Approximately 65 people attended the annual Bridport Town Meeting on March 5th. All articles were approved as written, except for article 21 and article 32. Those two articles were amended. For article 21 the amount for Middlebury Regional EMS was raised to $3500.00. For article 32 the amount was raised to include $30,00.00 for additional salt plus the $455.00 raised for Middlebury EMS from article 21.
All uncontested positions were filled by the incumbents. Town Agent did not receive sufficient votes and has not been filled.
Representative Harvey Smith read a dedication to Thomas Howlett and answered questions from the floor. State Senators Ruth Hardy and Christopher Bray also spoke and answered questions. It was a lively and informative meeting followed by a ‘Pratt’s’ lunch.