Snow day policy debated by North Bennington school board
A teacher delegation urged a written storm day policy. the board retained a principal led decision process with superintendent Sleeman, noting North Bennington’s lack of bus service makes icy back roads less an issue. The panel approved leaving closures to principals in consultation with the superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Dwyer
North Bennington
Southwest Supervisory Union
Pownal
SVSU
Ruth Mattison
Mattison
George A. Sleeman
Vermont Highway Department
Sleeman
Lionel Nowak
Betty Riley
Phillip Viereck
Viereck
Vermont Education Department
Briggs Dunn
Catherine Corcoran
State Education Department
Hoyt bill explained by Vermont land tax plan discussed
Arlington Bennington County Regional Commission reviews Rep Norris Hoyt H 1% land use tax proposal that would value farm and forest land at 20 percent of fair market value. The measure shifts tax burden, with state relief funds possible, while appraisals and rollback provisions raise questions. Also updates on a regional transit plan, and a reading study group appointment in Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Garland
Arlington
Bennington County Regional Commission
BCRC
Norris Hoyt
Norwich
John D. Randolph
Vermont
Randolph
Vermont Federated Sportsmen’s Clubs
Bennington Opportunity Council
BOC
Social Service Agency
Regional Commission
John G. Simson
Hoyt
Vermont Open Space Tax Coalition
Vermont Farm Bureau
Simson
Tordis Isselhardt
Cochairman
Bennington County Bicentennial Corp
Park- McCullough Foundation
Manchester
Barbara Smith
Dorset
Bennington-Rutland
Jerome Skapof
State Board of Education
No-parking plan splits Hoosick Falls on Main Street
Hoosick Falls village board heard requests from Fairbanks Express and Ben Franklin Store for a no parking regulation on lower Classic Street to aid loading dock deliveries. Mayor Bogardus urged a meeting with Salluzzo's Grill proprietors to balance parking needs while officials consider a municipal building plan and grant applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Beaumont
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Lee Fairbanks
Fairbanks Express
Harry Sternberg
Ben Franklin
Classic
Sternberg
Fairbanks
Main Street
Donald Bogardus
Salluzzo’s Grill
Bogardus
Salluzzo’s
Howard Guyer Associates
William Baker
Your Time is My Time dance at Williams College
Williams College Dance Society presents Your Time is My Time a full length production conceived choreographed and directed by Joy Anne Dewey at 8 30 p m Feb 6 7 8 Lasell Gym Williams campus with students from Williams Skidmore and Bennington and area residents performing on multiple stages in Lasell Gym audience moves between settings Tickets limited to 125 per performance available at Adams Memorial Theatre box office 413 458 3023 noon to p m
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College Dance Society
Lasell Gymnasium
Williams
Joy Anne Dewey
Skidmore
Bennington
Ting
Adams Memorial Theatre
Williams College
Trek for Tracks Family Walk at Pleasant Valley Sanctuary
Lenox Massachusetts. A guided one hour family nature walk at Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary begins at 2 p.m. led by Rich Oltsch. Participants will track animal movement, snowshoes optional, admission for non members is $1 after the walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Mass
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Rich Oltsch
Hoosick Falls Troop 64 plans winter fundraiser trip
Hoosick Falls Boy Scout Troop 64 sponsored by the Church of the Immaculate Conception will canvass residents in the Third and Fourth Wards on Saturday afternoon to close their calendar tower sales. The troop met last Sunday to review the program, which includes a February 7 trip to the Lake George Winter Festival. Charter preparations were completed by the committee with Lake Fleming as institutional representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Lake George
Lake Fleming
Stanley Remancus
William Marcoux
Carol Betit
Richard A. Severson
Norman Betit
Thomas Levandowski
Pownal caucus set for town offices nomination
Pownal citizens caucus for town offices begins next Thursday at 8 p.m. in Pownal Elementary School. Nominated positions include Moderator, town clerk and treasurer, selectmen, listers, auditors, constables, tax collector, town agent, grand jurors, school board members, and a citizens’ town committee. Incumbents listed. residents may file nomination certificates if not nominated at the caucus. All officials elected by ballot on Town Meeting day, March 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Citizens’ Caucus
Charles F. Mason
Rachel Mason
Charles Palmer
Williams Lounsbury
Bruce Burrington
Lister
Arthur E. George
Harold Marshall
Christopher Gates
Ida Cameron
Harold Hicks
A. Daniel Mason
John L. Mason
Howard Brookner
Maurice Hight
Citizens
David Mason
Robert E. Rudd Jr
Ethan Allen Community College names new board officers
At the first 2024 meeting trustees elected Dr. William Peltz as chairman and Marshall Peck II as vice-chairman. Ruth Fuller White becomes secretary, Stuart Scott remains treasurer, and William Hancock joins the board joining Gerald Deyo to strengthen Mountain Valley region representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Ethan Allen Community College
William Peltz
Peltz
Rutland
Marshall Peck, II
Peck
Vermont
Ruth Fuller White
Stuart Scott
Dorset
William Hancock
South Londonderry
Gerald Deyo
Bondville
Hancock
Mountain Valley Health Center
Local residents recover from illnesses and injuries
Walloomsac Henry J Brown and son Wallace were released from Putnam Memorial Hospital after overnight treatment for accidental exposure to carbon monoxide. William Flynn shows improvement at North Adams Regional Hospital and welcomes cards. Alice Guiden and Arthur Grogan remain in Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge. Omer Brenenstuhl recovering at Putnam after a fall. Mrs Sherr Herrington at Putnam after a leg injury from snowmobiling. Mr and Mrs James Hoag and daughter Mary Ellen visited Melrose hosts Edward and Mrs Lafortune
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Brown
Wallace
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Alice Guiden
Miss Guiden
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Omer Brenenstuhl
Sherr Herrington
Johnson Hill Road
Putnam Hospital
James Hoag
Mary Ellen
Edward LaFortune
Melrose
Hoags
Green Mountain Club names first director
Rutland based Green Mountain Club appoints Larry Van Meter as its first executive director. A Hamilton College graduate, he has four seasons with the club including lodge care and supervision of the ranger naturalist program on Camel's Hump and Mt Mansfield. The trail system spans 40 miles plus six other trails from the Massachusetts line to the Canadian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Green Mountain Club, Inc
Larry van Meter
van Meter
Hamilton College
Clinton
N.Y
Green Mountain Club
Gmcs
Camel’s Hump
Mt. Mansfield
Vermont Department of Forests & Parks
Lane Press
Burlington
University of Vermont
Prictor Maple
Ulderhill
U.S. Forest Service Research Laboratory
Durham
N.H
Massachusetts
North Troy
Senate
Club
Stowe
GMC
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N. Bennington
John Searey
Dunn
Stephen Brandwene
Hoyt Bill
Shirley McTernan
SGR
Schuylerville
Francis Murphy
Joan Rogers
Rolf Sternberg
Peter Kent
Baker
Elm Street
William Griffin Jr
John Burke Jr
Burke
Edwin Schneider
Marilyn Douglas
Charles Stowell
Clay Hill
Shaftsbury
Sheilah Miller
Liggett Rexall
Pittsfield
Liggett Rexall Super Drug
North Street
Hobart
Hussman
St. St
Elec
Fridators
S. S. Hood
S. S
U.S
N.C.R
York
Harold Weltman
EACC
Bennington ,Vt
Charge Accou
NTS
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
William Flynn
North Adams, Mass
Arthur Grogan
Swifts
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