Selectmen mull plan to cut town zoning building fees
Selectman Timothy Corcoran urged a drastic cut to zoning and building permit fees, proposing a $15 cap for homes up to $30,000. The idea drew cautious support from Bennington officials but was tabled for months to await planning commission study and a new town manager.
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Timothy Corcoran
Bennington Selectmen
Corcoran
Edward R. Lamb
Lamb
Selectman
Shaftsbury
Pownal
Brattleboro
Bennington
J. Duncan Campbell
Campbell
Planning Commission
EPA releases New England recycling directory 1974 75 edition
The EPA regional office in Boston published its 1974 75 edition of Solid Waste Recycling Projects A New England Directory listing 150 recycling centers and municipal recycling projects across Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont It includes state solid waste agencies and a guide on preparing materials for recycling McGlennon urged more recycling noting Americans recycle less than half of what they discard and emphasized reuse to cut waste management problems Also he said recycling should become a keystone of a sane solid waste policy.
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Boston
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
New England
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
John A.S. McGlennon
EPA
McGlennon
RSVP Volunteers Move Into New Quarters
RSVP News reports the Retired Senior Volunteer Program settling into new quarters with the coordinator noting a personal desk and many volunteers visiting. The brief highlights the sense of arrival and ongoing activity in the new office.
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Margaret Stratton
John P Liporace Dies At 39 In Hoosick Falls
John P Liporace 39 of 11 Griffin Ave Hoosick Falls NY died Wednesday at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge after a long illness He was vice president and partner in Blue Flame Gas and Fuel Oil Distributors with his brother Leonard E Liporace The firm founded by their late father Ralph Liporace He was born June 26 1935 in Hoosick Falls Son of Ralph and Mary Liporace He was a 1953 graduate of St Marys Academy A charter member and past president of the Town of Hoosick Lions Club 1962 63 He also belonged to the Elks a NYS Gas Association director and education chair Hoosick Falls Realty Corp director Hoosick Housing Authority member Surviving wife Florence Leeseman daughters Jeanne Phyllis Joyce Deborah a son John P Jr two brothers Leonard E Hoosick Falls Alfred Bethel VT and sister Mrs Thomas I Bass Hoosick Falls Funeral from Mahar Funeral Home Hoosick Falls and Church of the Immaculate Conception Saturday at 9 30 am Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial Memorials to St Marys Academy or Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad accepted
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John P. Liporace
Griffin Ave
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Leonard E. Liporace
Blue Flame Gas
Bennington
Ralph Liporace
Ralph
Mary Lapardo Liporace
St. Mary’s Academy
Town of
Alfred
Bethel
Thomas I. Bass
Mahar
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Town of Hoosick
Welcome to new volunteers at Grandma Moses Schoolhouse and more
July brings new volunteers Anson and Jenny Hawkins of Shaftsbury. Anson begins at Grandma Moses Schoolhouse while Jenny helps with tasks including Shaftsbury Farmers Market aiding the Shaftsbury School library. Also welcomed are Josephine Laflamme sewing for residents at Bennington Convalescent Center and joining a new puppet group.
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Anson
Jenny Hawkins
Shaftsbury
Anson Hawkins
Grandma Moses
Jenny
Josephine Laflamme
Bennington Convalescent Center
Erma Brundage
Elsie Londergan
Bennington
Theresa Knights
Mortimer Street
RSVP
Helen Davis
Vermont Workshop Opens on Women Employment Standards
Gov Salmon will open a Sept 19 conference at Cortina Inn Killington titled Consultation on Women’s Employment. Sponsored by the Governor’s Commission on the Status of Women and state and federal agencies, with leaders including Vivian Buckles and Lionel Jenkins. Five afternoon workshops cover affirmative action recruiting tests training and counseling, plus a panel on the 1963 Equal Pay Act.
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Montpelier
Salmon
Cortina Inn
Killington
Governor’s Commission On the Status of Women
Office of Attorney General
Department of Employment Security
Women’s Bureau
U.S. Department of Labor
Vermont
Vivian Buckles
John A. Burgess
Vermont Trial Lawyers Association
Criminal Law
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Thomas James
International Business Machines
Essex Junction
Lionel Jenkins
U.S. Department of Hud
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Bonnie
Drysdale
Rsvp News
Falls
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Grant City
Evans’ News Inc
Main ST
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