Arlington Water Co talks delayed on public purchase decision
Arlington Selectmen postponed setting a date to publicly debate buying Arlington Water Co amid calls for more information. Water company president Norton Barber cites a 556.891 million asking price using reproduction cost method and says a counter offer may be considered. Barber defends the price and notes a recent East End pressure drop tied to a Health Department directive, while townspeople’s views will shape any final proposal.
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Anne Webb
Arlington
Arlington Water Co
Henry Breunich
Breunich
Water Company
Norton Barber
Barber
State Health Department
Department
Selectmen
George Novotny
State Department of Water Resources
Williams College survey on attitudes in Williamstown and North Adams
Williams College political science students completed an area survey of North Adams and Williamstown residents and Williams students. It shows wide differences on drugs abortion homosexuality ERA and women’s roles with high ERA awareness but varied perceived need and access to top jobs and professional careers. Marijuana views split by group and opinions on abortion prostitution and death by self harm also differ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
Williams College
Williamstown
Williams
Vermont Claims Commission offers deal over lost slides
The Vermont Claims Commission proposed paying Eric Sanford of Manchester New Hampshire 1000 dollars to drop 14450 dollars claim for 24 color slides lost in the state mail since 1967. The panel also approved 75 dollars to a state police officer for a wrist watch lost during a scuffle with two escaped convicts in which one offender Donald Brant of Rhode Island was shot and killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Brant
Rhode Island
Bert Lance to speak at University of Vermont
Former Budget and Management director Bert Lance will lecture at the University of Vermont on December 12, presenting a talk titled Government Master or Servant. Lance resigned amid controversy over private banking practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Bert Lance
Carter
University of Vermont
Lance
UVM
Vermont housing officials to review tenant complaints at Templeton Ave
Vermont State Housing Authority will investigate concerns raised by Hartford tenants at the Templeton Avenue project. Issues include washing machine and dryer installations prohibited by rules, unlawful unscheduled apartment inspections, inconsistent leases, and alleged unfair evictions.
State sells 107 mature trees from Berlin land bid $1000 minimum
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation plans to auction 107 fully mature oak and pine trees from state land in Berlin with a minimum bid of 1000 dollars or 10 dollars per tree. Bids should be sent to the Bureau of Forest Resource Management at 50 Wolf Road Colonie. Aides to Warren Anderson suggest he will seek the Republican governor nomination, opposing Perry Duryea, in a campaign setup to follow.
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Berlin
State Department of Environmental Conservation
EnCon
Charles Johnson
Department of Environmental Conservation
Bureau of Forest Resource Management
Wolf Road
Colonie
Albany
Senate
Warren Anderson
Binghamton
Anderson
Assembly
Perry Duryea
New York
Adolescent arson fire at former Byron School in Berkshire
Three local youths aged 12 to 13 face district court after a Friday fire at the former Byron School is labeled arson. The heavily damaged building required two hours of firefighting before control. A Berkshire probation officer will press for charges while confessions indicate they played with matches and fled as flames spread. In Lanesboro, police urged a 18 and under curfew to curb vandalism along Pontooste Lake and Berkshire Village, proposing options including an unmarked-vehicle police approach. Berkshire bears hunting season yielded no kills in six days, with officials noting bears may have hibernated early. season ran Nov 21 in five counties.
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Lanesboro
John C. McCormick
Pontoostc Lake
Berkshire Village
McCormick
Pittsfield
UPI
Massachusetts
State Division of Fishery and Wildlife
Win Saville
Berkshire
Franklin
Hampden
Hampshire
Worcester
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Battenkill River
Sewer Commission
Novotny
Bennington County
Chittenden Bank
Ora
Park and Recreation Board
Thomas Whalen
Park Board of Trustees
Hugh Johnston
Planning Commission
Johnston
Champlain Valley
Third Selectman
Second Selectman
First Selectman
Ernest Mattison
Theodore H. Thomas
Bennington
Woodford
Thomas
Knapp
Herman Bugbee
George
Edward
Ann Shea
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Fred Buckley
Mary McClellan Hospital
Pownal
Pownal Baptist Church
Pownall
Philip K. Hastings
Hastings
Survey Research Consultants International
Pattison
Washington, D.C
Edward W. Pattison
D-N.y
Howard Johnson’s
Exit 19
Northway
Glens Falls
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy
Columbia-Greene Community College
Greenport
New York State Department of Audit and Control
Barbara Jones
Main Street
Bennington, Vermont
Vermont
UPS
University of Vermont Medical College
David Tormey
Tormey
Medical College
Middlebury
Addison County Superior Court
Robert Goshen
Rutland
Goshen
Ronald Rodgers
Killington
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