Bennington state’s attorney to face primary challenge

Arnold Gottlieb of Dorset, candidate for Bennington state’s attorney. Courtesy photo
BENNINGTON — A Dorset resident challenging Bennington County State’s Attorney Erica Marthage in the Democratic primary contends that the office “is being run with a decades-old philosophy” that stresses an inflexible attitude on crime.
Arnold Gottlieb, a private practice attorney since 1978 in Ohio and Vermont, plans to formally announce his candidacy on Wednesday afternoon outside