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After Failed Merger Votes, Essex Junction Plans to Break From the Town of Essex

Rob Donnelly
They spent years trying to make it work. They even moved in together, so to speak, sharing staff and consolidating departments in hopes that it would confirm their compatibility. But some relationships aren t meant to be, and after a messy, century-plus entanglement, the Town of Essex and the Village of Essex Junction are heading toward a split.
The potential breakup of Vermont s second-largest community comes on the heels of two votes this spring in which residents were asked to merge their distinct but overlapping municipalities. Villagers, whose taxes would have dropped, voted overwhelmingly in favor, while town-outside-the-village residents, whose taxes would have increased, voted overwhelmingly against. Both times, the merger failed by fewer than 30 votes. ....

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Essex vote recount confirms it won't merge with Essex Junction

A recount of votes cast during Town Meeting Day in Essex has confirmed that the town rejected a measure that would have merged it with the village of Essex Junction.
The recount, which took place Monday, showed that only 19 votes separated yes votes from no votes (3,737-3,756). In the original count on March 2, that margin had been 17 votes.
Essex Junction, which separately voted on the merger in November, overwhelmingly approved the measure, with more than 70% of the people who voted in favor. But, both the town and village needed to approve the measure for a merger to occur.
Merger was complicated for some town voters ....

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