Dorset Selectmen Approve Zoning By-Law Changes
Dorset selectmen at a public hearing accepted clarifying amendments to the town zoning by-laws, prepared after planning commission review in December, ahead of a March public vote. Changes add public lands to the zoning map, allow cluster subdivisions as a conditional use in rural zones, remove mobile home parks, renumber travel trailer camps, and correct a licensing clause for permits.
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Dorset
Planning Commission
Pownal Church Choir Scouts And Preschool Activities
The Pownal Baptist Church choir rehearses tonight at 7 at Mrs. Jean Synder’s home. Pownal Boy Scout troop 347 meets at 7 at the scout hut in Pownal Center. At 8 the Pownal United Methodist Women meet at Mrs. Francis Rondot’s home with refresh ments by Mrs. Charles Mason and Mrs. Rondot. The Pownal Preschool week of Jan 27 31 features nursery rhymes with visits and rhyme sharing. Friday at 11 a.m. children act out rhymes with parents invited. Next week marks music activities.
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Pownal Baptist Church
Jean Synder
Pownal
Boy Scout
Pownal Center
Preschool invites children to sing play and perform
The Preschool invites participation in singing playing or demonstrating instruments for the children. Larry Parizo joins as staff handyman to maintain the center for community use. Anyone wanting to host a meeting should call the Preschool at 823-7839 or contact Mrs. Barbara Burrington at 823-7269.
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Larry Parizo
Preschool
Barbara Burrington
Century of sitting around ends in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Mayor Richard A. Severson decries talk over action in a press statement. He laments a century of idle talk costing the town the Battle of Bennington and Grandma Moses schoolhouse while praising the Merchants Bureau plan to expand membership and push local economic growth as a potential improvement for the next fifty years.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Richard A. Severson
Bennington
Reception for new rector at St James Church
Arlington: A Sunday reception for the Rev. John Adams, the new rector, will be held February 2 from 3 to 5 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church. All are welcome to attend.
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Arlington
St. James Episcopal Church
John Adams
Debby Miller Leads Bromley Slalom Pre-Qualifiers
Debby Miller of Mt. Snow and Steve Diao of Stratton Mountain won the Junior III and IV Southern Vermont pre-qualifier slalom at Bromley Mountain amid rain and fog. The top finishers listed include Dan McKenna and Chris Glynn for Stratton, and Dianne Cole and Judith Hellman among others from Haystack, Mt. Snow, Bromley, Hogback, with times ranging from roughly 104 to 119 seconds.
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Peru
Debby Miller
Mt. Snow
Steve Diao
Stratton Mountain
Southern Vermont
Bromley Mountain
Stratton
Dan McKenna
Chris Glynn
Dave Kline
Haystack
Jon McCafferty
David Stutt
Matt Upton
Mike Wolf
Renaud Godfrey
Hogback
Mike Nelson
Debbie Miller
Dianne Cole
Judith Hellman
Rosie Traynor
Tacy Arndt
Kate Gamble
Bromley
Tigger Ash
Carol Miller
M. Snow
Betsy Bird
Jane Howe
Harwood daughter enlists in U S Army at Albany
Donna M Harwood 18 daughter of Lt Col Victor Harwood and Mrs Harwood of Edrich Road Shaftsbury enlisted in the U S Army Jan 20 at Albany N Y Armed Forces Entrance and Examination Station. She is the third Harwood to join the Army in 15 months with brothers Mark and Allan in the 10th and 82nd Airborne Divisions. She signs for three years and chooses veterinarian specialist training at Fort Sam Houston after basic at Fort Jackson.
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Donna M. Harwood
Victor Harwood
Edrich Road
Shaftsbury
U.S. Army
Armed Forces
Albany
N.Y
Donna
Mark
Allan
10St Airborne
Ft. Campbell
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Fort Jackson
S.C
New books at Dorset Library headline list
Dorset Library announces new acquisitions across adult fiction mysteries non fiction and youth sections. Notable titles include My Brother Sam Is Dead The Edge of Next Year Gently With the Ladies Maigret and the Millionaires The Most Dangerous Man in America and Pictorial Encyclopedia of People Who Made America among others.
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Brother Sam
the Millionaires
G. Simenon
F. Clifford
S. Woods
B. Mather
Gideon’s Fog
J. Marrie
Good Thief
R. Rosenblum
W. Downing
H.G. Wells
Rebecca West
G. Ray
Man Kind
C. Amory
E. Kimbrough
M. Morgan
Jesus
N. Mostert
W. Bridges
J. Jaffe
C. Marshall
America
D. Bowen
Family Circle
J. Anderson
E. Teale
National Wildlife Federation
Lightning outages plague Manchester cable TV
EMCO CATV explains outages stem from electric power interruptions and lightning surges. Maintenance and power issues affect the system from the antenna to subscribers, with outages noted in Arlington on Jan 23 and Manchester on Jan 25 as crews work to resolve the electrical supply and equipment damage.
