BCRC maps 1978 plan for local aid and growth control
Bennington County Regional Commission outlines fiscal 1978 technical assistance programs to help Manchester Route 7 traffic planning, town financial health reviews, water supply compliance, and downtown renewal efforts. Burke says plan mirrors next year’s objectives and awaits ADCA feedback before finalizing.
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Arlington
Manchester
Bennington County
BCRC
DCA
Burke
East Dorset
Bennington
District 208
Firemen's Auction Set in North Bennington
North Bennington Fire Department invites items for its annual Fireman's Auction at the North Bennington firehouse on Saturday June 18 from 10 am to 4 pm. Auctioneers are Ransom Gore and Walter Murphy with a ladies auxiliary concession and lunch options. Donations drop at the firehouse Percy's Taxi Stand or via pickup by contacting Gordon Sweet Ronald Nadeau or Chief Martin Percey. All donations are tax deductible and no item is too large or small.
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North Bennington Fire Department
North Bennington
Ransom Gore
Walter Murphy
Ladies Auxiliary
St. John the Baptist
Percy
Gordon Sweet
Ronald Nadeau
Martin Percey
Arlington horse show plans and prize mailings
Prize lists for the Bennington County Horse Show are being mailed to exhibitors. The event will take place Sunday May 29 at Bald Mountain Farm Route 7 Arlington to benefit the University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm. Judges include J Lloyd Marks and Norman Hall.
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Arlington
Bennington County
Bald Mountain Farm
Route
University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm
J. Lloyd Marks
Peabody
Mass
Norman Hall
Cambridge senior chosen for NYS Senate Teach-in on April 29
South Cambridge student John Turi of Cambridge Central School is one of two selected to participate in the NYS Senate Environmental Teach-in on April 29 and will serve on the solar energy committee. A May 28 church rummage sale at the local Methodist church invites items for donation. The horse show at Norfolk Mass. features observer judge Guy Genoese, Rhinebeck steward Samuel Bridges, Sherry Lingner as designer of courses, Henry Schurink as ringmaster, Melvin Dyson in charge of the hunt course, Neil Knapp as announcer, Kurt Klein as official farrier. The Green Mountain Veterinary Hospital will provide on-site care. Coggins tests and out-of-state health certificates are required. For entry forms contact secretary Mrs. Franklin Frantz, Burgess Road, Bennington VT 05201.
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John Turi
Cambridge Central School
NYS Senate
John
Norfolk
Mass
Guy Genoese
Mt. Carmel
Neil Knapp
Arlington
Kurt Klein
Berlin
N.Y
Green Mountain Veterinary Hospital
Elm trunk with a smile found in North Bennington yard
A sawed elm trunk over two feet in diameter shows cuts and a smile at its center. The felled tree was found in the front yard of a home on Harlan Road in North Bennington.
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Harlan Road
Bennington
Vermont to Receive About 30 Million in Public Works Aid
A congressional conference committee endorsed a 4 billion measure as part of President Carter's stimulus package. Vermont would get about 30 million for school and library projects, recreation facilities, and other public works to create up to 2,000 jobs.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Congressional Conference
Vermont
Robert Stafford
Carter
Stafford
Essex Voters reject 2.5 million school bond proposal
Essex Town voters turn down a 2.5 million bond plan by 415 to 944, blocking a new elementary school for grades 2 through 5 aimed at easing overcrowding. Officials say they are disappointed but will accept the result. opponents criticized the project as too costly.
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ESSEX
UPI
Essex Town
Vermont Task Force postpones study on nuclear waste
The Vermont Task Force on nuclear wastes delays a geological study until the Health Department approves Dr. David Scott’s report on nuclear waste management. Vermont, one of 30 states eyed for long term storage, awaits guidance to assess storage problems.
Snelling aides hint at abolition of Nuclear Advisory Committee
In Montpelier, Governor Snelling may abolish the Nuclear Advisory Committee after a meeting called by aide Charles Butler. The panel, comprising state officials, has little real power and has mostly served as a discussion group on atomic issues. In Rutland, John Bove, 26, was fined 250 dollars and given a suspended one year jail term for driving while intoxicated after a May Shrewsbury crash that killed passenger Nancy Clifford, 19.
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Montpelier
API
Richard Snelling
Charles Butler
Snelling
Rutland
UPI
John Bove
Bove
Vermont
Shrewsbury
Nancy Clifford
Deaths of Rasche couple shock Albany residents
In Albany, Richard C. Rasche 20 and his wife Marcia 19 were found dead in their 582 Park Ave apartment in what authorities call a double death by own action. Rasche’s father blamed the tragedy on Albany area psychiatric services after the couple sought help repeatedly but were told to solve their problems on their own. Tests show cadmium pollution in Foundry Cove on the lower Hudson River raising concerns over crabs from the cove.
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Albany
Richard C. Rasche
Marcia
Park Ave
Richard
Robert J. Rasche
Rasche
Department of Environmental Conservation
Hudson River
Foundry Cove
Putnam County
West Point
State Department of Health
Arnold Bakery founder withdraws school donation in Berkshire
Dean Arnold, founder of Arnold Bakery Co, pulled back a plan to donate his Egremont house and 100 acres worth over 1 million to Pumpkin Hollow Elementary after neighbor opposition. Betty Krainis said the school will instead pursue 350000 for a new campus near the current site. Arnold and his wife started the bakery in 1940.
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Great Barrington
UPI
Arnold Bakery Co
Dean Arnold
Pumpkin Hollow
Egremont House
Betty Krainis
Arnold
Vandals disrupt costumes at Williams College show
WILLIAMSTOWN The Cap & Bells production of Guys & Dolls opened as scheduled after costumes were vandalized Tuesday night at Adams Memorial Theatre. Director Jean Bernard Bucky could not be reached for comment. A department secretary confirmed some costumes were damaged after the dress rehearsal ended at 11 p.m. Tuesday. Police were called to the theater Wednesday morning.
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Williamstown
Williams College Theatre Department
Cap & Bells
Guys & Dolls
Adams Memorial Theatre
Jean Bernard Bucky
Williams Theater Department
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