Summer natural history courses offered at Williams College
Six Williams Center for Environmental Studies courses will run this summer in Williamstown. Taught by Jerry Jenkins, the programs cover ferns, plant identification, swamp lore, pond life, fall wildflowers, and practical plants. Four weekly sessions with walks and lectures cost 15 dollars per course.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams Center For Environmental Studies
Jerry Jenkins
Park Hall
Park Street
Bennington
Berkshire County
Manchester IBA denies permit amid legal counsel move
The Manchester zoning board denied Wells Brown of Dorset an appeal to sell the carriage house behind the former Green Acres Nursing Home on Bonnet Street. The IBA ruled the proposed division would fail setback and frontage requirements. A second case for Bernard Janet and Anthony Choquette to add four apartments on Highland Avenue was recessed to June 23 for further consideration.
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Manchester
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Wells Brown
Dorset
Green Acres
Bonnet Street
IBA
Zoning Board
Bernard Janet
Anthony Choquette
Highland Avenue
Planning Commission
Choquette
Manchester zoning clash over annex apartments debated
Adjacent landowner attorney Richard Pendleton challenged plans to convert an annex into eight apartments, citing a one third acre per dwelling rule and 100 feet street frontage. Planning officials, led by Ferdinand Bongartz, noted past IBA interpretations allowed conversions but seek legal counsel. Parking and floor space concerns were raised as Brown plans to sell the carriage house and 4 acres for a single family home.
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Richard Pendleton
Leo J. Mattison
Annex
Manchester
T. Pendleton
Ferdinand Bongartz
Planning Commission
IBA
Bongartz
Harvey G. Turner
Pendleton
Brown
ZBA
St Michael's College Wins NSF Grants for Lab Equipment
St Michael's College received two of three Vermont National Science Foundation grants totaling 5,300 for scientific instructional equipment. Psychology with Dr Barry J Kirkstone directed 3,300 and biology with Dr John C Hartnett directed 2,000. Hartnett will match funds to buy a high speed refrigerated centrifuge.
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Winooski
St. Michael’s College
Vermont
National Science Foundation
SMC
Psychology
Barry J. Kirkstone
Department of Biology
John C. Hartnett
University of Vermont
North Bennington Thrift Shop Father’s Day Specials
North Bennington Thrift Shop presents Father’s Day sales on men’s clothes and brushes this week. Other featured items include jewelry new dresses toys and 30 pairs of pierced ear earrings. Hours are Wednesday to Friday 1 to 5 pm and Saturday 10 am to 5 pm. Donations are welcome.
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North Bennington
Weekend thefts hit Manchester area police report
Manchester police report a sequence of weekend thefts and accidents. A pair grabbed an antique cheese mould from Incredible Tree and fled before being halted by a passerby. two items were recovered and a license number reported. A 1975 Honda 175 motorcycle vanished from a Canterbury Lane trailer between 11 am and noon Saturday. A break in at Kenneth N. Morten’s Deer Meadow Road home saw an air conditioner stolen. Peter Grinnell’s John Nycake Street home had a forced entry with a stereo and portable television taken. Other incidents include two more house breaks under investigation and several minor accidents with no injuries.
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Manchester
Sunderland
Canterbury Lane
Kenneth N. Morten
Deer Meadow Road
Peter Grinnell
Johnnycake Street
Central
Vermont
Joan M. Silvernail
Prospect Street
Route 7
Arlington Youth Soccer League Formed in Arlington Area
Arlington Memorial High School coach John Werner forms an 8 to 14 year old boys league in Arlington Sunderland and Sandgate with two divisions running July 5 to mid August. Forms due June 15. jamboree July 5. games start soon after. Contact Werner 375-6310. Dianne Hall offers Food Preservation courses June 18 25 and July 2 at Bailey Hall 7 to 9 30 p.m. Fee five dollars. Door to door canvass tonight by Arlington Fire Company for new firehouse. Cancer Crusade tally reaches 782.58, Veronica C Kelly thanks 26 Crusaders.
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Arlington
Arlington Memorial High School
John Werner
Sunderland
Sandgate
Fisher School
Arlington Memorial
Werner
Dianne Hall
Extension Service
Bailey Hall
Ms. Hall
South St
Bennington
Pownal Center hosts 7 pm recreational center meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Pownal Recreational Community Center will be held tonight at 7 at the Center. Scout troop 347 will meet at 7 tonight at the scout hut in Pownal Center. Children’s Day observances were held Sunday at the Pownal United Methodist Church. The Sunday School presented a program of recitations and songs beginning with the elementary five and six class reciting Spring Pools by Robert Frost. Members of the class are April Haley and Jane Mason.
