Manchester Village meeting wraps in half hour as Rockwell steps down
Manchester voters approved a $102,100 village budget with debate mainly on a $4,000 legal fees line amid a lawsuit by Edward Battick. Trustees elected Brook Nelson to replace Rockwell, with William H. Gregory re elected, and Robert C. Palmer to replace Nelson. Auditors and clerk treasurer tax collector were re elected or chosen. Officials discussed traffic, conversion of large houses to multi family dwellings, and aging sewage plant with a new town village plant slated for 1978.
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Manchester
Manchester Village
Richard B. Rockwell
Rockwell
Brook Nelson
William H. Gregory
Robert C. Palmer
Nelson
Robert J. Fisk
Paul G. McCully
Clint G. Lewis
Melissa S. Burns
Rockwall
Edward Battick
Dana L. Thompson
George F. Hoag
Whipple
Pownal Planning Commission Meets Tonight at Town Office
Pownal Planning Commission will meet at 7 30 tonight at the Town Office. Senior Citizens Club holds a noon Wednesday luncheon at their center in Pownal Center with reservations via Rose Mattison at 823 7282. Royal Wild West Circus visits North Pownal Little League Field Wednesday with two shows. Bennington County Fire Fighters Association meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Pownal Center Firehouse.
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Pownal
Little League Field
North Pownal
Bennington County Fire Fighters Association
Pownal Center
Manchester Officials Push Tax Stabilization Vote July 20
The Manchester Board of Selectmen and Town Manager Henry R. Lambert announce a special Town Meeting on July 20 at 7 30 p m in Manchester Elementary School to consider general authority for tax stabilization contracts with prospective industrial properties. The measure aims to attract light manufacturing, create jobs, and diversify the economy, with a two thirds vote required.
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Manchester
USA
Board of Selectmen
Manchester Development Corp
Vermont
Village board to discuss towing rules and town issues
Hoosick Falls village board meets at 7 30 tonight at the village clerk’s office on Main Street to consider amendments to towing regulations posting requirements for restricted areas and enforcement of state bike light rules. The session will review a lighting request for the community center and a plan to purchase dilapidated properties with HUD funds.
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Main Street
Donald Bogardus
Bogardus
Grand Union
Ralph Sternberg
Hoosick youth held for school break-in
Hoosick Falls investigators say a 16 year old Hoosick Falls boy was charged with third degree burglary after a Sunday night burglary at Hoosick Falls Central School. Police recovered two typewriters four dictating machines acetylene torches and many tools found missing and later recovered. Investigator Gerald B. Clifford leads the inquiry as state police anticipate additional arrests.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central School
Hoosick Falls
Gerald B. Clifford
New York State Police
White Creek debates state pension plan
White Creek town board discusses whether the town is bound to the New York State Public Employer Retirement Plan. The debate centers on minutes from 1975 and potential court action, with implications for annual contributions and eligibility of local, part time, and elected officials. A separate long standing lawsuit by Chick Charlestream over damaged bushes from a town hydrant incident is also on the agenda.
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Anne Eisenmenger
White Creek
N.Y
New York
Moses
Briggs
Chick Charlestream
Shaftsbury selectmen hear about traps schools and girl chase
Shaftsbury town officials discussed reports of a red car chasing young girls on Bank Street Extension. They advised filing with State Police and alerting the town constable, while also noting a dog trap incident and a legal opinion affirming the right to petition for a revote on school district measures.
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Shaftsbury
Gary Reed
Jacob Whitesell
Bank Street
Reed
New York
Whitesell
Wesley Bump
Selectmen
Wilbur Fiske
John H. Williams
Williams
Power Interruption Planned for South Shaftsbury
Central Vermont Public Service Corp announces a power outage in South Shaftsbury Monday July 18 from 1 to 2 30 a m to test the South Shaftsbury substation transformer. If conditions miss the original date the outage will occur Sunday July 25 at the same time. customers will receive mail notification before the event.
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Central Vermont Public Service Corp
South Shaftsbury
CVPS
Hoosick Board to Test CDRPC Computer for Federal Funds
Hoosick Town Board votes to use Capital District Regional Planning Commission computer services to test eligibility for federal grant programs for a new town machinery building. The plan includes selecting the most likely program and applying through the CDRPC.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Capital District Regional Planning Commission
CDRPC
Commission
Lawrence Murphy
Barton
Ruth Breithaupt
Hoosick Falls
Joan Rogers
Breithaupts
John Tomkins
Rensselaer County Health Department
Tomkins
Ren
Willis Texaco in North Bennington to close week of July 19
North Bennington Willis Texaco will close for a full week starting July 19 and plans to reopen the following week. The shutdown affects fueling and service operations in the village schedule.
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Willis Texaco
North Bennington
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Pamela Blakeman
Dusthames. Furniture Inc
Elm Street
Bennington
United Counseling Service
Gerald H. Moses
John Briggs
Harry Dempsey
James Nolan
Stuart Cullinan
Charlestream
Highway Department
Nolan
Lake Whitingham
Irving Adler
Loma Cole
Adler
Shaftesbury
Dorset
England
Sheilah Miller
Sselaer County Civil Service Commission
Leo McGuire
Youth Commission
Town Board
McGuire
Raymond Calhoun
Mary MacDonald
Munsell Street
Calhoun
Carl F. Cunningham
Second Street
Hoosick Hot Shots
Murphy
Bovie Hill Road
George McEvoy
FDIC
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