BENNINGTON – A lawsuit filed by a former teacher at Molly Stark Elementary School alleges she was discriminated against and her contract was not renewed because of her race, and
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DOVER â Select Board members declined to make interim appointments for a committee governing the North Branch Fire District, a request complicated by a lawsuit over the very issue.
âI really donât want to wade into this,â Select Board Chairwoman Victoria Capitani said at the board meeting held May 4 with participants joining remotely via Zoom and the board stationed with attendees at the town office. âIf you say this is going to court, I donât think the town wants to get involved right now.â
A recent lawsuit filed in Windham Superior Court, Civil Division against North Branch and two committee members seeks to undo committee appointments alleged to have been illegal and allow voters to elect new members. Steven Montello of West Dover is being represented by James Valente of Costello, Valente & Gentry of Brattleboro. They are seeking a preliminary injunction against the North Branch Fire Distri
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WEST DOVER â A lawsuit against the North Branch Fire District seeks to undo committee appointments alleged to have been illegal, and allow voters to elect new members.
âThe Prudential Committee has no authority to appoint a member to its Prudential Committee,â states a complaint filed in Windham Superior Court, Civil Division against the North Branch Fire District and two committee members. âThe Prudential Committee cannot appoint interim members, and it cannot appoint members to fill multi-year terms.â
Steven Montello of West Dover is being represented by James Valente of Costello, Valente & Gentry of Brattleboro. They are seeking a preliminary injunction against the North Branch Fire District, which runs a wastewater system in West Dover that is governed by the five-member Prudential Committee.
of rainfall, where we could seeh t is quick rise in water, you know, going doui theg hillsides. and of course, our t biggest an most vulnerable region continues to be scott s valley where that rock slide occurred over the past 48 hours. we ll continue to monitor that and we ll have details on the timeline and what you can expect with these two storms, coming up. and this just into the newsroom now. the santa cruz harbor is back in business, reopened 11 days after the tsunami-affected waves rocked the harbor. a scan of the harbor flow shows it s now safe for boats of all sizes. several boats remain submerged following the tsunami surge that damaged more than 100 vessels and caused an estimated $26 million in damage to the ports. things could get very dicey for some homeowners already roughing it. the incoming storm could make removing the rock slide that has them stranded in their homes almost impossible. that rock slide happened in scott s valley, which is able 6 miles no