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Select Board Approves MMCTV Halloween Display at Town Center
Summary
The Select Board approved Mount Mansfield Community Television(MMCTV)'s request to decorate the Town Center, play music and hand out candy to trick-or-treaters on Oct. 31, 2025. The board president recused themself; the motion by David, seconded by Bard, carried.
The Select Board voted to approve a request from Mount Mansfield Community Television (MMCTV) to decorate the Town Center building, pipe music into the street and hand out candy to trick-or-treaters on the evening of Halloween, Oct. 31, 2025. The board president recused themself from the discussion and vote.
An MMCTV representative described the proposed display during the board's special meeting, saying the group plans projected window animations ("eyeballs" and "dancing skeletons"), silhouette cutouts of pumpkins and ghosts, and volunteers handing out candy from the front of the building. "We started to learn the technique of projecting animations in the windows," the representative said, adding that volunteers from the group's new radio station and other nonprofit tenants in the building had been invited to help.
The representative said the group hopes to run the display roughly between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., with a staff member turning the decorations off when the event winds down. A 40-second demonstration video of the projection setup was included in the meeting packet, the representative noted.
At least one board member clarified for the record that the planned decorations and activities "would not imply or espouse support for a political or religious position." The MMCTV representative echoed that the decorations are intended to be family-friendly and civic-minded rather than political.
During deliberations David moved to approve the request; Bard seconded. The chair called the question and vocal affirmations were recorded; the motion carried. The transcript does not include a full roll-call tally in the available text. The board recorded no further business and moved toward adjournment.
The approval allows MMCTV to use the Town Center facade and to distribute candy and play music on Oct. 31, 2025; the motion and discussion included no additional conditions or permit terms recorded in the transcript.
