Shaftsbury caucus fills slate amid storms and shifts
Shaftsbury Republicans and Democrats held a late Friday caucus and weekend sessions to fill key town posts including town clerk sister and auditor. Bets involved resignations by Cathy Harwood and Eric Adler while Chewa Jotikasthira and Pierre Letourneau emerged for posts. the Hatch Act barred Caslin. Colvin’s timing also supported John G. Simson’s farewell as Bennington County official.
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Shaftsbury
Roberta Haynes
Chewa Jotikasthira
Sister
Michael Caslin
U.S. Postal Service
Cole Hall
Colvin
Fairwell
John G. Simson
Bennington County
Dawn Knapp Kemp
Patrick Burke
Schuyler Borst
Pierre Letourneau
Merton Snow
Charles Becker
Winston Beebe
Becker
Alvan Lawrence
GOP
Clinton McDonald
Wesley Bump
Paul Jepson
Kelton Miller
Robert Kline
Bernard Whitman
William Pullman
A. Ranney Galusha
Taconic Grange No 491 Holds January Meeting
Taconic Grange No 491 met at Jessie Peters home on Tuesday January 25 with Master Frances Hunt presiding. Hiel Reed reported on possible sale of the Grange Hall to Shaftsbury for recreation and town offices and dues increased to five dollars per member.
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Taconic Grange No
Jessie Peters
Frances Hunt
Hiel Reed
Shaftsbury
Harold Cross
Ida Snow
Sister Snow
Mae Reed
Vermont
Marilyn Cross
Grange
Theresa Wood
Robert and
Julia Booth
Gov Carey waives unemployment waiting period amid gas crunch
In Albany, Gov Hugh Carey waives the one week waiting period for unemployment benefits as New York faces factory lay offs from a natural gas shortage. About 400 part time workers in unemployment offices are asked to work today to handle anticipated applicant flood.
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Albany
New York
Hugh Carey
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Carey
Vermont Campus beer on campuses approved by trustees
Vermont State College trustees voted unanimously to back a bill legalizing sale of beer and wine on campuses. They cited a student association claim that campus sales could cut drunken driving. Gov. Snelling proposed a $700,000 budget increase as VSC sought $1.9 million more. The bill moves to House committee. The EPA announced $1.3 million in grants to Vermont towns for water pollution control projects including South Burlington, Burlington, Middlebury and Orleans for sewer improvements.
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Castleton
UPI
Vermont State College
Arthur Crandall
VSC
Crandall
Richard Snelling
Boston
Mass
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Vermont
South Burlington
Burlington
Pine Street
Middlebury
Orleans
Bakersfield farmer vows to stay after arson note threat
Jack Goss of Bakersfield, 41, says he will not leave town despite an arsonist burning his barn. He owns eight rifles and declined police protection. The Goss family found a front door note claiming the arson was to force them out after three warnings and three anonymous calls since November.
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Bakersfield
UPI
Jack Goss
Goss
Aging forum for professionals at University of Vermont
A multidisciplinary forum titled Aging is Becoming will be held at the University of Vermont from February 15 to June 16 for nurses social workers clergy and others involved with the elderly. It features 15 six hour sessions by regional experts led by Prof Janet Brown and Prof Armin Grams with aims to coordinate community services and urge action for aging care. Registration closes February 1 for all sessions and individual sessions have a 10 day prior deadline. information is available from Prof Janet P Brown Office of Continuing Medical Education UVM Burlington VI.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Vermont
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Janet Brown
R.N
UVM Professional Nursing
Armin Grams
UVM School of Home Economics
Janet P. Brown
Office of Continuing Medical Education
University of Vermont, Burlington
Berkshire Meeting Opposes Shadowbrook Prison Plan
Lenox and Stockbridge selectmen plan a public meeting Tuesday to oppose converting the former Shadowbrook Jesuit seminary into a state prison. Petitions backed by Stockbridge Chair John J. Pignatelli circulate, with Lenox Chair James F. Kiley and Pittsfield Mayor Paul E. Brindle signaling support.
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Lenox
Stockbridge
Shadowbrook
John J. Pignatelli
Michael Dukakis
Berkshires
Frank A. Hall
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