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Farmington Green Efforts Committee Funds Full $4,500 for Union School Compost Table

Henry Whitfield·

The Farmington Green Efforts Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to cover the full $4,500 cost of a custom compost-sorting table for Union Elementary School — more than doubling the $2,000 the school's Student Council had asked for and freeing the Union PTO from the contribution it had pledged. Three Student Council members presented the school's three-stream cafeteria sorting program before the vote.

Farmington Votes Thursday: Polls Open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Across Four Locations

Jack Beckett·

Farmington's annual budget referendum is Thursday, April 30. Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. across four locations. On the ballot: the $143 million FY 2026-27 operating budget plus $18.3 million in bonds (a $14.34 million school HVAC upgrade and a $4 million road and drainage bond). Here's the short version of where to vote, how absentee ballots work, and what the Mercury has covered on each piece of the ballot over the past month.

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