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Pharmacist sues Rite Aid over 2009 termination

Friday July 9, 2010 BENNINGTON -- A former Rite Aid pharmacist is suing the company for wrongful termination. The complaint was filed May 4 by attorney Daniel McManus, of the Bennington firm Barr, Sternberg, Moss, Lawrence & Silver, on behalf of Rachel Thomas, of Sunderland. Thomas began work at Rite Aid in Bennington in September 2007 as a pharmacist. More...

Ex-professor’s suit against Williams tossed by judge

Friday April 9, 2010 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The U.S. District Court in Springfield has dismissed a $1.3 million lawsuit filed against Williams College by former visiting professor Bernard Moore. In a decision made Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Michael A. Ponsor ruled in favor of the college’s motion to dismiss the complaints made by Moore. More...

Girls lacrosse team seeks to use Spinelli Field in spring season

Tuesday March 9, 2010 BENNINGTON -- The Mount Anthony Union school board will consider allowing the girls lacrosse team to play games on Spinelli Field this spring, after the coach said he feels the program is being slighted. The school has a policy that no spring sports may be played on Spinelli Field in an attempt to give the field time to recover from a rigorous fall season and be ready More...

Contest for chairman at BSD reorganization meeting

Tuesday March 9, 2010 BENNINGTON -- The Bennington School District narrowly voted in the same chairman, although the other board member positions changed Monday, in the first meeting since last week’s election. Kenneth Swierad beat out Gene Rowley for chairman by an anonymous 4-3 vote and Rowley was then elected vice chairman after no other board members expressed interest in the More...

Consolidation bill would help cut costs

MONTPELIER -- A bill that would require school supervisory unions to unify their services and curriculum is a step toward cutting costs and finding efficiencies in Vermont’s public schools, Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca told lawmakers on Tuesday. Although Vilaseca supports the more dramatic step of cutting the number of school districts, currently at about 280, and supervisory More...

Adults, minors arrested at party

WINHALL -- Police said they broke up a large drinking party Saturday on Lake Road. According to a press release from the Winhall Police Department, Winhall police, along with Vermont State Police and the Bennington County Sheriff’s Department, responded to the residence at 9:30 p.m. following the report of a concerned citizen. More...

Student charged with sexually assaulting girl

BENNINGTON -- A Mount Anthony Union High School student pleaded not guilty Monday in Bennington District Court to sexually assaulting a 7-year-old. Justin Button, 17, of Bennington, was charged with sexual assault without consent, a felony. According to an affidavit by Detective Trooper Tyler Burgess, who is assigned from the Vermont State Police to the Bennington County Special Victims More...

Hoosick Falls considers eliminating dispatch system

HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. -- Village Mayor Matthew Monahan told the board that the village is considering eliminating its dispatch system and relying on the county 911 system to save roughly $150,000 in the budget. A preliminary version of the budget is due in March. He said 60 members of the public attended a meeting at the Hoosick Falls Senior Center on Thursday to discuss the matter. More...

Initial homestead rates released for school districts

BENNINGTON -- With local school boards having warned fiscal year 2011 budgets, preliminary adjusted homestead tax rates have been drafted for all towns in Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union. Even though the majority of school budgets are down, tax rates are expected to rise in half the districts. North Bennington increase The only school district warning a budget increase is North More...

Hospital strike averted

Thursday September 2, 2010 North Adams Transcript NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Registered nurses at North Adams Regional Hospital reached a tentative contract agreement Thursday at 10:15 a.m. and averted a strike. "We’re happy," said Ruth O’Hearn, chairwoman of the nurses’ negotiating committee. More...

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