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   "headline": "Select Board to hold work session on FY27 water and sewer budgets",
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   "headline": "Select Board to review opioid settlement funding and housing merger grant",
   "summary": "The Bennington Select Board will consider a request for opioid settlement funds from Turning Point. The board is also reviewing resolutions regarding trail improvements and a planning grant for a housing merger.",
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   "date": "2026-04-13",
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   "headline": "Select Board to review animal control ordinance and reorganize",
   "summary": "The Select Board will reorganize and review an updated Animal Control Ordinance. The board will also consider re-adopting its Rules of Procedure and Public Comment Guidelines. No specific dollar amounts or contracts are listed.",
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   "date": "2026-03-23",
   "body": "Select Board",
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   "date": "2026-03-02",
   "body": "SW Tech & Annual Town Meeting",
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   "date": "2026-02-23",
   "body": "Select Board",
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   "body": "Select Board",
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   "date": "2026-01-26",
   "body": "Select Board",
   "headline": "Select Board to approve Annual Town Meeting Warning",
   "summary": "The Select Board will meet to approve the Annual Town Meeting Warning. The agenda includes presentations on the Local Emergency Management Plan and Cold Weather Annex, as well as a report from the Economic Development Committee.",
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   "body": "Select Board",
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   "date": "2026-01-10",
   "body": "Special Meeting - Budget Work Session",
   "headline": "Select Board to hold FY2027 budget work session",
   "summary": "The Bennington Select Board is meeting to conduct a work session for the FY2027 budget. The board will review funding requests from specific organizations and finalize the General Fund Budget.",
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