State board tables NBGS district independent school application

Wednesday May 16, 2012 DAWSON RASPUZZI Staff Writer BENNINGTON -- The State Board of Education took no action Tuesday on an application to establish The Village School of North Bennington, casting serious doubt that an independent school will replace the public North Bennington Graded School this fall. Full Story

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	N.Y. Assembly enlists public in minimum wage fight Wednesday May 16, 2012 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on Tuesday appealed for public pressure to force a vote that would raise the minimum wage, one of his top priorities but one that has defied a political resolution. Soon after, the Senate's Republican majority dug in deeper against the raise. Full Story N.Y. anti-fracking movement gets star-studded boost Dow Jones average continues a two-week slide Stocks, euro drop as deadlock continues in Greece Facebook updates data use policy to give users more clarity Business lobby supporting Cuomo files data


	Letters: It is past time, close Yankee Wednesday May 16, 2012 Studies show it is time to close Yankee It is past time for Vermont Yankee to be shut down. Aside from the many problems well described by others, a study, initiated in 2003 by Germany’s federal government and started at the German Childhood Cancer Registry (GCCR), showed the odds of contracting leukemia were significantly higher for young children less than Full Story Time to re-evolve on Social Security A love affair with the past The black LBJ? Letters: Define personhood; Yankee tax a bad idea Easy French life a dream

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	UPDATE - State trooper quits, faced investigation BRATTLEBORO (AP) - A Vermont state trooper has resigned after having been on paid leave pending a possible criminal investigation. Eric Howley had been on leave from the Brattleboro station since April 8 following a complaint about his conduct while he was on duty. Col. Thomas L'Esperance said that Howley resigned Tuesday. Full Story Plan would raise Bennington water, sewer rates CCS, HFCS budgets approved Few comments on study report on BVSU future structure options Former S’bury zoning officer seeks DRB seat Vermont state archivist retiring after 30 years of keeping records N.Y. ethics board member wants probe after news leak Shoulder work delays Bypass opening Hoosick audit finds lack of oversight UPDATE - Independent school bid tabled by State Ed Board


	S'bury to host broadband meeting Wednesday May 16, 2012 SHAFTSBURY -- Anyone in the Bennington area who does not have access to high-speed Internet is being asked to come to Cole Hall in Shaftsbury on Wednesday, May 23, at 5:30 p.m., for a meeting hosted by Gov. Peter Shumlin's administration and the Vermont Telecommunications Authority. Full Story Town gives Battle Day Parade additional $7K Moose causes crash in Sunderland Manchester Fire Department trying iPad in truck Burglary reported in Pownal NEWS IN PROGRESS


	Boy can play on girls field hockey squad Wednesday May 16, 2012 SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) -- The biggest goal of Keeling Pilaro’s field hockey career happened far from an athletic field on Tuesday. An athletics committee determined the 13-year-old boy can keep playing on the girls’ varsity team at Southampton High School, at least for one more season. Full Story Celtics, Sixers even after two Patriots busy re-writing their record books Colonels out-slug Patriots in lacrosse No boos for Beckett as he, Red Sox shut down Mariners Derby-winning colt gets a day off

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	EMPAC to host Laurie Anderson residencies Saturday May 12, 2012 TROY, N.Y. -- The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced this week that Laurie Anderson has been named EMPAC’s inaugural distinguished artist-in-residence for a three-year term beginning later this year. Full Story Dragon Bones exhibit of evidence opens at BAG gallery MoCA welcomes artistic Canadians CCV class art exhibit at UUF