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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1975
Page
7
Arlington Memorial auditorium hosts the Arlington Chorale for a Sunday evening Christmas carol sing at 7 30 with free admission. The program features Mozart and Longfellow pieces plus a mix of 14th century to English carols and regional hymns.
The Unitarian Fellowship in North Bennington hosts a Sunday service at 10:30 a.m. on Dec 14 in the McCullough Library featuring a Hanukkah and Christmas themed program led by Mrs. Stuart DuBoff with participation by members and children. The Green Mountain Guild presents a free Christmas drama at North Bennington School on Dec 12, funded by a Vermont Arts Council matching grant.
SHAFTSBURY The hearing before the Vermont Department of Forests and Parks to consider further development of Shaftsbury State Park at Lake Shaftsbury will be held on Thursday Dec. 11 at 7 30 p m in Cole Hall as originally scheduled Because of a conflict with the school program that night it.
Hoosick Falls town officials announce the Building Code and Subdivision Regulations are in force for non village property owners. Plans to subdivide require planning board approval, and building permits are needed for new construction with specific doorway and structure rules. HUD reports the town is in the National Flood Insurance Program effective December 16 1975 with subsidized rate flood coverage up to 35 000 for homes and 100 000 for other buildings, plus contents limits, through Great American Insurance Company.
Leo McGuire, youth director, presented a written report on Youth Commission membership at the town board meeting led by Supervisor Raymond E. Calhoun. A replacement for Town Justice William Fitzpatrick on the Commission must be named by the town board before his January 1 term expiry, as Fitzpatrick already fills a vacancy created by Lawrence Murphy Jr. moving out of town. James Myers was named to replace Lawrence Murray, also moving away. Current terms: Robert Milliman 1976, Fitzpatrick 1977, Judy Wheeler 1978, (to be named by Jan 1) 1979, James Myers 1980, Donald Bogardus 1981, Omer Brenenstuhl 1982. The board was asked to consider a playground in Eagle Bridge and to seek site proposals for a second ward playground in Hoosick Falls, with public hearings scheduled for Monday, Dec. 15 at the West Hoosick Firehouse.
Rockingham selectmen approve a plan to consolidate with Bellows Falls and Saxtons River into a single municipal unit. Public hearings and a town meeting day referendum in March will decide the merger fate. In Stowe, voters approved a zoning ordinance 49 to 214 to curb growth in the resort area. In Middlebury, jury drawing began in the first degree murder trial of Roy Girouard, charged in the June shooting of Richard Peers.
In Rensselaer County, Democrats fail to override County Executive William J. Murphy's veto of the 1976 budget, despite an 11 to 9 party line vote. The $46 million plan will raise the real property tax rate by 32 percent, with legal challenges planned. Separately, Troy officials announce a youth bureau study to improve services and attract state and federal funds, pending state division approval and a feasibility review.
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