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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1977
Page
8
Marchers from Carl M. Dessaint Post Brattleboro and Shaftsbury children in a covered wagon joined Sunday’s 26th annual parade sponsored by the Harned-Fowler Post Veterans of Foreign Wars. Spectators watched from parked cars along Route 7.
Manchesterites meet and eat with Marathon men as Boston hosts Patriots Day celebrations. Denise C. Martinez, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Philip Martinez, will enroll at St. Lawrence University in the fall in a liberal arts program with a mathematics major. Denise is a National Honor Society member and veteran senior band and cheerleader.
Three young men were injured when a 1976 CJ-5 jeep struck a steel guard rail and overturned off Richville Road near Manchester. They were taken to Rutland Hospital by the Manchester Rescue Squad. Police and rescue crews investigated the crash and reported the car totaled. The article also notes the Boston Marathon and local activities on Monday.
Hoosick Falls residents are invited to a public hearing at 7 30 p m on Main Street to discuss dog control policies. The session, requested by Village Trustee Francis Murphy, aims to air views while noting the town currently lacks a leash law and enforces only the state curfew for dogs.
Pownal selectmen decline Norman Greenberg's $35,000 bid for an acre of land beside the town hall, deeming $5,000 to $10,000 more reasonable. The meeting also set a 6:30 p.m. Thursday discussion with Barber's Pond developers amid new federal anti recession funds and liquor license actions.
University of Massachusetts civil engineering prof William E. Heronemus proposes 20 000 windmills on 1 000 floating platforms 35 to 150 miles offshore to power six million homes and create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Two platform concepts envisions 200 foot blades on each unit or several hundred smaller machines on each hull.
The 31st intercollegiate woodmen’s weekend at Dartmouth College April 29 and 30 gathers 160 plus competitors from nine eastern colleges in events such as wood chopping tree felling buck sawing pulp throwing log rolling and scoot loading. Initiated by the late Ross McKenney a Maine guide and Dartmouth Outing Club adviser the event began in 1947 and travels yearly to a different host school.
Pownal hosts a 20 mile spring trail ride on May 21 starting at 9 am from Pownal Elementary School. Bennington County Mounted Posse maps the trail with posted mile markers for rider pace. Judy Voll, a past winner, serves as judge. Anne Brown coordinates entries at Shadowbrook Stable, Pownal VT 05261.
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