Mayor Thom Lauzon is asking for $196,000 in cuts, saying he wants to consolidate departments - a move that would likely result in personnel layoffs.

Some residents in Killington want to abolish their town manager form of government, saying the current town manager lacks experience and his salary is too high.

Town officials in Essex have saved $100,000 in maintenance costs due to the mild winter.

Officials in Morristown are adding up the costs they expect to incur when some beds from the state mental health facility are moved to their community temporarily.

With shrinking tax revenue and less federal aid, many cash-strapped Vermont cities and towns are employing a complicated financial tool designed to help them build public projects that they can't currently afford.

Rockingham's Select Board has unanimously accepted a bid from a private bridge building company for the repair of the Worrall Covered Bridge.

Voters in the small town of Whiting have decided to make a donation to the state's Disaster Relief Fund equal to whatever money the town gets from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for Tropical Storm Irene damages.

Residents in the small Windham County town of Athens say they can no longer afford their public library. Athens says it's hard to maintain the library in a difficult economy with few grants and other resources.

Voters in Windsor will decide whether to approve a $1 million bond that would go towards repairing an aging dam.

Rutland residents got good news Monday morning about their drinking water. A major water main burst on Saturday, forcing the city to require that all water be boiled.

Some residents in Plymouth want to run a new farmers' market out of the town's elementary school.

Springfield's Select Board has declined to establish a new position of town drug detective.

In Cambridge Tuesday night, residents will discuss Jeffersonville's proposed purchase of land in its floodplain, where Jolley's Associates once planned a major commercial development.

Proponents of a plan for a new Castleton Town Hall say municipal offices, fire and police is desperately needed. But the $2 million price tag is stirring up debate.

On Town Meeting Day, voters in Montpelier will consider proposed tax changes designed to raise revenue. Montpelier's City Council wants to implement a 1 percent local sales tax as well as a 1 percent local rooms, meals and alcohol tax.

At a time when many cities and towns are cutting budgets to the bone, the town of Middlebury has learned that it's sitting on a $1.5 million surplus.

Town moderators across the state called their town meetings to order this morning. Voters in cities and towns all over Vermont are deciding municipal and school budgets and a range of other issues.

We look at what goes into preparing a town budget and the steps it goes through for approval. Plus, two UVM professors discuss research exploring a link between a specific hormone and PTSD. And we hear the First Baptist Church of Brattleboro's 103-year-old Estey pipe organ.