At last year's Annual Town Meeting, through a proposal by “Woody” Eugen Bernhard and language amended by the town, Marlboro voted that “we, the voters of the Town of Marlboro, Vermont, proudly support the civil rights of all people without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, disability, age, or education level.”
This year, Woody was at it again on Town Meeting Day.
Aided by his spouse, Susan Kunhardt, and fellow Marlboro residents Joe Mazue, Marcia Hamilton, and Steven John, they placed a banner reading “Civil Rights for All” on the side of the Marlboro Meeting House on March 6.
The Selectboard, which supported the idea, allowed banner to stay on the side of the Meeting House until March 14.
“I would like to say one or two things about other things happening in our country.” With those words, U.S. Senator and 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., launched into a critique of the Trump administration and the Republican majority delivered to a packed house at the Latchis Theatre...
Debating the merits of Act 46 and budget issues took up a good portion of this year's Annual Town Meeting. But Marlboro voters, as they traditionally do, were thinking beyond the town's borders. Resident Woody Bernhard introduced language for a sentiment he thought the town should stand for: “We,