Reorganization Plans at SVSU Face Central Office Shakeup
SVSU plans attempted central office overhaul led by Sleeman aim to tighten supervisory union administration while delaying school level changes. He cites collaboration with Catharine Corcoran and Phillip Viereck, with formal approval slated for March and Sleeman’s July start as superintendent, pending local board action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SVSU
Sleeman
Marian Taylor
State Board of Education
State Board
Four hurt in two car crash on Route 7 near Arlington line
State Police report a two car crash on Route 7 just south of the Arlington-Shaftsbury town line Monday afternoon at 2 30. Four people were injured in the collision. John A. Blum, 56, of North Colebrook Conn was traveling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington-Shaftsbury
John A. Blum
North Colebrook
Conn
Prospect School featured in ETV education special
A TV special on innovative education techniques will air on Educational Television Channel 17 December 13 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. Bennington cable Channel 9. Prospect School administrator Taylor oversaw filmed classroom segments with two teachers and middle school students from Prospect, plus segments from grades 7 and 8 at Merck Forest in Rupert. Other participating schools include an open learning school in Schenectady and an Albany school offering English and Hebrew courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Educational Television
Bennington
Marian Taylor
Prospect School
Prospect
Merck Forest
Rupert
Schenectady
Albany
Woman survives bomb blast in Brisbane car attack
Armed police guard 46 year old Sylvia Stephens in hospital after a bomb exploded in her car on Frasers Road Mitchelton. The blast ripped the trunk apart and a car cover flew onto a house roof as a second collision on Route 7 injured Joan Burke 36 of Danbury Conn and four others. Hospitalized with various injuries, all four were listed in stable condition.
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Brisbane
Melbourne
UPI
Sylvia Stephens
Frasers Road
Mitchelton
Joan I. Burke
Danbury
Conn
Burke
Julian I. Morris
David P. Burke
Pageant Street native Gary Jones recovering after Burlington Beltline crash
Gary M. Jones son of Albert and Mrs. Jones of Pageant Street returned home after serious injuries from a October 24 accident on the Burlington Beltline. He was treated at Medical Center Hospital in Burlington with neck and jaw fractures and a broken leg, condition improving from critical. In the other vehicle James Lee Richardson, 19, of Colchester and Northfield, was killed. passenger William Blood, 19, Colchester, remained in critical condition with liver laceration and head injury. Two other patients were listed in fairly good condition. A separate Route 7 collision in Bennington Sunday afternoon between Danny Hall, 18, and Arlene Riggs, 32, caused no injuries and light to moderate damage.
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Gary M. Jones
Albert Jones
Pageant Street
Burlington
Medical Center Hospital
Young Jones
James Lee Richardson
Colchester
Northfield
William Blood
Richardson
Bennington
Apple Blossom Motel
Danny Hall
Arlington
Arlene Riggs
Shaftsbury
Christmas sale begins Friday at Senior Center
Christmas sale of handcrafted items runs Friday Saturday and Sunday at the Senior Citizens Center. Fifteen percent of proceeds go to a redecorating fund. Sponsored by the Greater Bennington Chamber of Commerce and the SCC. Hours: Fri 1 9 pm Sat 1 7 pm Sun 1 5 pm. Call Kevin Thibodeau at 442-4360 or the center at 442-3543 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior Citizens Center
Greater Bennington Chamber of Commerce
SCC
Kevin Thibodeau
Bennington Elementary holds twice yearly book exhibit
Principal Michael Reilly oversees a student driven critique of more than 260 new children books at Bennington Elementary. Evelyn Hurlburt guides class discussions as students decide which titles to recommend for purchase while teachers review 70 professional books from 65 publishers. The exhibit ends December 10 and is open to parents and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Elementary School
Michael Reilly
Evelyn Hurlburt
Mildred Wheeler
Mallary to Tour County and Town Wednesday
GOP candidate Richard W. Mallary will tour sites in Bennington County on Wednesday with a coffee hour at Ruth Cole’s Sunderland home. He will visit Mack Molding in Arlington, be interviewed at WBTN, and greet workers at downtown Main Street before tours of Green Mountain Furniture in North Bennington and Ben-Mont Papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Republican Town Committee
Catherine Dermody
Richard W. Mallary
GOP
Congress
Mallary
Eagle Square
Shaftsbury
Hale Co
East Arlington
Mallory
Ruth Cole
Sunderland
Mack
Arlington
Green Mountain
North
Ben-Mont
