Shaftsbury tax-stabilization contract details with Eagle Square
Shaftsbury in Bennington County approved a tax stabilization contract with Eagle Square Manufacturing, part of Stanley Tools, to hold current appraised value through 1974 and raise to 1,631,000 by 1981. The plan doubles plant size but includes a renegotiation clause if reappraisal lowers revenue, a tactic echoed by Brattleboro officials considering similar agreements.
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Bennington County
Dorset
Shaftsbury
Eagle Square Manufacturing Co
Stanley Tools
Eagle Square
Brattleboro Uses 10 Year Tax Deals to Fight For Industry
Manchester seeks similar terms to draw industry as Brattleboro notes decade long contract gains. Town officials weigh tax impacts, payroll effects, and service burdens to decide firms to negotiate with while aiming to match Vernon’s lower tax rate aided by Vermont Yankee plant. A Page 4 letter outlines Manchester’s stance.
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Brattleboro
Miller
Vernon
Vermont Yankee
Vermont
Brandon
Middlebury
Rutland
Manchester
Peter Gray Named to UMaine Orono Dean’s List
North Bennington resident Peter Brian Gray was named to the dean's list at the University of Maine at Orono for the spring semester, recognizing high academic achievement among undergraduates.
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Peter Brian Gray
North Bennington
University of Maine At
Moreys mark golden wedding with lawn party in Rupert
Mr and Mrs Merritt E Morey celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at a West Rupert lawn party hosted by their three children. About 150 attendees from several towns attended. The couple wed June 1926 in Rupert. They later took an anniversary trip to northern Maine.
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Rupert
Merritt E. Morey
West Rupert
Robert Cassidy
Morey
Middleville
Salem
N.Y
Dorset
Manchester
Pawlet
Arlington
Bennington
Mrs. Morey
Adeline Lathrop
Greenwich, N.Y
Shushan
Merritt C
Keith
Glen
Elle Sue Morey
Michael
Thomas
Teresa Cassidy
Jeffery Lathrop
Brooks pleads not guilty to rape and other charges
Seymour R. Brooks, 28, of Bennington, charged with kidnapping a woman in North Hoosick and raping her in Pownal, Vermont, pled not guilty in Rensselaer County Court to kidnapping, robbery, and sexual abuse. He turned himself in after a governor’s warrant threatened to force his extradition. Bail was set at $5,000 cash or $10,000 property. he is jailed in Rensselaer County.
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Troy
N.Y
Bennington
North Hoosick
Pownal
Rensselaer
Seymour R. Brooks
New York
Vermont
Rensselaer County
Don G. Cholakis
Brooks
Funtastik Fair commands Hoosick Falls summer event chaos
Funtastik Fair set for July 31 in Hoosick Falls features a Catholic Daughters home baked goods booth with jams breads cookies and pies plus an arts and crafts booth. Co chairs invite donations and announce a poster contest winners with awards at noon. Arlington Street Fair seeks arts and crafts booths for August 7 while a separate case reports a Vermont rape arrest and extradition saga involving Brooks.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Margaret O’malley
Barbara Maleahy
O’malley
Maleady
Arts and Crafts Booth
Barbara Bouplon
Agnes Powers
Bouplon
Powers
Eilleen O’malley
Andrew Bogucki
Danielle Albowicz
Jeanne Mahar
Peter Wirmusky
Rosemarie Rogers
Arlington
Arlington Street Fair
Ronald Ryan
Three found guilty on reduced charges in Hoosick Falls robbery
In Hoosick Falls Town Court Judge John Mahar found three men guilty of misdemeanors for their roles in the July 11 break in at Hoosick Falls Central School. Sentencing was postponed for a pre sentencing probe. All charges were downgraded from earlier felonies.
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Hoosick
N.Y
John Mahar
Hoosick Falls Central School
Hoosick Falls
Central School of
Battenkill Grange Hike Probes 200-Year-Old Local History
Arlington Battenkill Grange members led by Past Master Robert Lindsey on a historical hike along Tate Street to an old log road where a cabin once stood home to an Indian named Chancher. The group visited a cold spring feeding Chunk's Brook in Sandgate, followed by a hot dog roast. Next meeting July 21 at 8 p.m. open to all with Shirley Matteson as lecturer and refreshments by local volunteers.
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Arlington
Battenkill
Robert Lindsey
Tate St
Chancher
Sandgate
Lindsey
Ohio
Robert
Shirley Matteson
Sheila Moffitt
Charles Dusha
Doris Wright
Mike Hayes
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Frank Miller
Brattleboro Selectmen
Woolmington
Park McCullough House
Moreys
Rena Mills
Clark Homestead
J. Duke King
Frank Smith
Maine
Riker Brooks
North Petersberg
Buri Bro
Hanson
Availibia
The
Wymans
East Arlington
Southern Vermont Art Center
Shires of
Weichert
Burt
George A. Russell
Lawrence Gates
High St
Arthur R Gates
Stockbridge
Mass
Plain School
Route 7
Berkshire Garden Center
New England
Raymond M. Owen Jr
Greenwich
Conn
Garden Club of
Owen
Explorers Club
Royal Society of Great Britain
H. Greenberg
Maw Street
Julie Ploof
Morgan Roni
West Mountain Farm
Polly Noe
Main ST
Bennington, VT
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