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Nearly $34 million in lawsuits pending against Hermitage, Barnes

Pending lawsuits against Hermitage and Barnes in Vermont, Connecticut Docket/State Plaintiff Defendant Amount of suit 62-2-18 Wmcv VT Berkshire Bank HIREHC, Hermitage Club, James Barnes $16,599,579.16...

Adjudicated lawsuits against Hermitage and Barnes tops $15 million

Table of adjudicated lawsuits against the Hermitage and James Barnes Docket/State Plaintiffs Defendants Default? Amount of judgment 5:18-cv-56 US District Court VT RTM Capital Partners, LPV, 15-Hermitage, Matthew...

Hospital releases new health needs assessment

TOWNSHEND- Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital services has released the findings of the 2018 Community Health Needs Assessment in preparation to create action plans to address the most severe health needs of residents in Windham County. The data was collected from 1,257 resident responses...

Two men charged for June drug-overdose death

WILMINGTON- Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the overdose death of Connor Rusin on June 12.
Dalton Kissell, 28, of Westminster, and Neal Bolster, 28, a Hinsdale, NH resident, were charged with selling heroin, fentanyl, and dispensing a regulated drug resulting in...

The Barnstormer Lift, 2016

Club hopes to close on re-fi loan

Also files challenge to hotel permit denial
WILMINGTON- An appraisal required for the refinancing of the Hermitage Club has been completed, Hermitage Club President Harper Sibley announced in a message to members.
“I’m pleased to report that the appraisal required from the lender...

G2 Capital Advisors Managing Director of Restructuring, Pat Reinhardt

Hermitage Club turnaround company turns adversary

By Mike Eldred
HARTFORD, CT- A company that was once tasked with turning around the financially troubled Hermitage Club is now suing their former client for failing to repay a loan.
G2 Capital Advisors filed the lawsuit in Hartford, CT, Superior Court in August, claiming James...

Halifax

Harmful levels of PFOA found in water

HALIFAX- The Vermont Department of Health has released a report detailing the concentrations of harmful perfluorooctanic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), known collectively as PFCs, present in Bennington and Halifax drinking water. The report advises residents who may have been...

Group asks for marketing funding

DOVER - Representatives from the bi-town economic development committee met separately with the Dover and Wilmington selectboards on Tuesday evening. The boards were presented with proposed funding options for the next three years. The funds, if awarded, would come from the towns’ 1% local option...

Board opts to keep internet provider local

DOVER - In what zoning administrator Tabi Freedman called a choice of “local versus power,” the Dover Selectboard was tasked with choosing between Duncan Cable and FirstLight, a company that provides fiber service throughout the Northeast, for an upgrade of internet service to fiber for the town...

Communications companies sue over net neutrality

WILMINGTON - Five telecommunications associations are suing the state of Vermont over legislation that seeks to mitigate the effects of the Federal Communications Commission’s 2018 repeal of Obama-era net neutrality regulations. In the complaint, which was filed in the US District Court on...