Presidents chat highlights Bennington and Southern Vermont College ties
Bennington College president Joseph Murphy and Southern Vermont College president Thomas Gee appeared in a Channel 12 interview to compare the schools. They discussed enrollment, budgets, community ties, and potential cooperation including library sharing and arts access.
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Bennington
Bennington College
Southern Vermont College
Southern Vermont
Thomas A. Gee
SVC
Joseph Murphy
Channel 12
Murphy
Vermont
New York
Massachusetts
Gee
Mt Anthony election sees push against measure and write in plans
Mt Anthony chairman Barth Vander Els quotes Colvin predicting rough Senate fate for a measure backed by teachers associations who fear urgency hurts school board positions in contract talks. Harrington moves to classify violations of school election laws as crimes, with voice vote approval. Bennington CountyState's Attorney Bolton notes Vermont law covers school town and village voting with fines only. A write in campaign emerges for Harrington and Murray as poll turnout spikes. Ballot shortages confront the district as 500 ballots were printed with 60 copies Xeroxed under police oversight.
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Mt. Anthony
Barth Vander Els
Colvin
Senate
Vander Els
Harrington
Murray
Bennington
Jane Betit
House Debate Resumes On Vermont Tax Cuts Fight
MONTPELIER UPI The Vermont House reopens a clash over two tax cut bills totaling 8.8 million dollars. Gov. Richard Snelling’s clout rides on the outcome as lawmakers delay action on repealing the nine percent income tax surcharge and hold off until a fuel and electricity tax repeal is settled. Ways and Means Chair Peter Giuliani shifts to a postponement hoping a better climate after the fuel bill passes.
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Ways and Means
Peter Giuliani
R-Montpelier
Giuliani
Selectmen clash over authority and airings in water plan debate
In Vermont news the selectmen faced tension as Barber refused to reveal notes, urging clear lines of authority for swift emergency response. A proposed air on airings to the water board’s advisory roles drew concern, along with bids and state funding for bridge repairs and sewer planning. Governors and legislators debated a 3 per cent heating fuel tax repeal, with Valsangiacomo pressing that revenue aid education. House members backed a May amendment trimming tax relief, while leaders urged restraint and warned of higher future taxes.
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Timothy Corcoran
Barber
Water Board
Duane Knapp
Water Department
Selectmen
Norman Stratton
Henry
Environmental Protection Agency
Dubois
King
Savelas
Snelling
House
James Douglas
Middlebury
Thomas Candon
Rutland
Appropriations
Madeleine Kunin
Burlington
Oreste Valsangiacomo
D-Barre
Valsangiacomo
Montpelier
Vermont
David Shaffe
Bennington
Ways and Means
Edgar May
Springfield
Scaffe
May
Shaffe
Vermont farming futures forum warns of land split threat
Gardner notes an ominous cycle where scenic farming forests attract tourists leading to land sales and subdivision. He cites 1969 74 data showing farm counts down nine percent and cropland per farm up nine percent while forest use falls from 73 to 40 percent. Farmland prices rise 9 11 percent annually. With 6 000 farmers statewide only 4 000 to 4 500 earn living from the land.
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Gardner
Vermont
Curtailed Bennington bus routes head into new schedule
Bennington Regional Transit Inc board decides March 7 cut of northbound runs from Shaftsbury and approves a revised two-bus schedule for Bennington center and surrounding areas. One bus loops seven times daily. the other does three trips plus non daily routes to Pownal Brooklyn Willowbrook and more, with Putnam Square transfers to minimize waits. Police report Napolitano's Brick Oven Pizza burglary again with rear door forced and cash missing.
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Bennington Regional Transit Inc
Shaftsbury
BRTI
South Shire
Bennington Center
Bennington
Pownal
Brooklyn
Willowbrook
BenMont Avenue
Town Meeting Absentee Ballot Deadlines Announced
Town Clerk Mary Hodeck reminds voters unable to attend in person to apply for absentee ballots by Saturday Feb 26 and those voting from out of town may also have ballots mailed. Out of town voters may use the clerk's office until noon on Monday Feb 28. Special Saturday Feb 26 hours 9 am to noon and Sunday Feb 27 11 30 am to 1 pm added.
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Mary Hodeck
State and federal actions strain HFCS budget planning
The HFCS district faces uncertainty as new unemployment rules may limit summer benefits for teachers while nonteachers may qualify. New York has not decided applicability for non-teaching staff. Questions about substitute teachers and layover months cloud policy. The biggest budget headache is an unpassed state aid formula amid four proposals. Long-range enrollment and revenue projections must be prepared, though revenue forecasts depend on future state aid. The board declined involving members in drafting the plan.
