Withey to speak at annual meeting of P-M Association
Vermont education commissioner Robert A. Withey will address the Park-McCullough House Association in North Bennington on May 8 on the Park- McCullough House as an Educational Institution. He oversees a 58 million dollar budget for 106000 students and a 164 member staff. An interview aired May 3 on WBTN. Proceeds from a May 1 rummage sale support U.S. and foreign relief efforts.
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Withey
P-M Association
Robert A. Withey
State of
Vermont
Park-McCullough House Association
North Bennington
Park- McCullough House
Vermont Department of Education
American Association of School Administrators
Commissioner Withey
Park- McCullough House Association
Wbtn Radio
Park-McCullough House
Association
United Church of
Dorset
East Rupert
United States
Petersburg Sees Town Hall Fire Loss Dictates Next Steps
Petersburg New York faces rebuilding questions after a blaze April 1 destroyed the town hall library and equipment. Town Clerk Harlan Church says insurance proceeds will pay for losses and determine when replacements can occur as officials work from Veterans Memorial Hall. Residents recall the 151 year old town and its early school setup as they salvage documents amid the ruins.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Harlan Church
Veterans Memorial Hall
Town Hall
Memorial Hall
Manchester Lions Show Tonight and Baby Jessica Beattie News
Manchester scene notes a newborn baby girl Jessica Lottie Beattie born Sunday April 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Kevin A. Beattie of Barnumville Road. She is granddaughter of Rep. Orrin H. Beattie and Mrs. Beattie and Mrs. Edward Garneau, with great grandparents listed. The Manchester Lions Variety Show A 200 Year Musical History airs tonight at Manchester Elementary School and May 1 at 8 pm with tickets 1.50 adults and 1 youth.
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Kevin A. Beattie
Barnumville Road
Jessica Lottie
Orrin H. Beattie
Manchester Center
Edward Garneau
East Arlington
Roger B. Hurley
Manchester
Cecil McWain
Sunderland
Lottie F. Beattie
North Road
Watercolor textiles exhibit at Clark Art Institute in Williamstown
A bicentennial exhibition of 50 watercolor renderings from the Index of American Design in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute showcases textiles from the Colonial era to the nineteenth century. On loan from the National Gallery of Art, the works travel nationwide via the International Exhibitions Foundation. The display covers needlework, crewel, embroidery, weaving, quilting, and dressmaking, with notable pieces like the Caswell Carpet of 1832 and traditional samplers highlighting the era's craft.
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Williamstown
Mass
Sterling and
Francine Clark Art Institute
Index of American Design
Federal Arts Project
National Gallery of Art
International Exhibitions Foundation
Works Progress Administration
National Gallery
Massachusetts
Clark Art Institute
Arlington voters approve zoning change in Route 7 district
Arlington residents voted to create a four thousand foot commercial industrial zone along Route 7 and to permit residential development in commercial zones. Turnout was 198 of 1,100 registered voters with 180 approving. The vote ends years of plans to allow Liu’s violin bow shop in the former Green Mountain Diner area.
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Arlington
Lloyd Liu
Green Mountain
Route 7
Liu
Old West Road
Crow Hill Road
Lost Lake Road
Planning Board
Selectmen
North Bennington Village Meeting on Route 7 and by pass
The Trustees of the Village of North Bennington will meet at the Depot Office on Tuesday May 4 at 1 30 p m with the District Highway Engineer for the annual review of highway maintenance budget and program The old Route 7 near Cemetery Road is expected to be blocked when the new Route 7 and Arlington by pass are built State planners say the old road will cease to be a through road from Cemetery Road to Warm Brook Road Residential development may be allowed in the new zone The text also notes Liu of Old Bennington hopes to open his shop after lengthy permit battles and legal appeals with a 1 percent remaining doubt depending on stockholders consultations
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North Bennington
Vermont Highway Department
Cemetery Road
Arlington By-Pass
Arlington Access
Warm Brook Road
Liu
Old Bennington
Pownal Community Groups Host Saturday Workbee and Meetings
The Pownal Little League schedules a 9 am workbee at North Pownal field. Our Lady of Lourdes Church hosts youth religious education at Pownal Elementary School 10 to 11 15 am. Girl Scout Troop 489 meets 1 to 2 pm at the Community Center led by Dolores Kimball. Troop 391 meets 1 30 pm at the home of Mrs John Burdick. North Pownal Congregational Church choir rehearses 2 pm. Church rummage sale runs 9 am to 1 pm at the church. Interstate Baseball League tryouts Sunday 1 pm at Country Glen Motel field for ages 13–15. Wesleyan Class rummage sale May 14–15 10 am to 4 30 pm at church annex. donations welcome chaired by Mrs Daisy Dorman. Senior Citizens meet for weekly luncheon at Pownal Elementary School. work begins on old Pownal Center School to become new Senior Center with $366 raised from local donors including Pownal Fire, Northeast Wood Products, and others. Sunday worship at North Pownal Congregational Church 10 15 features sermons on Jesus Appears from John 20 19. junior sermon on The Faith of Childhood. Sunday School at 9 am.
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Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Pownal
Country Glen Motel
Pownal Center
Senior Citizens Center
Pownal Fire Protective Association
Northeast Wood Products
Joseph Tornabene
Green Mountain Park Racing Corporation
Pownal View
John Patterson
Village
Dave's Market
North Pownal
Jesus
John
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Joan Colgan
Rensselaer County Civil Defense Department
Happy Cook
East
Sears
Convenient Shop
Sears, Roebuck and CO
North ST
Bennington
Lions
Lotga WA Sory
Harrison
Hoosie River
New York State Department of Transportation
Tom Fitzgerald
Bennington, Vermont
The
Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
Dolores Kimball
John Burdick
Vermont National
the Extraordinary Bank
FDIC
Briggs & Stratton Engines
Home Furniture CO
Main’ ST
Village Difi Bary
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