Dorset votes down budget cuts and school funding change
Dorset voters defeated attempts to cut Town Manager Vernon Squiers salary and his expenses and rejected funding for the Bennington County Regional Planning Commission. They approved a $14,000 tuition increase for Burr and Burton Seminary and moved to gain a school board representative on the Burr and Burton Trustees. The town passed a fiscal year budget for the School District and set tax payment dates with a 6 percent late charge. delinquent taxpayer names will be published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Boden
Dorset
Bennington County Regional Planning Commission
BCRPC
Burr and Burton Seminary
B.B.S. Board
Vernon Squiers
Burr and Burton
BBS
Burr and Burton Board of Trustees
Manchester
Ken Johnston
MBS Board
Richard Hayes
Johnston
Douglas Shaw
Hayes
MES
Selectmen
Pownal
Bennington County
East Pownal
Carolyn Peckham
Janet Wilcox
Mary Jane Rounds
Bruce Burrington
Harry Johnson
Dexter Moore
Town Hall
Arlington voters approve combined town and school budget
Arlington voters passed a combined town and school budget totaling a 6.45 rate on the Grand List, up 93 cents from last year, with a $35,000 deficit due to delinquent taxes and a $9,710 fire truck appropriation. They approved charging 6 percent interest on overdue taxes and shifted property tax due dates to August 1 1971. A study on combined town management for Arlington Sunderland and Sandgate was authorized. Ballot today asks for a sewage plant site purchase and Red Mill dam restoration funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Arlington Selectmen
A Selectmen
John M. Moore
Sunderland
Sandgate
Arthur O’dea
O’dea
Charles Canfield
John L. Whalen
Red Mill
Battenkill River
Satellite Spots Aims To Revitalize Arlington Youth
Seventeen high school students met in downtown Arlington to plan realistic youth activities and address apathy. They proposed multiple Satellite Spots across existing buildings for varied programs including drama music rap ping gymnastics film making and photo. They urged community support and coordination and announced a second meeting at St James Parish Office tomorrow night at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Arlington Community Band
St. James Parish
Pownal Town Meeting Ends Peacefully After School Bond Debate
In Pownal a heated floor session over a $600,000 school bond ended with orderly adjournment as Moderator Charlie Mason presided. Voters approved a $147,517 share of the school budget and $9,500 for a new bus, while contentious discussion focused on absenteeism, the bond proposal, and the MAUHS district finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoffrey Chapman
Charlie Mason
Pownal
Pownal Valley
James Lounsbury
Pownal Elementary School
Carolyn Peckham
Julian Goodrich
Goodrich
Dexter Moore
Peckham
Moore
Bennington
Mount Anthony Union
Donald) Rogers
Bond
Harry Johnson
North Adams
Johnson
Janet Wilcox
Chapman
A. Daniel Mason
District 32
Rachel Mason
Barbara Burrington
John Mason
Bruce Burrington
Manchester voters deny industrial tax stabilization
Manchester voters rejected tax stabilization for new industries by 121 to 66, blocking a plan to let selectmen fix tax rate or Grand List assessment or set a flat fee for up to 10 years. The measure faced business opposition over perceived favoritism and increased town services costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bonenti
Manchester
Clara May Hemenway
Ferdinand Bongartz
Montpelier
Bonyartz
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