Bennington listers urged to confront tax policy fairness
Senator Buckley and Bennington town counsel press the three member listers to oppose the state Tax Department policy of assessing recently sold homes at 95 percent of sale price, urging use of comparables and day to day review. They back a reappraisal plan with professional help to ensure equitable Grand List while safeguarding state aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Bennington
Board of
Listers
State Department of Taxes
Buckley
Norton Barber
Department of Taxes
Tax Department
Barber
J.C. Jerome
Edward Frasier
Jerome
George van Santvoord
D- 33
van Santvoord
Ben
Nington
House
Ways & Means Committee
Frasier
Selectmen
Jeffords limits legal work to 'extremely important' issues
Vermont Attorney General James M. Jeffords says his office will provide opinions for Education Employment Security and Social Welfare only on extremely important matters, such as constitutional challenges to laws. He may require department counsel to draft opinions and will consider requests with factual disputes or clear constitutional questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffords
Education Department
General Assembly
Department
First annual Water Carnival prizes awarded at Lake Paran
Lake Paran hosted the first annual Water Carnival on Sunday with events for all ages including scavenger hunts underwater races and ball pushing. Highlights featured Carl Joachim’s fire dive and canoe jousting teams of Dave Ordway and Joachim against Bill Halstead and Peter Shelburne. A statewide alert followed for Shelburne housewife Josephine Thompson, 50, missing since July 15 after being seen in Winooski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Paran
Carl Joachim
Dave Ordway
Bill Halstead
Peter
Shelburne
UPI
Josephine Thompson
Winooski
Tauni Fafunwa
Sheri Fafunwa
Peter Graves
Corrine Hayden
Sandy Myers
Alan Pratt
David McConkey
Rate hike sought by Burlington electric dept
Burlington Electric Light Department seeks a roughly 15 percent rate increase, requested by City Light Superintendent William Stebbins. If approved by aldermen, the measure goes to the state Public Service Board for final approval, marking the department’s first general rise in history due to inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Hartland Tragedy Drowns FiveYearOld in Ottertail River
Five year old William Warren of North Hartland drowned while swimming with his summer school class in the Ottauqueche River near Hartland. A skin diver recovered his body in about 10 feet of water at the covered bridge swimming hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Hartland
UPI
Ottauqueche
William Warren
James Warren
Covered Bridge
Funeral notices for Ruth W. Glover and Clarence J. Clark Sr.
Funeral services were held for Ruth W. Glover, 79, at Brewster Funeral Home with Rev. Lester Tufts officiating. Interment at Dellwood Cemetery in Manchester. Also, funeral services for Clarence J. Clark Sr., WWII veteran, at Mahar and Son Funeral Home with Rev. Angus J. MacDonald officiating. burial at Park Lawn Cemetery. VFW Post 1332 attended. flag presented to Mrs. Clark Sr. Relatives from several states attended.
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Ruth W. Glover
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
Lester Tufts
East Dorset Congregational Church
Glover
Waterbury
Robert Glover Jr
Herbert Walker Jr
Craig Jones
Dana Fowler
Dellwood Cemetery
Manchester
Clarence J. Cark Sr
Sturbridge
Mass
Mahar and Son Funeral
Angus J. MacDonald
Shaftsbury
VFW
Raymond Greene
Frank Brown
Mr. Green
Clark Sr
Georgia
Wales
Union Center
Moss weighs charges in Bennington fish kill reports
Bennington County State's Attorney Neil S. Moss has not ruled on two official fish kill investigation reports from the Department of Water Resources and the Fish & Game Department. He expects a decision soon on whether to charge Union Carbide's prime suspect. Moss plans to notify Eugene V. Clark, Union Carbide's attorney, before making any public move.
