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Pickleballing in Kent
May 01, 2024
Lans Christensen
Kent Park and Recreation has joined with Kent Center School to provide the community with weekly pickleball. The public is invited to KCS Wednesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. through June 5. There are two courts set up and all equipment is provided. People of all ages are welcome. No skill or experience necessary.
Lans Christensen
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Above and beyond
May 01, 2024
Riley Klein
Anthony Labbadia leaped over the competition by clearing 5’10” in high jump when HVRHS track met Wamogo and Nonnewaug High Schools, Tuesday, April 23.
FALLS VILLAGE — The Board of Finance cut some $28,099 from the Board of Selectmen’s proposed spending plan for 2024-25 at a three-hour special meeting Wednesday, April 24.
Finance chair David Wilburn started off by saying the board had to strike “a balance between delivering expected services and the cost of those services.”
“A budget is not just a collection of numbers. It is an expression of our values and aspirations.”
During public comment there was support for more funding from the town for the David M. Hunt Library.
The board then proceeded through the spending plan, line by line.
The library came up again. finance board member John Steines said that the library requested a 40% increase in funding. The selectmen reduced the increase to 30%, which is still more of a percentage increase than other services.
As the meeting wound down, Steines said, “This is not the way to run budgets.”
He proposed that the finance board meet with all departments throughout the year to discuss their spending needs. “We’ll be poised to do a better job” next year, Steines said.
The Board of Finance will hold another special meeting Monday, April 29, to discuss the education spending plan and recommend both municipal and education plans to a public hearing.
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SALISBURY — The 2024-25 budget proposals for municipal and education spending are set and will be the subject of a hybrid (in-person and online) town meeting Wednesday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m.
The public hearing was Monday, May 22. There was one question, about the transfer station.
After the hearing the Board of Finance voted unanimously to present the Board of Selectmen’s budget of $8,619,572 (an increase of $401,742 or 4.8%) and the Board of Education’s budget of $6,535,939 (an increase of $195,665 or 3.09%) to the town meeting.
Salisbury’s Region One assessment for 2024-25 is $4,412,718, an increase of $236,606 (5.67%).
Total education spending for 2024-25 is $10,948,657, an increase of $432,271 (4.11%).
The Region One referendum is Tuesday, May 7, with voting at Town Hall from noon to 8 p.m.
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