Vermont Officials Split on Tax Help and School Chief Reinstatement
In Montpelier Vermont former Tax Commissioner Gerald Witherspoon declines a Ways and Means drafting role citing limited consulting time as a Dartmouth faculty member. Governor Davis faces a report on vacation home impacts while Hartford schools reconsider firing veteran principal John Gates amid petitions from taxpayers and students.
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House
Ways and Means
William Miller
Miller
Hartford
UPI
John Gates
Gates
Carl Kelton
Kelton
Albany Union Station could host South Mall Cultural Center
Senator Albert B. Lewis proposes converting Albany’s Union Station rather than demolishing it for the Riverfront Arterial. He says using the 68 year old landmark would save at least 36 million dollars and preserve history, while funding the museum and library project. Troy Firehouse location eyed by officials
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Albert B. Lewis
Brooklyn
Rockefeller
Union Station
South Mall
Troy
Protesting group arrested at Berkshire Welfare Office
Fifteen people including 12 mothers two VISTA workers and one antipoverty worker were arrested after a Tuesday protest at the city Welfare Office over food clothing allowances and social worker visits. They were arraigned in District Court after refusing to leave. In Pittsfield liquor hours extended to 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays starting March 6 7 in a bid to curb cross border drinking. Eaton Paper Corp approved a 300000 Nascon Division expansion adding 67000 square feet. Williamstown to host free Berkshire Regional Educational Theatre Macbeth at Chapin Hall March 5 at 8 30 pm.
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City Welfare Office
VISTA
Lester W. Chenail
Pittsfield
New York State
Eaton Paper Corp
Textron, Inc
Nascon
Archille Lamoreux
Williamstown
Chapin Hall
Williams College
Operators Oppose Proposed Ski Lift Tax
Public hearing at the Vermont State House drew ski operators against a proposed lift tax. The bill would levy 5 cents on lifts under 50 cents, 10 cents on tickets up to $1, and 10 percent on tickets over $1. Supporters cite Vermont tourism dollars, while opponents warn of a revenue shift and public backlash.
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UPI
State House
House
Ways and Means Committee
John Carbine Jr
Rutland
Philip C. Camp
Sugarbush
Warren
Camp
Rome
Vermont
Sepp Ruschp
Mt. Mansfield Ski Co
Stowe
Ruschp
Killington
Anthony Baraczynski
Dbrattleboro
Buraczynski
$1.1 Million Bond Issue Voted in Townshend Area
Union High School District 34 voters approved a 1.1 million bond for a new junior-senior high school by a 153 vote margin among Brookline Jamaica Newfane and Townshend residents. West Rutland residents backed a 720 thousand bond as their share of a 14 million sewage plant project by 400 to 165 in a special election.
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Union High School
Brookline
Jamaica
Newfane
West Rutland
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