Merck Forest Begins Maple Sugaring Season
The Merck Forest staff starts its first maple sugaring season despite deep snow and washed out roads. A modest setup uses 150 taps on plastic line and 350 in buckets. community donors aided equipment. future plans include pipeline expansion, student programs, and selling syrup at the Barn to fund educational activities.
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Merck Forest
Merce Forest
Student Conservation Association
John McCormick
Manchester
Vernon Beebe
Rupert
Howard Hill
Sunderland
Depot St
Merck
Letters To The Banner Questioning Town Office Etiquette
A reader asks why residents cannot get straight answers when visiting a town office seeking simple information. The letter expresses frustration with the clarity and responsiveness of local government communication.
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Banner
Burning leaves and garbage sparks Bennington protest
Residents question Bennington permits for burning garbage while fines loom for leaf burning. A Pleasant Street scene shows smoke from Richard Sleeman’s garbage cans drifting toward an elementary school, prompting concern over odors and toxic gases. Tony Scheet Pleasant Street Apartments.
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Bennington
Pleasant Street
Richard Sleeman
326 Pleasant St
April Whimsy Brings Spring To The Banner
A poetic plea to April features playful imagery of spring’s awakening and magic. Helena Shevlen Moore is listed with Bennington Convalescent Center as the author or source of the piece, reflecting a personal or community contribution to the newspaper.
Escape from the Doll's House Boston
In a late 60s to early 70s climate New Women challenge the Great Man wife ideal. Margaret Trudeau breaks with form, pursuing spontaneity and photography while public life becomes a reflected image. The piece argues a rising conformity within rebellion and warns of excessive individualism.
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Pat Nixons
Lady Bird Johnsons
Caesar
Barbara Howar
Doris Kearns
Sally Quinn
Lady Bird
Margaret Trudeau
Canada
Barbara Howard
Doris Kearnses
Sally Quinns
Rolling Stones
New York
Ottawa
Pat
Mamie
Alexis de Tocqueville
America
Bennington News Highlights Tennis Plans and Local Notes
Frank T. Tschorn of Bennington College serves on the Vermont State Tennis Association ranking committee as plans for a gala season of tournaments in small Vermont communities take shape. In Bennington, about 1,000 residents own dogs, while just over 200 have dog licenses at the town clerk’s office. A frame building on the Jennings estate in North Bennington burned for unknown reasons, causing damage. The Vermont Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Quintet visits Park McCullough House in North Bennington this Sunday afternoon with Maestro Efrain Guigui clarinet performance as a thank you to the town’s supporters.
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Frank T. Tschorn
Bennington College
Vermont State Tennis Association
Bennington
Jennings
North Bennington
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Park McCullough
Efrain Guigui
Guigui
Jessie H. Joseph
Looking Back Around 2000 A Page Of Local News Clippings
Items include a lost structure contents incident with pigs and tools, returning Navy veteran Bruce La Vigne after 11 years service, Edward Nash preparing for a Detroit intern appointment, Graded School open house with the Carpenter family, Mrs. Moss at the school desk, Loomis G. Dana named YMCA executive director, Mt. Anthony Jaycees passes gavel to Dr. Dudley Baker, local students fundraising for a teenage coffeehouse with $63.57 raised toward $99, Bennington history notes on the U S Mint motto E Pluribus Unum, Wilson's 1917 war declaration request, Lindbergh kidnapping case notes and Hauptmann’s execution.
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Sonarman
Bruce la Vigne
U.S. Navy
School Street
Virginia
la Vigne
South Pacific
Edward Nash
Prospect St
University of Vermont
Ford
Margaret Moss
John Wilkinson
Mt. Anthony Jaycees
Dudley Baker
Paul Bohne
Timothy Finney
Edward Christopher
Raymond Huether
Robert Lebert
Ivo “Skip” Laurson
Henry Simpatico
Dennis Joy
Congress
U.S
Woodrow Wilson
Germany
Charles Lindbergh
New York City
Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
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Merck Forest Report
By Duncan A. Campbell
The
Karen Noyce
Art
Tony Scheet
Pleasant Street Apartments
Ing. Bennington
Dale Carnegie
John T. Fletcher, Jr
7 Square
Bellows Falls
April
Helena Shevlen Moore
Bennington Convalescent Center
Boston
People Magazine
People
Bennington Area
YMCA
Loomis G. Dana
Dana
Suzanne
Richard
Gregory
Christine
Hecae
Colonial Shopping
Williamstown
Bennington, VT
Harold W. Humphrey
Temple Brothers
Larry J. Callander
Temple Brothers of Rutland, Inc
Old Bennington
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