Dorset Bond Issue Re vote Petition Accepted
Dorset School Board accepted a petition demanding a re vote on a 56000 bond to fund a kindergarten facility and library renovation as part of an 80000 package. The move follows disputes over library costs and council advised the petition may prevail. a new vote is set for August 5 with potential court action avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Charles Bonenti
Sydney J. Meachem
Meachem
Arthur W. Gilbert
Joe Adams
Adams
Terry Tyler
Montpelier
Eugene Bond
Malcolm Cooper
Cooper
Barbara Smith
Gilbert
Two NYC Fresh Air guests extend stay in Pownal
Pownal hosts extend invitations to two New York City children under the Fresh Air Program for four weeks through Aug. 12. Maria Avilez stays with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Andrews in Pownal Center. St. Clare Jackson with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dufresne in East Pownal. Church members from Pownal Center will attend the Hopkins Funeral Home service for Howard Van Horn in Williamstown tonight at 7:30. Burial is in Eastlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, with services Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church.
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Pownal
New York City
Maria Avilez
Harry Andrews
Pownal Center
St. Clare Jackson
Edward Dufresne
East Pownal
Hopkins
Williamstown
Howard van Horn
van Horn
North Adams Regional Hospital
Eastlawn Cemetery
United Methodist Church
Londonderry Plans Bicentennial Celebration Details
Londonderry Vermont eyes a 1972 bicentennial celebration as the Londonderry Historical Society forms. Officers elected include Karl Schiffgtiesser president and Norman Bernstein treasurer. Abby Starr Williams outlines years of local research and plans for exhibits, a school pageant, and an illustrated town history. A school building committee meets tonight with architect Julian Goodrich to review population studies and education policy plans. Public invited.
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Londonderry
Vermont
Londonderry Historial Society
the Baptist Church
South Londonderry
Abby Starr Williams
Londonderry Historical Society
Karl Schriftgiesser
June Pearson
Elizabeth A. Hutchins
Norman Bernstein
Williams
Edward Janeway
Norman Ameden
Julian Goodrich
Falls dispute sparks reversal of mayoral re election decision
In Hoosick Falls a board clash over a landfill report led Mayor Richard Severson to retract his earlier decision not to seek another term. Trustees pressed for transparency as discussion touched on burning permits and permit requirements, with health officials invited for an on site conference to resolve the dispute.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Richard Severson
Michael Brewster
Severson
Brewster
Arthur M. Hyde Jr
Albert H. White
Carl Stefanik
County Health Department
Health Department
White
Edwin J. Schneider
North Bennington Muscular Dystrophy Fair Set At Park
A charity fair to aid the Muscular Dystrophy Association will be held at North Bennington Park on Saturday July 31 from 10 30 a m to 5 p m. Sponsored by local youths the event includes a food sale games and prizes with a rain date Sunday August 1. Donations may be sent to Miss Dorothy Buxbaum Mechanic Street North Bennington. A second two week swimming lesson program begins August 2 at Lake Paran. Sponsored by Paran Recreations and the Bennington Chapter American Red Cross instructor William E Halstead reports nearly 200 youngsters took part in the first session. Classes run 9 a m swimmers 9 45 intermediates 10 15 advanced beginners 10 45 beginners with no charge. Paran Recreations Inc also sponsors a public dance at Lake Paran shelter on Friday August 6 from 8 30 to 11 30 p m. Admission is 1 50.
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North Bennington Park
Dorothy Buxbaum
Mechanic Street
North Bennington
Lake Paran
Paran Recreations
Bennington
American Red Cross
William E. Halstead
Halstead
Chester considers 900 acre recreation complex proposal
Chester selectmen heard a plan by Norman B. Keddy to develop about 900 acres on Steadman Mountain into a private recreation center with 300 high priced homes a golf course a lodge a motel and ski lifts over five years. The project would use Potash Brook water with a central chlorinating tank and sewage plant. Local officials promised study and input while planning board members urged consultation and zoning variances would be required if approved.
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Chester
Chester Selectmen
Thomas P. Salmon
Bellows Falls
Norman B. Keddy
Hampden
Mass
Selectmen
Steadman Mountain
Andover
Antoinette Kelley
Buttonwood Farm
Chester Village
Salmon
Edward Laitinen
Keddys
Conservatives demand return of priceless Saratoga cannon
New York conservatives urge Gov Rockefeller and state agencies to recover the bronze six pounder with Burgoyne surrender inscription, missing for over a decade from Saratoga battlefield custody. The gun, once in Bennington, was later found in a carnival and sold to Norman Flayderman, who now offers it for sale.
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New York
J. Daniel Mahoney
Conservative Party
Rockefeller
Lefkowitz
Saratoga
National Park Service
Country
Mahoney
Bennington
Saratoga Battlefield
W. Bowen
Burgoyne
Horatio Gates
Department of the Interior
Yorktown
David Bullard
State Conservative Party
Saratoga National Historical Park
Snyder
Ostrander
Melvin Stoesser
Fort Plain
N.Y
Saratoga National Park
Park Service
Gloversville
William E. Muese
Bob Lord
Fort William Henry
Pine Lake
John Koval
Norman Flayderman
New Milford
Conn
Flayderman
Kenneth Bullard
Public asked to report Adirondack Canada goose sightings
Wildlife researchers in New York ask Adirondack residents and visitors to report Canada goose broods nests and other sightings to Stephen Browne Wildlife Research Laboratory Delmar NY 12054 Since 1962 the DEC released thousands of geese to establish a population in the Adirondacks Yet only about 40 broods have been authenticated in ten years and many birds die each year Reports span releases to observed nests up to 20 miles from release points banded birds show variable survival and animal behavior issues including tameness and hunting season losses
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Albany
N.Y
Adirondacks
Department of Environmental Conservation
Adirondack
Stephen Browne
Wildlife Research Laboratory
Delmar
New York State
Delaware
Maryland
Tupper Lake
Vermont
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
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Vera Langlais
Shaftsbury
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