Seven Bennington town workers may lose federal funding
Seven BEA employees face possible removal from the Bennington town payroll on March 1 as exhausted federal Emergency Employment Act funds threaten to halt funding. The town managers plan includes reassignments, consolidations, and retirements to absorb 11 remaining BEA workers at an added local cost of about 15 thousand dollars, with total annual BEA payroll at 30 thousand dollars.
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Bennington
Congress
Nixon
Washington
Montpelier
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Edward R. Lambb
Lamb
EEA
Police
Water Department
Recreation Department
Whiel
BEA
Town explores new retirement plans for workers
Town selectmen weigh replacing current pension costs of 25 000 yearly with plans offering 4 per month per year of service or higher. Officials eye a bank style option while delaying final choice until details are obtained. Highway workers seek wage talks with an 18 to 25 cent raise, with a tentative 20 percent increase proposed, within legal limits.
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Lamb
Lows Highway Department
Selectmen
Bennington Considers Land Deal With National Forests
Bennington selectmen debated selling Dewey's 1000 acres near Bald Mountain to the National Forest, weighing tax losses, potential logging revenue, and a Woodford style arrangement. They directed Town Manager Lamb to approach Dewey for exact tax figures and report back at a later meeting.
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Bennington
Dewey
Bald Mountain
National Forest
Newey
Woodford
Dewey’s
Paul Sheridan
Selectmen
J.C
Woolford
Tim
Max Perrolla
Campbell
Alexander B.R. Drysdale
Edward KR. Lamb
Lamb
Hospital Notes Discharges Names Across Towns
A list of patients associated with Rahalsmens Selah Hardick Nerih Pownal Harcle Ray Hyatt 1 Edward Barber Worth Bennington Kathleen Marle Hamilton Shaftsbury Tinda Dowd Willam Knapp Mark Tomasi Bermington George Chalfield Hoosick Falls Lhindis Brown Arlington Discharges Carel Burdick North Peters burg NY.
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Rahalsmens
Selah Hardick
Nerih Pownal
Harcle Ray Hyatt 1
Edward Barber
Worth Bennington
Kathleen Marle Hamilton
Shaftsbury
Tinda Dowd
Willam Knapp
Mark Tomasi
Bermington
George Chalfield
Hoosick Falls
Lhindis Brown
Arlington
Women of the Moose Meet at Moose Hall Tonight
Bennington brief notes a 7:90 pm meeting at Moose Hall. The Shea Agency Inc advertises vital protection against loss by flood, urging families to insure against flood damage and safeguard hard work. more briefs noted on page 3.
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Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Shea Agency Inc
Selectmen Hold Quasi-Executive Session on Town Employees
The board met in a closed session to discuss town employees and criticized performance without naming individuals. Selectmen Max Perrotta and I.C. Jerome indicated several workers should be fired and others were not performing honestly or responsibly, though no departments or names were specified.
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Max Perrotta
I.C. Jerome
Stratton Ski Area Wins Six Month Pollution Permit Extension
The Vermont Water Resources Department granted Stratton ski area a July 1, 1973 deadline extension to finish a $580,000 sewage treatment plant. The plant, under a tertiary treatment condition removing 85 percent of suspended solids, was to be completed by 1972 but faced siting delays. An alternate disposal plan via spray irrigation was proposed, with no action yet taken, and no effluent to Pike's Falls Brook by 1974.
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Stratton
Vermont Water Resources Department
Tste
Pike's Sall's Brook
Water Resources
Steatton
Big Bromley
Power Restored After Windham County Outage
Power returned Tuesday night to hundreds in southern Windham County after a New Year’s Eve storm toppled lines and branches. Central Vermont Power and Vermont Cooperative Power crews, including 30 line teams, repaired downed lines, restoring service to Windham, Vernon, Marlboro, Dummerston and parts of Guilford, Halifax, Whitingham and Wilmington.
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Bratileboro
UPS
Windham County
Teing
Central Vermont Power Corp
Vermont Cooperative Power Co
CV ¥ PC
Windham
Vernon
Marlboro
Dummerston
Guilford
Halifax
Whitingham
Wilmington
Bennington beltline project at risk from budget shortfall
The Vermont Highway Board reported ongoing beltline plans for Bennington and Rutland may stall in 1977 78 due to lower than expected state revenues and higher nonhighway spending. Bennington leaders urged lawmakers to fund the beltlines and link them with Route 7 as part of a larger traffic relief plan.
