Manchester to review seven bucket loader bids for town purchase
Manchester selectmen opened seven bids for a new bucket loader with Albany dealer Southworth offering 25 500 for current 1968 unit and Caterpillar bidder at 44 000 for a 1975 machine. They will study all bids and exceptions to specifications before final award while also addressing regional landfill fee proposals and other town matters.
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Manchester
Southworth Machinery Inc
Albany
N.Y
Southworth
John P. Wessner
Sunderland
Wessner
Pownal School Budget Surplus Reflects Year End Finances
Pownal Elementary finished the year with a $3,002 unexpended balance on a $472,179 budget after $469,136.32 in expenditures. About $239,250 was raised by taxes, with the rest funded by state aid and borrowed sums. the community plans next hearing on August 10 for parking rules updates and notes BCRC data progress on industrial site maps.
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Selectmen
Swezey
BCRC
Manchester
Pam Blakeman
Pownal
CETA
Selectmen’s
Manchester IBA grants 2 permits
The Manchester zoning board of adjustment approved two variance requests on Route 7. David H. MacElwen may expand the Carriage Trade by converting 800 square feet of a barn into retail space, widening current offerings. Robert and Hilde Gilbert may use their front porch as a sales and work area for paintings. A hearing for James E. Viscussi to open a retail store with living quarters was postponed.
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Manchester
The
Zoning Board of Adjustment
David H. MacElwen
Route
Robert and
Hilde Gilbert
Route 7
Palmer House
Jerome Hevey
James E. Viscussi
C. Douglas Cain
Building review approved in Hoosick flood plain amendment
Hoosick Town Board voted unanimously at a special meeting to amend the building permit review system to include federally defined flood plain areas after a short public hearing. Gerald A. Harley of the Concerned Citizens Committee urged the change, with about 50 residents attending.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Gerald A. Harley
Concerned Citizens Committee
CCC
Rummage and Food Sale by Tucker Chapter 38
Tucker Chapter 38 CBS plans a rummage and food sale at the Masonic Temple North Bennington Friday 7 to 9 pm and Saturday 10 am to late afternoon The group asks members to bring articles Thursday evening July 8 after 7 pm If unable to bring items call Mrs Bertha Denio to arrange pickup
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Tucker
CBS
Masonic Temple
North Bennington
Bertha Denio
Hoosick Falls school board and teachers far apart on contract
Hoosick Falls Central School negotiations remain distant after six sessions as Superintendent Philip Leonard reports the board and Hoosick Falls Teachers Association are far from agreement for the coming year. A further session is planned. TARP will end weekly school counseling but remain available by referral. The district seeks continued federal reading funding and adds specialists to boost reading. Two resignations were announced and board officers were reelected. The National Commercial Bank was named the depository.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central School
Philip Leonard
Leonard
Hoosick Falls School Board
Hoosick Falls Central
Hoosick Falls
Teenage Alcohol Abuse Rehabilitation Program
TARP
W. Scott Hicks
Hicks
Central School
St. Mary’s Academy
Erica Place
Charles Zimmer
Zimmer
George Holbrook
Malcolm Brownell
Ruth Brenenstuhl
Marilyn Robinson
Lillian Spendiff
James Miner
Katherine Scaglione
Philip Martinez
Bruce Jones
John §. Davison
The
National Commercial Bank
Sunderland school trial enters ninth day
The Sunderland School trial moves into day nine in Bennington County Superior Court with no immediate resolution. Former School Director Stuart M. Hill testified as Speedspace Corp bid to claim part of a $500,000 suit. Only three of eight named firms remain represented as cross examinations of architect Robert L. Trudeau continue. The case centers on a defective modular school with a leaky roof and structural issues.
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Manchester
Sunderland
Bennington County
Stuart M. Hill
Arthur J. O'Dea
Speedspace Corp
California
Speedspace
Insurance Co
North America
Legal ruling awaited on disputed Shaftsbury votes
Shaftsbury selectmen said the disputed school budget approval and the MAUHS vote are under school board jurisdiction. The issue centers on a 3500 budget increase and an Adler Cole victory, with protest letters prompting review by attorney John Williams. No action decided. possible rewarning of the meeting remains uncertain. Meanwhile, an Eagle Street dog-beating report prompted talks with Charles Robinson, with residents signing possible formal complaints if a satisfactory settlement fails.
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Shaftsbury
Fiske
Merton Snow
Barth van der Els
Joseph Crossman
Adler
BCA
John Williams
Manfred Ehrich
Williams
Selectmen
Eagle Street
Edith Libbey
Ralph Lindsey
Charles Robinson
Pownal Church Choir Rehearsal and Grievance Day Schedule
Choir rehearsal at Pownal Baptist Church at 6:30 tonight followed by a 7:30 prayer meeting. Grievance Day at the town office Thursday from 9 am for written objections to real estate personal mobile home or poll taxes. About 260 assessment changes mailed. Pownal Little Baseball League schedule lists Yankees vs Mets, Expos vs Astros, Mets vs Red Sox, Astros vs Yankees.
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Pownal Baptist Church
Listers
Yankees
Mets
Expos
Astros
Red Sox
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Russ Garland
Arlington
Sandgate
Arlington Selectmen
Bennington County Regional Commission
Thomas P. Whalen
Murray Hill
Whalen
Factory Point National Bank
Henry R. Lambert
William
Virginia Szirbik
Planning Commission
Eugene Lattuga
Manchester Center
Christopher Swezey
Lattuga
Douglas C. Schner
I. Stanford Zecher Jr
Eugene N. Gaiotti
Pownal School
Bernard Bisson
Charles Rounds
Lynda Pruden
Pamela Intres
Howard Brookner
Joel Burrington
Gerald LaCroix
Supt
George Sleeman
Louis Axt
IBA
Griffin Electric Co., Inc
Main ST
Benn
Williamstown, Mass
Coats
Vogue
Vanity
Bennington, WT
Hfcs Board
By Anne Eisenmenger
Erdmann
Plante
Cathleen Harwood
Waltur Fiske
Victoy
Irving Adler
Lorna Cole
Board of Civil Authority
Robert Dimke
New Shaftsbury
Mt. Anthony
MAUHS
Lindsey
Pamela Blakeman
Sisters
John Pudvar
Oal Burrington
Martha Rudd
Henry Brown
Bennington
Bonne Bell
Oquinlans
Main Street
Bennington, VT
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