Maine Jai Alai Arena Proposal Sparks Legislation Effort
A Rye New Hampshire real estate investor hired a Portland lawyer to draft Maine legislation permitting jai alai betting and aims to build a 49,000 square foot arena near the New Hampshire border in Kittery. The plan, using parimutuel wagering, estimates 400 permanent jobs, $60 million in bets, and $3.1 million annual state revenue with $330,000 to the town, while NH businessmen explore competing sites in Portsmouth.
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Kittery
Donohoe
New Hampshire
Spain
Massachusetts
Portsmouth
Pownal Church Activities And Senior Citizens Update
Religious education classes for first through sixth graders at Our Lady of Lourdes Church meet Saturday 10 to 11 30 a m at Pownal Elementary School. Sunday 10 15 a m North Pownal Congregational Church worship features a Joshua 1 2 sermon. junior sermon on Rules of the game. Sunday school at 9 a m. Methodist Youth Fellowship 5 to 7 p m at Pownal United Methodist Church. Senior Citizens of Pownal elected officers for 1977. David Ricker Sr. president Arietta Coulter vice president Mabel Haley secretary Yvette DuBois treasurer Carolyn Haas publicity Marge Rhodes Mildred Gray Helen Johnson Sunshine Committee. A flag presented to Rose Mattison by Bradford Craig from the Bennington County Office on Aging, flown over the Capitol in Washington, DC, to the Senior Citizens Center. discussion of obtaining a pole to display the flag.
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Our Lady of Lourdes
Pownal
David Ricker Sr
Arietta Coulter
Mabel Haley
Yvette DuBois
Carolyn Haas
Sunshine Committee
Marge Rhodes
Mildred Gray
Helen Johnson
Rose Mattison
Bradford Craig
Bennington County
Capitol
Washington, CC
Senior Citizens Center
North Bennington directors bemoan unemployment tax rules
North Bennington School Board learned that under new state unemployment compensation rules the district must pay unemployment taxes on part of its payroll. The tax is 2 12 percent on the first 6 000 of all salaries, including teachers, estimated at more than 1 200 dollars annually. Teachers under contract returning next year will not be eligible for summer unemployment. those not returning may qualify. The board questioned retiree sick-leave costs and anticipated Blue Cross Blue Shield premium increases of at least seven percent. The district remains solidly in the black for the year, thanks to careful budgeting by Principal Philip Viereck. The board reaffirmed no transportation is provided to students, suggesting parents consider the BRTI mini-bus service. Nowak noted talks with Bennington College President Joseph S Murphy about token payments for housing students from which there is no tax revenue.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
North Bennington
George A. Sleeman
State Department of Education
Sleeman
John Searey
Edward W. Fabian
State Department
Searey
Lionel Nowak
Vermont
Philip Viereck
BRTI
Nowak
New Bennington College
Joseph S. Murphy
Murphy
Bennington
Viereck
Bering Sea
Donald Cherbonneau
Board of Civil Authority
Mt. Anthony
A. Coleman Mason
Joseph Maillet
Mason
Bruce Burrington
Ms. Lampman
MacLaughlin
Youth Information Center
YIC
Bennington Selectmen
Main Street
Selectmen
Shirley McTernan
Bennington Opportunity Council
BOC
Balloting at Pownal Citizens Caucus Nominates Officials
More than 50 residents attended the Pownal Citizens Caucus last night to nominate candidates for town and school district posts. Three secret ballots were required to choose candidates, with the first ballot addressing the three year term for selectman.
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Pownal
Citizens Caucus
Grants available for programs which build trust and cooperation
The Norman Wilson Memorial Fund of Putney plans spring small grants up to 500 dollars to support action oriented projects aligned with cooperation ecological harmony mutual trust and simplification. Vermont and New Hampshire residents get primary consideration with a March 1 1977 deadline. Information and forms available by writing to Norman Wilson Memorial P O Box 54 Putney 05346.
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Putney
Norman Wilson Memorial Fund
Vermont
New Hampshire
Norman Wilson Memorial
P.O. Box
Norman Wilson Fund
Hoag Family Members Update From Local Hospitals
John Kennedy returns home after a stay at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Mrs Kristiansen remains in Mary McClellan Hospital for observation. Mary Ellen Hoag, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Hoag, visited her parents on Monday.
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John Kennedy
Putnam Memorial Hospital
James Kristiansen
Mary McClellan Hospital
Mary Ellen Hoag
James Hoag
Rita Mae Brown to Speak at Williams College
Rita Mae Brown, noted lesbian feminist poet and author, will lecture at Williams College in Jesup Hall on Sunday January 23 at 8 p.m. The free talk titled A Kiss Does Not a Revolution Make examines lesbianism in feminism and highlights Brown's extensive work and activism.
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Williamstown
Mass
Rita Mae Brown
Williams College
Jesup Hall
Brown
Columbia
N.Y.U
N.O.W
F.R.E.E
RAT
The
Redstockings
Gay Liberation
Radicalesbians
Furies Collective
Sagaris
Institute For Policy Studies
Pownal officials weigh Buckley Road upgrade costs
Pownal selectmen grudgingly consider a real estate request to fund Buckley Road improvements for landowner Donald Hemenway. With 10 lots partly sold, the net town impact appears higher costs than new taxes, as residents debate growth and school funding. another revenue sharing ruling will be set for January 29. Delinquent taxes threaten funds, prompting possible transfers from the general fund to school and road accounts.
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Pownal
Frances Lampman
Buckley Road
Bennington youth center gains federal funding boost
The Bennington County Regional Commission approved four grant applications totaling more than 720000 for elderly housing, lead pipe replacement, youth services, and community development. The panel approved an upward adjustment to include Manchester for a youth resource center serving Bennington Arlington and Manchester with a 49500 budget to be revised.
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Maggie C. Bucholt
Arlington
Bennington County Regional Commission
BCRC
Bennington
Bennington-Rutland
Ms. Jones
Ben Mont Avenue
Arlington and Shaftsbury boards set January meetings on negotiations
The Arlington School Board will meet January 23 from 6 to 8 PM in executive session to discuss teacher negotiations. Shaftsbury School Board schedules January 24 at 8 PM in executive session for negotiations, while Bennington officials discuss housing for seniors, lead water pipe replacement, and local development plans.
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Arlington School Board
Shaftsbury
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Chuck) Tilgner
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