Jim Kenyon: On school cop, Lebanon board is punting like it’s 1999
Modified: 5/15/2021 11:01:56 PM
I’m still trying to figure out why the Lebanon School Board caved so badly when it came time Wednesday to vote on allowing an armed police officer to continue patrolling school hallways.
The board had an opportunity to show real leadership by declaring that schools and police aren’t a healthy mix.
Instead, it punted.
Seven board members Chairman Dick Milius, Martha DiDomenico, Tammy Begin, Aaron Mills, Stephen Kantor, Lilian Maughan and Lisa Vallejo Sorensen voted to fund the school resource officer’s position for another year.
Hartford, Lebanon and Hanover restaurants push on-street dining as officials tackle red tape
Ron Rodriguez, if Manchester, Vt., right, strikes up a conversation with Richard Reeves, of Quechee, left, while waiting for his order outside Piecemeal Pies in White River Junction, Vt., Thursday, May 13, 2021. Ulricke Wegst, of Hanover, not pictured, who joined Rodriguez for lunch, said despite the pandemic she thinks outdoor dining has improved the quality of life in the area. At first it was out of necessity, now it s out of enjoyment, she said. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Developer appealing Lebanon’s decision to torpedo Prospect Hills housing project
Modified: 5/15/2021 10:58:26 PM
LEBANON A Manchester development firm is using a new avenue in its appeal of the city’s decision to effectively kill a 117-unit housing project near Lebanon Middle School, saying the proposal was met with “hostility and dislike” by officials.
Brady Sullivan argues the Lebanon Planning Board acted unfairly when it voted unanimously in March to deny the Prospect Hills subdivision an extension needed to start work on its second phase.
At the time, officials said they’d allowed the developer enough leeway. The second phase a mix of single-family homes and townhouse-style units on a 40-acre wooded parcel off Prospect Street was first proposed 15 years ago, and the Planning Board issued renewals in 2016 and 2018.
$22M federal grant goes to D-H group aiming to get people back to work after disability
Modified: 5/14/2021 9:27:57 PM
LEBANON A team of occupational medicine specialists at Dartmouth-Hitchcock is set to expand a project to help Vermonters get back to work through a four-year, $21.6 million federal grant, according to a news release from the Lebanon-based health system.
The funding from the U.S. Department of Labor to the Vermont Department of Labor will go to support the second phase of a project called Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN).
The effort is aimed at reducing Vermont’s rate of work disability one of the highest in the U.S. and also the rate of young people receiving Social Security disability benefits the second-highest rate nationally, according to the Tuesday news release. In addition to affecting people’s economic well-being, unemployment also can be a risk factor for physical and mental health issues such as heart dis
LEBANON Efforts to craft regulations allowing for “green burials” in Lebanon’s city-run cemeteries are on hold after officials decided this week to table the matter for the next five years.The Lebanon Board of Cemetery Trustees voted, 3-2, Tuesday.