♦ SELECTBOARD MEETING CHANGES FOR DECEMBER & JANUARY:
- There will be a special Selectboard meeting to discuss and take public comment on converting Taft Brook Road to a dead-end road. The meeting will take place on Monday, December 2nd at 6 p.m. at the Town Office, 38 School Street.
Click here for the Selectboard Agenda-Special Meeting-Taft Brook Road 12-2-19 and Resolution – Draft – for Taft Brook Road Dead-End 12-2-19.doc
- The regular, 3rd Monday of the month Selectboard meeting, has been cancelled for December.
- The regular monthly Selectboard meeting for January 20, 2020, has been cancelled.
- The Selectboard will meet on January 8th at 8 a.m. and January 23rd at 8 a.m. at the Town Office to set the budget for 2020 and to draft the Warning for Town Meeting.
♦ TOWN OFFICE CLOSED: Thanksgiving Day: November 28 – reopen on Monday, December 2nd at 8 a.m.
♦ VILLAGE CENTER DESIGNATION:
The Town of Westfield was recently awarded Village Center Designation by the Department of Housing and Community Development. For full details click on this Press Release Link-Westfield Village Center Designation 9-2019
♦ SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE WESTFIELD TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT:
ELECTION RESULTS:
November 12, 2019 Election Results Town of Westfield
November 12, 2019 Election Results Town of Jay
- Warning-Westfield Town School District Special Meeting-Election 11-12-19
- Sample Ballot 11-12-19
- New Joint School Agreement 2019
- Original Joint School Agreement 1992
- Summary of the Revisions to JWJES Agreement 2019
- Notice To Voters For 11-12-19 Westfield Town School District Election
♦ SELECTBOARD CHANGE OF MEETING DAY/TIME: The Selectboard will now meet the third Monday each month for their regular monthly meeting (previously the second Monday). The time has also changed from 6 p.m. to 5 p.m. Contact the Town Clerk if you would like an item on the agenda.
♦ WESTFIELD COMMUNITY MEALSITE FOR DECEMBER:
All are invited to enjoy a community lunch every Thursday at Noon at the Westfield Community Center (North Hill Rd./School St.) A donation of $4/person is requested with the 2nd Thursday of the month FREE. Special thanks to Berry Creek Farm and its CSA members for once again providing a harvest of fresh fruits and vegetables during this growing season.
♦ December 5th – Juice, Chicken Bordelaise with Biscuits, Red Potatoes, Carrots, Dessert by Eric
♦ December 12th – (free meal) Juice, Spaghetti & Meat Balls, Garden salad, Garlic bread, Fruit cocktail cake with chocolate sauce.
♦ December 19th – Juice, Turkey dinner, Rolls, Apple Cupcakes
♦ December 26th – MERRY CHRISTMAS (no meal)
A free RSVP Bone Builders Balancing and Strengthening Class meets weekly before the meal from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Following lunch join the fun and play Bingo and card games!
Sponsored by the Troy and Area Lions Club. For more information call 744-2484.
♦ DOG LICENSES ARE DUE BY APRIL 1ST EACH YEAR:

Fees for licensing on or before April 1:
Spayed/Neutered $9; Unspayed/Unneutered $13
Fees for licensing after April 1:
Spayed/Neutered $11; Unspayed/Unneutered $17.
For your convenience, checks for license fees can be left in the secure drop box next to the Town Clerk’s front door. Once processed your dog’s license/tags will be sent to you by return mail.
Town Clerk’s Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
or call (802) 744-2484 to make other arrangements.
♦ VT TAX INFORMATION: Click on this link for VT Dept. of Taxes-FAQs Tax Time. The document includes links for VT Department of Taxes forms.
♦ NOTICE TO HOMEOWNERS: Homestead Declaration are to be filed each year by every Vermont resident whose property meets the definition of a homestead. A Vermont homestead is the principal dwelling and parcel of land surrounding the dwelling, owned and occupied by a resident individual as the individual’s domicile on April 1. If your homestead is leased to a tenant on April 1, you may still claim it as a homestead if it is not leased for more than 182 days in the 2016 calendar year.
Vermont Tax Booklets are available at:
- Download fillable PDF forms from the web at www.bit.ly/vttaxforms
- Order forms by email: tax.formsrequest@vermont.gov
- Order forms by phone at (855) 297-5600 (toll free in the U.S.) or (802) 828-2515
Visit the Property Taxes Page for additional property tax information.
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Westfield Community Center and
the Hitchcock Museum & Library with
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inside the buildings.
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Town Offices: 38 School Street, Westfield, VT 05874
Phone: (802) 744-2484 ♦ Fax: (802) 744-6224
Email: townofwestfield@comcast.net
LaDonna Dunn ♦ Town Clerk
Heather Johnson & Connie LaPlume ♦ Assistant Town Clerks
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Mary Lou Jacobs ♦ Treasurer
Office Hours: Wednesday 8 a.m.-2 p.m. and by appointment
Cover photo by LaDonna Dunn: Summer Days on Buck Hill Road