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BENNINGTON â With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the change, the annual town floor meeting was the first ever conducted remotely â as a videoconference and on the CAT-TV cable access network and Facebook page.
The meeting also was informational only, and all voting decisions are on the annual town ballot. In-person voting is being held today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bennington Fire Facility on River Street.
In addition to providing information on the town budget and other articles, officials honored the late Thomas Jacobs, a longtime local attorney and former Select Board chairman, who died in April 2020.
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BENNINGTON â The recent major uptick in the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in Bennington County has struck local law enforcement, including Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette.
âWe do have an outbreak at the Bennington Police Department,â Town Manager Stuart Hurd said Tuesday.
âI believe it is six people impacted,â he told the Bennington Banner. Five are sworn officers and one is a civilian, he said.
Before reaching out to Hurd, the Bennington Banner had been provided with the names of those impacted, including one employee reportedly in the intensive care unit. Hurd declined to confirm any names of those testing positive, and the newspaper has decided to respect their privacy unless people were willing to confirm their positive test.
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BENNINGTON â The concept of a peanut-shaped roundabout on Route 67A near the Bennington College entrance was praised by town officials Monday after they received an update from project planners.
âThis is a great proposal,â said Select Board Chairman Donald Campbell, adding that he liked the description from project designers of a âpeanut,â rather than his first thought of a one-cell organism.
The board was shown the $2.6 million state projectâs conceptual design by VTrans project manager Michael LaCroix, Dennis Vertiyev, of the design firm, Green International Affiliates, and others involved in the multi-year initiative to improve the five-way intersection.