New Construction Tops $3 Million This Year
Bennington Village reports 1965 new construction value at $3,327,929 with 71 permits issued by Zoning Inspector A Sidney Edson. Mt Anthony Union High School project drives growth. eight permits this month totaling $60,250. Remaining grants include office at 106 108 Gage St and a Pine Circle West residence. other entries cover garages, apartments, barn conversion, house changes, and a rezoning variance on Harrison Avenue approved by the Board of Adjustment.
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Bennington Village
A. Sidney Edson
Edson
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Park and
County Streets
Gage St
Esther Fienberg
Pine Circle West
Morse and Butler Inc
Bernard Bushee
Silver St
Edward Etheridge
Pleasant St
Francis Tomasi
Main St
Alan G
Joanne Symons
Union St
Richard A. Sleeman
School St
Alexander R.B. Drysdale
Harrison Avenue
Commercial
Board of Adjustment
Obituary Ellen Hanrahan 83 Bennington Resident
Ellen Hanrahan 83 died Friday at Warner Nursing Home after five years there. Born in Bennington April 12 1882 she lived on North Street near St Francis de Sales Academy with sister Sara Vance who died in 1955. She was a devout member of St Francis de Sales Church. Funeral Monday 8:30 a.m. Mahar Son Funeral Home then Requiem High Mass at St Francis de Sales Church. Interment Park Lawn Chapel Catholic Cemetery Old Bennington in spring. Friends may call Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Recitation of the Rosary Sunday 8 p.m.
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Ellen
Nellie) HanrAhan
Warner Nursing Home
North Street
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Sara Vance
Bennington
Michael and
Mary (Meagher) Hanrahan
St. Francis de Sales Church
Cousins
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Park Lawn Chapel
Old Bennington
Three Injured In Pownal Car Collision
Three people were injured in a near head on collision on Vermont 346 in Pownal on Thursday night. John R. Watson and Rita Watson of Williamstown Massachusetts were among the injured. Rita Watson was transferred to Albany Medical Center Hospital. In a separate incident, Joseph J. Creech of Watervliet New York pled guilty to driving while intoxicated after knocking over a gasoline pump at a vacant Cities Service station on U.S. 7 and was fined $100 plus costs.
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Pownal
John R. Watson
Williamstown
Mass
Kenneth J. Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Vermont 346
Watson
Rita Watson
Charlene Rosenberg
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pownam
Harwood Hill
U.S. 7
Joseph J. Creech
Watervliet
N.Y
Creech
Bennington
Taxes Abated Totals Revealed By Shaftsbury Board
The Shaftsbury abatement board met at the town clerk's office and abated Four thousand three hundred twenty eight dollars and sixty six cents in taxes. A large share came from uncollectable poll taxes and clerical error abatements and refunds were approved for several listed items. Attendees included the Board of Civil Authority and officials such as Tax Collector Jepson and Town Clerk Ruth Lack.
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Shaftsbury
Board of Civil Authority
BCA
Listers
Paul Jepson
Clinton McDonald
Board of Sisters
Jepson
Ruth B. Lack
McDonald
Annual Yule Program in Pownal Center
POWNAL CENTER The Pownal Center Community Church will host its annual Christmas program Sunday at 7 p.m. The adult choir will perform, followed by a children's program and Nativity pageant, then a Christmas party. Mrs. Fletcher Hall plays organ, Howard Van Horn narrates, and Mrs. Kenneth Gile leads Sunday School. In Greenland center the ice overburden has depressed the ground surface to 1,2000 feet below level per National Geographic.
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Pownal Center
Pownal Center Community Church
Fletcher Hall
Howard van Horn
Kenneth Gile
Greenland
The
National Geographic
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Births Trips and School News
Word has arrived of the birth Friday morning of a son to Mr and Mrs Lester F Jipp former Bennington residents now in Montpelier Jipp was a social studies teacher at Bennington High School and now a state Education Department consultant Mr and Mrs Louis Levine of 311 Safford St have returned from a three weeks trip to Israel and Rome During their stay in Israel they visited Tel Aviv Jerusalem and Haifa In Rome they toured St Pauls St Peters and Nazareth among others Miss Mary Hall and Miss Ellen Gilman sophomores at the Mary A Burnham School Northampton Mass and Miss Deborah Pike junior have been active in pre holiday activities Hall earned honor roll for the first term She and Gilman sang in the Burnham Glee Club B at the tableaux service Pike sang with Burnham Glee Club A Just received a new shipment of lamp shades Griffin Electric Co 473 Main Street ADV Iron Kettle Weekend Special Roast sirloin of beef au jus Complete dinner 195 ADV
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Lester F. Jipp
Bennington
Montpelier
Jipp
Bennington High School
State Department of Education
Louis Levine
Safford St
Israel
Rome
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Haifa
St. Paul’s
St. Peter’s
Nazareth
Mary Hall
Ellen Gilman
Mary A. Burnham
Northampton
Mass
Deborah Pike
Miss Hall
Thomas WW. Hall Jr
Shaftsbury
Miss Gilman
Stephen Gilman
Crescent Boulevard
Burnham Glee Club
Miss Pike
Stanley Pike Jr
Elm Street
Old Bennington
Waters Named Commander Of Naval Oceanographic Office
Washington reports Rear Admiral Odale D. Waters will lead the U S Naval Oceanographic Office, in an official change of command. The appointment places Waters at the head of the agency responsible for ocean mapping, navigation data, and ocean science support.
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Washington
API
U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office
Waters
Adm
Odale D. Waters
BCHS Plans Alumni Ball in Bennington
The first annual Alumni Ball at Bennington Catholic High School is set for December 29. BCHS Student Council, with Sister M. Ancilla moderating, invites all alumni, decorates the gym in Christmas theme, and features Remi Corriveau and his trio for music. Tickets go on sale after December 18 at the school office or at the door.
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Bennington
Bennington Catholic High School
BCHS
Remi Corriveau
M. Ancilla
Public Restroom Need Debated in Bennington
The Bennington Regional Planning Commission debated whether a downtown public comfort station is needed. Members weighed options including using the courthouse, post office site, or YMCA land for future restrooms and approved a rule to resign after two consecutive unexcused absences.
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Bennington
Bennington Regional Planning Commission
Commission
Robert L. Hagerman
Village Planning Commission
Banner
Planning Commission
T. Garry Buckley
New DES Office Planned for Bennington
The Department of Employment Security will move from 604 Main St to a new one story, 2400 square foot building on the north side of Gage Street near North Street in Bennington. DES official Charles Piche and property owner Max Fienberg confirmed plans though many details remain. The site will use prefab steel construction with parking for at least six cars and potential future expansion. Final plans are expected within a week with a contractor to be named.
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Department of Employment Security
Bennington
Department
DES
Main St
Gage Street
North Street
Charles Piche
Montpelier
Max Fienberg
Oscar
Piche
Fienbergs
Gage
Bennington Banner Contact Details and Policy
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sunday and legal holidays at 425 Main St Bennington Vermont 05201. It lists newsroom phone 442-6300 and advertising line 442-2800 with a general contact 442-2684. It notes United Press International exclusivity for local news republication and UPI dispatches.
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Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
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