Voters on Town Meeting Day rejected a plan to locate a youth detention facility in their town

NEWBURY — Voters on Town Meeting Day rejected a plan to locate a youth detention facility in their town. More than 90 percent of the people who completed ballots on Tuesday checked “yes” to a question asking if the select board should tell state officials that the town doesn’t want a facility at 487 Stevens Place. The property, which includes 280 acres, is owned by Vermont Permanency Initiative Inc.; the Vermont Department for Children and Families proposes to lease the space to house “justice-involved youth.” The plans call for VPI to operate a six-bed secure residential and detention facility, housing boys between the ages of 11 and 17.