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Lawsuit asks for Newport grant revocation

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by Joseph Gresser

NEWPORT — An unsuccessful applicant for a state grant funded with money recovered from Ariel Quiros, the former owner of Jay Peak and Burke Mountain resorts, is suing those associated with deciding who got the grant.  The suit filed in the Civil Division of Orleans County Superior Court Friday by Housing Our Seniors in Vermont, Inc. and Lakemont Retirement Community, LLC, says the winner of the money, Northeast Kingdom Development Corporation, did not meet the requirements set out in the grant application.

The two organizations, the first a non-profit, the second a limited liability corporation, have been working together to build an assisted living facility for 160 seniors on 12 acres of land near North Country Hospital in Newport…

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