Grant Co awaits court liquidation in bankruptcy case
Grant Co with 393 stores, led by Bennington W T Grant, faces potential liquidation as U S Bankruptcy Judge John H Galgay weighs the creditors committee recommendation. Company debts exceed 1 billion dollars and 714 of 1073 stores have closed since October under Chapter 11, with remaining stores in the Northeast and a Monument Plaza outlet employing 80 locals.
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Bennington
W.T. Grant Co
Albert E. Edmundson
Grant
U.S
John H. Galgay
New York
Edmundson
Monument Plaza
Official Creditors’ Committee
South
Shopping center unveiled for Hoosick Falls estate
Ehmler estate in Hoosick Falls New York moves into a new phase with Ressco Development Ltd announcing plans to build a shopping center on the property. The project drew enthusiastic replies from town and village officials as details spill onto Page 9 of the paper.
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Ehmler
Hoosick
N.Y
Ressco Development Ltd
Hoosick Falls
Rolf Sternberg
Williams
Virginia Szirbik
Manchester
Rift ends career education program in SVSU
Dispute between Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union and Learning for Living officials leads to exclusion from next year’s federally funded project. John E. Murray says the principals’ pro rata funding demand undermines the program’s goals, sparking a control battle over curriculum and training funding. The project aids teachers in designing career aligned curricula.
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Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
SVSU
John E. Murray
George A. Sleeman
Murray
Learning For Living
SWLU
Rutland Southwest
Windham Southwest Supervisory
Mt. Anthony
Facing Death with Grandparents Plans and Reflections
A personal meditation on confronting death through conversations with grandparents in New Paltz New York. The writer recalls their exceptional grandparents who have prepared funeral plans and gathered essential documents in a single folder with cremation wishes and burial arrangements.
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Gramp
Gram
New Paltz
VT2 steamtrain to Bennington fizzles today
The Bennington Bicentennial Committee learned the VT2 steamtrain will not visit Bennington this summer. Poor track conditions from Rutland to Bennington and lack of funds force severe curtailment, with excursions limited Burlington to Rutland to Bellows Falls and possibly Bennington after Aug 15.
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Bennington
Burlington
Jenkins
Rutland
Bellows Falls
Anthony Egan
Gov. Salmon
Steamtown U
Debate on Colvin plan stirs Vermont education aid
In Montpelier, a heated House floor debate looms on altering Vermont's Miller Formula for education aid. The Education Committee recommends no change, but Rep. Colvin and Rep. Carse plan to push their own bills for floor debate amid a minority report condemning the committee's work as a waste.
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Henry Carse
R-Hinesburg
Colvin
House Education Committee
Louise Swainbank
St. Johnsbury
Handgun ban rejected by House Judiciary Committee
The House Judiciary Committee voted 25 to 8 to kill a nationwide handgun ban amendment. It also rejected a 22 to 10 proposal to permit ownership but bar future manufacture import and resale. The panel weighs a national firearms registry and state registration systems as it tightens gun laws.
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Washington
Martin Russo
D-Ill
Defection among nuclear engineers and Hearst denouncements
In national news ex Soviet era SLA comrades denounce Ms Hearst as Gov Thomson prepares to appeal a license plate slogan ruling. Local notes Vermont House debates a state employee raise and self pay. Page sections cover various topics and regional updates.
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SLA
Hearst
Thomson
Vermont House
Russell Baker
Hoosick
Vermont
Bennington Seeks Town Manager as Two Candidates Remain
After a lengthy screening process Bennington selectmen narrow the field to two finalists. Peter Garland former Searsport town manager and ex U S Congressman draws a straw vote lead over John Spita Auburn assistant manager. Final decision delayed to allow more reference checks and likely action next Monday.
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Rob Woolmington
Bennington Selectmen
Peter Garland
Searsport
Maine
USS
John Spita
Auburn
Lewiston
Garland
The
Banner
Saco
Gorham
Claremont
N.H
Belfast Republican Journal
Denise Goodman
Goodman
Searsport Board of Selectmen
Spita
Bennington
Somerset
N.J
Woolmington
Judge rejects LA suit and Harris enters presidential primary
A federal judge in Vermont refused to order the secretary of state to place People's Party candidate Margaret Wright on the state primary ballot. He found no irreparable harm, noting she can still pursue the nomination via a party convention or other avenues. Meanwhile Fred Harris joined the March 2 primary race, with petitions filed after Ford, Shriver, Carter and McCormack had entered.
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Burlington
UPI
Secretary of State
People’s Party
Margaret Wright
Vermont
U.S
Albert Coffrin
Liberty Union Party
Coffrin
Wright
Rutland
Liberty Union
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Harris
Ford
Sargent Shriver
Jimmy Carter
Ellen McCormack
Topping fire ruled accidental source found in junction box
Shaftsbury fire officials tracing a Friday night blaze that heavily damaged the museum say an adjacent junction box near the furnace room started the fire. Fire Chief William Kelley and state officers toured the basement and concluded the furnace was not involved. an electrical box is blamed with arson ruled out.
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Shaftsbury
William Kelley
Cpl
Glenn Hall
State Police
Richard Schlieder
Department of Labor and Industry
Kelley
Cpl. Hall
Schlieder
Manchester
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Arthur Jorgensen
Lena Jorgensen
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Williamstown
Patriots
Eagles
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