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New York
Leonard
HFCS
Manchester non-resident selectman resigns before town meeting
Selectman Eugene Gaiotti will resign effective Friday February 25 three days before the annual Town Meeting. Gaiotti moved to Ludlow in 1976 and is no longer a legal voter in Manchester under Vermont law. The board discussed a potential petition to remove him. none was circulated. Authorities noted no legal problem but residents could petition to remove him. The meeting also considered a Forest Service offer of 375 per acre for 96.5 acres of town forest land in the Lye Brook Wilderness, totaling 36187, with a staff recommendation to insert a town meeting warning article. The issue of two obituaries was also noted with funeral details and memorial guidance.
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Manchester
Eugene Gaiotti
Selectmen
Gaiotti
Ludlow
Henry R. Lambert
Vermont
M. Jerome Diamond
Banner
U.S. Forest Service
Lye Brook
Lambert
Bennington Briefs Notes on Reports and Meetings
Copies of the Bennington annual town report will be distributed with Thursdays Banner in papers sold within town. Additional copies will be available at the town office on South Street. A poetry workshop at Green Mountain Arts Collaborative on Feb 24 at 7 30 p m. All welcome to bring poems. The Board of Civil Authority meets Feb 26 at 1 30 p m to add 18 year olds to the Town Meeting voter list. A new Bennington Men's Softball League board meeting is planned for March 3 at 7 p m at the Rec Center. Quiet Valley Co op holds its annual meeting at 7 30 p m on Thursday at North Bennington Congregational Church preceded by a potluck dinner at 6 p m. Bylaws for co op incorporation will be discussed. Bennington police report two vehicles collided at noon Tuesday at Route 7 and Kocher Drive. a 1976 Chevrolet driven by Craig M Schwartz, 17, Dorset, and a 1968 Ford driven by Mark A Davis, 16, Bennington, sustained moderate damage.
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Frances Kapusta
Quarry Hill Road
Danby
Poland
Rutland Hospital
Felix
Anna Karpinski
United States
Wladyslaw Kapusta
Holy Trinity Church
John of Rutland
Frank
Henry
Raymond
Eugenia Millard
Stella Pearce
Mary Rydzewski
New Paltz
N.Y
Richard Thompson
Factory Point
Manchester
St. Jerome’s
East Dorset
Brewster Funeral Home
Funeral
Vermont Heart Association
Bennington
South Street
Green Mountain Arts Collaborative
Bennington Board of Civil Authority
Rec Center
Marc Long
Quiet Valley Co-op
North Bennington
Route 7
Kocher
Craig M. Schwartz
Dorset
Mark A. Davis
Bennington Area Admissions and Births Reported
The Bennington area records show admissions including Robin Tripp Christopher Richardson Leon Breton Danby and others from Bennington Petersburg N Y Hoosick Falls Shaftsbury Manchester Center Tonya Houghton Alice Stemp Eleanor Hammond among 1977 entries. Discharges list Amy Hooks Shirley Gerity Claire Senecal and daughter Loretta Potter Shannon Ruggles Joseph Young Terri Brahan Hoosick Falls. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Alan Plante of Bennington and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Brian Gilligan of Shushan N Y.
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Robin Tripp
Christopher Richardson
Bennington
Leon Breton
Danby
William Davis
Petersburg
N.Y
Alice Stemp
Tonya Houghton
Hoosick Falls
Eleanor Hammond
Shaftsbury
Henry Markey
Manchester Center
Amy Hooks
Shirley Gerity
Claire Senecal
Loretta Potter
Shannon Ruggles
Joseph Young
Terri Brahan
Alan Plante
Brian Gilligan
Shushan
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Edwin A. Colvin
Gail Thain Parker
Dudley Baker
Bennington County
Raymond G. Bolton
Reginald Barnard
Otter Valley Union High School
Bolton
F Fs & Ax
Geraldine Baker
Lionel Nowak
Paul Snow
Lawrence Harrington
Ray Murray
David Adler
Ivor Pelsue
Rod Clarke
Hohman
South Burlington Correctional Center
Wool
Education Committee
Douglas
Ways and Means Committee
Future of
Vermont Farming
Page
Carol Ineson
Putnam Square
Ineson
Feds
Supt
Frank Sheldon
George Holbrook
By Maggie C. Bucholt
Margaret C. Whalen
John L. Whalen
Depot Street
Arlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Patrick N
Mary (Gormley) Cullinan
Hanson- Walbridge
Martha Canfield
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