New Trustees At Bennington Museum

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Bennington, Vt. – The Bennington Museum Board of Trustees has welcomed four new members. Raymond Bolton, William Scully, Susanne Warren and Perez Ehrich joined the board during the fall. Raymond Bolton Bolton was elected to the museum’s trustee board in September. He is a Bennington-bases attorney who served as the Bennington County State’s Attorney from 1974 to 1986.Bolton is involved in legal matters involving real estate and has successfully closed numerous real estate transactions since 1987.Bolton is heavily involed in community and civic endeavors. He is the president of the Bennington Lions’ Club, the Bennington County Bar Association, Bennington Division, and the American Heart Association, Bennington Division. Bolton is also the secretary for the Bennington County United Way. He is a 1972 graduate of the Boston Law College. William Scully Scully was elected to the board in September. He is the owner of the regionally renowned Pangaea Restaurant in North Bennington, which Scully opened in 2002. Scully has worked extensively as an executive chef and has been awarded the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence since 2003. Scully has been involved with social endeavors and in 2003, he worked with at-risk highschool students as part of the Bennington College Quantum Leap program. Scully is a 1993 graduate of Bennington College. Perez Erich Erich joined the board in November. He is the current Principal of Hemmings Market and Tech Guides and was Vice-president of Watering Incorporated [Hemmings Motor news] from 1997-2002.He worked as an associate in a New Yorklaw firm from 1970-75, and then worked as a partner in several New York law firms before 1997. Erich served as a United States Army Captain in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. He is the director of the Bennington Youth center and the First Dat Foundation, and is a trustee for the Southern Vermont College and the Vermont Law School. He is a member of the Southern Vermont Health Center’s Northshire Regional Advisory Board. Erich graduated from Harvard University in 1964 and the New York Law School in 1968. Susanne Warren Warren joined the Board of Trustees in November. She is the director of the John G. McCullough Free Library in North Bennington. She has taught at Union College and the University of Vermont, and has also served as a technical services coordinator for digital projects at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library in Williamstown, Mass.. Warren was the user services coordinator for the J.Paul Getty Trust’s Art and Architecture Thesarus. In 1997, after departing from the Getty Trust, Warren was an information management consultant for prestigious institutions including the Harvard University Visuals Collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution. The Bennington Museum is located at 75 Main St. [Route 9] in downtown Bennington, Vt.. For additional information, visit the museum’s www.benningtonmuseum.org Internet Website.
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Lanesborough Fifth-Graders Win Snowplow Name Contest

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — One of the snowplows for Highway District 1 has a new name: "The Blizzard Boss."
 
The name comes from teacher Gina Wagner's fifth-grade class at Lanesborough Elementary School. 
 
The state Department of Transportation announced the winners of the fourth annual "Name A Snowplow" contest on Monday. 
 
The department received entries from public elementary and middle school classrooms across the commonwealth to name the 12 MassDOT snowplows that will be in service during the 2025/2026 winter season. 
 
The purpose of the contest is to celebrate the snow and ice season and to recognize the hard work and dedication shown by public works employees and contractors during winter operations. 
 
"Thank you to all of the students who participated. Your creativity allows us to highlight to all, the importance of the work performed by our workforce," said  interim MassDOT Secretary Phil Eng.  
 
"Our workforce takes pride as they clear snow and ice, keeping our roads safe during adverse weather events for all that need to travel. ?To our contest winners and participants, know that you have added some fun to the serious take of operating plows. ?I'm proud of the skill and dedication from our crews and thank the public of the shared responsibility to slow down, give plows space and put safety first every time there is a winter weather event."
 
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