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While some towns around Vermont are dealing with a shortage of paint for redoing crosswalks and road markings, local highway departments say they have enough to take care of their needs.
“There's no paint shortage here,” said Larry White, crew chief of the Rockingham Highway Department.
White had not heard anything about a paint shortage either. “I'm standing here looking at a pallet full of paint for the year,” he said, adding that his department won't be cutting back on any projects in Rockingham, Saxtons River or Bellows Falls this year.
A call to Rockingham's paint supplier, Franklin Paint Co. in Franklin, Mass, however, revealed the town may have lucked out and gotten in under the wire with this year's paint order.
As a consequence of a water pipe in Town Hall that burst Feb. 19, John O'Connor was dismissed from his job as finance director three days later. The pipe burst at approximately 2:50 p.m., according to minutes from the emergency meeting the Selectboard held the next day to discuss...
In reviewing 2010 budgets for the Village of Bellows Falls, the Village Trustees faced a challenge: how to cut 30 percent from the Police Department budget without losing coverage. Interim Municipal Manager Francis “Dutch” Walsh, in implementing a request from both the Selectboard and the Bellows Falls Village Trustees...
At the Feb. 2 Selectboard meeting, Chair Thom MacPhee responded to resident requests that an agenda item at the March 1 and 2 town meeting be added with regard to the relicensing of the Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee power station in Vernon after previously ruling that this “was not town business” and therefore would not be reconsidered. MacPhee stated that he “couldn't recall what” he had said but that he didn't mean “it couldn't be considered as 'other business'” at...
Recent repairs to the 100-year-old Rockingham Free Public Library have improved the environment for employees and patrons, but an architect has warned that, without an additional $1.9 million in repairs, the building will continue to deteriorate. Ann DiBernardo says she couldn’t use her own town’s library because of mold and asbestos problems. “I got headaches when I came inside,” the Rockingham Selectboard member said. “When I first came into the library, I couldn’t stay inside for long,” Library Director Celina...
At the request of the Bellows Falls Trustees, Police Chief Ronald Lake has instituted a zero-tolerance policy on the presence of “youth in the square” found loitering at any time day or night. A curfew is also in effect from 10 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and after 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, on youths “who have not reached the age of 17 who are not in the company of a parent, adult or relative.” Lake explained that...
Village Trustees have approved rate hikes in response to a decline in water use. The decline has affected the flow of money to municipal coffers, according to a recent report to Village Trustees by civil and environmental engineer Joe Duncan. “The trend over the past few years shows a decline in water usage,” said Duncan, an engineer with Forcier Aldrich and Associates of Essex Junction. “This affects both water and sewer revenue.” The flow capacity has recently been measured at...
Village Trustees have approved a replacement for a one-ton water utility truck that had to be towed back to town after breaking down on Interstate 91. Out of three quotes for new and used vehicles, Public Works Director Everett Hammond recommended to Bellows Falls Village Trustees that they approve the purchase of a 2010 Ford from John C. Stewart and Son of Cuttingsville. Numerous bid requests had been sent to local dealers, including one to Durand Toyota/Ford of Route 5,
