Long Trail relocation to Glastonbury Mountain ready by July
The Long Trail will be relocated from Harmon Hill Woodford to Glastonbury Mountain summit and opened by July 1 with work by the Green Mountain Club and Long Trail Patrol. A Woodford City Stream bridge will be bid this spring. a Maple Hill shelter is proposed near a brook with a $3,000 bequest. The plan includes erosion work, guidebook revisions, and possible Stratton Pond route changes to ease overuse.
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Harmon Hill
Woodford
Glastonbury Mountain
Green Mountain Club
Long Trail Patrol
Bennington
U.S. Forest Service
Glastonbury
Maple Hill
Hell Hollow
Little Pond
Somerset
David Hapgood
Fay Fuller
Forest Service
Robert Pramuk
Hapgood
Bald Mountain
Bear Wallow
Bickford Hollow
Long Trail Road
Glastenbury
Army Corps of Engineers
Glastonbury Summit
Larry van Meter
Stratton Pond
van Meter
Kelly Stand Road
Stratton Mountain
Vermont
Stratton
Kelly Stand
Pramuk
Pramuck
Bourne Pond
Lye Brook
Swezey
Prospect Rock
Manchester
Robert Agard
Diane Wilkinson
Betsy Paulson
Agard
Vermont property tax praised in study despite criticism
A Vermont study funded by environmental and tax groups finds property taxes fund most school costs and are higher for locals. Former state planner Benjamin Huffman urges a uniform farm land value system and gradual rise in state aid, warning against shifting to income or sales taxes for the middle and low income Vermonters.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
State Highway Department
Benjamin Huffman
Huffman
State Institute
Abenakis say food not sport motivates hunting rights
Abenaki leaders at the University of Vermont say hunting and fishing rights are for food and culture preservation, not sport. They argue tribal rights were granted by the Creator and urge state recognition, while lawmakers call for investigations before any special privileges are granted.
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Burlington
UPI
Kent Ouimette
University of Vermont
Ronald Caans
American Indian Movement
Richard Snelling
Thomas Salmon
Caans
Ouimette
House
Timothy O’connor
D-Brattleboro
O’connor
House Fish and Game
Ernest Earle
R-Eden
Mortgage Foreclosure Explained for Homeowners
A mortgage is a loan pledge on your home and lenders may foreclose if payments fall behind. Foreclosure can lead to sale by the court with any surplus cash returning to you after the loan is paid. Banks prefer workout options, so contact the lender early to seek compromise before actions escalate.
Mrs Hoisington Leads Realty Roles Across States
Mrs Hoisington serves as Principal Broker at Hoisington Realty and as President of the Southwestern Vermont Board of Realtors. She also acts as Assistant Dean of the Tri State Real Estate Institute, Inc. and holds licenses in Vermont and New York.
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Hoisington
Hoisington Realty
Southwestern Vermont Board of Realtors
Tri-State Real Estate Institute, Inc
Vermont
New York States
New Supervisors Named for Glastenbury and Somerset
In the mountains east of Bennington two unorganized towns Glastenbury and Somerset lack year round residents as town governments dissolved in 1937. Gov Snelling has named Gene Canedy of Wilmington supervisor for Somerset and Democrat Lawrence Molloy of Arlington for Glastenbury with a Republican appointee expected this week.
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Bennington
Glastenbury
Somerset
New England Power Company
Auditor of Accounts
Richard A. Snelling
Gene Canedy
Wilmington
Glastonbury
Lawrence Molloy
Arlington
Snelling
Funerals for Margaret Whalen and others noted
Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial held Friday for Mrs. Margaret C. Whalen wife of John L. Whalen Arlington. Interment planned in Arlington with later family plot burial. Also funeral for Albert J. Webb of Manchester with World War II honors. Frances Kapusta 80 buried in Manchester after Holy Trinity Mass. Corrective note on Dorothy Bell Cambridge store lease and Hubbard Hall tenancy changes.
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Margaret C. Whalen
John L. Whalen
Arlington
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Gerald T. Buckley
Robert B. Whalen
Air Force
Portsmouth
N.H
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Lawrence Molloy
Martin Oakland
Peter Holden
Mark Whalen
Terry Ehrich
Alan Re
The
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin of St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Arlington Garden Club
Martha Canfield Library
St. Columban’s
Whalen
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Martin F. Clancy
Webb
Paul Turin
Barry Wall
George Osborne
Harrison Hoyt
Abraham Madkour
Murray Alpert
Factory Point
Holy Trinity Church
Danby
Frances Kapusta
Rutland Hospital
Richard E. Thompson
Paul Pearce
John Kapusta Jr
William
Robert
Michael Kapusta
William Johns
St. Jerome’s
East Dorset
Dorothy Bell
Hubbard Hall
Cambridge
N.Y
Bennington Court Deepens Case Load With Multiple DWI, Larceny Trials
Bennington District Court heard numerous cases led by Charles W. Davis pleading not guilty to driving while under the influence in Manchester Center. Other defendants faced charges including driving with suspended licenses, public intoxication, petty larceny, and malt beverage possession. Several defendants were released on recognizance or sent to probation, with fines ranging from 20 to 125 dollars and sentences up to four months. In Burlington, Judge Wynn Underwood vowed to resign if legislative pay raises for state judges are not enacted, as bills to boost pay gain momentum.
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Bennington
George M. Fienberg
Charles W. Davis
Pittsford
Manchester Center
Gary O. Jelley
North Pownal
Pownal
Llewellyn H. Jordan
Windall
Willard J. Barber
North Bennington
Douglas R. O’dowd
Manchester
James M. Main
Peter C. Ohlweiler
Michael D. Ranzona
Edward Hescock
East Dover
Peru
Philip D. Fortune
Richard O’dell
Burlington
UPI
Wynn Underwood
Underwood
House Government Operations Committee
State Supreme Court
Pay raises backed for top state officials
The House Government Operations Committee endorsed a package of pay raises for top state officials including Gov. Richard Snelling who would move from 36,100 to 39,000 annually. The package also proposes increases for lieutenant governor, attorney general, state treasurer, and auditor of accounts, among others, with Snelling reportedly willing to forgo the raise.
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Supreme Court
Vermont Meetings This Week Hearings Schedule
UPI lists Vermont meetings from Feb 28 to March 4 with hearings at the State House in Montpelier. On Wednesday March 22 at 1 p.m the House Commerce Committee will hear H 282 Unemployment Compensation in Room 11. On Wednesday March 2 at 7:30 p.m the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hear H 48 Phosphates in Room 11. On Thursday March 3 at 1:30 p.m the House Education Committee will hear H 174 Municipal Income Tax in Room 9. Also on March 3 at 1:30 p.m and 7:30 p.m the House Agriculture Committee will hear H 287 Co-op Contracts in Room
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
House Commerce Committee
State House
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
House Education Committee
House Agriculture Committee
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Mark Higgins
Bennington Redemption Center
North Street
Bennington College
Geannelis
By Rob Woolmington
Mar
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Environmental Program At
Fair Tax and Equal Education Coalition
Out of
Albert J. Webb
White River Junction
St. Paul’s Church
United Counseling Service
Bennington District Court
Gene E. McKenna
Cobalt
Conn
Bernard B. Monahan
Daniel Carter
Rutland
Commissioner of Corrections
Mark H. Smith
South Londonderry
Hamel
Wilson
Franks
Frank
Salem,n.y
ELC
Pepsi- Cola
SALEM
Sty.t
Oy Cs
Me Aires
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