New Scotland candidates share their views in live forum

The Enterprise is putting together this year's election guide with readers. We'll collect your ideas and questions and ask the top ones of the candidates in a forum. Scroll down for a list of responses.

 

Early voting starts Oct. 23.

 

Listen to candidates' views in New Scotland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Superintendent Marie Wiles told the board members at their March 12 meeting, that, by creating a third Comprehensive Skills section next year, “The hope is spreading those students out over three sections, recognizing the wide range of age levels that are served there, [ages] 14 to 22, will give us a lot more opportunity to meet those individual needs, customize the programs for those students as they age through the program and their journey here.”

  • To encourage affordable housing and also to protect the town’s water quality and quantify, the draft says, the town board is proposing a six-month moratorium on subdivisions of five or more lots; apartment complexes of 25 or more units; and residential care facilities of 50 or more units.

  • “How much would we want to spend on this?” asked the board’s president, Catherine Barber, noting the costs were in the neighborhood of $16,000. “That’s a lot to investigate a Facebook post,” said Barber.

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