Teachers suit against BSD delayed a week
In Bennington, two ex BSD teachers FitzGerald and Riddle and BSD board faced off over reinstatement and back pay after contracts were not renewed in 1973. The day centered on arbitration awards and whether the grievance process was followed. Settlement talks continued, with any deal needing BSD Board approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
A. Luke Crispe
Brattleboro
Robert Rachlin
Rutland
Crystal
Bennington County Court House
Bennington
Superior Court
Silvio T. Valente
Crispe
Rachlin
Howard Fitzgerald
John Riddle
BSD
American Arbitration Association
Fitzgerald’s and
Riddle
George Sleeman
Sleeman
AAA
Valente
Fitzgerald and
Supt
Nuke waste decision expected by federal appeals court
A UPI report notes a forthcoming ruling from a federal appeals court on Vermont Yankee nuclear waste, with New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution and NRDC seeking revocation of the plant’s operating license until waste disposal concerns are addressed. The case argues for new hearings to examine spent fuel storage and radiation risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Vernon
Brattleboro
New England Coalition On Nuclear Pollution
Natural Resources Defense Council of Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Vermont Yankee
Selectmen push ahead with land treatment sewage plan Bennington
Bennington selectmen heard from waste disposal expert John Shaeffer and agreed to partner with his Chicago firm on preliminary planning for a land treatment sewage system to meet federal Clean Water Act requirements. DuBois and King will join the effort, with possible 90 percent federal funding though interim costs may fall on the town. Shaeffer extolled land treatment as cost effective, noting Muskegon project gains and potential local land use options including the Scott family land in North Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shaeffer
Bennington
Shaeffer
Chicago
DuBois and King of
Randolph
Richard DuBois
Muskegon
Mich
Leonard Stevens
Connecticut
Reader’s Digest
DuBois
King
Harold R. Saunders
Saunders
Shhaeffer
Scott
North Bennington
Willow Park work paid 95 percent after delay
The Champlain Construction Company received 23000 dollars, 95 percent of the final Willow Park ballfield payment, after weeks of hold due to grass growth issues and removal of small stones. The company agreed to donate a few hundred dollars to a group like Boy Scouts to clear stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champlain Construction Company
Recreation Commission
Willow Park
Boy Scouts
Kittel Morrissey clash over citizen participation continues
At Bennington selectmen meeting, John Kittel pressed for floor time during citizen complaints while Chairman Gerald Morrissey refused citing no legal right to grant it. Morrissey said dialogue would hurt taxpayers. Kittel urged for straight answers amid pollution concerns from Hewitt Brook and ongoing testing funding. Police log reports minor to moderate vehicle damage in three Bennington accidents and a nighttime burglary at Blue Bean Diner along with missing rink plywood. State police note a Burgess Road break in with TV, stereo, and jewelry taken. fingerprints obtained from shattered back door glass.
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Bennington
John Kittel
Gerald P. Morrissey
Morrissey
Kittel
East Main
Gage Streets
James B. Harrington
Amherst
Mass
Glenn M. Davis
Park and Scott Streets
Frederick C. Gilbar
Edward A. Andrejak
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Thomas M. Nerney III
North
Shaftsbury Line
Willow Park
Beverly A
Theodora M. Petrelis
Burgess Road
Woodford
Glenn Hall
Obituary notices from Waterford and Eagle Bridge area
Obituaries for Justin P. Markiewicz of Waterford died at Leonard Hospital Troy after being stricken at home. Funeral arrangements include a 9:30 a.m. service at St Marys Waterford with burial in St Marys Cemetery. Also, services for Anna J Waite of Eagle Bridge set for 2 p.m. at Center White Creek Baptist Church with burial in Center White Creek Cemetery. Memorials to American Heart Association and Center White Creek Baptist Church or Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad.
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Robert O. Whitman
Shaftsbury
Adam Chebetar
Angels
St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church
Manchester
Martin F. Clancy
Vermont Association of Crippled Children
Park St
Rutland
Brewster Funeral Service
Manchester Center
St. Mary’s
Waterford
N.Y
Justin P. Markiewicz
Devitt Road
Leonard Hospital
Troy
Edward Markiewicz
Hoosick Falls
Finn Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Adams
Mass
Mechanicville
Lions Club and
Elks Lodge
St. Stanislaus Society
St. Mary’s Church
Jane Sarnowski
E. Ronald
Kathleen Coulombe
Mary Jane Markiewicz
Helen Hoyt
Gloversville
Antoinette Sirard
American Heart Association
Anna J. Waite
Eagle Bridge
Mary McClellan
Cambridge
Center White Creek
Roger Seacord
Ticonderoga
Peter and
Hanna
Carlson) Johnson
Arthur Waite
Ackley
Center
White Creek Baptist Church
Cambridge Valley
Rotary funds aid historic Bennington bikeway project
Jim Merunowicz of the Bennington Rotary Club presented a $1,000 check toward the bikeway fund. The Rotary gift matches a grant from the Vermont Bicentennial Commission. Town Manager Harold Saunders accepted the donation with help from Chamber secretary Hiram G. Savage. missing is George Serrigo, co-chair of the bikeWay project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Merunowicz
Bennington
Miller
Harold Saunders
Chamber of Commerce
Hiram G. Savage
George Serrigo
Hospital Notes July 1 Admissions and Births
Admissions include Edward St John Ida Lackey Emma Shutt Linda Allen and others from Bennington North Bennington Hoosick Falls Whitingham and surrounding towns. Discharges list Margaret Grabowski and baby girl Anna Krawczyk 6 30 and several others. Birth: Son to Dennis and spouse Buskirk. Daughter born June 30 to Perry and Marlene Bouplon Ft Devens Mass with family ties to Pownal Shaftsbury and Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward St. John
Ida Lackey
Emma Shutt
Linda Allen
Bennington
Elizabeth LaMare
North Bennington
John Suite, Jr
Hoosick Falls
Lawson Twitchell Jr
Patricia Green
Whitingham
Margaret Grabowski
Anna Krawczyk
Ann English
Marjorie Kenyon
Carolyn Graves
Barbara Burdick
Pownal
Gladys Weeks
Arlington
Margaret Shiland
Hoosick
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Bennington Banner
Bill Hogan
Chevrolet- Cadillac
Ford
Hogan
Corcoran
Donavan
Grove Street
Sheridan
Human Services Commission
BOC
Ralph Wright
Wright
Chittenden Trust Company
State Bond Bank
First Vermont Bank and Trust
Chittenden
Avery Upchurch
North Carolina Service Station Association
Mike Muhammad
Frank
van Ness Shell
San Francsco
Pennsylvania
American Federation of State
Pennsylvania Social Services Union
Pennsylvania Nurses Association
Robert Kane
Pittsburgh Press Co
Teamsters
Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Atlanta
Peachtree Plaza
Tower Place
Buckhead
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics
Groton
Metal Trades Council
Navy
Jackson
Tenn
State Agriculture Department
By Rob Woolmington
Commission
Bennington Briefs
H. Greenberg & Son
ADV
Griffin Electric Co
Main St
Ladies Exchange of
School St
Raymond G. Bolton
Bolton
Hewitt Brook
Winston W. Luther
Edward J. Koeneman
Division of Planning
State Agency of Environmental Conservation
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Memorial Park
Keeneman
Lother
Coolidge Avenue
Grant
Ovid D’alessandro
Catamount Annex
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Mt. Anthony
Albert Kent
Troy, N.Y
Albert Johnson
Keyesville, N.Y
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