Manchester moves to use 'poor fund'
Town Manager Henry R. Lambert seeks a legal ruling on whether Manchester can elect an overseer of the poor to distribute about 6700 dollars left from 1829 gifts for a poor farm. Selectmen voted not to file a suit to repurpose the fund, urging study or placement on next year’s Town Meeting warning to decide its use.
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Manchester
Henry R. Lambert
William Finn
Lambert
Oakley Porter
Joseph Burr
Porter
Thomas Whalen
I. Stanford Zecher
Finn
Donald Dorr
Route 7
Manchester Drive-In
Gloria Jordan
Zecher
Ms. Jordan
Ministrator Blanchard Stone
Jordan
Research Engineers Inc
Planning Commission
Roundhouse
al Elwell
State Liquor Control Board
Sam Katcher
Liquor Control Board
Inflation and funding dominate Vermont Tech graduation remarks
192 seniors received degrees at Vermont Technical College on May 28 with speaker William McKenzie of the Polytechnic of Wales warning that inflation strains higher education in both the United States and Britain. He praised technical colleges for turning funds into skilled workers while noting taxpayers seek greater accountability for public funding.
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Randolph Center
Britain
United States
Vermont Technical College
Bennington County
Maxwell Walsh
Donald Hon
Louis Kraeutler
Arlington
Jeffrey Fleming
Manchester Center
Stephen Geraghty
Michael Laurie
West Rupert
William McKenzie
McKenzie
The
Polytechnic of Wales
WTC
Atlantic
U.S
Polytechnic
Vermont regional grant plan seeks public input on 167,562 aid
Arlington Bennington County Regional Commission invites comments on a 167,562 Economic Development Administration grant to fund technical assistance. The effort aims to boost regional development in Vermont by reviving vacant buildings, energy projects, retraining workers, and business expansion with cross border relocation from Quebec. Comments due June 24.
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Arlington
Bennington County
Agency of Development and Community Affairs
Economic Development Administration
Vermont
Quebec
Vermont PSB denies CVPS 12 percent hike request
The Vermont Public Service Board refused to allow Central Vermont Public Service Corp to implement a temporary 12 percent rate increase on June 20, suspending the request and not setting a hearing date. CVPS cited higher operating costs and future energy investments as justification.
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Montpelier
UPI
State Public Service Board
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
PSB
CVPS
Vermont colleges report ample openings for freshmen and transfers
Vermont's 22 colleges and universities show room for 1,022 first year openings and 720 transfer slots for the September term, according to a survey by the New England Board of Higher Education based in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
New England Board of Higher Education
Wellesley
Mass
Vermont agency faces opposition to Medicaid nurse rate ceilings
In Montpelier the Committee on Administrative Rules unanimously urged against imposing Medicaid rate ceilings for visiting nurses, calling the proposal arbitrary though nonbinding. Also: Sen. Herbert Ogden named to Civil Defense Board and Patricia Klinck selected Vermont State Librarian. A 15 year old boy was shot outside Green Mountain Union High School and listed in good condition. police will release details and charges later.
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Chester
UPI
Green Mountain Union High School
Brian Newton
New York Democratic Committee Adopts Campaign Code
Albany. The State Democratic Committee approved a code condemning personal vilification and scurrilous attacks to prevent intra party bloodshed in the primaries. Rensselaer. The Citizens Advisory Committee criticized police practices at city hall, citing inaction and crime fears and calling for beefed up patrols and closer neighborhood contact.
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Albany
State Democratic Committee
Rensselaer
Rensselaer Citizens Advisory Committee
Pittsfield teachers protest by rally at school panel meeting
In Pittsfield more than 200 teachers joined about 100 parents and pupils in a march before the Egremont School where the Pittsfield School Committee met to protest contract negotiations. Gennaro M. Principe of the AFL-CIO said about 15 meetings occurred and accused the committee of stonewalling progress toward a new contract. In North Adams a drive to fund a Carol Ann Todd memorial scholarship was begun by a group called People Who Care.
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Pittsfield
Egremont
Gennaro M. Principe
American Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
North Adams
Carol Ann Todd
Bill Floriani
Fontbonne Academy
Milton
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