Group seeks restraining order against Pownal board
(World News USA)

BENNINGTON — A group of residents opposed to the way the Select Board is considering an ordinance allowing all-terrain-vehicles on more town roads seeks a restraining order and alleges continued violations of the state`s Open Meeting Law. Pownal Citizens for Safer Roads, LLC, names in a complaint filed by attorney Merrill Bent the town and the board members, including Angie Rawling, the chairwoman; Michael Gardner, Harry Percey, Ronald Bisson and Robert Jarvis. The complaint was filed Thursday in Bennington Superior Court Civil Division. The group, which is said to include more than two dozen residents, formed in recent weeks as the board continued work on the proposed ordinance. Bent,...