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Vermont residents vote to save 19th-century church

The residents of Stowe, Vt., have spoken: A decrepit 19th-century church will live to see another year.
Voters at Town Meeting day Tuesday rejected a proposal that the ski town "sell, respectfully salvage or otherwise dispose of the so-called 'Rotary Barn.'" The building was constructed in 1839 and has since served as a Christian church, gymnasium, classroom and storage space.
Read entire article at AP