PSB orders cable firm to extend service free
Vermont Public Service Board ruled Green Mountain Cable Television must extend service to the Ethan Allen Farm Development at no extra charge. The company had offered underground or above ground installation fees, but the board said it could not profit from a past planning failure and allowed only regular extension rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Burlington
Vermont Public Service Board
Mike DuPonte
Green Mountain Cable Television Co
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain
CATV
Ski lift halts at Jiminy Peak evacuations unfold
In Hancock Massachusetts more than 200 skiers were evacuated from the Jiminy Peak ski area's main lift after two separate tower malfunctions. 110 were removed Saturday and 132 Sunday using an inverted T frame. The lift, halted for repairs, is expected to reopen tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Mass
Jiminy Peak
College holds discussion on law careers Wednesday
Bennington College invites all to a panel on law and law careers tomorrow at 3 p.m. in Tishman Lecture Hall. Moderator is Stephen Gessner, with participants including Harold A. McDougell of Community Law Offices New York and his Yale law student wife Gay Johnson McDougell. Sophie Ruderman Weber and Sondra Parkoff Henry also join, sharing careers in Legal Aid, family and juvenile law, and social service boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington College
Tishman
Stephen Gessner
New York
Columbia University
Gay Johnson McDougell
Bennington
Yale
Sophie Ruderman Weber
Legal Aid Society
Sondra Parkoff Henry
Nassau County
N.Y
Jewish Board of Guardians
UVM Campus Member Convicted in 1970 Illinois Demonstration
The court found a UVM faculty member struck a state police officer during a May 1970 University of Illinois demonstration. The appeal questions whether the act was criminal and whether governor support rests on standards for UVM faculty members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
University of Illinois
Martin
Parenti
UVM
Bennington Clubs Map Out Meetings and Events
Bennington Unitarian Fellowship reminds members of Wednesday 8 p.m. gathering at the Howards on Monument Avenue with Gerald Raftery of Sunderland as speaker. World War I Barracks 1955 post and auxiliary meet Thursday 8 p.m. at VFW rooms on North Street with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
VFW
North Street
Hospital Notes December 6 1971 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list new admissions Michael Tobin Robert Hutchins Jr Matthew Yarosz Richard Babcock and others from West Arlington Bennington Hoosick Falls Salem and Manchester. Discharges include Joanne Greene Catherine Behan Bernadette Kenyon and daughter Joan Libardi and daughter Margaret Brace. Births record Jennifer Lynn to Carl Libardi and wife on December 2 and twin sons to John Allen, plus a son to Thomas Ouellette and a daughter to Richard Kulmane on December 6.
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Michael Tobin
West Arlington
Robert A. Hutchins Jr
Matthew Yarosz
Richard Babcock
Bennington
James Donovan
Hoosick Falls
Julie M. Laurie
Salem
N.Y
Leo A. Reynolds Sr
Manchester Center
Joanne Greene
Whitingham
Catherine Behan
Bernadette Kenyon
Joan Libardi
Pownal
Margaret Brace
White Creek
Carl Libardi
Royal Pine Villa
Jennifer Lynn
John Allen
Highland Avenue
Manchester Depot
Thomas Ouellette
Lead proves futile in search for missing Michigan plane
Vermont State Police joined a ground search for the missing Michigan based plane with a family of five and two dogs aboard. Troopers and wardens spent about three hours in the Sucker Pond area near Stamford investigating tracks. Officials later concluded the tracks were from rabbit or beaver hunters.
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Vermont
Sucker Pond
Stamford
Bennington
Joseph Maccioli
Mason and Bailey
Wayne Rowell
Wilmington
Robert Mumley
Ormal Pierce
Harriman
North Adams
R.F. Ferris
Paul Gallaty
Whitingham
Gallaty
Beals College
Maine
Berlin Mountain
Gallary
Worcester
Greenfield
Mass
Albany
N.Y
Campbell asks thieves to return nature slides
Duncan A. Campbell of Bennington reports 300 nature slides and a slide projector stolen from his car while he and his daughter attended a Mt. Anthony Union High School Christmas concert. He offers a reward and hopes the slides will be returned for their conservation work, noting the items have little market value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan A. Campbell
Bennington
Campbell
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Monument Inn condo plan hinges on zoning change
The Bennington Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustment rejected a condo project at the former Monument Inn site near Old Bennington. The decision leaves room for possible zoning amendments that could still allow the project.
