Pension debate could spur teachers, state employees to retire early
Teachers, state employees and their supporters rallied at the Statehouse on April 3, following the shelving of a pension reform proposal in the Vermont House.
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In January, Gary Kessler, the deputy commissioner of liquor and lottery, hopped on a Zoom call at his wife’s urging.
The virtual town hall was organized by the state’s largest teachers union and featured a presentation by Vermont Treasurer Beth Pearce, in which she outlined a series of painful cuts to the pension system she planned to recommend the Legislature take up.
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Addison Independent staff BRISTOL RESIDENT STEVE Brown delivers his completed ballots to election worker (and town selectboard member) John “Peeker” Heffernan during brisk voting in the basement of Holley Hall on Tuesday afternoon.
Independent photo/John Flowers LAURA ASERMILY, WHOSE appointment to fill a vacancy on the Middlebury selectboard expired on Tuesday, pauses to say Hi while handing out ballots at the Middlebury polls in the Recreation Center. Independent photo/Megan James ADDISON SELECTBOARD MEMBERS Roger Waterman, left, Rob Hunt and Steve Torrey gather up their town reports and tools after the brief Addison Town Meeting held in the town hall Monday evening. The selectmen nearly outnumbered the citizens who showed up during a raging snowstorm.
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Addison Independent staff AFTER MANY YEARS holding the Addison town meeting in the nearby elementary school, municipal officials decided to hold this year’s annual gathering in the Addison Town Hall building off Route 22A at the four corners next to the Baptist church. Selectboard members believe the historic building has enough room for meeting participants to safely social distance. Independent photo/Andy Kirkaldy THE PANTON TOWN shed off Panton Road is in poor condition, and officials will ask residents on Town Meeting Day to spend $270,000 to build a new shed for salt, sand and equipment.
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In a winter of remote learning, most kids will be losing the magic of snow days
By Felicia Gans Globe Staff,December 15, 2020, 7:58 p.m.
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For most kids, a big storm means a snow day. Not this year.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff/The Boston Globe
The snow day, for many children, is a quintessential part of growing up in New England. You put a spoon under your pillow, turn your pajamas inside out, and cross your fingers for that magic phone call that school is canceled.
But this year, ahead of the pandemicâs first full winter, many school districts across the region are ditching traditional snow days and turning to remote learning programs instead.