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Photos: Town Meeting Day 2026

Vermonters gather for in-person and ballot voting on March 3, 2026.

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Town leaders speak at Peacham's town meeting at Peacham Congregational Church on Tuesday, March 3. (David Littlefield / Vermont Public )

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After Bakersfield's town meeting, many attendees met next door at the Bakersfield Congregational Church for a soup lunch. (Brian Stevenson / Vermont Public)

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About 75 people met in Bakersfield's town hall for town meeting. (Brian Stevenson / Vermont Public )

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Bakersfield's town clerk of 20 years, Kathy Westcom, counted 75 people in attendance at the town hall for their in-person meeting. That has been the average attendance the last few years. (Brian Stevenson / Vermont Public )

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Peacham residents enjoy a town meeting potluck lunch at Peacham Congregational Church on Tuesday, March 3. (David Littlefield / Vermont Public )

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The Ryegate Town House stayed toasty and warm throughout the Town Meeting Day proceedings. (David Littlefield / Vermont Public)

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At town meeting in Ryegate, Constable John Thomas Levee gives his constable report: He received a grand total of three phone calls in the past year. (David Littlefield / Vermont Public)

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Elmore Town Moderator Bruce Olsson opens the Elmore town meeting. “I also wanted to give thanks to Richard Draper for giving me an actual gavel,” Olsson said. “I’m not sure if you recall, but I used my framing hammer last year, which was effective but a little unwieldy.” (Kelsey Kupferer / Community News Service)

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A fiddler plays before the beginning of Elmore’s town meeting.
(Kelsey Kupferer / Community News Service)

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Stephen Clark and his dog, Ruger, attend town meeting in Williamstown. Clark said he voted "no" to increases in spending across the board, including for a proposed $1 million road rehabilitation bond. (Sabine Poux / Vermont Public)

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At least four people were working on knitting projects during Greensboro's well attended town meeting at Highland Center for the Arts. (Abagael Giles / Vermont Public)

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Putney's Town Meeting kicked off at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Among other agenda items, voters were considering upgrades to the historic town hall. (Howard Weiss-Tisman / Vermont Public)

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Donuts by donation at Greensboro’s in-person town meeting at Highland Center for the Arts.
(Abagael Giles / Vermont Public)

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Charles Brown holds a sign outside of the fire station in Castleton where voters were casting ballots Tuesday. He was urging voters to oppose three separate articles being proposed in the town for a 1% local option tax: one for sales, one for meals and alcoholic beverages, and another for rooms. (Nina Keck / Vermont Public )

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The winners of Norwich's second annual "I VOTED" sticker design contest on offer for voters at Tracy Hall.
(Josh Crane / Vermont Public)

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Town Meeting Day voters in fill the bleachers in Waitsfield. (Holt Albee / Vermont Public)

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Voters gather at town meeting in Roxbury. (Holt Albee / Vermont Public)