Manchester OKs public works superintendent job description
Manchester selectmen unanimously adopted a policy based job description for the new public works supervisor position. The role, under Town Manager Henry R. Lambert, focuses on supervising the road crew and sewer staff with a salary of 11500. The item drew some opposition from residents. The board also set annual employee reviews with quarterly checks first year and used letter grades instead of descriptors.
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Manchester
Henry R. Lambert
Lambert
Selectman
Stanford Zecher
Zecher
John Hawkins
Vermont Third Century planning group gains state grant support
Arlington volunteers hear from Bennington’s Robert Matteson as he outlines a Vermont Third Century Project. Four groups vie for a $250,000 spring grant to set first quarter goals for Vermont’s next century, with meetings held in communities rather than public forums.
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Philip Jordan
Richard King
Ronnie Cole
Robert Mattison
Duncan Lloyd
Arlington Volunteer Fire Company
Robert J. M. Matteson
Bennington
Arlington Firehouse
Matteson
Vermont Council On the Humanities and Public Issues
Vermont
Arlington
Joseph Parks
Tom Neely
Williamstown
Mass
Matteson Associates
Vincent Finneran
John Garnett
Brandon
Shaftsbury man jailed for marijuana conspiracy
ALBANY, N.Y. Bruce Kay of Shaftsbury Vermont received a six month prison sentence after December convictions for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Also sentenced were Kevin Cooney of Tucson Arizona Harold Levy of Aspen Colorado and John Levebre of Tucson. Cooney and Levy got 18 months each. Kay and Levebre received lesser terms due to lesser involvement per Judge James T. Foley.
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Albany, N.Y
Bruce Kay
Shaftsbury
Kevin T. Cooney
Tucson
Ariz
Harold Levy
Aspen
Colo
John Levebre
Cooney
Levy
Levebre
Kay
U.S. District Court
James T. Foley
Local notices capture church event and visits across towns
Norma Travis from North Haledon visits relatives during school break while Maurice Perry hosts in Bradford. Families in Middlefield and Bennington share weekend gatherings and a 85th birthday celebration. Emberry Jermaine churches plan Charge Conference February 27 led by Rev. Beatty with 5:30 p.m. dish supper. Choir rehearsal at Pownal United Methodist Church is set for tonight at 7:30 followed by Pownal Center Fire Department worknight.
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Emberry and
Jermain
Kenneth W. Beatty
Emberry Church
Pownal United Methodist Church
Vermont Officials Back statewide repeal of poll tax
Aldermen in Rutland and Burlington Mayor Gordon Paquette back a statewide repeal of the poll tax sending the measure to the Senate after a House defeat. The House passed a towns option to repeal as part of a tax package. Senate action pending. Patrick Leahy and James Jeffords join in nine energy bills aimed at energy independence with solar use on farms and grants for conservation devices.
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Rutland
UPI
Gilbert Godrick
Senate
Burlington
Gordon Paquette
House
Ways and Means Committee
Vermont lawyer cleared of bribery allegations in perjury case
The Vermont Professional Conduct Board cleared Frank Mahady of wrongdoing over insinuations of accepting a bribe from a client related to a Windsor County case. Mahady and Frank Fucci split a $10,000 fee for defending Pauline Stebbins’s son, amid a probe sparked by publicity and a grand jury lie conviction.
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Pauline Stebbins
White River Junction
William Stebbins
Paul Hudson
Mahady
Windsor County
Conduct Board
Steamtown hires Florida move architect for layout
Robert Barbara director of Steamtown Inc in Bellows Falls says he has engaged architect Robert Burley of Waitsfield to draft a conceptional layout for a potential relocation to Florida. Barbara notes Burley’s firm specializes in historical architecture as Steamtown weighs moving from Vermont amid track maintenance and rental friction with the Mt. Ouray Mountain Railroad.
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Bellows Falls
UPI
Robert Barbara
Steamtown, Inc
Robert Burley
Waitsfield
Florida
Barbara
Burley
Steamtown
Oe Mountain Railroad
Officials discuss fate of girlie shows at Orleans County Fair
MONTPELIER UPI. Law enforcement officials were to meet with Howard Conley, president of the Orleans County Fair Association, to decide action on girlie shows at the five day event. Attorney General M Jerome Diamond requested the meeting with law enforcement and a Citizens League of Decency representative. The league had unsuccessfully opposed the girlie shows at Orleans last summer, though similar acts appeared at other state fairs.
New York GOP Welfare Cut Plan Emerges in Albany
In Albany GOP state senators propose tying welfare benefits to an adjusted state average, claiming a 48 to 70 million dollar cut. They plan to file details and a bill early next week while Governor Carey pushes a 40 million dollar reduction through targeted program cuts. Also in Albany, DA probes whether lax building enforcement contributed to the 2 year old Rebecca Ford death. records show the building was unfit but leased by Social Services for the Ford family.
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Albany
Hugh Carey
GOP
New York
Albany County District Attorney’s
City of
Rebecca Ford
Department of Social Services
Fords
Berkshire Schools Face Closure and Saint Joseph Building Proposal
In North Adams, school leaders push closing Haskins Mark Hopkins and Johnson elementary schools over facilities and cost concerns. Neighbors argue small schools foster warmth and security. A plan suggests buying the unused St Josephs School building for 1500 students from Springfield Diocese seeking about 1 million dollars. In North Adams Corner Market bans Babeu family from store over anti pornography stance but allows entry with trespass warnings on Babeu.
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North Adams
Haskins
Mark Hopkins
Johnson
St. Joseph’s
Springfield
Earlie
Raymond F Babeu
Newsweek
Helen Babeu
Patrick E. Rondeau
Babeu
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