Dorset school board weighs future of BBS and fund drive
The Dorset board urged BBS to go public or face state support, weighing a grassroots fund drive against alumni backing and potential reorganization of the trustees. They noted costs for a new gym, tuition changes, a federal jobs grant, and policy updates while planning events in January.
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BBS
Dorset
Rhys Evans
Manchester
Chester Andrews
Chester
Wallingford
Andrews
Barbara Smith
Engagement announced for Judith Longware and David King
Elizabethtown notice states Judith Ann Longware of Bennington is engaged to Spec. 4 David Michael King of Ft. Ritchie Md. Judith is a Putnam Memorial Hospital School of Practical Nursing graduate and hospital employee. King is an offset pressman and son of Danby residents.
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Elizabethtown
N.Y
Melvin Longware Jr
Judith Ann Longware
Dewey St
Bennington
David Michael King
Ft. Ritchie, Md
Frederick King
Danby
Putnam Memorial Hospital School of
Hospital
Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School
Wallingford High School
Gardner to Seek Employment Money for Arlington
Arlington rep Jane Gardner D District Benny told selectmen she will help Arlington apply for funds under the public service employment act. The act pays unemployed people to work for a year for towns and nonprofits. Arlington applied via Vermont League of Cities and Towns to obtain a share of the $700,000 state program. Gardner noted she will push speedier handling in Montpelier and discussed tax funding, level funding, and departmental needs. The Mary Monroe Hawkins Library Association meets Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Shaftsbury Elementary library. Selectmen approved Kenneth Nicholson to a three year planning commission term and John Moore as a sister to fill a vacancy. Two sewer committee members will be paid to attend a Montpelier briefing January 18. Town caucus dates and filings open January 23 and February 1 respectively.
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Evans
BBS
Andrews
Northshire Senior Citizens Center
Edward Houlihan
Houlihan
Manchester
Mary Sherman
Judson Brown
Arlington
Jane Gardner
Benny
Selectmen
Public Service
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Department of Employment Security
Gov. Salmon
Gordon Kunzelmann
Environmental Engineering Division
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Montpelier
Edith Smith
Harry Pickering
Trustees
George Glanzberg
Merritt Hewitt
Glanzberg
Altobell
Cleveland Ave
Snow
Jepson
Hewitt
Brian
Shaftsbury
North Bennington
BCRC to Consider Local Funding at 1976 Level in Arlington
The Bennington County Regional Commission holds a 7:30 p.m. meeting in St. Margaret Marys Parish Hall to discuss fiscal 1976 funding, proposing continuation of the 40 cents per capita rate with a $100 minimum per town. A presentation on the Adler Miller Formula changes, a bill sponsor Rep Edward A Colvin, and HRB CEPA goals plus a new BCRC review policy are on the agenda.
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Arlington
Bennington County
Shaftsbury
Hoosic River
Girl Scout Cookie Sale Window Set for Jan 18 25
Mrs. Joseph Ferrari of Manchester announces the annual cookie sale order period from January 18 to January 25. Two new products join the line from Barry Biscuit Co. along with familiar lemon cremes oxford cremes scot-teas savannah and mint priced at $1. Troop leaders say income supports both local troops and council funding for camp properties programs and camper financial aid.
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Manchester
Joseph Ferrari
Vermont
Barry Biscuit Co
Girl Scout Council
Jarvis D. Pratt
Essex
Junction
Shaftsbury weighs road work after January thaw rains
Shaftsbury selectmen heard road foreman fill ruts with gravel and close steep sections. A bus stalled on East Road prompted plowing Hollow Road for a school run. Board discussed new road blades and a sander, zoning variance for a veterinary clinic, and district boundary questions while planning next meetings.
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Sheilah Miller
Shaftsbury
Selectmen
Kenny Harrington
Merton Snow
Anthony Altobell
Alvan Lawrence
Horton Hill
Harrington
Snow
Leroy Thomas
Gareth Bus Lines
Heil Reed
East Road
Thomas
Blanche Cross
Hollow Road
Cross
Audrey Jones
Altobell
Common Cause names new state lobbyist in Vermont
Common Cause Vermont appoints Mary P. Miller of Waterbury Center as lobbyist for the current legislative session. Richard Hubbard says the group backs closing campaign finance loopholes and requiring disclosure of income sources and expenditures by lobbyists. Miller, a former 1963 Vermont legislator, has served on the State Board of Education and local school boards.
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Vermont
State Board of Education
Rutland
Waterbury
Common Cause In
National
Citizens’ Lobby
Health, Education and Welfare
John Gardner
Common Cause
General Assembly
Miller
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Burr and Burton Seminary
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Burr and Burton
Rupert
Charles Skiptunas
Dorset School Board
Salmon
Dorset Selectmen
Dorset Planning Commission
Planning Commission
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Dorset Players
Margaret Conner
Dorset Church
Dorset Public Library Association, Inc
Clifford B. Harwood
Harwood
Michael Powers
Gayle Gall
Gall
Carrier
Ft. Ritchie
Gardner
Mary Monroe Hawkins Library Association
BCRC
University of Vermont
Cathleen Harwood
Hoosick Accident
Hoosick
Theresa Trahan
South Street
William Brown
Rensselaer County Sheriffs Department
New State
Coats
Main ST
Bennington, VT
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United Counseling Service
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