Pownal budget issues reviewed by legal firm and bids discussed
Pownal School Board reviewed a Bennington firm opinion on why the 1975-76 elementary tax take fell short of the $275 179 budget, creating a construction fund shortfall that had to be borrowed. The selectmen set a lower grand list than expected, raising 1976-77 taxes. Four roof bids ranged from 4 597 to 9 700 40. a low bid was approved pending a check. The meeting also covered FERPA rights and state graduation competencies. The Mount Anthony budget vote was slated for Aug 17. church peach supper Aug 12 at 5 30.
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Pamela Blakeman
Pownal
Williams and Wickes of
Bennington
Selectmen
Pownal Board
George Sleeman
John H. Williams
Schoos
Law
Vincent Pizzano
Regina Nash
State Board of Education
Mount Anthony Union High School
Joel Burrington
Gerald LaCroix
Howard Brookner
John Mason
Rockwell's Quality on display at Stockbridge museum
Two Norman Rockwell World War II era paintings join the Old Corner House exhibit in Stockbridge Massachusetts director David H. Wood said. Thanksgiving shows a soldier and his mother peeling potatoes while War News depicts four men in a lunchroom listening to a radio account of D-Day with dramatic composition and somber coloring.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Norman Rockwell
Old Corner House
David H. Wood
Saturday Evening Post
Massachusetts
Rockwell
Clarence A. Comar
Manchester
Wood
New theatre studies at Williams College
Williams College in Williamstown plans a September launch of a new theatre major. The Department of Theatre replaces Drama, with eleven required courses over four years, drawing from Classics English and other departments, plus seven theatre production courses and two acting directing or design electives.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Department of
Williams
Theatre Department
Vermont to Disburse Federal Funds For Public Works
Vermont officials await details on a new federal program that may funnel at least 15.1 million to state and local governments. If funds go directly to municipalities, coordination could decline without a state administrator.
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Thomas Salmon
Vermont
Wilson
Vermont GOP figures face injunction over candidate list
Rep. David Curtis of Charlotte sought a permanent injunction from Superior Court Judge John Morrissey to keep Walter Kennedy and John Wu from removing his name from party candidate lists. Curtis alleged the GOP leadership punished him for running for attorney general on both major tickets.
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Burlington
UPI
David Curtis
Charlotte
Chittenden County
Most Impressive Gains in Reading Skills Reported
New York City schools show strong reading progress after district emphasis on literacy. In September 22.5 percent of seventh graders met or exceeded the seventh grade reading level, 77.5 below. By June 52.3 percent scored above the level, 47.7 below, with gains across other grades.
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Troy
Sidney Johnson
Johnson
Resident accuses Ding Dong cart of preying on children
Berkshire residents accuse traveling Ding Dong vendor Stewart Keith of Richmond of giving incorrect change to kids and parking illegally. William Mooney cites his daughter as a victim and asks selectmen to revoke the cart’s license, but officials say state licensing limits action while noting the cart brings no local tax revenue.
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Great Barrington
William Mooney
Stewart Keith
Richmond
Mooney
Paul Gibbons
Vatican Figure Vagnozzi Visits Berkshire for Open Air Mass
Edigio Cardinal Vagnozzi travels to Berkshire County for an Open Air Mass at Notre Dame Church on August 15 at 6 p.m. during a U S Eucharistic Conference in Philadelphia. He previously hosted parishioners from St Thomas Church and helped two Adams men gain Equestrian Order of St Gregory knighthood.
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Equestrian Order of St. Gregory
Paolo Mosconi
St. Anthony of Padua Parish
North Adams
Clark Art Museum
Williamstown
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Currier & Ives Chronicles OF
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Vince Lombardi
Rare & Beautiful Guns
China
Official Encyclopedia OF Tennis
Main Street
Bennington Ld
Office Products Center
Burgess
Aflcio
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Vermont Labor Council
Huntington
St. Paul Street
City Hall Park
Curtis
New York
Down In
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Vatican
Pittsfield
Ada E. Walker
Berkshire County
Ishmael Coffee
Edgecomb Nursing Home
Lenox
Walker
General Electric Co
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Lafayette
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