School site shift debated with Soldiers' Home option on the table
Board members weigh moving the proposed union school from the Roaring Branch site to the Soldiers' Home tract amid rising pressure after the state Highway Department announced expansion at its Bennington district HQ on the Soldiers' Home site. feasibility, cost, and design implications to be reviewed with TAC.
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Ing
Roaring Branch
David Adler
Pownal
Arthur S. Faris
Shaftsbury
Architects Collaborative
TAC
Union Board
State Highway Department
Bennington Highway
Soldiers’ Home
Union
Highway Department
Ivor S. Pelsue
Allan J. Heath
Struc
Road District
Heath
Park Street
Funeral services held for Leonard G. Dickieson in Bennington
Leonard G. Dickieson longtime Wall Street broker and ex exalted ruler of Bennington Lodge of Elks died after a long illness. His funeral at Hansonm Wal bridge Funeral Home Chapel was attended by family friends from New York City Northfield and nearby communities.
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Leonard G. Dickieson
New York City
Wall Street
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Hansonm Walbridge
Dickieson
Putnam Memorial Hospital
John W. Vander Groef
Old First Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
John P. Morrissey
Gerald
Northfield
Ill
Rayemond C. Dickieson
Alton C. Dickieson
Cary
Bruce Dickieson
Mountain Lakes
N.J
Helena Kent
Louis Simon
Freeport
N.Y
Charles E. Snow
Buffalo
Ruth Cabell
Albany
Henry Wish
Stokes, Hoyt & Co
New York
Harry Kingsley
Brookelyn
Vincent O’neill
Rutland
Catherine Marsh obituary in North Adams
Mrs. Catherine McGuire Marsh 78 wife of retired dentist Dr Adolphe N Marsh of 41 Arnold Place North Adams died Thursday night in a local rest home. Native of Bennington she was daughter of Michael and Mary McGuire. Survived by son John La Dame and sister Anna Fox. Funeral Monday 10 a.m. at St Francis Church burial in Southview Cemetery. Calling hours at Flynn and Roach Saturday and Sunday 2-4 and 7-9.
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North Adams
Mass
Catherine (McGuire) Marsh
Adolphe N, Marsh
Arnold Place
Bennington
Michael and
Mary (O’sullivan) McGuire
St. Francis Church
John la Dame
Anna Fox
Southview Cemetery
Flynn and Roach
Three-Group Report Proposes Vermont School Reform Plan
A Vermont committee of school directors teachers and superintendents urges larger districts and new high school attendance areas to fix funding enrollment staff and program shortages. The report outlines twelve core problems and calls for legislative action and local input before specific proposals are issued.
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Montpelier
UPD
Vermont
Vermont State School Directors Association
Vermont Education Association
Vermont Superintendents Association
Stolen Car Found but Culprit Not Located
State police at Shaftsbury report a 1958 red Ford owned by Robert Taylor of 1004 Gage Street stolen early Thursday morning has been found in Albany. They have no information about who took the car from in front of the Vermont Steak House on Main Street.
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Shaftsbury
Robert Taylor
Gage St
Albany
Vermont
Main Street
Richard A. Fonteneau
North
Bennington Rd
Stark Street
Robert J. Mayhew
Dewey St
Ronald W. Campbell
Ben- Mont Ave
Greyhound
Washington Avenue
Paul Foster
Campbell
Six respondents miss court in mixup at state police barracks
Municipal Court noted six defendants failed to appear due to a barracks mixup and were rescheduled for Monday. In two arraignments James E. Sallis was fined 20 dollars for speeding near the Vermont New York line on Aug. 2. Ernest F. Shepard paid 35 dollars after pleading no contest to careless driving causing an accident on Aug. 1. James Herrman paid 40 dollars for a no contest plea to careless driving in Shaftsbury on Aug. 5. George J. O'Sullivan paid 10 dollars for blowing his horn excessively on Aug. 6. Gary McIntire and John Allen were among youths modeling at a Mt. Anthony Country Club fashion show.
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James E. Sallis
School St
Vt. 9
New York - Vermont
Ernest F. Shepard
Pagesant Street
Atty. R. Marshall Witten
Shepard
Shaftsbury
James Herrman
Huntington
N.Y
Gary McIntire
Herbert McIntire
Fairlawn Park
John Allen
Alfred Allen Jr
Gage Street
Grant Store
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bennington Lions Club
Ted Thomas
Woodford
VFW
Mt Anthony Board to Question Norshaft Figures in Report
Mt Anthony Union School Board will seek to verify information in a Norshaft committee report before public release. The board disputes figures on district costs for Mt Anthony and Norshaft proposals, requesting correction and access to supporting data and prior budget figures.
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Mt. Anthony
Norshaft
Mt. Anthony Union
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Norshaft Committee
Norshaft Union
Union Board
Barton L. Jenks
Jenks
Paul Warfield
Williams outlines factors for new village government plans
Municipal expert Williams stresses legal feasibility and tax impact when considering new governments. He notes annexation steps via County Court, potential consolidation, and the risk of rigid city charters hardening village town divisions while urging study of fire police water sewer and highway impacts amid possible school district mergers.
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Williams
Clark’s Woods
Brookelyn
Bennington Man Pleads Innocent In Hoosick Court
Bennington man Karl Amann pleads not guilty to driving with a suspended license in Hoosick Falls. A second charge for failing to notify the motor vehicles commissioner about address change is also denied. Adjournment sought to coordinate with Rensselaer County DA. Both cases to be tried together when convenient. Area students named to UVM dean’s list include Beth Stroffoleno and Maureen Kearns among others.
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Williams
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Robert K. Shiland
Karl Amann
Putnam Hotel
Bennington
Amann
Frank Demick
Rensselaer County
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Atty
Willliam Ivimy
UVM
University of Vermont
Beth L. Stroffoleno
Arlington
Maureen M. Kearns
Linna Butterfield
Jackesonville
Glenna E. Hazelton
Londonderry
Howard Wilcox
Manchester
Carmen S. Wessner
Hospital Notes August 6 Admissions and Births
Admissions list includes Nancy Murphy North Bennington Mrs Lena Squires Arlington and others. Discharges include Master Willis Hunt Cambridge N.Y. and families from Hoosick Falls and Bennington. Births report Mr and Mrs Raymond Hoag Jr Bennington R D 1 welcome a son on August 6.
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Nancy Murphy
North Benenington
Lena Squires
Arleington
Frederick Charbonneau
Manchester
Willis Hunt
Camebridge
N.Y
Claudia Lohnes
Joan Niles
Hoosick Falls
Edelweiss Lese Tage
Bennington
Raymond Hoag Jr
R.D
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Ps Ice
Leed Theatre
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Gidget
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Brattleboro
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Norshaft Lions Club
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