Sunderland to sue Goodrich over elementary school defects
Sunderland School Board will sue architect Julian Goodrich and Speed Space Corp of Homestead Pa for roof leaks and drainage problems at the four year old elementary school. Attorney Arthur O'Dea outlined remedies and steps. The meeting also reviewed a 20 percent rise in the school budget and passed routine appropriations including $600 for the Bennington Opportunity Council. Rep Jane Gardner spoke on the legislative situation in Montpelier.
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Sunderland
Sunderland School Board
Julian Goodrich
Speed Space Corp
Homestead
Arthur O’dea
O’dea
Bennington
Animal Shelter
Catherine Harding
Harry Sheldon
Dorset town meeting trims budget amid long debate
More than 200 voters spent hours revising the 167,358 town budget cutting 12,916 to 154,442 with a 102 to 95 vote on highway funds. They debated town manager pay, taxes deadlines, and forest sales, then approved the overall budget at 434,421.93 with a surplus offset.
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Marchen Skinner Dorset
Vernon Squiers
Howard Steere
Francis McBride
Scott Casey
Craig Wheaton-Smith
Harry Sheldon
Harry Sheldon Jr
David Sheldon
Rhys Evans
Vermont
Rights bill eyed for Vermont gas dealers at public hearing
A public hearing on Senate Bill 19 to shield service-station operators in Vermont is set for Wednesday in Montpelier at 7 30 p m. Tom McGoff of the Vermont New Hampshire Gasoline Retail Dealers Association calls the measure a bill of rights to guard dealers and the public from oil company pressure. He notes many dealers face 5 day lease cancellations without such protections. A May 7 turkey gobbler hunt and Windsor County court case over John Hazen Jr’s dual roles also appear in this dispatch.
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Richard Taylor
Hudson Carpenter
Terry Tyler
Squires
Squiers
Stuart Ledbetter
Montpelier
Statehouse
Tom McGoff
Vermont
Fish & Game Department
Turkey
State Wildlife Laboratory
Roxbury
Rensselaer County program shifts to health and nutrition
In Troy the Rensselaer County Commission on Economic Opportunity plans a new fiscal year starting April 1 with a strengthened focus on food and health. Executive Director Allen R. Coleman notes a major team effort to develop a health care coalition to explain available services and potential additions to residents. In Albany, lawmakers push to block a state Catskill land use plan by transferring control to seven counties, complicating a statewide plan while the Temporary State Commission on the Catskills seeks a two year extension.
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Troy
Rensselaer County Commission On Economic Opportunity
Community Action Agency
Allen R. Coleman
Albany
Catskill
Catskills
Adirondack
Turquoise and White Hoosic River Sparks Local Battle
In North Adams the Hoosic River displayed turquoise color near the Widen Tannery and chalky white spill near Adams Waste Water Plant drawing protests from conservationists. Pittsfield unemployment rose to 10.1 percent in January, marking a two-decade high as temporary layoffs and cutbacks spread across businesses. analysts note the rate would be higher if those leaving the labor force were counted.
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North Adams
Hoosic River
Marcia I. Lamb
Hoosic River Basin
Citizens’ Environmental Protection Association
Lamb
Pittsfield
Bruce Searleman
State Division of Employment Security
Boston
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Goodrich
Florida
Armour Star
Terk
Faroes
CEL Toll
RED & White
Shank
Contadina
Long Dorset
National Forest
John Stannard
Dorset
East Dorset
Frederick Whittemore
Jefferson City
UPI
St. Louis
Missouri Division of Tourism
Dred Scott
New York
Down In
Berkshire
Hoosic
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