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Bennington County
Neil S. Moss
Department of Water Resources
Fish & Game Department
Moss
Grand Jury
Union
Fish
Sees
Eugene V. Clark
Union Carbide
Norman Brown
Paul Cummings
Water Resources Department
Vermont Environment Board halts east west planning
The Vermont Environmental Board unanimously opposes further study of an east west highway across northern New England until a Vermont land use plan is adopted. The board will inform Gov. Davis and the New England Regional Commission by letter. The plan delays are tied to a July deadline for the land use plan and possible行政 amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Environmental Board
New England
Vermont
Robert Babcock Jr
Deane C. Davis
New England Regional Commission
The
Commission
Environmental Board
Davis
Bennington Tissue workers poised to strike Monday
About 15 Bennington Tissue plant workers are set to reject the company contract and strike with picketing to begin Monday morning. Negotiations have lasted over two weeks, centering on salary and hospitalization costs, with management offering a 45 dollar per month hospitalization share and a reprieve of three to four months for expansion. The United Paperworkers Union seeks a 50 cent per hour across the board raise and higher benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
John Zlock
United Paperworkers Union
Zlock
Town police handle three auto accidents
Bennington Police report three motor vehicle crashes on Wednesday. At about 10 p.m. two cars collided at Willow Road and Northside Drive with moderate damage. drivers Andrew Crawford, 17, of North Adams MA, and Albert Jones, 50, of Pageant Street, were uninjured. Earlier, about 6 p.m., two cars collided on Ben Mont Avenue near Agway Petroleum with no injuries. drivers Robert Harrington, 34, and Douglas Tanner, 21, both of North Pownal, reported light damage on Tanner’s car and moderate damage on Harrington’s.
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Bennington
Willow Road
Northside Drive
Andrew Crawford
North Adams
Mass
Albert Jones
Pageant Street
Ben Mont Avenue
Agway Petroleum Corp
Robert Harrington
North Pownal
Douglas Tanner
Tanner
Harrington
Hearing today on school district plan in Montpelier
The Joint Education Committee meets in Montpelier to hear public positions on school district reorganization. Representatives from the Education Department, School Directors Association, Vermont Education Association and school superintendents present official views. The Education Board earlier supported discussing fewer districts but did not push mandatory realignment. Also reported: a Hunt Street rear end collision injuring none named. new police cars added to Montpelier force. local students named to dean’s list and graduates announced. a BankAmericard Polaroid camera display at Vermont National Bank. art show notices. a beauty salon closing for a family death. and a quoted management remark about union demands.
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Factfinders
Neuschafer
Mt. Anthony
Vermont Education Association
National Education Association
VEA
NEA
Morse truck demolishes. driver unhurt in Route 8 rollover
Arlington man William C. Gaudette 31 walked away after a concrete laden flatbed rolled over an embankment on Route 8 in Heartwellville. He treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital for head cuts and released. The Morse C & Block Co truck, loaded with 800 blocks, was totaled. Also reported is the death of Mrs. Marshall A. Fillmore at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She resided on State Line Road in White Creek NY, born June 15 1906 in Bennington. Funeral services Friday at Mahar and Son Funeral Home with burial in Woodlands Cemetery Cambridge NY. Contributions requested to Bennington Rescue or Hoosick Falls Rescue.
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Readsboro
Arlington
Route
Heartwellville
William C. Gaudette
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Morse C & Block Company
Bennington
Marshall A. Fillmore
Jennie Allen
State Line Road
White Creek
N.Y
Edward Allen
Bertha A. Nichols
Fillmore
Caroline Wellington
Old Bennington
Jermain Methodist Church
John Ogert Sr
Edwin Cahall
John Lancour
Cleon E. Gardner
Pittsfield
Mass
Gladys Mallory
Carl E. Allen
Shoreham
Mahar and Son Funeral
Francis Potter
Woodlands Cemetery
Cambridge
Hospital Notes Wednesday July 28 1971
Admissions include Bonnie Brace Donald Morse Henry Van Orman Sr Frankie Wilcox Mrs Gail Moon. Discharges Grace Becker and baby girl. Births a boy to John Reed and a girl to Ronald Wilcox Corrections fix names for Toner Galvin Boulette datums.
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Bonnie Lee Brace
White Creek
N.Y
Donald J. Morse
Henry van Orman Sr
Frankie Wilcox
Bennington
Gail Moon
Petersburg
John Reed
Main St
Ronald Wilcox
Manchester Center
Tiffanie Lisa Toner
Lisa Toner
Donna Galvin
Richard Boulette
Richard Broulette
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Bennington Briefs
George B. Stockman
Silver St
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River Road
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