Peacock seeks Mount Anthony School Board seat
Brent Peacock a 29 year old local building contractor announced his candidacy for the Mount Anthony Union High School Board representing Shaftsbury. Incumbent Dr. Barth Vander Els opposes him. Balloting will occur in the June 26 meeting by Australian ballot. Peacock said he aims to serve the town and board well.
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Shaftsbury
Brent Peacock
Mount Anthony
Peacock
Barth Vander Els
Vander Els
Forecast for Boston Area Thursday Through Saturday
Extended outlook calls for fair Thursday and Friday with a chance of showers Saturday. Highs mostly in the 50s, lows from mid 30s to lower 40s. Peacock discusses board dynamics, election plans, and budget cuts, noting he would take a back seat his first year to learn issues. He is a local graduate, family man, and spouse of Beatrica Bee Browe.
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Boston
UPI
Peacock
Franklin Institute
St. Joseph’s College
Brent Dana
Bonna-Bee
Beatrica ‘‘Bee
Browe
Clifford to leave Stratton Corp in new growth phase
Stratton Corp president Clifford Harvey will resign in October after seven years. John Layman and Richard Lechthaley will also depart. The plan: split the president role, expand snowmaking, lifts, a second base lodge, more rental units, and year round facilities to transform Stratton into a year round resort with hotels and condos.
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Clifford
Stratton Corp
Stratton
Harvey Clifford
John Layman
Richard Lechthaley
Banner
Lechthaler
Edward G. Janeway
Orcutt Meadow
Janeway
Vermont
Mt. Snow
Manchester
Shaftsbury selectmen discuss playground supervision and town repairs
Shaftsbury selectmen signed routine bills and debated fixes for a grader motor costing 1500 to 1800 dollars. They considered rebuilding vs replacing the old motor, noted good back road conditions, and planned to fix a broken brake on the dump’s trax cavator. They discussed after hours dumping at Eagle Square and the need for supervised recreation, potential hiring of staff, and school board input. They approved chipping brush in Granger and Shaftsbury hollows and considered road improvements on Cross Hill Road, while excluding BB gun provisions from the firearms ordinance. The board welcomed two new Manpower workers and set a meeting for next Monday.
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Sheilah Miller
Shaftsbury
Anthony Altobell
Alvan Lawrence
Sanford Buxbaum
Buxbaum
Lawrence
Bennington
Ray Favereau
Granger
Shaftsbury Hollows
Brent Peacock
Cross Hill Road
State Highway Department
Altobell
Multiple Vermont Traffic Deaths Reported In Road Crashes
State police reported two fatal car crashes on Route 2 in North Concord and Route 153 in West Pawlet, killing Comeau 20 and Grant 17, with another unborn baby stillborn after a Townshend accident. Terrance Gokey 28 remained in serious condition at a Brattleboro hospital. Vermont Yankee seeks to avert a strike by offering a new contract to IBEW workers, with about 60 employees covered and a federal mediator involved.
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State Medical Examiner’s
Townshend
Brattleboro
Terrance Gokey
Vernon
A&P Convicted in Vermont Unit-Pricing Violations
The A and P supermarket chain was convicted on 30 counts of unit pricing violations in Vermont District Court and fined 100 dollars per count. Thirty counts were upheld while 26 were dismissed. The Essex Junction store was cited along with Martin's Store, P and C Market, and Cherry Street Grand Union in related charges from the consumer fraud division probe.
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Burlington
UPI
A&p
Vermont
Chittenden County
Essex Junction
Martin’s
Shelburne Road
P&c
Cherry Street Grand Union
DA probes Adult World amid river street disputes
Troy county district attorney Pierce H. Russell is examining the legality of the River and Hoosick Street Adult World store amid complaints. Utica owner Joseph Deeb says harassment is expected as Russell weighs every legal angle. In Hoosick Falls, Rep Thomas G Restino plans a county probe into the mental hygiene department amid Albany Times Union critiques.
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Troy — Rensselaer County
Pierce H. Russell
River
Hoosick
Russell
Joseph Deeb
Deeb
Hoosick Falls
Albany Times Union
New York
Thomas G. Restino
Restino
Otis Reservoir poaching pollution spark legislative action
DNR surveys count 78 poachers on state land at Otis Reservoir in Berkshire. Sewage discharges from buildings head toward shoreline septic systems. The plant’s historic land holdings trace to Farmington Power Co with parcels sold across decades. a special act of the legislature may be required for land sales. In Greenfield, civil defense officials order stale crackers dumped after storage concerns and animal feeding bans.
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Otis
State Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Otis Reservoir
Berkshire
Massachusetts
Farmington Power Co
Greenfield
Greenfield Civil Defense
William Wiles
Wiles
CD Agency
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Mauhs Board
Selectmen
Traxcavator
George Peacock
Eagle Square
David Moriarty
Moriarty
Audrey Jones
School Board
Joe Crossman
Gilbert Vaughn
Timothy Richards
Richmond Galusha
Galusha
Richards
Ray Moffitt
Chittenden People
George Jepson
Member FC
Nuke
Vermont Gas Systems
Canada
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