Hanover — Despite hints that word on a hiring decision might come Monday, school officials are staying mum on their pick for a new principal at the Bernice A. Ray School.
Administrators are seeking a replacement for former Principal Matthew Laramie, who resigned in February amid accusations that he misused thousands in school district funds.
Last Wednesday, the Hanover School Board postponed a decision between its two finalists for the position, Carl Chambers of the Windsor (Vt.) Southeast Supervisory Union and John Hansen of the Inter-Lakes School District in New Hampshire.
Although a board member said on Saturday that the new week could bring an announcement, as of Monday evening parents in the district said they hadn’t received an update.
Both the school board chair and the district superintendent did not respond to requests for comment Monday.
Hartland
Around 2:30 a.m., neighbors phoned in a call saying they heard explosions coming from the Northern Timber Inc. building at 26 Ferry Road, Hartland Fire Chief John Sanders said in a Monday night interview. The fire was fully involved upon crews’ arrival at the scene, he said.
Though the two-alarm fire was showing from all four sides of the 50-by-50-foot building, Sanders said, firefighters were able to knock it down after a couple of hours. Crews from Hartford, Windsor and West Windsor assisted in the fight.
Officials from the Vermont Division of Fire Safety and Vermont State Police were on scene Monday to investigate the cause of the fire, Sanders said.
“The cause is undetermined, but is not suspicious,” Sanders said.
No one was inside the building at the time, though repairs had been made to some service equipment inside the building on Sunday night, the chief said.
The site was home to a processor and dry kiln owned by Hartland Wood Resources, according to Hartland Town Manager Bob Stacey.
Arthur Stout, a logger who is associated with both Hartland Wood Resources and Northern Timber, could not be reached for comment.
In a state where a potentially cancer-causing chemical has turned up in both private and public drinking water supplies, Vermont lawmakers have a message for the federal government: Step up regulation of these substances or let them do it.
Congress currently is working on resolving differences in proposed updates to the law, but at least agrees states should be restricted in some way from entering the regulatory field.
— Staff and wire reports