Controversy continues, but Pownal chooses five projects to pursue

Pownal residents vote on possible community-oriented projects during an Empower Pownal meeting Tuesday. Photo by Jim Therrien/VTDiggerPOWNAL — About 120 town residents whittled down a list of proposed community-oriented projects from 16 to five, but not before critics of the Vermont Council on Rural Development-led initiative continued to press their objections.
That included attempts to re-argue points debated in the media and elsewhere over the past month, leading to a few flurries of ra