Manchester Program Evaluation Report Expected By January
A special committee evaluated Burr and Burton's Manchester Program last week and will present a report to BBS trustees by early January. The program, for students failing to thrive in traditional settings, relies largely on private donations this year. Trustees may reconsider ending sponsorship after this school year.
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Manchester
Burr and Burton
BBS
Burr
David D. Wilson
Pearl
Seniors craft shop opens under aging office sponsorship
Sunderlands Creations by Generations, a new shop selling crafts by seniors and the handicapped, opened last Friday under the Bennington County Office on Aging and the Bennington Opportunity Council. Eligible sellers are those over 60 or disabled. crafts may be dropped off Thursday through Monday 11am to 4pm. Transportation help available via 442 3487 in Bennington or 362 3590 in Manchester. Located on Route 7 just south of Basketville.
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Sunderland
Vivian Thomas
Bennington County Office On Aging
Bennington Opportunity Council
Bennington
Manchester
Turn of the century village idea for Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis heard a plan to convert downtown into a turn of the century village to boost tourism and economy. Kevin Thibodeau and Joseph Holloway proposed storefront dressups, a trolley, crafts shops, a crafts fair, and annual events with a July 4 1976 target. Local merchants and residents endorsed forming committees to pursue the concept.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Kiwanis Club
Philip Leonard
Kiwanis
Kevin Thibodeau
Joseph Holloway
Thibodeau
Holloway
Leonard
Ski racing season kicks off at Bromley and Stratton
Bromley and Stratton open the Eastern ski racing season on Thursday with the first races. Organizers expect strong fields, regional teams, and early-season times as athletes launch their campaigns.
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Bromley
Stratton
Bromley Mountain
Stratton Mountain
U.S
Europe
Abby Fisher
Debbie Tarinelli
Richie Woodworth
Arlington Schools Dismissed Early For Christmas Vacation
Arlington schools dismiss at 12 30 p m this Friday for Christmas break and reopen Monday Jan 6. Fisher School Christmas assembly 8 45 a m at high school with all parents invited. Christmas parties also Friday with snacks and milk. Ski days begin Jan 8 weather permitting with 1 p m dismissal on ski days and kindergarten not in session. Santa arrives at the American Legion Christmas party Saturday 2 4 p m at Legion rooms, gifts for boys and girls age ranges noted.
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Arlington
Fisher School
American Legion
Legion Rooms
Santa
Girl Scouts of
Vermont Achievement Center
The
Vermont
Glen Campbell Cancels New Zealand Tour Over Laryngitis
Glen Campbell cancels his New Zealand concert tour due to laryngitis. His manager said the singer has never before missed a performance as his voice was nearly a croak after a heavy Las Vegas and Australia schedule. Campbell returned to Los Angeles on the weekend under doctor orders.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Glen Campbell
New Zealand
Las Vegas
Australia
Nick Sevano
Campbell
Sevano
McClaughry earns $29 thousand grant for minority business project
Vermont figure John McClaughry runs the Institute for Liberty and Community from his Kirby home. The UPI report notes a total of $210,000 in federal grants from the Commerce Department to his institute in 18 months, aimed at hiring a housing expert lawyer. The grant is not an endorsement of his land use views per officials.
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Washington
UPI
Vermont
John McClaughry
Institute For Liberty and Community
McClaughry
Kirby
U.S. Commerce Department
John Topping
Topping
Institute
Vermont Farmers Home office to open in Morrisville
Senator George D Aiken said a new Farmers Home Administration office will open in Morrisville Vermont as the state's second such office It will serve Lamoille County farmers and aid their operations with federal farm program services.
Stratton to oppose Rockefeller on VP confirmation
In Albany district sentiment runs 3 or 4 to 1 against Nelson Rockefeller as vice president, Congressman Samuel S. Stratton says he will vote no despite Rockefeller's Senate confirmation and stresses deputies’ duty to reflect constituents. In Troy, Edward W. Pattison, newly elected, is named to the House Judiciary Committee focusing on prison reform and law enforcement direction amid reforms.
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Harold Robson
Jack Burke
A. J. Salluzzo
Leonard
Chat Blakeman
Thibodeau
Joel Miller
Nelson Rockefeller
Amsterdam
Samuel S. Stratton
Stratton
New York
Senate
Albany
Schenectady
Montgomery
Troy
Edward W. Pattison
House
Judiciary Committee
Pattison
Wilbur Mills
Ways & Means Committee
Mills
Skeleton unearthed in cemetery. councilor seeks burial proof
Berkshire's Southview Cemetery scene prompts Councillor Jack F. Gigliotti to demand full burial confirmation after a dismembered skeleton and crushed casket were found by two trappers. He disputes claims the remains are from an old grave and notes a recently disturbed dirt layer.
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North Adams
Jack F. Gigliotti
Southview
Gigliotti
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Pownal, Vt
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NFDA
Route 7
Basketville
Edith Beaumont
Reynolds- Gilchrest
Kiwanians
Cleveland Dodge
David Berlant
Fox Hollow
Hoosie River
Fred McGuire
H. G. Ignition Parts Corp
Hubert Loretan
Donald Decker
Helene Thompson
Association For the Crippled Children
Rutland
George Glanzberg
Shaftsbury
Walter LaGrange
Gladstone’s
New England
Burlington Barre
Rutland Upper Church
North Main St
Rutland Plaza
ST. Albans
Newport
Main St
Winooski
West Canal St
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Spring ST
Williamstown
Montpelier
York
Clifford Bowman
Governor’s Commission On the Administration of Justice
Norwich
Hartford
Hartland
Woodstock Town
Woodstock Village
Burlington
State College
Richard Wedhams
American Federation of Teachers
AFT
FHA
Morrisville
Rocky
Down In
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LEE
Peter J
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Arnold Print Works
Francis X. Cooney
Cooney
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