Bennington Eyes Ski Jump Project Approval
Bennington District Environmental Commission is expected to approve a ski jump on a 52 acre public parcel off Chapel Road. Town officials and local groups back the training facility for school teams with funding pledged by the school board and Jaycees, while soil erosion and parking are cited as concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Bennington District Environmental Commission
Chapel Road
Bennington
Edward R. Lamb
Jaycees
Mt. Anthony
Lamb
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Commission
John M. Moore
Bennington Jaycees
Bennington School District to seek four non tax Articles
The Bennington School District board announced four articles for its June warning, none increasing taxes. Proposals include permission to buy a new building, add to Molly Stark School, place surplus funds in a sinking fund, and vote the budget by Australian ballot. The board split on separating the annual floor meeting from the budget vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington School
Richard A. Sleeman
Molly Stark
BSD
Harry Eddington
Bernard Winslow
David J. Allen
Eddington
Joanne B. Dunham
Pleasant St
State Department of Education
Greenfield
Mass
James Britton Associates
Conflicts prompt Bennington unit to hear Dover plant case
The Vermont State Environmental Board moved a public hearing on the Dover North Branch No. 1 sewage treatment plant to Brattleboro, delaying a Windham County hearing. Officials from Windham, Bennington, and neighboring groups will participate, with district coordinators reviewing overlapping duties amid concerns over conflicts of interest in Dover planning.
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Windham
Bennington
State Environmental Board
Bennington District Environmental Commission
Dover
Mt. Snow
Windham County
Bennington Commission
Brattleboro
District Environmental Headquarters
Main St
Windham Commission
Peter Zilliacus
State Board
Environmental Commission
Zilliacus
Dover Planning Commission
North Branch Fire District
Prudential Committee
District Environmental Commission
Windham District Commission
George B. Gordon
Jamaica
Benjamin Partridge
State Senate
Vermont Environmental Board
Kenneth Senecal
State Water Resources Board
John W. Stevens
The
Southern Vermont Conservation Society
Gerry James
Environmental League
Senecal
Bennington District
BSD delays full school opening with Labor Day
The Bennington School District approves a 1971-72 calendar delaying first day to Sept 7 after parental request. The plan ends school June 16 next year with four October days off, a Thanksgiving four day break plus a pre-Thanksgiving half day, Christmas break from Dec 20 to Jan 3, midwinter week starting Feb 2, a week in April from the 17th, a March 31 half day, and a full day off May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
BSD
Dollars for Scholars Drives To Reach 12000 Goal
The annual fund-raising campaign for Dollars for Scholars continues today in Bennington Woodford and Pownal with a goal of 12000 in contributions. Mt Anthony High School students will canvass doors from 6 to 9 pm to raise funds for local students pursuing further education after high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Woodford
Pownal
Mt. Anthony
Commissioner Promotes Reuse of Treated Sewage in Vermont
Johnson urged limits on water use and said treated sewage could be recycled for non drinking purposes to save money. He stressed natural resource preservation and predicted new regulations could become law after final review by June 1 following testimony from a Wednesday hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Vermont
Water Resources Board
Annual meeting of Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
The annual meeting of the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union will be held tonight at 7 30 in Room 209 at Mt Anthony Union High School. Open to the public, the meeting will approve a union budget proposed by the advisory committee.
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Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Selectmen endorse police reform committee plan
Bennington Selectmen approve forming an interagency committee to study the Bennington Police Department following a staff IACP recommendation. The panel would include police, selectmen, town manager, and other officials to evaluate roles and propose nonbinding reforms. Neil S. Moss favors oversight without membership. The board will revisit next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Bennington County
Neil S. Moss
International Association of Chiefs of Police
IACP
Police Department
Moss
Bennington Society
Edward R. Lamb
Lamb
Study Committee
Board of Selectmen
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Drysdale
J. Duncan Campbell
Edward Frasier
Campbell
Interagency Police Committee
Hoosick Falls Suffering Four Overnight Breaks Reported
Hoosick Falls police and state investigators probe at least four burglaries and one attempted break in the Elm Street area overnight. Don’s Book Shop lost about 275 dollars via a 1.01 sale to open the register after a rear window and door entry. Other incidents include about 15 dollars stolen from Ideal Restaurant and Capano’s Grocery, with an attempted entry at Elm Street Auto Parts. Eagles lodge on First Street was entered but nothing taken. a cigarette machine and jukebox moved, 8 cents found.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Frank J. Demick
Royal Howard
Don's Book Shop
John Street
Elm Street
Ideal
Elm
Church Streets
Capano’s
Elm Street Auto Parts
Ideal Restaurant
Aerie
Order of Eagles
First St
Legislator's Report Finishing off the 1971 session
Representative George Van Santvoord recaps the Vermont 1971 session ending April 21 1971. He notes adjournment April 19 and explains why an extra legislative day mattered for bill delay rules. He covers committee actions on cancer study reform constitutional amendments school aid and budget items including UVM repairs and the Arts Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Paris
Moscow
Vermont
Senate
Marshall Witten
UVM
House
Banner
Kelton George van Santvoord
Bennington Briefs: Local Clubs and Events
The rifle club will skip Saturday meetings due to fishing season. Southern Vermont Stock Horses Inc. opens its first show Sunday at Harwood Hill at noon with free admission and refreshments. A rummage sale at Bennington College raised 330 dollars for nuclear plant hearings funding by the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution, with plans for a larger sale later. St Francis CYO hosts a Catamount School dance Friday 8:30 to 11:30, music by Indigo Sun, admission 1.50. U.S. Army specialist Regan L. Shultz, formerly Fort McNair, is now stationed at Kaiserslautern Germany since March 23. Address provided is APO New York 09067. Drive safely and save money with Shea Agency auto insurance.
