Manchester votes to retain inventory tax and ok selectmen terms
Manchester voters approved retaining the inventory tax by 610 to 283 and also extended selectmen and school director terms to two years. The ballot covered road, school, and town needs with funds for equipment, sewer design, fire safety, and a new gym roof among other items. Fort Lewis College student Pamela Viereck Bates made the dean’s list for the fall term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Chamber of Commerce
Clara May Hemenway
William Finn
Sammy Greenberg
Lois Mattison
Donald Dorr
Finn
Banner
Greenberg
Mattison
Dorr
Sears
Pamela Viereck Bates
Philip Viereck
Fort Lewis College
Durango
Colo
Pownal Community Meeting Schedule And Licenses
The Pownal Baptist Church holds a weekly prayer meeting tonight at 7 30 at the church. The Board of Selectmen meets at 5 p m Thursday at the Town Office. Dog licenses are available at the Town Clerk and are due by April 1. The Senior Citizens luncheon is Wednesday at noon at the center in Pownal Center with reservations to be made by calling Rose Mattison at 823 7282. The Pownal Fish and Game Club meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the North Pownal firehouse.
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The
Pownal Baptist Church
Board of Selectmen
Pownal
Pownal Center
Rose Mattison
Selectman
Ray Sherrill
Banner
Stamford
David Howe
Stamford liquor ballot keeps store open with narrow vote
Stamford voters approved a liquor ballot 108 to 96, allowing continued sale of liquor and keeping the year old store open after controversy over a mysterious state store opening before notice. Stamford General Store owners Sanford and Marlene Plumb held a permit to sell spirituous beverages amid dispute with the Liquor Control Board.
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Stamford
Stamford General Store
Sanford
Marlene Plumb
State Liquor Control Board
Control Board
Rupert voters approve library fund and mixed town ballots
Rupert registered voters turnout reached about half in a 104 to 94 vote to establish a new library funded by 2500 dollars. Other measures included kindergarten rejection 74 to 123, bus cut, and budgets for town 54000 and school 128000. Incumbent school director Ceglowski lost, while McKeighan won 130 to 65. selectman Leach reelected unopposed.
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Rupert
J.G. Beebe
Salem
N.Y
West Rupert
Sandgate
Beebe
Eugene Ceglowski
Austin McKeighan
McKeighan
Ceglowski
Winhall elects town officers in village meeting
Voters in Winhall elected multiple town officers with Elton Coleman winning a new selectman term by 70 votes and John Slade taking town moderator. Budget approvals passed. zoning ordinance approved 56 to 24. In Peru area, Henry Parker and Elizabeth de Schweinitz won key roles while Barbara DeWolfe became tax collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie C. Bucholt
Winhall
Elton Coleman
Robert Oaks
Ina Coleman
John Slade
Marcel Disquet
William Lightfoot
John Plank
Gerald Cantini
Nancy Oaks
Peru
Henry Parker
Herbert Katlin
Iwanna Reed
Dorothy Daley
Robert Wright
Francis Daley
Elizabeth de Schweinitz
Laurence Ward
Eileen Seymour
Merry B. Little
Peter M. Cornell
Charlie Sage
Lauren Capen
Barbara DeWolfe
Jerry Salkin
Adele Costello
Barbara Coleman
Candace Stevens
Board of Selectmen and Planning Commission
Keough Walsh Wiley win big in Arlington school race
Richard Keough defeats Orrin Griffis 381 to 253 for a three term on the Arlington School Board. George Walsh narrowly wins 315 to 312 for a two year term over Tom P. Ryan. Ellen Wiley tops two challengers 367 to 168 and 105. John Thompson defeats Prosper Deschenes 436 to 172 for trustee of public funds. Several offices uncontested. All articles including a 687,278 budget pass.
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Dorset— Dorset
East Dorset
Dorset
Chester Andrews
Marion Hills
Mildred O'Neal
Judith Taylor
Harold R. Beebe
John H. Collidge
Morris Beauregard
Thomas Beebe
Sylvester Ford
Howard Steere
Karen Bovey
Nathaniel Tyler
Arlington
Richard Keough
Orrin Griffis
Griffis
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
Vermont State School Directors’ Association
George Walsh
Tom P. Ryan
Ellen Wiley
William Sheldon
Terry Hosley
John Thompson
Prosper Deschenes
Tom Whalen
Edith Smith
Orlando Cullinan
Gary Brophy
Mary Whalen
Verna Huck
Charles Farrell
David Hoyt
Bruce Brager
Arthur O’dea
John Gunther
O.R. Baker
John Whalen
John M.moore
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By Maggie C. Bucholt
Michael Colgan
John West
Ruth Cook
Hemenway
New
Vermont Highway Department
Henry R. Lambert
Edwin A. Colvin
Shaftsbury
Frank Dupree
Gayle Gall
Gordon Walker
Mother Myrick Mountain
Burr and Burton Seminary
Northshire
Sarah Larson Day School
North Bennington
Pownals
By Iona Lutey
Bennington Banner
North Adams
Mass
Secretary of State
Vermont
Manchester Health Services
Factory Point
Eileen Capen
Diana Slade
Theodore Freidman
Larry Jenks
Jenks
Henry Winnicki
Norman Wolfe
Mildred Slade
Winnicki
Wolfe
Ms. Slade
Stanley Blow
Raymond Guttress
Alexander Reed
E.g. Mahar & Son, Inc. Funeral Home
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Order OF the Golden Rule
Keough
Walsh
Wiley
Arlington Community Health Nursing Service
West Arlington
Martha Canfield
East Arlington
Bennington County Humane Society
Bennington Opportunity Council
Arlington Youth Center
Arlington Fire Co
Bennington
Benni Bennington
Office Products Center
Main Street
Bennington, Vt
Vermont National
FDIC
Quinlan
Tne
Main ST
David Crystal
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams, Mass
Bankamericard Roberts
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