Article: Residents vote to trim village budget.

Jun. 22--BELLOWS FALLS, Vt. -- "At first, they said it was just a select bunch of people," said Stefan Golec, the longest serving Bellows Falls trustee, said about the opposition. "It seems to me it's more than just a few."

Last month, residents voted 56 to 46 against a $1,741,452 village budget. Since then, a group of residents has been pushing for a $243,000 cut, more than double the cut being proposed by trustees.

That group includes Rick Kane, Jim McAuliffe, Tom Salmon, Hugh Haggerty, Judy Lidie, Doug MacPhee and Stewart Read.

If adopted, those cuts would eliminate at least one position in the Bellows Falls Fire Department and three ...

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