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Enterprise file photo — Marcello Iaia

A slim margin: Having at first denied the extension of a moratorium on gas drilling in Westerlo, the town board passed it, 3 to 2, in July with the attendance of an additional member as it was about to expire. Councilmen Theodore Lounsbury, pictured, and Alfred Field spoke about the slim likelihood of drilling in town, the wearied process of evaluating the issue, and the state’s long-awaited review, which, announced in December, lead to a ban on the process.