Shaftsbury Voters Set 53,869 Revenue Sharing Ballot
Shaftsbury residents will decide how 53,869 in revenue sharing funds are spent at Cole Hall tomorrow. Top requests include 19,000 for highway repair, 10,000 for solid waste disposal, and 8,369 for a farmers tax stabilization agreement plus 8,000 for recreation land purchase. Additional asks span 2,500 for a Route 7 traffic light and a supervised playground program, 2,000 for a cemetery truck, and 1,500 to buy a Boy Scout skating rink. Polls run 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Fire Department
Route
Cleveland Avenue
Forrest Hulet
Dorset village lights restored on the Green
The evening of the fourth of July marked the completion of the restoration of lights on the Dorset Village Green after several years without proper illumination. Local officials and residents gathered to celebrate the filled gap in community lighting and safety.
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Dorset
Church Street
Edwin Lefevre
Little Stock Company
Electric Company
Village
Vermont Open Backgammon Championship scheduled
The third Annual Vermont Open Backgammon Championship will be held at Bromley Mountain, Manchester Center, on Aug 2 and 3. Divisions for beginners to championship, entry fees 10 25 and 530 dollars, prizes for all winners and finalists, under World Backgammon Association rules, fund-raising for Vermont Children's Cancer Research Fund Jimmy Fund, open to all entrants. register with Guy A. Thomas, Manchester Center, VT 05255, 802 362 3900.
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Manchester
Bromley Mountain
Manchester Center
World Backgammon Association
Vermont Children’s Cancer Research Fund
Jimmy Fund
Guy A. Thomas
Way’s Lane
Vermont
AYSL Jamboree Draws 72 Signups in Arlington
Arlington Youth Soccer League kicked off with a successful jamboree drawing 72 players across five teams in two divisions. Senior Division teams include Rowdies coached by Keough Halbur Whitman and Tornadoes with players such as Walsh Burke Hess Szabo and Stroffoleno. first practices begin Tuesday July 8 at 4 p.m. at the high school field.
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Arlington
Rowdies
Lee Knapp
Gregg Gunther
Chris Woodard
Rick Sherwin
Robin Swett
Butch Fischer
Harold LaBatt
Art O’dea
Wade Caler
Adam Woodard
Bill Walsh
Andy Wood
John Ward
Gary Gunther
Brian Jones
Charlie Farrell
Mike Keough
Dale Halbur
Bob Whitman
Scott Walsh
Pat Burke
Rich Hess
Mark Szabo
Joey Stroffoleno
Mike Walsh
Dennis Pickering
Mac
Stuecklen
Paul Woodard
Marty Carrow
Mike Waite
Peter Corliss
Pat Pickering
Brian Seiferling
Dwain Walsh
Lee Owen
Bob Jones
Jeff Towne
Minutemen
Wayne Hoyt
Chris Witt
John Waite
Steve Witt
William Mattison
Wayne Morgan
Tim Knapp
K. John Smith
Mark Hawley
Phil Steele
Hoosick Falls to stage 1776 for Bicentennial drive
Paul Ohman of Bennington will portray Edward Rutledge the South Carolina delegate in the musical 1776 at Hoosac School July 23 24 25 and 26. The Kiwanis and Bicentennial Committee sponsor the production with Ohman a Vermont based singer active in multiple choirs and theaters.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Paul Ohman
Bennington
South Carolina
Edward Rutledge
Hoosac School
Hoosick
Kiwanians
West Bridgewater
Mass
Ohman
Vermont
J. Victor Laderoute
Goddard College
Plainfield
Vermont Choraleers
Barre- Montpelier
Stowe Community Chorus
Barre Players
Randolph Singers
Massachusetts
Pro Musica
Handel and Haydn Society
Boston
Brockton
Damariscotta
Maine
Second Congregational Church
Hoosick Falls Girl Scouts plan camping caravan week of Aug 4
Hoosick Falls Girl Scouts announce a day camp on wheels for ages six to 17 during Aug 4–8 with arts crafts camping and hiking at minimal cost. Contact Marcia Holbrook at 686 5148 for details and enrollment.
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Girl Scouts of
Hoosick Falls
Marcia Holbrook
Up-and-Down Sawmill Resurrected at Ballard State Park
The Taylor Mill, one of the last up-and-down sawmills, has been revived in Nutfield New Hampshire. Ballard family restoration began in the 1950s with a 12 foot metal wheel and a 28 inch diameter log capacity. The mill now operates at Nutfield Old Home Day weekends drawing visitors from around the world to witness historic timber cutting.
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Derry
N.H
UPI
Ballard State Park
New Hampshire
Special Forestry Programs
Taylor
United States
Robert Taylor
Ernest R. Ballard
Ballard
Nutfield
Shaftsbury Garden Club Visit to Berkshire Garden Center
Shaftsbury Garden Club members toured the Berkshire Garden Center in Stockbridge Massachusetts led by Roy Boutard horticultural director. They enjoyed a picnic and garden talk and plan a July 12 home picnic with games and a Green Thumb sales event at Shaftsbury Farmers Market.
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Shaftsbury Garden Club
Berkshire Garden Center
Stockbridge
Mass
Roy Boutard
Boutard
Shaftsbury
Firefighters Association Meets in Cambridge
The Vermont State Firefighters' Association executive board met at Smugglers Notch Village Cambridge on June 29 with 27 officers and representatives from 11 of 14 counties. President Rosalre Lange presided and 4,059 members were reported for 1975 to date.
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Cambridge
Vermont State Firefighters’ Association
Richard C. Holmes
Berlin
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John Hawkes
Lynne Evans
Marge Chapman
Peter Holmes
Marian Longacre
Victor Bennett
Peggy Keeler
Terry Tyler
Harry Sheldon
Hoosick Senior Center
Redden’s Grove
Ruth Rancourt
Marion Arnold
Bertha’s Angels
Hoosick Falls Health Center
Paul Hill
Arlington, Vt
Nationwide Insurance
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Nationwide Life Insurance Company
Home Office
Columbus Ono
Main Street
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
St. Joseph College
Southern Vermont College
Falls
Donald J. Ammering
Osa
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s High School
Ammering
Dania
Fla
O— A.J. ‘‘Fonaie’’ Salluzzo
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Town of
Cosmos
Lancers
Munity Pool
John Marozas
Diana Corbett
Tal
Hanson Avalbridge
Lake & Valley Garden Club
Cooperstown
Cooperstown Village
Nutfield, N.H
Ralph Stevens
Heath
Sheilah Miller
Dorothy Jones
Firefighters Assoc. Meets
Walter B. Read Sr
East Dorset
Pal Fispman
Gm x
Main St
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