Carrigan Lane tenants seek relief from dilapidated homes
A Bennington Vermont report details Frank Guilbault moving out of Carrigan Lane as three or more families remain in substandard dwellings. Fire risk and faulty wiring plague the four buildings while tenants struggle with heating, hot water, and eviction fears. Community leaders discuss housing codes and aid programs to improve conditions.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Safford
Division
Carrigan Lane
Safford Street
Frank Guilbault
Rice Lane
Guilbault
New York
Bennington
Pownal
Lane
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Christopher Guilbault
Gullicault
Vermont Container
Milton Pinsker
ADC
Louis Stanley
Stanleys
VISTA
Frank Scanlon
Harvey Carter
Welfare Department
Art Crandel
Bill
Gertrude Bentley
Frank Burdick
Carter
Carrigan Lanes
Fire marshal investigates Carrigan Lane building hazard
At the request of Carrigan Lane tenants an investigator, Corporal Richard E Davis, inspected the private street owned by Mrs Winifred LaFlamme's 92 year old mother. The Jan 14 report cites dangerous electrical wiring frozen pipes and blocked chimneys. Violations include chimney clearance proper fused circuits wiring changes and removal of old wiring.
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Carrigan Lane
Richard E. Davis
Winifred LaFlamme
Davis
la Flamme
Cpl. Davis
Due Process or Fine First: Bennington Fines Tenants
The Village of Bennington uses an ordinance to fine Mrs. Winifred LaFlamme and three tenants for junk cars on a private street. The $100 maximum fines draw constitutional questions amid claims enforcement has been inconsistent and unsafe electrical and fire hazards persist. Residents face squalid living conditions or eviction as a consequence of enforcement.
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Crandel
New York
Glenn Spencer
Guilbault
Spencer
Henry H. Mallory
Bennington
Milton Pinsker
Winifred LaFlamme
Carrigan Lane
Pinsker
Bennington Almost Adopted Housing Codes in Past Efforts
Last fall Bennington came close to adopting housing codes led by Neil Rappaport and Robert Sourcliffe. The plan proposed annual licensing and inspections for rented dwellings and future standards, but progress stalled amid bureaucracy and red tape, leaving Bennington without any code adoption.
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Bennington
Neil Rappaport
Bennington-Rutland
Milton Pinsker
Norton Barber
Rutland
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