GREENSBORO -- Ida and Ted Perron received the Greensboro Award for 2010 at the Greensboro Town Meeting March 2. They were dairy farmers in Greensboro from the 1920s on. Mr. Perron tended his fields on a tractor, smoking his pipe, while his sister, Ida Perron, taught school and tended their extensive vegetable and flower gardens. At the end of the day, they listened to and played music for their friends and neighbors. Mr. Perron died in 2006. Ms. Perron lives in the old farmhouse on Craftsbury Road with Ted’s wife, Nan Vetter. At the end of the day, Ida and Nan walk their dogs in the twilight.
Peter Gebbie retired as selectman. A huge cake in honor of his service was presented to him, and the 113 or so residents gathered in the Lakeview Elementary School for the Town Meeting took advantage of the first ballot vote, for library trustee, to start eating all the cake.
Greensboro Early Learning Center recently changed its name to Four Seasons Early Learning Center, reflecting the larger number of day-care children coming from Hardwick, Craftsbury, and Stannard families than from Greensboro. The center asked for a $10,000 contribution from the townspeople of Greensboro even though the other towns have never made such a contribution. A motion was made to cut the Greensboro contribution in half, but that motion was defeated.
Andy Dales spoke in favor of the Caspian Lake milfoil eradication program request for $6,000, reporting that “in the last eleven years, we have found milfoil on a trailer or a boat every year but last year.”
Karl Stein reported that he has at last been successful in obtaining broadband access to the Internet from FairPoint Communications, after years of being denied access. His strategy: “Fight for it! Complain to the PSB! The PSB says they don’t have enough complaints being filed.” (The PSB is the Public Service Board.)
Selectmen Warren Hill and Jeffrey Tolman are negotiating with the town of Hardwick for better police protection for the $150,000 Hardwick requested for police coverage in fiscal year 2011. Mr. Hill and Mr. Tolman reminded the assembly that the Vermont State Police cannot provide Greensboro with police coverage from the St. Johnsbury barracks. The selectmen want to hear from Greensboro residents on how satisfied they are with Hardwick police coverage.
In Christmas tree news
“That thing is in my front yard! I would suggest that we replace it with a smaller one that can be better decorated,” said Janet Long about the Christmas tree growing in the town center. After some colorful discussion, the townspeople voted 31 to 20 to keep the Christmas tree for another year, but as the discussion took place under other business, the vote is not binding on the town.
Town officers and school district officers elected were: selectman for three years, Margaret Lipscomb; selectman for one year, Marsha Gadoury; auditor for three years, Patricia Mercier; trustee of public funds for three years, Sherral Lumsden; lister for three years, Ted Donlon; Greensboro School Board for three years, Wayne Young; Union 43 School Board (Lakeview) for three years, Tara Reynolds and Lance Hall; Union 43 board for two years, Wanda Niemi; Union 43 board for one year, Karl Stein; Union 26 School Board (Hazen) for three years, Wayne Young; school district treasurer for one year, Lorraine Tolman; library trustee for three years, David Metraux; collector of delinquent taxes for one year, Janet Long; first constable for one year, Rick Walsh; second constable for one year, Mark Snyder; town agent for one year, David Smith; and grand juror for one year, David Smith.
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