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The towns of Arlington and Shaftsbury are looking for a new animal control officer following the recent retirement of Traci Mulligan, who held the role in both towns for well over three decades.
Mulligan, in a phone interview on Tuesday, said her service with Arlington began in 1983. Upon her hiring she cobbled together some rudimentary equipment, including a folding wire crate and catch pole, and set about developing a dog ordinance and various administrative documents.
The following year she became the animal control officer in neighboring Shaftsbury and held both roles concurrently until stepping down on May 1 of this year. During that time, for shorter stints, she served the towns of Sunderland and Manchester.
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Assuming COVID-19 numbers continue to improve and the rate of infection continues to go down, the Town of Arlington plans to reopen its Town Hall on July 1 and return to a hybrid in-person meeting schedule at the same time.
The Arlington Select Board agreed to those changes at its recent board meeting following guidance from the state and Gov. Phil Scott.
Town administrator Nick Zaiac said the July 1 date would provide plenty of time for everybody to have had an opportunity to get two vaccines and allow two weeks to pass to get to full immunity.
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The Arlington Fire Department might be getting a new fire truck after years of effort, but Chief Mike King said heâs not convinced it will really happen.
The Arlington Select Board sounded positive after Kingâs presentation of the departmentâs current fleet and need to replace the 1989 attack truck Engine Tanker 75.
Labeled an attack truck, itâs the first rig out the door to most calls and carries the firefighters and tools needed to get started on a fire or auto crash while waiting for tankers and utility trucks to arrive on the scene.
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ARLINGTON â The Arlington Select Board voted unanimously to request an additional six months to make up its mind about whether or not to purchase the 420 acres of Red Mountain property for conservation and recreation.
The property has been at the center of a dispute in town for the past couple of months as the years-long project has come to a head with a deadline this month to make a decision about the purchase.
The board, after hearing opposition from many of the propertyâs neighbors on Wilcox Road in early February, voted to end the townâs pursuit of the property.