Putney town clerk saga triggers statewide questions

Putney holds its annual town meeting Tuesday at the local Central School. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
PUTNEY — When the local official set to preside over Tuesday’s town meeting resigned 10 hours earlier after a year of conflict, who would — or could — succeed her was just the first of a long list of questions.
Town Clerk and Treasurer Denise Germon won election last March, only to stop working in May without offering a timely reason or resignation. That left t