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Two Greenwood incumbents ousted Posted The township should have nothing to hide.” Sue Drobac
Jodi Summit
GREENWOOD TWP- Incumbents Larry Tahija and Byron Beihoffer lost their bids for reelection to the Greenwood Town Board during the township election on Tuesday. Tahija lost to Barb Lofquist 167-160, while Beihoffer lost by a much wider margin to former clerk Sue Drobac, 184-144.
Interest in the election was high this year, and turnout topped last year’s totals, with at least 328 voters casting ballots, compared to fewer than 300 last March.
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Greenwood Township delays annual meeting to July 22 Posted
Jodi Summit
GREENWOOD TWP- Close to 50 township residents attended the virtual Greenwood Annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, but all quickly realized that conducting such a meeting virtually was a lesson in frustration.
In all, it took nearly an hour to open the meeting, and decide on a day to continue the meeting.
After determining the names of all the voters in attendance, each step of the meeting included a one-by-one roll call vote.
Two incumbents ousted in Greenwood
Incumbents Larry Tahija and Byron Beihoffer lost their bids for reection to the Greenwood Town Board. Tahija lost to Barb Lofquist by 7 votes, 167-160. Beihoffer …
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Greenwood to look into bonding for broadband
Would raise local funds if federal, state grants are not awarded Posted
Jodi Summit
GREENWOOD TWP- While there is still uncertainty about federal and state funding for broadband projects in the township, Greenwood Chair Mike Ralston said he was looking into having the township sell bonds to raise the money needed to make high-speed internet for the majority of Greenwood residents a reality.
CTC, a company that is providing broadband in this area, said they are interested in working with the township, Ralston said, and CTC is working on a budget for expanding broadband to the road-access portions of the township. Generally, these multi-million-dollar projects get funded using grants that cover about half the cost, and then the local company picks up the remainder, financing it by hooking up new custome
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Greenwood may postpone annual meeting until June Posted
Jodi Summit
GREENWOOD TWP- Residents in Greenwood Township will most likely get a little longer to decide on setting their 2022 levy. The Greenwood Town Board, at their Tuesday meeting, discussed postponing the March 9 annual meeting until June 8 to allow for an in-person gathering, which could be held in the fire hall (with open doors) or at the pavilion.
Voting for the township election will still be held on March 9. Safely hosting an in-person annual meeting that day, which regularly attracts well over 50 people, or attempting to hold the meeting virtually and assuring the chance for residents to vote anonymously on the levy and other items, would be complicated, said Chairman Mike Ralston.