Education Bill Reaches Record $130 Billion This Year
National education bill rises eight percent for K-12 and twelve percent for colleges as tuition, heating costs, and salaries push spending. Data from the National Center for Education Statistics shows per pupil spending across states varies from $881 to $2,179, with private and public colleges enrolling about 10.1 million students this fall.
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Vance Grant
National Center For Education Statistics
Washington, DC
New York State
Arkansas
Dr. Grant
Olleges
Arlington Bicentennial scrap book project expands to 1977
Arlington Area Bicentennial Committee members mark over a year of activity for a scrapbook and plan a day long meeting on Wednesday August 18 at the Arlington Community House. Mrs Amy Stroffoleno urges participation and welcomes photographs and material for the 1975 76 77 Bicentennial record including Fourth of July images.
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Amy Stroffelene
Arlington Area
Vermont
World famous McDonald’s dinner option in Bennington
The piece promotes McDonald’s as a relaxed inexpensive dining choice for any occasion. It highlights the iconic arches and suitability for families, tired evenings, or casual nights out, noting the location at 110 Northside Drive, Bennington.
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McDonald’s
Bennington County Regional Commission reviews grant proposals
Arlington notices show two grant reviews: Governor's Commission on the Administration of Justice seeks 84000 for 10 alternative care facilities with comments due August 26, and Vermont Health Department public water supply supervision seeks 375600 with comments due August 26. Flood shifts Pomona meeting to August 31 at 8 15 p.m hosted by Bennington Grange.
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Arlington
Bennington County
Pomona
Bennington Grange
Molly Stark
Viola Wilcox
Hiel Reed
John Page
Battenkill Grange
Jana Lillie
Francine Paskiewicz
Mt. Equinox
Hazel Hogan
Bennington
Daryl Lowry
Vergennes
Agency of Human Services
Department of Social Rehabilitation Services
Vermont Department of Agriculture
Department of Mental Health
Green Mountain
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Vermont
Manchester election registration and meetings updated
Voters face a noon Saturday deadline to register for the September 14 primary in Manchester with town clerk office hours until 5 pm Friday. A school board special meeting moves from Tuesday to Thursday at 5 pm at Manchester Elementary. Open house at North Bennington Fire Dept showcases vintage equipment with 6 to 9 pm refreshments. Harold Sausville and visiting family from Connecticut New York City and Boston visit over Battle Day weekend.David Sausville已 new job at Little Brown in Washington DC.
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Manchester
Manchester School Board
North
Harold
Margaret Sausville
Houghton Street
Mrs. Sausville
Martha
Andrew Marrochini
Connecticut
Artist Thomas Whitman
Gail
New York Ciy
Sausville
David A. Sausville
Boston
Mass
Bernard Kellums
Culinary Institute of America
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
David Sausville
Bennington Catholic High School
Stonehill College
Little Brown Publishing Company
Washington, D.C
Ottauquechee wins grant for senior housing complex
The Ottauquechee Planning Commission in Woodstock area received a 91700 grant announced by Senator Patrick Leahy to remodel two Bradford buildings one for senior housing and one for services such as meals crafts and a library. The funding comes from HUD's 4 million innovative projects program and aims for self sufficiency in a few years. The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant looms over Montpelier as the Nuclear Advisory Committee meets to discuss last months 83000 gallon spill into the Connecticut River, the state lawsuit, spent fuel storage, and the plant's refueling shutdown.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Ottauquechee
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department
Windham College to reopen for classes next month
Windham College will open for classes Sept 7 with about 300 students, about one third of five years ago. Trustees, after hiring new president Johnnie Stones, adopted an austerity plan and offered reduced tuition to Vermont residents and nearby New Hampshire towns amid prior money problems.
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Putney
UPI
Windham College
Windham
Johnnie Stones
Vermont
New Hampshire
Burlington Faces Possible Vermont First Teacher Strike
Burlington School Board weighs a fact finding report on a 10 month contract dispute with the Burlington Education Association. The board and teachers have 10 days to act after the University of Pennsylvania law professor outlines 15 unresolved points and contingency steps. The district offered a 5 percent pay raise while teachers seek 8.9 percent.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
University of Pennsylvania
Burlington Education Association
Subsidy Bid Seen For St Johnsbury and Lamoille Rail
UPI reports St Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad faces a 100000 dollar deficit this year due to costly track maintenance. Manager Bruno Loati says 15 percent monthly growth masks losses from slow speeds on poor tracks. The state may need 25 to 30 million dollars more for rehabilitation as talks on a new lease with the private operator proceed. Vermont has already invested 3.6 million.
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St. J & LC
Loati
Vermont
Escape at Albany Ends as Inmate Surrenders After Four Hours
Henry Wilson, an inmate from Great Meadow at Comstock, escaped during psychiatric treatment in Albany. He held a resident hostage in an apartment for four hours, threatening with a kitchen knife. He surrendered unharmed and faces burglary, robbery, and reckless endangerment charges after being promised transfer to Fishkill.
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Albany
Great Meadow
Comstock
Henry Wilson
Wilson
Fishkill
Jewelry Theft At Saratoga Springs Private Home
A private residence in Saratoga Springs was robbed of jewels valued at $3,000 last night. No arrests have been made and the victim declined to release details. This marks the season's first major jewelry theft in a town known for past large heists.
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Saratoga Springs
Berkshire boy seriously injured in home made gunpowder device blast
Pittsfield police say 14 year old Brett Durkee was injured when a gas powered rifle cylinder packed with gunpowder exploded. Investigators found gunpowder vials metal fragments and ammunition in his bedroom.
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Pittsfield
Brett Durkee
Berkshire Medical Center
Durkee
Berkshire Medical Center restricts smoking to designated areas
The Berkshire Medical Center restricted smoking to specific zones with patient permissions. Visitors may smoke only in sunporches and similar areas, ambulatory patients are urged to use these zones, and in bed smoking is allowed only with a responsible adult present.
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Pittsfied
Berkshire Medical Center
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UPI Education
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Dayton
Ohio
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Shaftsbury
University of Dayton
Jim Perkins
Worthington, Minn
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Trenton State University
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