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Manchester
Emco Catv, Inc
EMCO
Arlington
Electric Company
Shaftsbury Fights Elective Road Foreman Plan and Arrow Chapter Formed
Shaftsbury selectmen oppose a Montpelier bill to restore an elected road foreman, citing misused funds and lack of accountability. They note the current appointive system links state aid to mileage and road class, with spending transparency. Also announced is the Taconic Chapter of the Order of the Arrow, with Richard Palmer named chief and other officers aboard, to promote camping and Indian dance activities. The board reports $15,000 spent of a $120,689 14 month budget and notes potential $5,000 operating reserve. A petition with 202 names seeks lower electric rates and municipalization. Flooding on Twitchell Hill traced to a cracked pipe. repairs proposed. The board will reconvene next Monday at 8 p.m.
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Shaftsbury
Merton Snow
Anthony Altobell
Alvan Lawrence
Montpelier
Snow
Edwin A. Colvin
Altobell
Lawrence
Bruce K. McMahon
Taconic
Green Mountain Council
BSA
Order of the Arrow
Gilbert Mach
Pawlet
Richard Palmer
Manchester
Fred Edgar
Bennington
Howard Coolidge
Dorset
Mark Leach
Bag
Colvin
Design changes to McLean House approved by village commission
Manchester Village Planning Commission unanimously approved changes to the McLean House and garage on Route 7. Owner John B. Foster will replace two pairs of front door windows with bay windows for merchandise display, enclose the back porch, add a 12 foot rear addition, and convert the garage storefronts. The Thistle will move to the garage, which will gain bay windows, a chimney, and plans for a dormer to use the upstairs. Foster may remove a side porch for safety, and a one year eighteen month timeline with 15 days for protests was set.
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Manchester
Manchester Village Planning Commission
McLean
John B. Foster
Foster
The
Thistle
Southwicks
Commission
Mary McClellan Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges
Admissions for Jan 1925 include Raymond Baldock Greenwich Beverly Bassett Cambridge Mabel R Gates Hoosick Falls Howard D Goman Greenwich James K King Sr Cambridge George McInernery Cambridge Barry Skellie Greenwich Patricia Snow Greenwich Discharges list Kathryn P Babcock Cambridge Margaret V Barber Salem Beverly Bassett Cambridge Howard D Goman Greenwich Gay Gunther Fr Ed ward Bruce Norton Schuylerville A Malcom Shields Cambridge Barry Skellie Greenwich Patricia R Snow Greenwich.
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Raymond Baldock
Greenwich
Beverly Bassett
Cambridge
Mabel R. Gates
Hoosick Falls
Howard D. Goman
James K. King Sr
George McInernery
Barry Skellie
Patricia Snow
Kathryn P. Babcock
Margaret V. Barber
Salem
Gay Gunther
Fr. Edward
Bruce
Cambridge area notes and church events schedule
A roundup of local items includes several social notes and church plans. The Crystal Clovers 4 H Club will meet at 8 p m Saturday February 1 at the town hall. Williams College accepts Cambridge Central School senior Anthony R Turi Jr under early decision. A son, Asarian Michael, was born January 18 at Mary McClellan Hospital to the Skiffs of West Cambridge, the first grandchild for the Skiffs. The combined service of the circuit churches is set for Sunday February 2 at 10 30 a m at North Hoosick United Methodist Church with Rev Harry Burdess officiating and Sunday school at 9 a m. The charge conference will follow the February 16 service with a covered dish supper at South Cambridge Church led by Rev Kenneth Beatty.
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O— Anthony R. Turi Jr
Cambridge Central School
Williams College
North Hoosick United
Navy Yeoman Edward H. Smith Promoted at Jacksonville
Manchester resident Edward H. Smith first class Yeoman in Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron One, based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. A 1968 Champlain College graduate, he joined the Navy in November 1968.
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Navy
Edward H. Smith
Casper H. Smith
West Road
Manchester Depot
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Champlain College
Burlington
Shaftsbury races with undeclared candidates and local notices
In Shaftsbury undeclared candidates dominate as Democrats and Republicans prepare caucuses in Cole Hall at 8 p.m. with unconfirmed rumors of Zeke Cross and Alfred Wade seeking nominations. Donald Peters is the only confirmed candidate, for the Republican sister post. Also noted, the Shaftsbury Fire Co Auxiliary meets January 29, and Marine Corporal Gordon B. Elwell earned a meritorious mast in Japan. Several town offices remain to be filled and nominations for various posts are pending.
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Shaftsbury
Watergate
Cole Hall
Zeke Cross
Selectman
Alfred Wade
Sister
Barth VanderEls
Wally Mead
Lister
Snow
Donald Peters
Top Notch Farm
Peters
Gordon B. Elwell
Trenor P. Elwell Sr
Marine Aircraft Wing
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station
Iwakuni
Japan
Marine Corps
Prison inmate in DeSalvo killing found dead in cell
Norfolk County DA Burke said Walpole Prison inmate Carmen Gagliardi may have been murdered by a lethal heroin dose. Gagliardi, 34, was to face trial for Albert DeSalvo’s murder, found dead with a belt around his arm and needle in vein. gate bolted from inside. Burke ordered full investigation.
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Mass
UPI
Norfolk
George G. Burke
Boston
Burke
Carmen Gagliardi
Medford
Gagliardi
Albert DeSalvo
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