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MONTPELIER â A committee of the Vermont House has approved a bill that bars police from identifying anyone under the age of 20 who has been charged with a crime, including fatal motor vehicle crashes, unless and until they are formally charged with a major felony.
The bill, S.107, adds a public records exemption barring the release of information about the initial arrest or charge of a person under the age of 20 âthat would reveal the identity of the person.â
âHowever, a public agency may disclose identifying information relating to the arrest of a person under the age of 20 years of age in order to protect the health and safety of any person,â the bill says.
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The Manchester Journal was honored twice in the New England Newspaper & Press Association s 2020 Better Newspaper Competition Awards including a first-place win for editorial writing by Greg Sukiennik.
Editor Darren Marcy took third place for obituary writing for a feature about Barbara Riley following the local philanthropist s death last summer.
The awards were given in the category for weekly newspapers with a circulation of more than 5,000 copies and came against the largest weekly newspapers in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Sukiennik s submission consisted of three editorials, including: Learning to live with uncertainty and Crisis proves the importance of community, both of which were about dealing with COVID-19; and The wrong place and the wrong time, which was about former state Rep. Cynthia Browning s action in Montpelier requiring an in-person vote in the early
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BENNINGTON Voters should have plenty of information to make their decisions, after candidates for three open seats on the Bennington Select Board provided multiple answers and comments regarding town
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BENNINGTON â With 10 candidates running for three seats, there is plenty of competition in this yearâs Bennington Select Board races.
Catamount Access Television has been airing Bennington Select Board candidate forums for many years, and the local cable network will be joining forces this year with the Bennington Banner.
âBetween our video streaming capabilities and the journalism skills provided by the Bennington Banner, this yearâs forum is sure to inform all voters of each candidateâs views and opinions,â said Mike Cutler, CAT-TV production manager.
The virtual forum is set for Friday, Feb. 12 at 6 p.m. It will be moderated by Kevin Moran, executive editor with New England Newspapers, Inc., which owns the Banner, the Manchester Journal and the Brattleboro Reformer, as well as The Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Mass.