BROC seeks town help to fund antipoverty work in two counties
The Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council BROC received a 500 contribution from Castleton town budget to transfer the Senior Opportunities Center from Morrill House Castleton State College to a trailer near Four Corners. BROC runs education job training health care and recreation programs and operates a Head Start class in Castleton Town Hall. The agency seeks 1000 from Castleton this year and has pledges totaling 800 from Bennington Rutland and Fair Haven area families. Green says the drive educates communities about poverty and aims to move from awareness to action. Contact Bill Green BROC Rutland 775-0878.
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Bennington-Rutland
BROC
Castleton
Clarendon
Wallingford
Bennington
Rutland
Green
Episcopal
Vermont Council On the Aging
University of Massachusetts Labor Relations Research Center
Rutland County
Bennington County
Office of Economic Opportunity
Falls mayor presses for income exemption extension
Hoosick Falls Mayor Richard A. Severson reports another reply from Assemblyman Lawrence E. Corbett about a proposed local law to extend exemptions on water and sewer rents for low income residents over 65. Corbett cites constitutional questions and statewide bills unlikely to aid the 1971 tax year, urging reliance on federal Revenue Sharing and warning of rising village costs without aid.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Richard A. Severson
Lawrence E. Corbett
Assembly Rules Committee
Hudson
New York
Arlington caucuses show cross party nominees in local race
Arlington voters heard mixed tickets with many incumbents named to both party lines. Democrats and Republicans field distinct slates for selectman and town offices while some nominees run on both tickets. Girl Scouts Troop 18 in nearby North Bennington opens cookie orders for family boxes at $1 with proceeds aiding camps.
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North Bennington
Stuart Preston
Preston
Madison Coca Cola recycling program eyes profit
Coca Cola Co at the Madison plant pays a penny a pound for bottles and cans and accepts but does not pay for other containers. Cans are flattened and bottles pulverized for new containers. After losses of $9,190 since September, losses dropped to $1,063 in December and the firm anticipates 91,000 pounds this month, hinting at potential break even if public participation continues.
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Madison
Meeting of the Women’s Fellowship at Congregational Church
A notice announces a 7:30 p.m. Tuesday gathering of the Women’s Fellowship of the Congregational Church, inviting members and attendees to attend the church meeting room.
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Women’s Fellowship of the Congregational Church
Pownal Caucus Sifts Nominations Amid Light Turnout
In Pownal last night a 30 citizen caucus approved a slate for town offices in 25 minutes. Carolyn Peckham seeks another school board term amid a controversial bond issue for the elementary school addition. The process included a delayed nomination for a three year sister seat and a series of quick, orderly confirmations.
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Pownal
Bennington County
New England
Citizens
Carolyn Peckham
Peckham
Florence Towslee
Frances Lampman
Mary Jane Rounds
State's superagency plan faces towns in Vermont workshop
In Manchester an Environmental Laws Workshop lacked two top speakers. Three panelists outlined how consolidation into a state Environmental Agency would streamline permits, reduce bureaucracy, and improve regional planning. They noted overlaps with Health and Human Resources rules, and described a consolidated permit system to ease development while preserving local input.
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Manchester
District Environmental Commission
Schuyler Jackson
State Agency of Environmental Conservation
Environmental Agency
Health Department
Division of
Human Resources Agency
Jackson
Meachem
Ken Senecal
Senecal
Agency For Environmental Conservation
State Environmental Board
Planning Commission
Simson
Arlington
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Water Resources Department
State Highway Department
Hoosick Falls traffic fines set by Town Justice
Town Justice Thomas G Restino fined eight drivers in Hoosick Falls traffic cases from Windsor Mass to New Rochelle Vermont and Rensselaer with penalties ranging from five to fifteen dollars for violations including inadequate brakes stop sign violations speeding and no inspection.
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Thomas G. Restino
Clifton Bean
Windsor
Mass
Gary Weston
Middlebury
Vicky Lowen
New Rochelle
Anthony Blacqua
Rensselaer
Walter Mould
Bennington
Theodore Geers
Hoosick
Michael King
Hoosick Falls
Shaftsbury caucuses nominate incumbents with few surprises
Shaftsbury Republican and Democratic town caucuses last night largely reappointed incumbents for March. Democrats led by Bernard McCarthy tapped Cathleen Harwood for Town Clerk and Barney McCarthy for Moderator among others, while Republicans led by Andrew Crosier nominated Thomas Hall for Treasurer and Clinton McDonald for First Constable, with similar lineups for other roles as both parties held quiet gatherings in Cole Hall.
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Arlington
Thomas P. Whalen
R. Emmett Smith
Terence J. Riley
Henry B. Raymore
Robert Lindsey
Lister
Gerald James
Jesse Harrington
Allen Mattison
Leo Budro
John L. Whalen
David Jannicky
Helene
John Moore
Orange Baker
John Elwell
Arthur O'Dea
Don S. Kendall Jr
Prosper Deschenes
Clark W. Condon
Allen Knapp
Ann Halbur
Roland Cormier
Orrin Griffis
Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Bernard McCarthy
Cathleen Harwood
Barney McCarthy
Clinton McDonald
Wesley Bump
Winston Beebe
John Billow
Leo Harrington
Joseph Lobravko
Alfred Wade
Kelton Miller
Pauline Knapp
Donald Brown
Andrew Crosier
Thomas Hall
Shaftsbury 4-H Club Caucus Names Town Officials Nomination
The Hilltop Girls 4 H Club will meet at Shaftsbury Elementary Saturday at 11 am. Attendees include Winston Beebe Road Commissioner Leo Harrington Tax Collector Paul Jepson Cemetery Commissioner William Castle Town Agent Bernard Whitman Trustee of Public Funds and A Ranney Galusha. The caucus left it to the town committee to fill in the nominations for sister and auditor.
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Charles Mason
Mason
George Renner
Charles Rounds
Frances Lampman
Rachel Mason
Coley Mason
Florence Towlsee
Art George
Harold Marshall
Robert Pudvar
Margaret Lillie
Robert Rudd Jr
Harold Hicks
Janet Wilcox
Mary Jane
Dan Mason
Winston Beebe
Leo Harrington
Paul Jepson
William Castle
Bernard Whitman
A. Ranney Galusha
Sister
Arlington native makes UVM dean’s list as freshman engineer
Helene Thompson notes Michael Lindsey, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Lindsey of Arlington, has been named to the dean's list for the first semester at the University of Vermont. Lindsey is a 1970 graduate of Arlington Memorial High School and is a freshman majoring in electrical engineering.
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Michael Lindsey
Robert Lindsey
Arlington
Arlington Memorial High School
University of Vermont
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Vermont
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John Simson
BCRPC
North ST. Bennington, VT
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Sheilah Miller
Hilltop
Shaftsbury Elementary School
Helene Thompson
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