Two prominent Central Vermont businessmen say they were improperly removed from the board of directors for the Bridgewater Area Community Foundation, Inc. (BACF) after they began to inquire about possible mismanagement, questionable spending and the re-writing or forging of documents by certain foundation members, according to a newly filed lawsuit. Charles Shackleton and Collen Doyle filed the civil action primarily …
The five Woodstock Village Trustees have each decided they will not step aside when Woodstock Police Chief Joe Swanson has his second disciplinary hearing, according to the board’s lawyer. Burlington lawyer Brian Monaghan, who represented the board during Swanson’s demotion hearing last year, offered a one-sentence response to the inquiry by attorney Linda Fraas on behalf of Swanson. “The Trustees …
On Tuesday evening, the Woodstock Selectboard heard a report from the town’s economic development director, Abbie Sherman, about the potential for delays in the timeline for the installing a new water main suspended under the Elm Street Bridge and construction of a new well. Sherman explained that the town was awarded a Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) grant in June …
During Monday evening’s West Windsor Selectboard meeting, Tim Jones, program manager for Green Mountain Power, proposed a $400,000 project to refurbish power lines along Brownsville-Hartland Road. “Essentially, this construction project will span from outside our door here to the intersection at the bottom of Hammond Hill, along with a large component of the project going down to Coon Club Road,” …
The Barnard Selectboard has accepted a $16,000 bid from contractor Tom Hasson to replace and install new front doors for the Town Hall. According to selectboard chair Richard Lancaster, there were no other bids, despite initial interest from several other parties. According to Lancaster, the doors will be replaced because of age and lack of function. “They did not seal …
Last weekend, an estimated 200 people participated in the national ICE Out For Good protests in Woodstock Village, spurred by ongoing actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the recent killing of 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good. Reached Monday afternoon by the Vermont Standard, Suzie Stulz, a lead coordinator of the Tribou Park Resistance Protesters — a group …