Topsfield fair to host New England crafts expo
North Bennington slate engraver Ed Rice will join New England craftspeople at the New England Crafts Expo at Topsfield Fair Grounds July 8 to 10. The three day event features pottery, jewelry, leather goods, stained glass, toys and musical instruments with demonstrations in glassblowing sculpture wood carving slate engraving flutemaking and entertainment for all ages. Admission 1.50. under 10 free with a parent. discount tickets available. exhibitors invited by American Crafts Expositions.
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Topsfield
Mass
North Bennington
Ed Rice
New England
Topsfield Fair
Rudy Kowalczyk
P.O
Farmington
Conn
Hoosick Falls Band plans memorial bandstand this summer
Hoosick Falls Community Band members voted to open a bank account titled Henderson Sidney VanSurdam Memorial Bandstand to raise funds for a $10,000 ornate Victorian bandstand in Wood Memorial Park. Harry VanSurdam urged a memorial purpose, while band leaders stressed the goal and timeline amid fundraising efforts led by Sue Bouplon.
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Tim Powers
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Henderson Sidney VanSurdam
Wood Memorial Park
Harry VanSurdam
Lake Placid
Donald E. ) Bogardus
van Surdam
Cortland Cottrell
William
Gaillard
Henderson
Cottrell
Michael Chapman
Chapman
Hoosick
Troy Times Record
Windsor to Celebrate State Naming With Parade and Fairs
Windsor plans a Saturday celebration for the states naming with a 10 a.m. Main Street parade featuring 19 floats from local clubs associations and students. Antique cars horse and buggy units ox teams decorated cars and marching units join two all day events the Colonial Church Fair and Merchants Flea Market. Food stalls bakery tables and a chuck wagon add variety.
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Windsor
Main Street
St. Paul’s Church
Tax stabilization law explained to BCRC in Vermont
Arlington and Pownal reports cover the July 1 start date for the tax stabilization law. O'Brien notes no immediate impact this year with gradual shifts planned, while towns may grant stabilizations without a town vote. The measure targets farm and forest lands and moves most staff to a new division under the secretary of administration.
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Arlington
George O’brian
Vermont
State Tax Department
O’brian
Bennington County Regional Commission
BCRC
Ogden
Secretary of Administration
Shaftsbury Eyes School Addition and K-8 Plan
Shaftsbury weighs a K-8 concept over a 6-3-3 junior high as Mt. Anthony district talks drag its grade 7 and 8 costs toward a single per pupil figure. Officials debate enrollment trends, EDA funding speed, and public notice for a joint Monday meeting to ratify actions and pursue construction of an estimated 750000 dollar school project alongside town renovations.
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Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Adler
Mt. Anthony
Crossman
W.E. Daley Co
Charles O’leary
Linda Burnham
Fiske
EDA
Colvin
Cole Hall
BCRC seeks comments on eight projects outlined
Arlington BCRC invites public input on eight grant projects from HEW and LEAA. Summaries cover nursing, disability services, advocacy training, corrections training, mental health reporting, and energy extension programs. Deadlines range from June 29 to July 8. Call 375-2576 for full program summaries.
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Arlington
Bennington County
Vermont Special Olympics Inc
Burlington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
United Cerebral Palsy Association Inc
New York
N.Y
HEW
Justice Commission, Corrections Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
BCR
The
Justice Commission
LEAA
Pownal Preschool Day and Summer Child Care Plans
The Pownal Preschool hosts a Preschool Day Saturday at Pownal Elementary School with an 11 a.m. auction social from 1 to 4 p.m. and a 6 p.m. covered dish supper followed by a dance at 8. Activities include games, bake sale, plant sale, pony rides, and a tag sale. Beginning Monday, summer child care will run 6 30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays with rates of 15 dollars per week for the first child and 5 dollars for each additional child, or 50 cents an hour for the first child and 2 cents an hour for each additional child. For information call Joyce Held at 823-5080 or the Preschool at 823-7839.
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Pownal
Joyce
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O’brien
By Maggie C. Bucholt
Bruce Burrington
Joseph Maillet
Byron Towslee
Maillet
State Highway Department
A. Coleman Mason
Castleton
Castleton State College
Herbert G. Ogden
Windsor County
Miller
Walloomsac
Skippie
Wayne Wilson
White Elephant
St. Pauls
American Precision Museum
Windsor High School
Robbins and
Lawrence
White Creek
Eagle Bridge
Buskirk
Congress
Gabriel
Striders
Gabriel Striders
Bennington
Bennington Fire, Inc
Bam
Bulova
Carvelle
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
La-Z-Boy
Scheese
Naugahyde
PINE
SALE
Elm St
Hinast
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