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A bill that would have bolstered Windham County's representation on the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel has stalled in the state Legislature. H.144 was controversial in part because it would have booted longtime Sen. Mark MacDonald, D-Orange, from the advisory panel while guaranteeing seats for three Windham County lawmakers. MacDonald is vice chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, where H.144 remained when the Legislature adjourned on May 19. But another committee member, Sen. Dustin Degree, R-Franklin, said the bill...
I ask our new town manager to carefully investigate our EMS situation and, after making an informed decision, to speak with all Selectboard members, encouraging them to vote yes to bringing back Rescue Inc. I encourage the Selectboard to make amends for the secret decision of the previous town manager to sack Rescue Inc. by signing a new contract with Rescue Inc. The cost of enhancing our fire department to include EMS services is irresponsibly expensive. Admit you made a...
Arts Alive!, in partnership with the Hannah Grimes Center, will present an artist-to-artist workshop on intellectual property law on Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., at MAxT Makerspace in Peterborough. Attorney Amanda Nelson will present a brief introduction to the three major areas of intellectual property law: copyrights, patents, and trademarks. She will discuss the distinction between these three areas; what, specifically, they protect; and how artists can use intellectual property laws to protect their livelihoods. “An artist's...
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