Bennington County Speaker Highlights Judicial Bills
Raymond Bolton, Bennington County states attorney, spoke at Allen Pomona Grange on Tuesday. He emphasized upcoming bills S-3 on judge selection and Nominations and S-50 about two vacancies this year. He urged public input to legislators before appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taconic Grange
Allen Pomona Grange
Raymond Bolton
Bennington County
Bolton
Merritt Hewitt
Equinox Plaza
Equinox Plaza permit amendment considered by commission
Manchester District Environmental Commission hears a request to amend the Act 250 permit for Equinox Plaza Shopping Center at Routes 11 and 30. Any party may seek a public hearing before Aug 18. The proposal, by Christopher Swezey, changes traffic access by removing the westside drive to Center Hill Road and adding an eastside drive. The session also covered local Grange activities and community updates, including youth reports and agricultural matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
District Environmental Commission
Christopher Swezey
Center Hill Road
Hawley Mass reunion invites descendants and guests
Hawley Mass hosts the 77th annual reunion at East Hawley Church on August 21 with a potluck before a 1 30 pm meeting. Guest speaker Neil L. Perry will discuss Little Known Historical Personalities of Franklin County. Attendees are urged to bring Hawley family photos for possible future display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawley
Mass
Neil L. Perry
Greenfield
Ronald c. Warringer
District commission grants three Act 250 permits
The District Environmental Commission issued three Act 250 land use permits with conditions. One approves a 26-lot subdivision west of Harmon Road in Benn ington for Marion Morse of Northside Drive Benn ington. Another approves a retail sales facility on Route 11 north side in Landgrove for Paul and Toni Minor of South Londonderry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Commission
Rutland
District Environmental Commission
Harmon Road
Bennington
Marion
Morse
Northside Drive
Landgrove
Paul and
Toni Minor
South Londonderry
Burr and Burton seeks substitutes for 77 78 school year
Burr and Burton Seminary invites qualified substitutes to write Don B Otis headmaster Manchester 05254. Include interest and telephone contact. Also noted is a planned 24 by 32 foot visitors welcome center and Chamber of Commerce HQ off Route 7 east side in Bennington requested by the Greater Bennington Chamber and the Vermont Veterans Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Don B. Otis
Chamber of Commerce
Bennington
Greater
Gail Parkin Leads Telephone Sales Program Growth
Gail Parkin of Phone Power outlined a company supported selling program. One new employee was hired and trained. Pete Frye says two years later the team has 12 telephone salespeople with plans to add more. The program boosts confidence and sets expectations for customers, making the telephone the lifeline of the supplies and accessories business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Frye
Compugraphic
Wilmington
Mass
Pete
Gail Parkin
Phone Power
Vermont Lawyers may be sued under consumer fraud law
Assistant Attorney General John Easton says deceptive lawyer advertising may be prosecutable under Vermont’s consumer fraud statute and doctors and dentists advertising could be covered too. He noted an inquiry from House Judiciary Chair Chester Ketcham after the state Supreme Court lifted a ban on written ads by lawyers. He also cited an investigation into repossession firms and low sale prices of repossessed cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
UPI
John Easton
Vermont
Easton
Consumer Protection Division
House Judiciary
Chester Ketcham
Middlebury
State Supreme Court
WSYB
Gunfire in Rensselaer as police shoot knife-wielding man
Three Rensselaer policemen pursued Lawrence Ward 23 across Dunn Memorial Bridge after he charged them with a knife. Ward was listed in fair condition at Albany Medical Center with gunshot wounds to the right arm and groin as DA Pierce Russell seeks a full report amid conflicting police accounts. In Troy, interior gutted of the old School 5 prepares for a new Rensselaer County office building funded by a $3.5 million federal grant under the Public Works Employment Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
Pierce Russell
Steven Poole
Albert Primero
Frank Petrucci
Lawrence Ward
Dunn Memorial Bridge
Albany
Ward
Albany Medical Center
Troy
Rensselaer County
Seventh Avenue
State Street
William Murphy
Murphy
City tax delinquents near $100 mark to be published
Berkshire towns report rising tax collections while North Adams plans a public roster of delinquent real estate owners with taxes over $100. Officials say more than $66,000 has been collected since July 27 after a city order for disclosure. In West Stockbridge, James E. Domaingue at Walpole Prison threatens legal action against selectmen over zoning and an envisioned commercial building use. He is serving two concurrent four to five year terms for a stabbing incident at Mundy’s bar in 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Transcript
West Stockbridge
James E. Domaingue
Selectmen
Walpole State Prison
Domaingue
Route 41
Domainque
Walpole
Mundy’s
Glendale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ethan Allen
Pomona Grange
Hazel Hogan
Grant Street
Grange
Sue Dawley
Mount Holly
Battenkill
Fire Dept
Rutland Fair
Hoosick Falls
Boston and Maine
Harold Cross
Shaftsbury Hollow
Maurice
Shirley Matteson
Ethan Allen Pomona
Washington
Pomona
Grange Center
Brookfield
Silver Towers
Harold Bergeron
Dana Gate
Mt. Equinox
Hawley, Mass
Burr
Burton
Harold
Anna McClintock
Novelty
Ohio
Arlington
Amy Edgerton Stroffoleno
James Edgerton
Albert and
Elva Edgerton
West Arlington
New England Telephone
Vsea Montpelier
Vermont State Employes Association
VSEA
International Brotherhood of Police Officers
Joseph Cioffi
IBPO
Gray
Thetford
Carlton W. Gray
Plattsburgh
N.Y
C.W. Gray and Sons
Waitsfield
the Ark
Harold H. Flad
Central Vermont Hospital
William W. Watson
New York
Down In
Berkshire
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!