Great Barrington School Board to be arraigned in elecrocut ion death case
All ten Berkshire Hills Regional School Committee members face arraignment next Tuesday in Southern District Court over charges tied to the July 21 electrocution death of Jonathan E. Berks, 18, a Stockbridge maintenance worker at Searles Middle School. The charges allege violations of state safety codes by permitting underage or unsafe work near energized lines and within proximity to high voltage equipment.
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Stephen Fay
Great Barrington
Mass
Berkshire Hills Regional School Committee
Southern
John J. Dwyer
State Department of Labor and Industries
Jonathan E. Berks
Stockbridge
Berks
Searles Middle
Donald W. Goodrich
Goodrich
James Grosso
Department of Labor and Industries
Dwyer
Raymond R. Cross
Pittsfield
Berkshire Hills
Commissioner of Labor and Industries
Michael Hunt
Berks and Hunt
Neil Haywood
Snow Valley installs long awaited chairlift in Vermont
Prolonged rains and early snows delayed Snow Valley in Southern Vermont but this week helicopter crews set the tower units for the new chair. The 3,500 foot lift aims to open for the season on December 2 and will boost uphill capacity and access to new terrain with views of the Green Mountains.
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Winhall
Vermont
Snow Valley
Lowell Thomas
Green Mountains
AMHS Scholarship Fund aids Arlington students second semester
The AMHS Scholarship Fund is available for students in financial need for the second semester. Applications may be picked up at the high school. In East Arlington Bailey Hall hosts free meals for those 60 and over every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon. Call Virginia Andrews or Nellie Hayden the day before for details. Next week’s menu includes baked chicken, pot roast, and baked fish with sides and desserts.
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AMHS
Bailey Hall
East Arlington
Virginia Andrews
Nellie Hayden
Christmas Bazaars Across Pownal This Weekend
Multiple Pownal groups host Christmas bazaars Saturday with 10 am to 4 pm hours at various locations including Pownal Elementary School Town Hall Pownal Center Church First Methodist Church and the Pownal Recreation Community Center. Events feature rummage sale baked goods crafts plants foods and children activities with Santa on site.
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Pownal
Women’s Fellowship of the
Pownal Center
East Pownal
First Methodist
Bennington
South Stream Road
Pownal Elementary
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
North Pownal Congregational Church
Manger
Vermont regulator suspends Norwich broker license
Vermont Real Estate Commission has suspended Gertrude Abbott, known as Trudy Abbott Real Estate, for alleged rule violations including offering a property without a valid listing and advising backdating a deposit check and changes to a sales agreement. The 30 day suspension became effective Wednesday.
Whitbeck death ruled homicide in Albany area
Albany County Coroner James Keecer declared the November 17 death of James Whitbeck a homicide, tied to beatings during captivity. DAs to meet on murder charges. Seven arrested. four pleaded guilty to kidnapping and assault for no murder immunity. one woman innocent plea. two more pleaded guilty to assault with no murder immunity. In Troy, Lewis A. Swyer again asked to submit downtown mall plans after prior withdrawal request amid competing proposals and financial troubles.
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Albany
James Keecer
James Whitbeck
Whitbeck
Troy
Lewis A. Swyer
John P. Buckley
Swyer
Green Island
Carl Grimm
Grimm
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