Former Grafton County Attorney Rick St. Hilaire has been appointed by President Donald Trump to serve on the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.
The committee, which operates in conjunction with the U.S. State Department, advises The White House on foreign government requests for U.S. import controls on archaeological and ethnological artifacts threatened by looting and theft.
St. Hilaire, of Lebanon, is an expert on heritage and property law and the illegal antiquities trade and is founder and executive director of Red Arch Cultural Heritage Law & Policy Research, a nonprofit that advises museums and others on safeguarding cultural property at risk of trafficking and theft.
Roy Thomas, manager of the McDonald’s on Washington Street in Claremont, has won the Ray Kroc Award — named after the fast good giant’s founder — that recognizes the top-performing managers in the McDonald’s system.
It’s the third time that Thomas, a 34-year McDonald’s employee and Rutland resident, has won the award in 14 years. The award is given to only 365 managers of McDonald’s franchises around the world and will be presented at a banquet in Orlando, Fla., in April.
The Claremont McDonald’s is owned an operated by Coughlin Inc., a Rutland-based group owner of 10 McDonald’s locations in the Twin States, including franchises in Randolph; Springfield, Vt.; and Newport, N.H.
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