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Pownal
Scout Troop
Pownal Center
Pownal United Methodist Church
Robert Frost
April Haley
Jane Mason
Sunday School Program Awards At Local Church
The primary class sang The Singing Upherds and Gods Loving Care led by Missy Snyder Anson Mason Cindy Hardy Wanda Garrison Murray Lewis Jean Cavalluzzi Judy Brown Jolene Mason. The one and two class performed The Bible and The Masters Garden with Pat Eastman Teddy Garrison Cindy Lewis Beth Thompson Bobby Graham Jenny Mason Robin Sprott John Terleckey. Kindergarten class presented Nursary effort Patsy Mason Beatrice Snyder Nikki Haley Scott Snow Jennifer Snow Kristen Towslee Jonathan Towslee Amy Thompson Kevin Terleckey. Janeen Mason Jenny Mason Anson Mason Pat Eas earned 33 weeks and Amy Thompson Beth Thompson Murray Lewis earned 34 weeks. Petunia plants given by Alesia Beals Irene Greene. Terry Niles Brenda Wilcox collected offering.
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Missy Snyder
Anson Mason
Cindy Hardy
Wanda Garrison
Murray Lewis
Jean Cavalluzzi
Judy Brown
Jolene Mason
Pat Eastman
Teddy Garrison
Cindy Lewis
Beth Thompson
Bobby Graham
Jenny Mason
Robin Sprott
John Terleckey
Patsy Mason
Beatrice Snyder
Nikki Haley
Scott Snow
Jennifer Snow
Kristen Tows
Rousea u wedding trip and local notices in South Cambridge
Mr and Mrs Joseph Rousseau returned Sunday evening from their wedding trip to Pennsylvania. Miss Lisa Kersey has been a patient at Mary McClellan Hospital after dog bite treatment. Washington County Pomona Grange will meet at Argyle Grange this Saturday June 14 with dinner served by the host Grange. Gerald Aiken and daughter Melissa visited relatives in Cambridge.
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Joseph Rousseau
Pennsylvania
Lisa Kersey
Mary McClellan Hospital
Washington County
Pomona Grange
Argyle Grange
Gerald Aiken
Melissa
Cambridge
Kenneth E. Aiken
Gertrude Aiken
Missile test success in Argentina
In La Rioja Argentina the air force reports a missile designed and built by Argentine technicians succeeded in its test.
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LA Rioja
Argentina
UPI
Dorset suit talks stall as CSSV offers compromise
Dorset clash ichs CSSV and Town of Dorset with land swap hints and a call to drop court action. Rick Wilson seeks nonlitigation path, mentions Fausett land on opposite side for road widening. Supreme Court case now pending, selectmen silent except one quip about timing. In Santa Fe, Alison Otis earns 4.0 scholarship and Dean’s List at UNM. In Chambersburg, Donna Couch named copy editor for Wilson College yearbook.
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Dorset
Dean Fausett
Conservation Society of Southern Vermont
CSSV
Conservation Society
Rick Wilson
Wilson
The
Fausett
Supreme Court
Dorset Vs. Fausett
Terry Tyler
Santa FE
Alison T. Otis
University of New Mexico
Nathaniel Wollman
College of Arts and Sciences
University
Chambersburg, Pa
Donna Couch
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Wilson College
Dorset Selectmen Trim Tax Rate For Next Year
At the Dorset monthly selectmen meeting taxpayers learned the total tax rate is 2.63 dollars, three cents lower than last year, with 136 754 dollars raised by the general fund and 400 000 dollars for the school district to be paid in two installments of 98 cents each in October and March. Other actions included requests for flood insurance eligibility, stray dog controls, meeting notice details, and a July 14 site inspection for Highway 21 with a public hearing set for July 21. The poll list shows 656 payable of 988 total and 332 exemptions. Sunderland dump policy continuation was announced and land fill sale considerations noted.
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Dorset
Selectmen
Department of Housing and Urban Development
George Connors
Pownal fifth graders stage musical and comedy program
Pownal Elementary School hosted a student show led by Armstronger Peter Dolan. The program opened with marching to When the ae by Hurley and a girl solo by Howard. Roger Boudreau and Kevin Pratt performed a skit Baby Face. Loni Smith Cheryl Johansen Jean Martel Mike Kelly and Lori Worley sang Five Foot Two with chorus. Mary Jo Nelson Tammy Smith Pamela Taylor Kim Held and Cindy Garrison danced Tea For Two. The finale was America the Beautiful. Richard Lawson announced and Kim Miller Debbie Hayes held signs.
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Hurley
Five Foot Two
Howard
Roger Boudreau
Kevin Pratt
Baby Face
Loni Smith
Cheryl Johansen
Jean Martel
Mike Kelly
Lori Worley
Mary Jo Nelson
Tammy Smith
Pamela Taylor
Kim Held
Cindy Garrison
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Williams College
Russ Garland
Frank W. Whitcomb
Wallingford
Lion's Park
Stanley W. Peterson
South Londonderry
Winhall
Helene Thompson
Arlington Fire Company
Veronica C. Kelly
Pamela Blakeman
Keeington
Madkour’s
Main ST
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Dorset Taxpayers Association
Martin Cummings
Vernon Squiers
Richard Lawson
Kim Miller
Debbie Hayes
Pownal Elementary School
I “Lim
Bonne Bell
Quinlan
Sennington, VT
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