Stamford NewsLocal news for Stamford, VT continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Lawrence Holds Off Challenger; Fields Wins Write-In- March 7, 2008 More than half the town's registered voters turned out Tuesday for the local and presidential primary elections, returning incumbents and handing victories - albeit small - to Sens.http://www.topix.net/city/stamford-vt/2008/03/lawrence-holds-off-challenger-fields-wins-wr... Stamford OKs Ethier Memorial, Postpones 2 Articles- March 7, 2008 Two contentious articles on the Town Meeting warrant led voters to table both issues for three months. The Select Board's requests for $7,500 for a road study and $20,000 for an administrative assistant were greeted with pointed questions about whether they were necessary. A motion to table the road study request for three months so the board could come back with more information opened the door for the administrative assistant article to be treated the same way.http://www.topix.net/city/stamford-vt/2008/03/stamford-oks-ethier-memorial-postpones-2-art... Stamford Voters Chose Electrical Upgrade Over Carpets- March 7, 2008 STAMFORD, Vt. - Voters gave the OK to all but one of the spending articles at Monday night's annual school district meeting.http://www.topix.net/city/stamford-vt/2008/03/stamford-voters-chose-electrical-upgrade-ove... Obama wins in Bennington Co.- March 6, 2008 "I think that these results were not entirely unexpected. We knew that we had an uphill battle but we are proud of our work here" Sen. Barack Obama easily beat rival Sen. Hillary Clinton to win the Democratic presidential primary in Vermont on Tuesday, but Clinton fared well in Bennington County. via The Bennington Bannerhttp://www.topix.net/city/stamford-vt/2008/03/obama-wins-in-bennington-co?fromrss=1 Stamford votes Tues.- March 4, 2008 "They would still have to report to the Select Board." Voters will decide on Tuesday whether to reduce the size of the Select Board from five to three and replace them with an administrative assistant. via The Bennington Bannerhttp://www.topix.net/city/stamford-vt/2008/03/stamford-votes-tues?fromrss=1 |