Dorset voters approve town and school budget items
At the Dorset annual budget meeting a large turnout considered a half million dollar combined town and school budget. A proposed full time Dorset policeman sparked questions on costs, revenue funds, and future funding, with detailed breakdowns and cautions about tax effects and fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gilbert Dorsely
Board of Selectmen
James W. Lee
Sidney Meacham
Lee
Terry Tyler
Chester Andresys
Vernon Squiers
Leon Edgerton
Dorset
Gonerator Meacham
John P. Stannard
Stannard
Yerry Tyler
Marcian Skinner
Skinners
Squiers
Rhyss Evans
Winhall
Bennington
Mearhaim
Shaftsbury Snowmobile Club Meets at Fire House
Shaftsbury Snowmobile Club holds a Thursday 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Shaftsbury Fire House with a safety film from Skidoo Company. Membership cards will be available. Town officer salaries report and a proposed school manager are discussed alongside budget items and Title funds availability for Dorset schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury Snowmobile Club
Shaftsbury
Skidoo Company
Meacham
Terry Tyler
Warren Murray
Houlihan
Tyler
Squiers
Helen Mach
Supt. Houlihan
Dorset
Ottoman coins are talk topic at Cambridge meeting
Battenhill Coin Club president Eugene R Kosche announced Joseph Marcelli of Hudson Valley Community College will speak at Hotel Cambridge Tuesday. Dr Marcelli will present slides and discuss Coins of the Ottoman Empire, tracing an empire spanning the eastern Mediterranean with territories now in Libya Egypt Iraq Syria Greece Yugoslavia Hungary and Romania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
N.Y
Eugene R. Kosche
Shaftsbury
Battenhill Coin Club
Joseph Marcelli
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy
Hotel
Marcelli
Turkey
Mediterranean Sea
Libya
Egypt
Iraq
Syria
Greece
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Romania
Choir Rehearsals and Classes at Local Churches
Choirs at Pownal Baptist and North Pownal Congregational plan rehearsals tonight with schedules. Teachers training by Wancy Gilmore of the Children's Evangelism Fellowship of Vermont set for 7:00 at the church and Bible class at 7:40 at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pownal Congregational Church
Wancy Gilmore
Children’s Evangelism Fellowship of Vermont
Zoufaly Reconsiders Resignation Back On Board
Manchester selectman Emil J. Zoufaly, who had announced his resignation on February 6, reconsidered last night and agreed to serve out the remaining two years of his term. He had cited personal attacks during the police chief screening and previously planned to resign at March Town Meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Emil J. Zoufaly
Telephone Company
March
Hare
Zoufaly
Frank Dupree
Manfred A. Wessner
Dupree
Clyde Bryant Jr
Oakley K. Porter
Bryant
Harold Benson
Bengton
Benson
Zonfaly
Porter
Ralph Fleming Jr
Grievance Day Draws Protest on Hoosick Falls Reappraisal
Hoosick Falls residents pressed village officials during Grievance Day over the recent property reappraisal. About 48 protested the updated valuations used to determine next year’s taxes, with 126 written protests filed. The board, assessor Eleanor Hayden, and supervisor George Alten reviewed issues late into the night, noting land value maps and section-based disparities as key concerns. The company plans a reevaluation in Bennnington as part of ongoing reappraisal work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Eleanor Hayden
George Alten
Allen
Bennington
Combe Offers Third Revision In Act 250 Hearing
In Manchester the Bennington District Environmental Commission concluded an Act 250 hearing on Twan Combe of Dorset proposing a two store addition to Village Mall at Route 7 and Ways Lane. The dispute centers on parking adequacy 1.5 acre site drainage and septic design with adjacent landowners urging pond protection and better runoff control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Combe
Manchester
Bennington District Environmental Commission
Twan Combe
Dorset
Route 7
Ways Lane
ChiiaGnus
Environmental Commission
Comb
Sydney J. Meachem
W. Byrd LaPrade
Michael Campls
Camps
Manchester Village Planning Commission
Foster Clement
Greg Burke
Bennington County Regional Planning Commission
Maschern
Way's Lane
Manchester Selectmen gauge Town Meeting issues
Manchester officials in a pre Town Meeting session weighed funding proposals including up to 35000 for a town office addition and 15000 for police pay while a resident urged directing revenue sharing toward a regional medical center. The board eyed a 24 by 30 foot rear addition housing police and town offices and discussed legal costs from a 1972 court case over drainage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakley K. Porter
Wu Fetter
Nelson Parkinson
East Manchester Road
Selectmen
Selectman
Clyde Bryant Jr
North Shire
Manchester
Porter
Parkinson
Bryant
Hendrik “Hunk" Var Loon
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Shaftsbury Lotti Tabler Abts
Pownals Tamels
Pownal Baptist Church
Falls
Hoostck Falls Mantepal
Witlage Board
Edith Beaumont
Toselli Bennington,t
Ieee
Griffin Electric Co., Inc
Main St
Benninglin
Vermont Supreme Court
Henry Cherbonneau
Cherbonneau
Supreme Court
Carmixty
Whelan
O’dea
Selucmen
Anthony Lorenzo
Orrin Beattie
George Heaslip
Madeline Har
Wood
Senate
Montpelier
Lorette Avenue
George Clay
Radldh Greenberg
Donald Powers
Board of Civil Authority
Gyeco
Kodak
Eastman Kodak CO
Rochester
Annie
Tiny & Sale
Myrmvoogs
Bilds Broningter
Vermont
VM Liqueur
Zenth
Enazail BS
JHD
Isburglaw
Burpee
Marigald Fackett
Mack
Bnal
Green Mountains Liqueurys, Inc
Green Mountains Liqueurs
Elm St
Montenelier
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