County Scout Jamboree At Bennington Armory Draws 2000+
More than 2,000 people attend the Green Mountain Council Boy Scouts of America annual Scout Show at the Bennington Armory on Saturday. Tim Douglas of Bennington Troop 345 demonstrates on a mountain rig, while Eric Bartholomae of Manchester Troop 333 patches a fracture for "Artificial Artic" and Dorset Troop 332 serves homemade pancakes.
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Bennington Armory
Green Mountain Council
Boy Scouts of America
Tim Douglas
Bennington
Northshire
Eric Bartholomae
Manchester
Dorset
Rat race arson probe lingers in Winhall vacation homes
Police investigate a string of 13 major fires in the Stratton Mountain area with no new leads on the suspected arsonist. States police report no recent fires in eight weeks and local officials, including Windhall Fire Chief Rawson, describe patrols as a dead end while stressing cooperation and ongoing inquiry.
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Winhall
Stratton Mountain
Cpl
Glenn Hall
Hall
Ralph Cameron
Cameron
Windall
Walter Rawson
Rawson
Local student on Canada tour from Vermont Academy
Peter Colelough of Manchester is a Vermont Academy student in Saxtons River. His Canadian history class joined a weekend field trip by bus to Portland Maine and a passenger boat to Yarmouth Nova Scotia then Halifax before returning to Portland and the school. Instructor Dexter Morse notes this year’s trip offers first hand study of Canadian cities and government.
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Saxtons River
Peter Colelough
Pred Colelough
Manchester
Vermont Academy
Portland
Maine
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Dexter Morse
Toronto
Williams accepts 845 applicants at Williams College
WILLIAMSTOWN Mass The Office of Admissions mailed acceptance letters Saturday to 845 candidates 597 men and 248 women Including 95 men and 70 women accepted in November under Early Decision Program Of the 845 students accepted 234 received financial aid A total of 4143 applications were received the highest in Williams history up over 21 percent from last year 4700
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Williamstown
Mass
Office of Admissions
Wiliams College
Williams
Liberal Arts
Arlington Day Care Center Celebrates Easter Activities
With school vacation next week Arlington Day Care centers on Easter themed crafts and activities. Children created cotton ball pussy willows, clay pals, and colorful bunnies while self portraits, singing, and charades kept afternoons lively. They also bake cookies and plan a nature walk for a nature collage.
Arlington Community Calendar Highlights and Little League Notes
Local calendar lists Grange weekly social and various meetings at Little Hall Bailey Hall and Legion rooms. Little League tryouts scheduled for Apr 23 24 25 with age eligibility 9 to 12. Enterprise Society rummage sale dates and Arlington Lions Club audition on July 7. Call Ed Doyle Cyril Hoyt or members for pickup.
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Grange
Little Hall
W. Arl
Taaune
Field
Little League
Arlington Chorale
Bailey Hall
E. Arl
American Legion Jliary
Legion Rooms
Arlington Fire Co
Firehouse
American Legion
Enterprise Society
E. A
G.m
Arlington Lions Club
Ed Doyle
Cyril Hoyt
Dartmouth hosts Egyptian antiquities lecturer April 1815
Winfield Smith, author and lecturer on Egyptian and classical antiquities, visits Dartmouth College in Hanover New Hampshire for a series of talks on ancient Egypt and a film showing. He displays his private collection of Roman and ancient glass, with lectures sponsored by the classics department and the linguistics steering committee, all open to the public without charge.
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Hanover
Winfield Smith
Dartmouth College
Nefertiti
Mr. Smith
Dublin
N.H
Dartmouth
Dartmouth Hall
British Broadcasting Corporation
Temple of
Akhenaton
Karnak
Egypt
Silsby
American Oir
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Smith
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Louvre
New York Metropolitan Museum
Brooklyn Art Museum
Corning, N.Y. Museum of Glass
College
Hopkins Center
Arlington revote warned on revenue sharing at May meeting
Arlington plans a 7 30 p m May 16 memorial high school meeting to decide how 25457 in revenue sharing funds should be spent The town would replace two items with bridges and culverts and town disposal while keeping total expenditures unchanged The meeting is floor only with no at polls voting and follows a prior March Town Meeting where voters withheld approval pending an investigation into spending without prior voter authorization
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Arlington
Maren
Neport
Arlington Memrial High School
Selectmen
March
Philosopher to discuss the shredding of the human image
North Adams Massachusetts Dr Samuel Gomez philosophy professor at North Adams State College will lecture at McCullough Mansion North Bennington on Wednesday at 8 pm open to the public The series titled A Philosopher Looks at the Shattering of the Human Image explores values humanity and the view of man as machine in a technological society Gomez chair of North Adams State College has taught widely and written on philosophy and education
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North Adams
Mass
Samuel Gomez
North Adams State College
McCullough Mansion
North Bennington
Gomez
McCullough Mansion Association
Department
All Allmaker
Marc Goldstein
American Philosophical Association
The
Philosophy of Education Society
American Humanist Association
Portugal
Portugese
Truck Crash Near Hoosick Falls Narrows Escape
A 27 year old Chicago man Haron Abranon narrowly escaped death when his 45 foot tractor trailer left Route 7 near Route 22 and struck a bridge abutment at Shingle Hollow Brook. He was listed in fair condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital with head chest and leg injuries after being pulled unconscious from the brook. The truck en route from McDonough Georgia to Danby Vermont carried celetex ceiling tiles and was demolished. most cargo scattered across the highway. State crews mapped the scene through the night as specialists arranged salvage with local contractors.
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Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Chicago
Haron Abranon
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hoosick Falls
Abranon
McDonough
Danby
Vermont
Bob Niles Garage
Hoosick
Falls
Specialized Truck Service Co
State Highway Department
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Yexi
Photos By
Keitun Milter
Winhall Vacation Home
Appea
Canada
Arlington Day Care
Helene Thompson
Main St
North St. Bennington
Faith Beaumont
Bennington, VT
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