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Monument Inn
Old Bennington
Bennington
Bennington Funerals Honor William Hewson and Mildred Hayes
William J Hewson of Benmont Avenue dies after long local residence. The Liturgy at St John the Baptist North Bennington was led by Rev Michael Demasi with bearers George Pendebury Howard Hewson Anthony Gauthier Robert Cummings. Interment planned for spring at St Johns Cemetery. Mildred Louise Hayes of Monument Avenue Old Bennington dies after long illness. Her funeral was at Hanson Walbridge with Rev Edward B Geyer Jr officiating. Burial slated for spring at Oak Hill Cemetery Pownal.
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St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennington
Michael Demasi
William J. Hewson
Ben- Mont Avenue
Hewson
Hoosick, N.Y
George Pendebury
Howard Hewson
Anthony Gauthier
Robert Cummings
Demasi
Hanson- Walbridge
St. John’s Cemetery
Mildred Louise Hayes
Elisha Hayes
Monument Avenue
Old Bennington
Hanson-Walbridge
Edward B. Geyer Jr
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
William Sherman
David Goodell
Bernard Winslow
Charles Graham
Father Geyer
Oak Hill Cemetery
Pownal
Birth Announced for Laura Watson Peterson in Maryland
Laura, a daughter to Stephen Watson Peterson and Susan Coghill Peterson, was born December 5 at St. Marys Hospital Leonardtown Maryland. Grandparents are W Coghill of Latham New York and Edwin W Peterson of Harrison Avenue. The report also covers zoning board decisions on condo plans and a private club component in a Long Island project.
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Leonardtown
Laura
Stephen Watson Peterson
Peterson
Susan Coghill
W. Coghill
Latham, N.Y
Edwin W. Peterson
Harrison Ave
Charles Tilgner II
Edward Roth
Long Island
Lawrence Moore
Technical Planning Associates
New Haven
Zoning Board
Dion Finnegan
Roth
Barber
Planning Commission
Obituary Notices for Mrs. Bessie Larkin and Forrest J. Hassam
Mrs. Bessie Larkin 76 of Adams N Y widow of Edward Larkin and mother of Mrs Donald W Sprague Jr dies at Wayne County Hospital Newark N Y after one month as patient Survived by three other daughters a sister and several grandchildren Funeral services 10 am Wednesday Adams N Y Seeley and Vrooman Funeral Home handling arrangements Forrest J Hassam dies this morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital funeral arrangements pending Mahar Son Funeral Home Banner will carry further obituary Wednesday
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Bessie Larkin
Adams, N.Y
Edward Larkin
Donald W. Sprague Jr
Woodlawn Ave
North Adams
Mass
Wayne County Hospital
Newark
N.Y
Sprague
North Adams Transcript
Banner
Brattleboro Reformer
William Percy
Rosewell F. Taylor
Denver
Colo
Charles Peck
Adams
Leah Redfield
Syracuse
Seeley and Vrooman Funeral Home
Forrest J. Hassam
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
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Mt. Anthony
ETV
Gary Jones
Senior Center
Evaluators
PSB
Arthur Levy
Pittsfield
Harold A. McDougell
Community Law
Bennington Briefs
Ruth Morse
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston
Morgan St
Prospect Mountain Ski Club
Steffens
Crescent Boulevard
Hale Mountain Fish and Game Qub
Bennington Club
Main St
Women’s Fellowship of the
Second Congregational Church
Hillside Street
Emma Lemieux
Beech Street Extension
Southern Vermont
The
Association of Retired Persons
AARP
Colgate Hall
Baptist Church
Donna Buck
Pleasant St
Alice Sausville
Chapel Road
Joeseph Y. Shaffe
Jewish National Fund
Shaffe
Israel
Joseph Y. Shaffe
Ladies of St
Robert Rioux
Patrick Peyton
Bennington Minit
North Bennington Rd
Richard Kulmane
R.D. 1
Sandgate
By Joe Swayze
Massachusetts
Massachusetts National Guard
Civil Air Patrol
Williamstown
Gordon Mooney
Shaftsbury Barracks
Mrs
Forrest J. Hassom
Salem's Super
Hamburg
Chiquite
Fairdale Farms
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