Vermont primary slated for Tuesday

Vermonters will head to the polls tomorrow for the statewide primary election.

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Vermont primary slated for Tuesday By Chris Garofolo | Aug 25, 2014 Vermonters will head to the polls tomorrow for the statewide primary election. Although the bid to represent the GOP for governor and other down-ticket races have received the most ink, there are several local issues that will also appear on the ballot. In Weathersfield, voters will decide on a $1 million expansion to the town library while Bellows Falls residents should approve or reject a bond to upgrade the wastewater treatment network. Weathersfield will vote via Australian ballot on whether to bond for $1.1 million to construct an addition onto the Weathersfield Proctor Library that, if successful, will greatly increase the space to accommodate for a greater variety of resources and services. This is a scaled-down version of a project that was first rejected by voters in March, but advocates say the lower cost should make it more attractive to residents. Voters in Bellows Falls will decide the fate of a $7 million bond to finance the village corporation’s share of improvements to its wastewater system, including the handling of biosolids, the clarifiers and chlorine contact tanks and the collection pump stations located throughout the village. A public forum on the matter is scheduled for tonight beginning at 6 p.m. in the lower theater of the town hall. Here’s what else will appear on the ballot in Tuesday’s election: Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, who handily won re-election in 2012, is facing a primary challenge from H. Brooke Paige of Washington. Paige’s name will also appear on the ballot for Attorney General, as he is seeking to replace longtime incumbent William Sorrell. A trio of Vermonters have signed up on the Republican ticket to challenge the sitting governor, including Windham County resident Emily Peyton, who has previously run for the position as an independent. Front-runner Scott Milne of Pomfret and Steve Berry of Wolcott are also on the ballot. Three Republicans are also running against incumbent U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., for the state’s sole representative to the U.S. House of Representatives. Republican Mark Donka, the Hartford resident who lost to Welch in 2012, is again seeking the GOP nomination against Donald Nolte of Derby and Donald Russell of Shelburne. In Windham County, state Sen. Jeanette White of Putney is facing a tough primary election against former agriculture secretary Roger Allbee of Townshend, as well as Becca Balint of Brattleboro and Joan Bowman of Putney. Two Liberty Union candidates, Aaron Diamondstone of Marlboro and Jerry Levy of Brattleboro, are also running for the county’s two seats in the Vermont Senate. Also in Windham County is a three-way Democratic primary for Assistant Judge between incumbents Lamont Barnett of Rockingham and Patricia Duff of Brattleboro and Westminster resident Paul Kane. Listed are the times and locations of the 2014 Vermont primary within the Eagle Times readership area: — Athens: 10 a.m. at the town offices — Baltimore: 10 a.m. at the town offices — Cavendish: 10 a.m. at the Cavendish Town Elementary School — Chester: 9 a.m. at the second floor of the Chester Town Hall — Grafton: 9 a.m. at the Grafton Town Hall — Hartland: 7 a.m. at Damon Hall — Reading:10 a.m. at Robinson Hall — Rockingham: 10 a.m. at the Masonic Temple — Springfield: 8 a.m. at Riverside Middle School — Weathersfield: 8 a.m. at Martin Memorial Hall — West Windsor: 10 a.m. at Story Memorial Hall — Westminster: 8 a.m. at the Westminster Institute — Windsor: 9 a.m. at the Municipal Building gymnasium