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Rutland, Panton men score big in the recent LCI Father’s Day Derby.
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WowToyz CVPS oks talks with Canadian wins for utility Fortis Inc. sciencetheme toys From Staff & News Reports newmarketpress@denpubs.com
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July 9, 2011
VERGENNES — Specialty toy manufacturer WowToyz was recently honored with multiple Parents’ Choice Awards in the Spring 2011 toy category for its museum quality Great Dinos and Junior Science Explorer Volcanic Eruption Kit. Established in 1978, Parents’ Choice is the nation's oldest nonprofit guide to quality children's media and toys. The Parents’ Choice Foundation's mission is to provide parents with reliable unbiased information about tools to help their children learn, to explore new challenges, to discuss ideas and to pursue dreams. According to the Parents’ Choice review of the Museum Quality Great Dinos by Jessica Hensley, “At around 18 inches in length, they are solid enough for hours of dinosaur play. But don't overlook the educational value in this toy—each one comes with a tag that details the dinosaur's name, distinguishing features, diet, size and the time period in which it lived. Young dinosaur enthusiasts will be sure to want these in their collection.” While Parents’ Choice Foundation reviewer Sharon Heuscher reports that the Jr. Science Explorer Volcanic Eruption
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RUTLAND — Central Vermont Public Service announced last week that the CVPS Board of Directors has authorized discussions with Gaz Métro Limited Partnership regarding Gaz Metro’s unsolicited acquisition proposal. On May 30, CVPS announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with Fortis Inc. providing for the acquisition of all of the outstanding common shares of CVPS by Fortis for $35.10 per share in cash, including approximately $230 million in debt, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $700 million. CVPS continues to be bound by the terms of that agreement. On June 23, Gaz Metro made an unsolicited proposal to acquire all CVPS outstanding common shares for $35.25 per share in cash. In reviewing that proposal, the CVPS Board determined, in good faith and after consultation
Middlebury names ‘man of the year’ Two Bros.’ Jacobs wins BMP award
By Lou Varricchio
newmarketpress@denpubs.com MIDDLEBURY — If Holmes Jacobs ran for public office in Middlebury, he’d probably win by a landslide. The young, amiable co-owner of Two Brothers Tavern Restaurant and Bar in downtown Middlebury fits the definitions of a gentleman and community leader—he received this year ’s Outstanding Community Member of the Year by the Better Middlebury Partnership. There are few downtown residents who could think of a more deserving recipient. Jacobs is co-owner of the popular tavernon-the-rotary with wife Megan (Brady) Jacobs, brother Beal Jacobs, and parents Travis Jacobs and Nellie Morison; he was taken by surprise when he was told he had won the coveted Partnership award. “I was very surprised,” Jacobs said, “because there are so many people in town that deserve this award far more than me.” See JACOBS, page 6
‘Man of the Year’: Holmes Jacobs of Two Brothers Tavern Restaurant and Bar, winner of the Better Middlebury Partnership’s Outstanding Community Member of the Year Award.
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Granville gets a new town hall By Lou Varricchio
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GRANVILLE — For a Vermont town with a population of only 300, the news in Granville was big this week—really big. U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) was in town July 6 to dedicate the tiny community’s new town offices, known officially as the Granville Town Hall and Municipal Office Complex. Granville Town Clerk and Treasurer Kathy Werner said it’s the first big change in the town government’s locale since 1963, the year President Kennedy was assassinated. Now in her second, three-year
term as Granville’s most visible public official, Werner said she doesn’t miss the confines of the old town hall which opened in 1963 and closed in March 2011. The retired municipal office structure, located north of the new town hall along Route 100, will likely be razed later this year. “We didn’t have an indoor toilet at the old place,” Werner said. “During winter months, you had to sometime shovel your way back to the porta-potty.” When the circa 1857 Granville-Hancock Village School closed in 2009, the result
Granville Town Clerk and Treasurer Kathy Werner at her newly remodeled work area in the former Granville-Hancock Village School. The new municipal complex opened July 6.
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