Patrick Leahy is presiding over the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the confirmation of Attorney General-designate Eric Holder; Vermont legislators will have to decide this year what to do about a state office building in Bennington;
The Bennington
Select Board is dropping its opposition to a Bennington Bypass plan that
doesn’t include direct access to a proposed welcome center for some travelers
on U.S. Route 7.
Opponents say the latest problems at Vermont Yankee have given them new grounds for arguing that the nuclear power plant should close; in Bennington, more than $1,000 in damage was done to a former school building during a burglary;
Members of Congress are due to be sworn in to a new term in office at this hour; a business that wants to open a store in downtown Rutland could get free rent for a year; more…
Officials say a
Bennington building will undergo more testing before it houses state employees
who were moved out of another building because of health concerns.
Probate Judge
Doris Buchanan, who’s 74, is retiring effective February first. Buchanan will
draw a curtain on a career that included stints as a municipal court reporter,
stenographer, clerk and judge.
The hillside village of Old Bennington is a popular spot for leaf-peepers. We continue our series of audio postcards from Vermont towns with a visit to the Old First Church that stands there, and the cemetery that dates back to 1761.