Selectboard closes vicious dog bite hearing after accepting evidence; owner absent

May 12, 2026

The Starksboro Selectboard accepted documentary evidence into the record and voted unanimously to close the May 12 hearing; no owner representative appeared and no enforcement action was recorded at the meeting.

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At the conclusion of testimony on May 12, the Starksboro Selectboard accepted written materials into the hearing record — including the complaint, a return service notice, the town dog ordinance, an expired rabies vaccination certificate, a VSP incident report, body-cam footage, an ER visit summary, the victim’s impact statement and related medical bills — and heard final comments from witnesses.

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