. Odell currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Dresden School Board. For Selectboard, Marcia Calloway is running unopposed for two-year seat. John Langhus decided to not seek reelection. For the three-year seat, incumbent Mary Layton will face Pam Smith. [END]

For the Record: Official Town Meeting Results On Selected Articles

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Below are the official 2020 Town Meeting results on selected articles. Complete results as published on the Town’s website are here. Noteworthy are the votes on Article 6 and 8. First, Article 6 failed by a wide margin. It asked to spend $11,000 to install flashing lights at two additional village crosswalks. Much controversy erupted before and after the installation of the first two. But, there was no talk on this Article 6 on the listserv. At pre-Town meeting, as Continue reading For the Record: Official Town Meeting Results On Selected Articles→

Q & A with Selectboard candidate Doug Wilberding

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Doug Wilberding is running against Robert Gere for the three-year seat on the Selectboard. Neither is the incumbent, Below are the responses of Mr. Wilberding to my five questions. 1. For those who do not know you, please provide some background about yourself and say why you want to be on the Selectboard. I was born and raised in Norwich with my 7 siblings.  I went to Saint Michael’s College for my Bachelor’s degree and NYU for my Master’s degree.  Continue reading Q & A with Selectboard candidate Doug Wilberding→

Q & A with Selectboard candidate Robert Gere

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Robert Gere is running against Doug Wilberding for the three-year seat on the Selectboard. Neither is the incumbent, Below are the responses of Mr. Gere to my five questions. 1. For those who do not know you, please provide some background about yourself and say why you want to be on the Selectboard.         My wife and I first moved to Norwich on December 31, 1975. 6 months later we were exiled to Cornish where we spent 2 years before Continue reading Q & A with Selectboard candidate Robert Gere→