Bennington Airport enters national beautification contest
Bennington Airport seeks national honors after extensive upgrades. Bennington Aviation Inc. president Dean F. Hanson announced entry to a regional contest in Boston, progressing to a national stage sponsored by the Federal Aviation Agency. Improvements include taxiways, tie-downs, lighting, a heated vestibule, painting, landscaping, and a new access road, with more projects in progress and local groups contributing support.
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Bennington
Dean F. Hanson
Bennington Aviation Inc
State of
Vermont
Boston
Federal Aviation Agency
Hanson
Chamber of Commerce, Vocational Center
Mt. Anthony Union High School
FAA
Kenneth R. Clayton
William H. Morse
Bennington Aviation
Richard Brodeur
Pownal Center
Vermont Aeronautics Board
Bennington College
Betsy the $2.50 bill proposed with first flag image
The Treasury considers resuming circulation of dollars while Edward Mehren advocates a $2.50 note named Betsy bearing the Betsy Ross flag to ease change and save printing costs. He argues the design would honor the country’s first flag maker and avoid superstition about the $2 bill.
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Solvang
Calif
UPI
Treasury Department
Edward Mehren
Treasury
William E Mehren
Mehren
The
Betty Ross
Washington
Lincoln
Hamilton
Ulysses S. Grant
McKinley
Simon
U.S. Senate
Bennington County pictorial history seeks rare photos and help
The Banner seeks early photographers and missing images for a county history project. Requests include presidential visits, Civil War era portraits, World War II photos, agricultural scenes, old photographers collections, original postcard photos, a Lewis Cass Aldrich history copy, clear Battle Monument shots, vanished covered bridges, and possible 1920s aerials. Contact Tyler Resch at The Banner.
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Bennington County
Tyler Resch
Resch
U.S
Bennington
Rutherford B. Hayes
Benjamin Harrison
Battle Monument
Harrison
Teddy Roosevelt
Horace Greeley
William Howard Taft
Manchester
E.S. Gokay
D.H. Cross
M.E. Watson
Watson
Catamount
F.T. Conkey
A.S. Peak
Pownal
Wills T. White
F.D. Burt
Robert E. Weichert
Kenneth Clayton
Lewis Cass Aldrich
Banner Library
Banner
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Bennington Airport
Dave Corey
Richard Height
Griswold’s
Sunderland
Arlington
Chiselville
John Spargo
the Museum
Mt. Anthony
Mt. Equinox
Mt. Antone
Rupert
Battenhill
Route 7
Southeast Corner Road
Catamount National Bank
F.d.1.c
Southern Vermont
Cy Bluto — Manager Appliance Center Inc
North St. Bennington
Arbour
Rinsen
Rusen Ag
CPICE
North St
ICE Benn. Vt
Canadian Ltd
McGuinness Distilleries
Paris
ITD
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