1,459 ballots cast
*incumbent
(One seat for three years)
Robert Hamilton* 1,040 votes
(One seat for two years)
Charles Eicher* 1,087 votes
(Two seats for three years)
Jonah Ketola*
Samuel A. Bouchie*
Jeffrey Dickler
(One seat for three years)
Lauralei Knight* 680 votes
Brenda Lashua 575 votes
(One seat for three years)
Carol Donovan* 802 votes
Carol Cersosimo 462 votes
(One seat for three years)
Helene Rogers 1,103 votes
(Two seats for three years)
Sharon Rasku* 970 votes
(One seat for three years)
John T. McCracken 1,038
(One seat for three years)
William Thomas* 1,035 votes
(One seat for one year)
George Carmichael* 995 votes
(One seat for three years)
William Harper 1,075 votes
(One seat for two years)
William Harper* 1,075 votes
(One seat for two years)
Arwen Mellor 1,077 votes
(One seat for three years)
J. Dwight Schenk 1,057 votes
(One seat for three years)
Linda Dodge* 1,097 votes
■Article 2 would bond $2,579,125 to build a fiber optic internet network to every address in Rindge. The bond would not be paid back through taxation, but through a monthly user fee for those who signed up to use broadband internet. The new infrastructure would allow Rindge homes to access internet speeds up of to 1 gigabit per second for both downloads and uploads. The fee would be capped at $9.50 per month. Consolidated Communications, which is contracted to provide internet through would contribute an additional $2,458,700 to the project. This article requires a three-fifths vote to pass. PASSED 1,115 YES to 174 NO
■Article 3 asks the town to enter into a five-year lease-purchase agreement for a new fire rescue vehicle and raise a first-year payment of $55,011. The total cost of the vehicle is $265,000. The trade-in value of the previous vehicle is $15,000. PASSED 917 YES to 395 VOTES
■Article 4 asks the town to approve a budget of $4,175,000. If the budget does not pass, the default budget is $4,161,167. PASSED 867 YES to 438 NO
■Article 5 asks the town to raise $250,000, with $146,000 from capital reserves and $104,000 from the unassigned fund balance to replace the Wellington Road Bridge. The total cost of the project is $1.25 million, with the remaining funds coming from the state’s bridge aid program. PASSED 1,122 YES to 191 NO
■Article 6 asks the town for $92,976 for the third payment on the fire department Engine 1. PASSSED 1,120 YES to 196 NO
■Article 7 asks for $92,840 for the purchase of a new backhoe. The total cost to be raised through taxes is $49,340, with $20,000 taken from the transfer station revolving fund and the remainder from the trade-in revenue from the 2006 backhoe. PASSED 720 YES to 584 NO
■Article 8 asks to establish a new capital reserve fund for the repair and maintenance of town buildings, and use $40,000 from the unassigned fund balance to start the fund. PASSED 1,092 YES to 229 NO
■Article 9 asks for $50,000 for the Highway Department Equipment Capital Reserve. PASSED 861 YES to 456 NO
■Article 10 asks for $12,000 for the cemetery Expendable Trust. PASSED 1,064 YES to 236 NO
■Article 11 asks the town’s tax credit for mil itary veterans who were totally disabled in the line of duty to be increased from $2,000 to $4,000. This article was submitted by petition. PASSED 822 YES to 482 NO
■Article 12 would require a Town Meeting vote to accept any public roads. Currently, the Select Board can accept roads through a public process. This article was submitted by petition. PASSED 635 YES to 612 NO
■Article 13 would reinstate a Growth Management Ordinance, limiting the number of building permits issued in a year. This article was submitted by petition. FAILED 480 YES to 819 NO
■Article 14 would reinstate the town’s impact fees, or fees issued to new construction meant to offset increased costs to services such as police, fire and highway. This article was submitted by petition.FAILED 463 YES to 832 NO
■Article 15 would adopt a noise ordinance limiting noise between the late evening and early morning hours. This article was submitted by petition.
■Article 16 would have the town urge its state and federal legislators to enact a carbon fee for those producing carbon pollution, and to distribute the funds from that fee back to taxpayers.