Arlington to Vote on Town Office and Police, School Additions
Arlington voters will decide on buying the Humphrey Garage property for a town office with a six hour fireproof vault costing 18500 dollars amortized over 10 years adding about seven cents per year in taxes. The meeting also seeks bonds not to exceed 312000 dollars for Fisher Elementary and Arlington Memorial High additions, with state aid estimated at 124400 dollars, plus proposals for funding full-time or part-time police protection and extending two additional school director terms to two years under 16VSA 381.
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Arlington
Selectmen
Fisher Elementary
Arlington Memorial
Arlington Town
Arlington student earns dean's list honors at Franklin Institute
John Doyle of Arlington appears on the dean's list for the first semester at the Franklin Institute of Boston as a civil engineering major. He ranked second highest in honors among first year students, with local roots tracing to Arlington High School and Franklin Preparatory School.
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Franklin Institute of Boston
John Doyle
Arlington
Doyle
Institute
Arlington High School
Franklin Preparatory School
Edward Doyle
Main Street
Manchester PTA to host panel on town meeting article
Manchester School Board members highlighted a Thursday 8 p.m. PTA program at Manchester Elementary School as a key way for residents to learn about education status and get official answers. The two part program features a panel on the four town union junior high district article and a discussion of the Manchester Elementary School evaluation.
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Manchester
PTA
Peru
Dorset
Sunderland
Urban Renewal Delay in Hoosick Falls Meeting
About 30 merchants gathered Monday night for a Merchants Bureau discussion on Hoosick Falls industrial prospects after Nancy Shoe Company closed in December. Mayor Leo Albowicz reported interest from a former industry to lease the Nancy Shoe building with an option to buy, pending negotiations and with details withheld.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Merchants Bureau
William Andrick
Nancy Shoe Company
Leo Albowicz
Nancy Shoe
Albowicz
Meir Billig
New York State
Contests Expected To Enliven Manchester Town Meeting
Manchester voters face contests for all top offices at town meeting. Incumbents Zecher and Kayatta face challengers for selectman and school director respectively, while several two year posts and uncontested seats are noted. Urban renewal plans prompt discussion of a shuttered M Lurie store and a push to speed up planning, with next public planning meeting set.
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Manchester
Clara May Hemenway
I. Stanford Zecher Jr
Clyde Bryant Jr
Zecher
Bryant
Clyde Bryant Sr
Harold Robson
Robson
Planning Board
Manchester area community events list for winter week
Ice cream donated by Manchester Ladies Auxiliary of VFW for a primary unit party at Manchester Elementary. Rep Reid Lefevre addressed Grade 7 and 8 social studies on reapportionment and the current legislative session. An 18 member chorus from Fair Haven High School performed at Burr and Burton Seminary. Easter Seals drive under way with 40 child volunteers at Zion Episcopal Church chaired by Mrs Joseph Fowler. Manchester Elementary closes for mid winter break Feb 18 26. Rotary Club social at Mt Equinox Grange Hall Thursday 7 30 p m. Rebekah Lodge card party at Odd Fellows Hall Manchester Depot Saturday 8 p m refreshments prizes. Ferdinand Bongartz Bennington County GOP chair attends Republican State Committee meeting in Montpelier today.
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Harned-Fowler
VFW
Manchester
Reid Lefevre
Edna T. Wright
Fair Haven High School
Burr and Burton Seminary
Zion Episcopal Church
Joseph F. Fowler
Rotary Club
Mt. Equinox Grange Hall
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Manchester Depot
Ferdinand Bongartz
Bennington County
Republican Committee
Montpelier
Republican State Committee
Manchester Selectmen Set Budget Tax Rate
Manchester selectmen set the town tax rate at 6.60 based on last year’s Grand List with a 20 percent ratio, applying to a 250 339 budget to be raised by taxes. A 50 percent ratio yields 2.64, with potential reductions if Grand List grows from new building and Knowles System re valuations. Also noted were a 15 000 deficit correction from prior years and a 6 859.91 bill for Putnam Memorial Hospital indigent care. Parliamentarian appointments and a sorority pledge at UVM are mentioned.
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Manchester
Berry Wall
Stephen Bresko
Donald Johnston
Board of Civil Authority
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Putnam
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Arlington East
Helene Thompson
CRAIG/CRAELY
Hotel Putnam Bldg
Bennington
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Williamstown
Mass
Edith Beaumont
Eugene V. Kayatta
Frederick Stone
Blanchard Stone
John F. McCormick Jr
Henry Dooley
William J. Mallin
Walter B. Clemons
Paul Todtschinder
Inc
John Hutton
Miss Hemenway
Nathan
Betty Kamber
James B. Campbell
Dana Thompson
Harold Wisell
Arthur McLinden
Billig
McLinden
Frank Buswell
Committee For Industry
Buswell
M. Lurie
John Street
Louis Lurie
Schenectady
New York Times
Frank Leary
Lurie
TIMEX
Frost
North St. Bennington, Vt
ER. T. Williams
Marden Skinner
Sally Stannard
John Stannard
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Uvm
GET
Sonotone
Onoton
Walter H. Whitney
Carrold Drug Store
Hollywood
Siti
Bennington Travel Agency, Inc
Main St
Bennington, Vt
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