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PUTNEY â Two relative newcomers to Putney are vying to land the open seat on the Putney Select Board.
Aileen Chute and Charles Raubicheck had both applied for the seat last fall, when the board was filling a vacancy created by the resignation of then-Chairwoman Laura Chapman in September. Instead, the two remaining board members chose Bara MacNeill, who chose not to run for the three-year term.
Chute, 46, moved to Putney in 2017 from New Hampshire, and Raubicheck, 74, has been a fulltime resident since 2015. Both have used their time in Putney to get involved in the community, Raubicheck as a volunteer board member on the Groundworks Collaborative and the Yellow Barn Music Festival, and Chute as a Putney lister and chairwoman of the townâs Energy Committee, and a former member of the planning commission.
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