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Southern Vermont Stock Horses Inc
Harwood Hill
Bennington College
Committee For Survival
Vernon
New England Coalition
St. Francis Cyo
Catamount
Indigo Sun
Regan L. Shultz
U.S. Army
Fort McNair
Washington, D.C
Kaiserlautern
Germany
Elmer Shultz
R.D. 1
Orchard Road
HHD
APO
New York
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges
Admissions include Miss Daniell Whitman Mrs Anne L McCarthy North Bennington Miss Mary Elizabeth Roy Bennington Ward F Cromack Jacksonville. Discharges list Burnett Legus Hunt Hoosick Falls Mrs Aline Mayer Bennington David J Woodard Arlington Michael C Blake North Bennington Robert Jansen Petersburg N Y Mrs Margaret Okerman Hoosick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniell Whitman
Anne L. McCarthy
North Bennington
Mary Elizabeth Roy
Bennington
Ward F. Cromack
Jacksonville
Burnett Legus Hunt
Hoosick Falls
Aline Mayer
David J. Woodard
Arlington
Michael C. Blake
Robert Jansen
Petersburg
N.Y
Margaret Okerman
Hoosick
Obituary notes for Matteson and Folino families in Vermont and Massachusetts
Byron E. Matteson 71 of Shaftsbury and former Manchester caretaker died after a brief illness at Putnam Memorial Hospital. He lived in Sunderland born Sept 16 1899 and married Lavina Fox in 1928. Survived by wife two sons and daughter plus many relatives. Burial in Ira Allen Cemetery Sunderland. Mrs Nancie Jean Warner Folino 34 died at home in North Adams after brief illness. Daughter of Edward and Dorothy Warner born March 26 1937 in Bennington. Funeral in St Francis de Sales Church with burial Park Lawn Cemetery.
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Byron E. Matteson
Shaftsbury
Manchester
Putnam Memorial Hospital
A.B. Wadsworth
E.S. Cushman
Sunderland
William and
Flora (Burke) Matteson
Lavina Fox
Mattison
Adoniram Lodge
F&am
Manichester
Erbie
Nancy) Usrey
Santee
Calif
Howard B. Matteson
Charles E. Matteson
Poultney
Myrtle Bentley
Manchester Depot
May Lamphere
Pittsfield
Mass
Thomas C. Matteson
Willis Matteson
Granville
N.Y
Edgar Matteson
Middletown Springs
Joseph Matteson
Fair Haven
Nancie Jean (Warner) Folino
Paul E. Folino
Harris St
North Adams
Edward Warner
Bennington
Dorothy Davis
Bennington High School
Albany Medical Center
Robert Doran
East Hartford
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David Scribner
Library Board
al Capp
Olivier Fitts
Frances Curtis
Newport
Dena Zolotas
Burlington
Pagement
Welfare Department
Betit
Masso
Hall Cushman
Selectman
J. C. Jerome
Carrigan Lane
Betii
David Muckle
Bennington District Court
Muckle
Benningtown
Francis de Sales Academy
Brookside
Marie Condon
Willow Road
D Jolivette Electric
Dunham
Willard S. MacBride
George Sleeman
Old
Louis Perrotta
Qdusthome Furniture Inc
Bennington, Vermont
Legislator’s Report
Montpelier
Bennington Briefs
Recreation
Shea Agency Inc
Adv
Ifford & Gage
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational Church
Ira Allen Cemetery
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