Green Up Day urged for North Bennington and Shaftsbury districts
All citizens young and old are urged to take part in Green Up Day Saturday in North Bennington and Shaftsbury. Officials remind volunteers to separate roadside litter by bag type with cans in green bags and bottles and trash in tan bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Bennington Environment
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Vermont
J. Fred Wohnus
Norshaft Lions
Art Jones
Bernard Knapp
North Bennington
Gordon Kenyon
Tom Bluto
Paper Mill Village
Riverside
Fred Wohnus
Harold Shepard
Rudy Woodcock
Charles Griffith
Ralph Wright
Larry Powers
Leonard Powers
Bruce LaVigne
Eric Adler
Town Clerk notes deadlines for veterans and licenses in Manchester
The Manchester Town Clerk outlines deadlines for veterans exemption papers by May 1, notes disability and widow eligibility, and explains how changes in real estate values will be mailed on May 25. It covers personal property notices, a June 1 hearing request process, and details on fishing and liquor licenses, Green Up volunteers, and Bennington environmental efforts in Shaftsbury and North Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Sisters
Manchester Center
Robins Prove Tastier Than Coyotes for Teens Stranded
Three teenagers stranded for two days in the Sierra say robins provide better food than coyotes. Robert Fagundes 17 along with cousins Gary 17 and Jim 16 shot robins after a rough night, noting coyotes smelled strong and tasted worse. They then freed their four wheel drive by using an auto battery found at a mountain cabin to start the vehicle.
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Reno
Nev
UPI
Sierra
Robert Fagundes
Here
Gary Fagundes
Jim Fagundes
Nottingham Park expansion approved by state environmental board
The state Environmental Board reversed Bennington District Environmental Commission, permitting John Andrus to add 16 lots to Nottingham Park in Manchester. The panel ruled the subdivision predated town plan and state regulations, but imposed road paving and deed covenants on septic systems. Also: Windham District approved John M. Moore’s 1400 foot road through a subdivision at Route 313 and Sandgate Road in Arlington with six conditions, including a drainage project and road design requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nottingham Park
Manchester
Planning Commission
Ferdinand Bongartz
Schuyler Jackson
State Agency of Environmental Conservation
Jackson
Andrus
State Health Department
Robert Williams
Robert M. Aronson
Rutland
Windham Distric Environmental Commission
John M. Moore
Route 313
Sandgate Road
Arlington
Windham
Peter Zilliacus
George Gordon
Moore
Bennington Environmental Commission
Richard B. Leake II
Lionel Dulac
Green River
State Water Resources Department
Arlington Selectmen
Pownal Plans Green Up Day Cleanup Effort
Pownal residents urged to join Green Up Day activities Saturday with bags issued at Pownal Center South Pownal and North Pownal firehouses. Mr and Mrs Charles W Rounds lead the cleanup starting 9 am seeking volunteers including for Barber Pond Road area contact 823 7278.
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Pownal
Pownals
Charles W. Rounds
North Bennington voters seek tax abatement hearing
About 120 villagers urged Bennington town leaders to convene a Board of Tax Abatement hearing to lower North Bennington's town tax rate. The special committee urged tax relief for water and service inequities, with a possible court action if denied. Voters authorized recalling the meeting and circulating petitions supporting the tax study's recommendations.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
North Bennington
Bennington
Keith King
Board of Civil Authority
King
Vermont
Board of
Fred Welling
Welling
Considerati
Chancery Court
Sanford Buxbaum
Norton Barber
Barber
Robert Lerner
Old Bennington
Three New Vermont Themed Songs Debut With Manchester Lions
Local composer Mrs. Herbert Bell unveils three original melodies during the Manchester Lions 17th annual country western show at Manchester Elementary School. The pieces honor Vermont for a June 15 birthday and Father’s Day celebration, with performances by Anthony Romano, Ellen Wilcox, and the Lions chorus, plus accompaniment by Bell and guests including Father John Evans.
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Manchester
Vermont
Manchester Lions
Herbert
Gertrude) Bell
Manchester Center
Thomas T. Willis
WGY
WSYB
Alexander
Buddy
Charlestown
West Claremont
Claremont
TV Guide
Fr. Evans
Seamen's Institute
New York City
Episcopal Actors Guild
WOR
Englewood, N.J
Evans
John Harms
Trinity Boys School
Goldwyn Studios
Red Cross drive in Sunderland nets $103
The 1971 Sunderland Red Cross drive collected 103 dollars. Mrs. Clyde Dunlap credited several helpers including Mrs. Paul Ennis Mrs. Harry Hayden Miss Linda Hill Mrs. Stuart Hill Mrs. Paul Matteson Miss Marcia Sherman and Mrs. Burton Snow Sr for the tally. The Arlington Day Care Center directors set a 7:30 p.m. meeting on Monday May 3 in Dunbar Hall St James Church to review committees and policy with all interested residents invited.
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Red Cross
Sunderland
Clyde Dunlap
Paul Ennis
Harry Hayden
Linda Hill
Stuart Hill
Paul Matteson
Marcia Sherman
Burton Snow Sr
New
Arlington Day Care Center
Dunbar Hall
St. James Church
Pine Cobble auction to fund new school in Williams town
In Williams town on Saturday May 8 the Pine Cobble School Auction will be held at the Mitchell School Gymnasium starting at 10 a.m. Southern Vermont artists Elfrieda Abbe Churchill Ettinger Richard Cole Franklin Howard Arthur Jones Luigi Lucioni Gene Pelham Virginia Webb and James Montague are among the hundreds of works on offer to raise funds for a new school.
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Williamstown
Mass
Vermont
Mitchell School
Elfrieda Abbe
Churchill Ettinger
Richard Cole
Franklin Howard
Arthur Jones
Luigi Lucioni
Gene Pelham
Virginia Webb
James Montague
Auction to fund Mitchell School rebuild to replace fire loss
Robert Herron will auction seven midi items including antiques furniture sterling silver glassware appliances books art posters and sculpture. Refreshments will be served during the day with a Friday May 7 preview at Mitchell School from 5 to 9. The sale raises funds for a new school building replacing the January 1970 fire loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Herron
Mitchell School
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Fleming Hardware Store
Montpelier
Dot Ryan
Dot Lyons
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Nottingham
Pownal Center
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North Pownal
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Ernest H. Javery
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