Vermont RSVP originator really started something
After her husband’s death, Faire Edwards built a Vermont RSVP program to engage seniors as volunteers. The initiative pairs those over 60 with meaningful work, from quilting for the Vermont Historical Society to teaching cursive to the blind and supporting ill and disabled volunteers. Vermont’s RSVP has far exceeded national averages, with about 90,000 hours donated in two years and widespread community impact.
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RSVP
Vermont
Brattleboro
Big Medical Center
Burlington
ACLU weighs legal bid to halt hollow point bullets in Massachusetts
In Boston, the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts weighs a possible court challenge to state police use of hollow point .38 caliber bullets. Gov. Sargent backs Public Safety Commissioner Kehoe, citing studies that hollow points reduce ricochets and officer risk. CLUM questions need for public hearings and examines Boston Police ammo.
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ACLU
Boston
UPI
Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
CLUM
Joan Tuttle
Francis W. Sargent
Ellen Feingold
Sargent
Public Safety
John F. Kehoe
Kehoe
Hague
Boston Police Department
New Books at Bennington Free Library Catalogs New Releases
The Bennington Free Library adds fiction and juvenile titles including The Kentucky Trace A Novel of the American Revolution by Arnow and The Silver Bears by Erdman plus notebooks on investigative procedures and suspenseful thrillers. Juvenile selections feature Do You Want to Be My Friend and The Tiny Seed by Carle along with Berenstain Bears Nursery Tales and other K 3 works.
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Arnow
Beatty
Bennett
Berenstain
Carle
Cormier
DePaola
Andy
Gripe
J) Hussong
Klein
Patriot Ledger earns a third in national yearbook contest
Mt Anthony Union High School yearbook Patriot Ledger won third place in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association fortieth annual high school yearbook contest for large East schools. Principal Clarence Pelkie notes it’s the first such high placement. adviser Charles R. Neuschafer led the staff. Copies cost 7.50 at Bennington Bookshop and Evans News.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Patriot Ledger
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Clarence Pelkie
Columbia University
Bennington
Evan's News
Charles R. Neuschafer
BSD tightens bids to firms performing own survey
The Bennington School District Board will limit insurance bids to companies that conduct a full survey of district buildings. Supt. George Sleeman cited cost and public records issues, and said legality will be checked with the state. The board also plans an audit with Boucher & Marrow and notes Bennington was chosen for a five year facilities study.
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Bennington
George A. Sleeman
Sleeman
State Department of Education
Neil S. Moss
BSD
Christine Newman Wolfe
MAUHS
State Retirement Division
Brattleboro
Boucher & Marrow
Mt. Anthony
Vermont
Arts group wins use of Brookside School for TV studio
The Bennington School District Board approved a month to month permit for the Community Arts Association to use the top floor of Brookside School as a television studio. Irving Adler and Penny Larrison led the project, aiming to air programs on Channel 8 and through Better TV Inc. The plan drew concerns about politics and space guarantees, but officials cited the FCC fairness doctrine and potential program variety from historical bicentennial topics to Sage City Symphony rehearsals.
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Bennington
Community Arts Association
Brookside School
Irving Adler
Penny Larrison
Better TV Inc
Adler
Ms. Larrison
Bernard Winslow
FCC
Cornell
Supt. Sleeman
Brookside
St. Francis de Sales Parochial
David Allen
Obituary for Daniel L Bentley Greenwich veteran dies at 47
Funeral services are set for Daniel L Bentley 47 a Greenwich resident and World War II veteran who died Monday at Albany Veterans Hospital after a long illness. Burial with military honors will be in Quaker Springs Cemetery Schuylerville. He leaves a son Timothy and a daughter Toni, his mother, a brother and several relatives. Memorials may go to the American Cancer Society. Also noted are the death of twin daughters of Robert Sanford and Kimberly Cook of Vernon Conn with private burial in Center Cemetery South Windsor Conn.
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RD 1
Greenwich
N.Y
Deryl Bentley
Bennington
Veterans Administration Hospital
Albany
Still Funeral
Schuylerville
Quaker Springs
Salem
Grant
Lillian Bentley
Milnock Movers
Troy
Timothy
Saratoga
Toni
Amy-Jean
Beth-Ann Sanford
Robert M. and
Kimberly (Cook) Sanford
Hartford Turnpike
Vernon
Vermont Road Fatalities Fall 18 Percent This Year
Public Safety Commissioner Col. Edward Corcoran notes gasoline shortage and reduced speed limits curbing highway deaths in Vermont. Through the year so far 61 deaths, down from 73 at the same point last year, reflecting safer driving conditions statewide.
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Public Safety
Col
Edward Corcoran
Corcoran
Vermont
Bennington Club Friday Briefs and St Joseph Summer Session
Bennington Club invites members and guests for Friday evening snacks. St Joseph College Summer Session is now underway with late registration through July 26. Call 442-5427 for more information. Also promoting Napolitano's Pizzeria and Bette's Taxi services with contact numbers and delivery hours.
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St. Joseph College
ADV
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