Finials top St James Episcopal Church tower in bicentennial effort
A 125 foot crane lowered eight new Gothic finials onto St James Episcopal Church in Arlington marking a bicentennial project. Don Brown designed the finials, created by Miles Lumber workers Benedict and Squires, with 600 man hours and five coats of preservative. Funds included a $700 preservation grant and matching local contributions from 31 parishioners and 52 community members.
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Judson Brown Arlington
Don
St. James Episcopal Church
Don Brown
Brown
Burgess Brothers
Lawrence Brush
Miles Lumber
Bill Squires
John Benedict
Jerry Mattison
Jimmy Thompson
Phillip Linde
Benedict
Miles
Regional plan wins general approval in Bennington County
Bennington County Regional Plan revision nears easy approval at the BCRC meeting amid favorable public response. Residents raised(Route 7 north of Manchester and Routes 11 and 90) roadside zone concerns. planners say zones reflect existing businesses and may be redrawn. The plan aims to guide local development with containment of strip development to protect highways, with housing and implementation sections pending.
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Russ Garland
Bennington County
Bennington County Regional Commission
BCRC
Manchester
Winhall
Greg Burke
Regional Commission
Bennington
John G. Simson
Ferdinand ‘‘Nandy
Bongartz
Dorset
George Ludlam
Burke
Petersburg to hire a winter director for youth center
Petersburg N Y Youth Commission agreed to advertise for a winter director to begin in October to run a twice weekly program at Memorial Hall from mid October through December. The panel budgeted funds and set meetings to finalize fall activities for ages five to 17 and will decide fall hall days based on Memorial Hall availability.
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Memorial Hall
Commission
Thomas Neaton
Civic Council
D. Thomas Testo
Rensselaer County Bureau of Youth Services
Petersburg board approves extra assessor funds this year
The Petersburg town board voted to give assessor Joan Watrous an additional 250 this year to reassess property this fall. The extra funds will be subtracted from next year’s assessor budget since fall assessments determine the following year’s tax bills. The board also planned a meeting with state tax officials to explain the equalization rate process and discussed wetlands regulation to meet Sept. 1 deadlines. A lawsuit was filed by Otto and Catherine Ambuhl over a high assessment, but dismissal was recommended on technical grounds. Road projects and equipment repairs were addressed, with a potential nonbidding repair of a road sander examined.
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Anne Eisenmenger
Petersburg
N.Y
Joan Watrous
Bayers Group
Otto
Catherine Ambuhl
Rabbit College Road
William M. Burstein
Rensselaer
Taxpayers’ Group
Snyder
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Earl Stevens
Sander
Robert Zwack
Arlington Farm Museum Opens Outdoor Herb Garden Exhibit
The Arlington Farm Museum adds an outdoor herb garden beside the building shared with the Arlington Rescue Squad. Arlington Garden Club members led by Eleanor Raftery planted more than two dozen herbs, including comfrey, hyssop, lavender, and pennyroyal, with woodchip beds and a 1776 date motif. Local donors included Mildred K. Fersh, Betty Markey, Jenny Robertson, and Ruth Stearns.
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Arlington
Arlington Farm Museum
Arlington Rescue Squad
Arlington Garden Club
Vermont
Eleanor Raftery
Lorraine Frederickson
Pamela Hyland
Nancy Sinson
Mildred K. Fersh
Betty Markey
Jenny Robertson
Ruth Stearns
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Theodore Hoyt
Hoyt
Robert
Richard Straffoleno
Burton Snow
Snow
Stewart Wilcox
Warren Philpott
Simson
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Helene Thompson
Arlington Historical Society
Grafton State Park
June Hemeon
Dick Small
Neaton
Young Cosmos
Minutemen
Cosmos
North Bennington
Water Board
Fred Welling
Welling
East Mountain
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Hoolick Falls
Stephentown
Stevens
Zwack
Neil Manchester
Wilcox Lumber Company
Hinast
Buri Broi
Bennington Art Supplies
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