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- ↑ Gresser, Joseph (December 16, 2009). "High school budget set to fall next year". The Chronicle. Barton, Vermont: The Chronicle. p. 1.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Braithwaite, Chris (February 17, 2010). "Coventry still complains about property taxes". Barton, Vermont: the Chronicle. p. 24.
