Manchester Town Meeting Warning Details Major Budget and Zoning Items
Manchester voters face a two session town meeting with articles including purchasing the New England Telephone building for town offices at 18 000 dollars, establishing a kindergarten with 8500 dollars, setting aside 15000 for equipment, and financing for fire and public works. The by pass and zoning changes are debated alongside tax exemptions for local organizations and a defense of a state constitutional suit. Endorses hospital cost clarification with Putnam Memorial Hospital.
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Manchester
New England
Selectmen
State Department of Public Safety
U.S. 7
Bennington
Manchester Welfare and Nursing Association
Main Street
Rotary Swimming Pool Inc
Hope Lodge Inc
House of Representatives
Montpelier
Bennington County
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Henry W. Putnam
Union School Meeting Details Bond Issue in North Bennington
North Bennington residents are invited to a Monday night meeting at 8 p m in the Union School gym. Union board members will present the full school story for grades 7 through 12, the operating cost breakdown, and the bond issue impact on the tax rate. They will answer voters questions before the March 12 bond vote.
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North Bennington
Union High School
Union Board
Union School
Paul Andrews
Vermont Development Department
Lions Club
Old Red Mill
Rober LaMorder
Democrats Postpone Meeting for Union School in Formation
The Norshaft Democrats delay Monday’s gathering to February 25 to free members for a February 18 union school formation meeting. A Congregational Church food sale at 10 a.m. Saturday supports Meth-Con Youth Fellowship’s Washington spring trip. Benchmarks include a Bennington Youth Council rally Sunday at 6 30 p.m. and Youth Sunday services led by Meth-Con Youth Fellowship members.
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Norshaft Democrats
Union School
Congregational Church
Meth-Con Youth Fellowship
Washington
Cil
Helen Keller
Bennington Methodist Church
North Bennington Congregational Church
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Dover to hold pre town meeting Feb 28 at elementary school
Dover residents will gather February 28 at 8 p m in the elementary school to review warning articles and discuss plans for the coming year. The event precedes a Girl Scouts Troop 544 Valentine party with skits games and refreshments at the school cafeteria.
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Dover
Girl Scouts of
Troop 544
Peter Barton
Wayne Rowell
Barbara Mason
Victory Grange
Manchester Voters Consider Evening Tax Increase
Manchester residents will vote March 4 on a general tax rate of 4.36 and a school tax of 7.88, up 29 cents and 1.13 respectively to fund a new fire and police alert system linked to a dial program set for May. The dispatcher plan calls for four extra operators beyond weekday hours.
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Manchester
Oakley Porter
Porter
Dorset
Clyde Bryant Jr
90 Year Old Dorset Woman Enters Mrs America Test
Rose Lind ley Kent aged 90 last May is the oldest entrant in the Mrs. America contest announced by director Bert Nevins at Miami Beach. Kent a widow and longtime Dorset resident is known as the Dorset Scribe and has written for Ebony.
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Dorset
America Test
Rose Lindley Kent
Bert Nevins
Miami Beach
Fla
Miami
Banner
RLK
Bennington
Ebony Magazine
E. L. Nichols
New York
Florida
Kent
Shaftsbury Club Meets at Mrs Breese Home Tonight
Shaftsbury note says the 1-40 Club will meet at the home of Mrs Alex Breese tonight. Shaftsbury Elementary School will be closed the week of February 17 for winter vacation. Classes resume Monday February 25 and spring vacation is anticipated in late April.
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Alice Whitney
Grange School
Alex Breese
Shaftsbury
Arlington tax talk outlines the Grand List process
Lawrence Gauthier of the Vermont Tax Department spoke at the West Arlington Community House about how property is appraised and the Grand List used to compute taxes. He stressed the town listers highest role in fair assessment and noted their underpaid status.
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Arlington
Lawrence Gauthier
Vermont Tax Department
West Arlington
County Extension Service
Gauthier
Listers
Vermont
Department of Taxes
Tax Department
Master Survey Approved For Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls village board approves a master survey plan and hires John Burdis Associates as consultants. A repair bid of 2,258.52 by Ken Smith Machinery of Albany for the village roller is approved. Legal action will start against owners with 4,943.74 in unpaid taxes from a 116,650.52 warrant. Grievance Day set for Feb 19, 1 to 5 p.m., village election March 19, 2 to 7 p.m. Four polling sites established: St Stanislaus Hall, Rescue Squad rooms, Municipal building, Ninth District.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
John Burdis Associates
Ken Smith Machinery Company of
Albany
St. Stanislaus Hall
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