ST. ALBANS Gloria “Dine” Bancroft, 80, died Dec. 15, 2020, due to COVID-19, surrounded by the nurses from St. Albans Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. Born on Jan. 29, 1940, in Berlin, Vermont, she grew up in Plainfield, Vermont, where she attended school. Upon graduating high school, she worked for National Life from 1959-1964. She worked as a dispatcher for the State of Vermont and also went on narcotics investigations from 1964-1969. From 1969-1971, Gloria worked as a corrections officer, in charge of female prisoners and supervised female corrections officers. In 1971, she became a police officer for Burlington City and in 1973, she was promoted as the first female detective for the Burlington Police Department. In 1976, she moved to Florida to work as a private investigator. She also carried the torch by filing an equal pay for equal work suit against the City of Burlington in 1975 and won. Her career also includes Digital and a small business owner of a store/deli at Be
By Taylor Ann Bradford Staff Writer Dec 14, 2020
Dec 14, 2020
The city of Gloucester is seeking to construct new softball fields in a timely manner as its forges ahead with the consolidation of East Gloucester and Veterans Memorial elementary schools.Â
Local and state officials are looking on âperfecting the legislation so we can move forward in a practical way with the project,â Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr said.Â
The City Council voted 8 in favor and one absent last week to request that state legislators amend the Article 97 home rule petition signed by Gov. Charlie Baker in August. These amendments would allow for reasonable flexibility to construct new softball facilities and accommodations at another city open space to take the place of the current Mattos Field, General Counsel Chip Payson wrote to Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken.Â