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John Leaning
Bennington
Vermont Highway Board
Vermont General Assembly
Montpelier
Bennington and
Rutland
Dept. of Highways
Dept. of Motor Vehicles
Dept. of Aeronautics
Agency of Administration
Guilford
Wallace
Guare
Bennington County
Deer Park Works
Manchester
Vandals Strike Powder Box Beauty Salon in Bennington
Police report Powder Box on School Street was broken into during the night. Vandals took a small cash amount and damaged hairdryers chairs cushions and left a messy shop. Owner Mary Cushing says the salon will be closed today and may reopen Friday. Investigation ongoing by Detective David Brown and Officer William Bryan.
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Bennington
School Street
Mary Cushing
David Brown
William Bryan
Obituary Notices for Belcher Weaver Twins in Bennington
The Rev. Clement G Belcher retired rector of St James Episcopal Arlington died at home. Funeral plans are with Hanson Walbridge Arlington with another obituary to appear in Thursdays Banner. Harold J Weaver of 214 Beech Street died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a long illness aged 76. He retired in 1962 from Hen Mont and was born in Cohoes NY December 16 1989. Surviving wife two sons a brother sister and several relatives. Funeral from Mahar Son Funeral Home Friday at 6 am then Sacred Heart Church at 9 am with burial in Village Cemetery Spring. Memorials to Bennington Rescue Squad.
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Clement G, Belcher
Clement G. Belcher
St. James Episcopal Church of
Arlington
East Arlington
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Harold J. Weaver
Beech Sr
Puttnam Memorial Hospital
Hen-Mont
Cohoes
N.Y
Isadore Weaver
Bennington
Dorothy E. Waite
Pittsfield
Mass
Irene L. White Schulz
Harold BE. Weaver
Isadore Boivin
Lenox
Mary A. Amidon
Sara Frazier
Charles
Almeda} Stockwell
Milford
N.H
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Sacred
Park Lawn Chapel
Bennington Rescue Squad
Funeral Home
Vermont Birth Rate Drops as Population Rises
Vermont state statistics show fiscal 1972 birth rate fell about 8 percent from 1971, roughly in line with the national decline. Despite the drop, the state’s population rises to an estimated 461,800, up 1.8 percent, aided by a steady fall in deaths and record low infant deaths. The marriage rate runs about 4 percent above the national average while the divorce rate is roughly 25 percent below the U.S. average.
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U.S
VNRC Board Threatened by Loss of Control, Says Stevens
John W. Stevens, director of the Conservation Society of Southern Vermont and VNRC director since 1968, warns in a letter to all VNRC directors that lack of board oversight harms the council’s effectiveness. He cites Act 250 planning, staff accountability, and policy decisions drifting from proper procedures, urging board engagement and adherence to established processes to preserve environmental goals.
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John W. Stevens
Council
Conservation Society of Southern
Vermont
Teter
VNRC
Sle
Wat
CSSV
WNRC
Stevens
VRC
Wilson May Get Nod as Democratic Chief
Leonard A. Wilson of Waitsfield is expected to be elected chairman of the Vermont Democratic party when the state committee meets late this month. He would replace Donald V. Webster who resigned after being named secretary of the Development and Community Affairs Department by Gov elect Salmon. Wilson, a former state planning director, has worked in planning at the University of Vermont and now runs a business with Robert Burley, a Waitsfield architect. He is a 1949 Harvard graduate and has spent years in Washington and Geneva.
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Manchester
Highway Department
Deer Park
Shottsbury
Joseph Caracciala
Montpelier
Caracciala
House Highway Committee
Rutland
Duncan Campbell
Garacciola
James Ogkes
Leonard A. Wilson
Waitsfield
Vermons Democratic Party
Donald V. Webster
South Burlington
Thomas Salmon
Ser
Russell Niquette
Wilson
University of Vermont
Robert Burley
Harvard University
Washington
Geneva
Switzerland
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