Town budget

$939,195; $753, or 0.08 percent, more than this year’s budget of $938,442.



School budget

$581,820; $42,900, or 7.96 percent, more than this year’s budget of $538,920.



Castleton/Hubbardton Union School District budget

$5,856,264; $228,154, or 4.05 percent, more than this year’s budget of $5,628,110.



Fair Haven Union High School budget

$7,959,045; $356,470, or 4.7 percent, more than this year’s budget of $7,602,575.



Special articles

Will the town authorize the Select Board to lease/purchase a $106,080 Case Tractor loader/backhoe? This would amount to three annual payments of $30,434.40.

Will the town raise $250 to start a reserve fund to begin funding for the town’s 250th birthday celebration to be held in 2014?



Contested races

Dawn Custer and Marissa Memergut are vying for the town clerk and treasurer seat.



Meeting location

Residents will gather for a floor meeting at 7 p.m. March 4 at the Hubbardton Town Hall to vote on money matters. The election of town officials will be by Australian ballot from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 5 at the Hubbardton Town Hall.