Land revaluation to push Manchester land values toward fair market value
Manchester town officials moved to raise land values toward fair market value, a shift sparked by state checks showing land is undervalued while buildings run higher. The plan would boost Grand List figures by about 3 million, increase taxes for larger tracts, and possibly lower the tax rate by 50 cents if all budgeted increases are not needed. Local farmers like I Stanford Zecher Jr oppose without a Town Meeting vote, insisting farmers deserve tax stabilization negotiations. The next steps include petitions for a special Town Meeting and a full town reappraisal long sought since the 1966 reassessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Blanchard Stone
I. Stanford Zecher Jr
Vermont Tax Department
Stone
Zecher
Stone’s
Richard Rockwell
Manchester Village
Rockwell
Douglas C. Schner
Forest and Recreation District
Pownal Board weighs old center as senior site
Pownal School Board approved exploring using the former Pownal Center School as a senior citizens center after complaints about current meeting sites. The group will survey the building and, if feasible, the district may lease it. The board reorganized with Pizzano as chair and Brookner as vice chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pam Blakeman
Pownal
Pownal Center
Yvette DuBois
Rose Mattison
Vincent Pizzano
Howard Brookner
Gerald
Police urged to step up on parking fines
Manchester selectmen unanimously instructed police to boost meter patrols after March fines totalled 83 dollars, down from 469 dollars the previous March. They noted slower traffic and questioned the meter maid’s removal in an economy move, while some members discussed ending meters altogether.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Selectmen
Henry R
Route 7
Loggers Attend Safety Day at Vermont Technical College
About 200 loggers and forest industry workers attended Vermont Woodmen’s Safety Day at Vermont Technical College in Randolph on March 31. The event, co sponsored by UVM Extension Service the Vermont Department of Forests and Parks and the Northeastern Loggers Association Safety Committee, featured demonstrations on felling limbing and skidding safety first aid and a safety film Round Trip to Danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph
Vermont Woodsmen
Vermont Technical College
University of Vermont Extension Service
Vermont Department of Forests and Parks
Northeastern Loggers Association
Francis Mistrangelo
Manchester
N.H
Paul Bristol
Burlington
Armory
Woodland
Lancaster
New Hampshire Cooperative Extension Service
New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development
Richard Kinder
North Haverhill
Rothfeld
Gove
Chase
Edgar Killian
Daniel Bousquet
Essex Junction
Brian Stone
Montpelier
Foulds
Francis Smalley
Stone
Bousquet
John Deere Company
Forest Industries
Henry Chase
Tom Javery
Gifford Memorial Hospital
Thomas Patterson
UVM
Vermont
Clark Rothfeld
Northfield
Robert Dumville
William Gove
Dumville
200 Attend Hoosick Falls Meeting On Sub division and Building Code Changes
About 200 residents gathered in Hoosick Falls to back proposed amendments to the town subdivision regulations and building code review system. The plan, led by Gerald Harley, aims to limit rules to flood prone areas and tighten notices and enforcement while preserving state requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Beaumont
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
Town Planning Board
Gerald Harley
Jackie
Harley
Raymond Calhoun
State Armory
Town Board
Hoosick Falls Central School
State Environmental Conservation
Howard Taub
Rensselaer County Planning Commission
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Shelburne Museum
Bernard Bisson
Beatrice Burrington
Florence Harries
Amy Burger
Burger
Fran Snyder
Bisson
Gary Lamoureaux
Gerald LaCroix
Joel Burrington
John Mason
George Sleeman
Louis Axt
Mount Anthony
Ivor Pelsue
Bennington
North
Timothy Stevenson
Stevenson
Vermont Historic Sites Division
Jean Bongartz
Tietse
Earnington
California
Pownol
Warland
Arlington
Jamaica
Charles Boyce
Mark Riley
John Macksey
Mark King
Chris Woodard
Joe Stroffoleno
Raymond Grover
Woodford
Main Street
New York State
Navy
Karen Lee Cottrell
Donald and
Beulah Cottrell
Cottrell Road
Walloomsac, N.Y
U.S
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Acadien
Fleischmann Distilling Corp
Rataa
Griffin Electric Co., Inc
Main ST
Benn
Dacron
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Berkshire Plaza
North Adams, Mass
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