Zoning Board Reverses Richards Permit In Brattleboro
In Brattleboro the Zoning Board of Appeals overturned Town Inspector Elwell and denied approval for Edward and Richards to build a professional building at Putney Road and Bradley Avenue citing residential zoning concerns raised by neighbors. Attorneys defended the board’s authority to modify permits to fit the ordinance.
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Brattleboro
Zoning Board of Appeals
Corwin S. Elwell
Edward J. Richards
Putney Road
Bradley Avenue
John G. Kristensen
Essex eyes BOQ at Ethan Allen base as school option
Essex residents will meet Thursday to consider converting a former bachelor officers quarters at Ethan Allen Air Force Base into a school. With rising costs and limited options, town officials face remodeling the BOQ, building a new school, patching an old one, or holding double sessions. A bond vote may be held this spring to finance the remodel.
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Essex
Ethan Allen Air Force Base
Essex Junction
Hazen F. Wood
BOQ
Air Force
Wood
Judge Osterman Resists Rockefeller Call to Step Down
Albany judge Melvin H. Osterman defies Gov. Rockefeller by refusing to resign from the Court of Claims amid a grand jury probe of State Liquor Authority graft. Osterman accuses the governor of prejudging his case and prefers the Court of the Judiciary process to removal. Waterford officials plan a nighttime curfew for minors, set to curb street activity before summer recess, with 10 p.m. weekdays and 11 p.m. weekends, fines to be imposed.
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Albany
Melvin H. Osterman
Court of Claims
Gov
Rockefeller
Court On
Osterman
Manhattan
State Liquor Authority
Claims Court
Court of the Judiciary
Waterford
Fort Edward
Adams Denies Resignation Amid Mount Greylock Tramway Probe
Pittsfield chiropodist Dr. Herbert Dobelle refuted Boston reports he quit as Mount Greylock Tramway Authority chair. He said progress clears legal and emotional issues to start peak development this summer. The Hancock Raceways dispute fuels the probe into state matters.
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ADAMS
Herbert Dobelle
Pittsfield
Boston
Mount Greylock
Dobelle
Springfield Union
Hancock Raceways, Inc
Vermont House Considers Trading Stamp Discount Plan
The trading stamp bill returns from the General Committee with an amendment replacing abolition with a 2 percent discount for customers asking instead of stamps. Action on this third reading is expected next week alongside the University of Vermont appropriation bill, which has faced delays. The Simpson education aid bill remains pending, with Ways & Means potential referral for revenue considerations. The firecracker sale legalization bill advances with a two year trial period.
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University of Vermont
Simpson
Mallory
Ways & Means Committee
House
Three Basic Vermont Assembly Questions Face Legislature
Montpelier Vermont AP House Speaker Franklin S Billings outlined three main concerns for the public: session length education aid and tax changes. He said the legislature is further ahead than two years ago and expects to adjourn in May with about 600 bills to be introduced and nearly 400 referred to committees.
Three Guilty in Boston Garage Trial
A Suffolk Superior Court jury found Francis W. Kiernan Richard K. Gordon and Richard C. Simmers guilty of larceny and conspiracy in a Boston Common underground garage case. The verdict followed 2 hours 40 minutes of deliberation with appeals indicated by defense counsel.
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Boston
Suffolk
Boston Common
Francis J. Quirico
Francis W. Kiernan
Richard K. Gordon
Ipswich District Court
Andover Law
Richard C. Simmers
George L. Brady
Massachusetts Parking Authority
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Girls State
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St. Albans
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Gerald Lamphere
Lamphere
Burlington
New York
Down In
Berkshire
Tramway
North Adams
North Adams State College
Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield College
Robert V. Hamilton
North Adams College
Berkshire College
Hamilton
Joseph Walsh
Pittsfield Community College
Williamstown
Connecticut Valley
Veteran Motor Car Club of America
Antique Automobile Club of America
J. Maynard Austin
Austin
Emory Hebard
Glover
John H. Downs
St. Johnsbury
Richard W. Mallary
Appropriations Committee
Education Committee
Cord
Foundation Co
Kiernan
Richard M. Johnson
Johnsonian
Shaffe’s Men’s Shop
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