Dorset road wall dispute pits citizen rights against public works
Dorset residents clash over a cement wall near a road feared to jeopardize safety and land. Dean Fausett questions the road’s legal status while Selectmen contend with drainage, erosion, and highway acts as a public inquiry reveals gaps in surveys and accountability. The piece frames the issue as a test of independence versus bureaucratic arbitrariness, highlighting a contested wall and a historic sugar maple linked to Vermont’s origin.
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Dorset
Dean Fausett
Selectmen
Mr. Fausett
Highway Authority
Fausett
Apples and welfare twists stir Vermont letters
In letters to The Banner readers attack Jamaican apple pickers and welfare work requirements. Albert T. Ray urges mandatory picking for able-bodied recipients. Marion C. Smith reports Shaftsbury residents consider moving Eagle Square’s brick office, seeking pledges to lower demolition costs.
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Banner
Vermont
Atwood
Vermont Social Welfare Office
Albert T. Ray
Congress St
HOME seeks funding for Bennington program partnership
HOME Inc and the Bennington Program announce a winter work crew of five boys, totaling 2000 hours for 3000 dollars, supervised by their teachers at no cost to HOME. An additional 3000 dollars of materials are needed, with priority repairs and renovations listed from back porch to Beech Street, Beech Court, and leasing of a 3 bedroom apartment for VHA. The board proposes a stock sales fund during September 15 30, seeks October 1 participation notice, and urges community support to complete the Beech Court renovations and future projects.
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Home Inc
Bennington
Home Board
Ben Mont Avenue
Beech Street
VHA
HOME
Beech Court
Toby Hanks
NYC
Neighborhood Youth Corp
Bob Northrup
VISTA
Vermont sets revised expense rules after official’s liquor misuse
Vermont officials prepare updated expense account policies to address falsified reimbursements by Elbert Moulton. Gov. Davis ordered the review, and Administration Secretary Mallary said liquor exclusions will stay. The changes are minor and require brief review before distribution to department heads. In Burlington, UVM professor James Nolfi’s suit over his firing is pushed two weeks toward a potential out of court settlement. Judge Bernard Leddy also denied a bid by three property owners to halt Barre Montpelier expressway planning, citing public interest and lack of demonstrated damage.
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Moulton
Richard Mallary
Vermont Highway Department
Barre-Montpelier
Leddy
James Andrews
Henry Lague Jr
Gene Cesari
Springfield proposes new filter for bad water
UPI reports Springfield selectmen reviewed a Health Department finding that 40 percent of town water is contaminated from 25 samples with 10 showing bad water. They want a charcoal filter at the reservoir as current chlorination continues. In Montpelier UPI says the Human Services Agency may make permanent a swordfish sale ban if no opposition at a hearing. temporary ban began last May due to mercury in samples, effective Oct. 5 if upheld.
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Springfield
UPI
Selectmen
Health Department
Bernard Emerson
Stafford to speak at Burlington Veterans Day event
UPI reports Rep. Robert T. Stafford, R Vermont, will address Veterans Day ceremonies in Burlington on October 25. Officials said Stafford accepted the engagement last week. As Vermont’s longtime representative, he is expected to pursue the open Senate seat after the death of Sen. Winston L. Prouty.
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Burlington
UPI
Robert T. Stafford
Boy 13 loses both feet in train accident at Howes Cave
A 13 year old Howes Cave boy underwent surgery to amputate both feet at Cobleskill Hospital after a Delaware and Hudson train wheel crush incident Tuesday evening. Richard P. Bishop was reported in satisfactory condition with no other injuries. He had fallen under the wheels after slipping while jumping onto a train car, and friends summoned the police.
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Howes Cave
Cobleskill Hospital
Richard P. Bishop
Bishop
Latham Baby Store Charged With Fraud by State Supreme Court
The E.F.G. Baby Products Co. Inc. of 356 Troy Schenectady Road Latham faces charges by the state Supreme Court for persistently fraudulent and illegal practices and violations of the Home Solicitation Sales Act. The attorney general seeks a court order enjoining the firm and restitution to customers.
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Latham
State Supreme Court
Attorney General
E.F.G. Baby Products Co. Inc
Troy-Schenectady Road
Penn Central to Demolish Berkshire Coal Chute
In North Adams and nearby towns, Penn Central will demolish the ancient coal chute behind the Transcript and Ashkar Sales Co. buildings within two weeks, prompted by a fire hazard cited by Building Inspector John Gattuso and Mayor Joseph Bianco.
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North Adams
Penn Central Railroad
Transcript and Ashkar Sales Co
Joseph R. Bianco
John Gattuso
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