Hoff Calls on Business To Accept Cleanup Role
Former Gov. Philip Hoff urged business leaders to take a central role in cleaning up and preserving the environment. Speaking at Norwich University, Hoff warned cleanup will be costly and shared by government, business, and taxpayers, pressing a cultural shift toward sustainability. He linked ecology to a new era for industry and cautioned against endless resource abundance.
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Northfield
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Norwich University
Hoff
U.S
Bennington officials approve tax rates after village debate
Bennington voters approved a 1.05 town tax rate and a 65 cent highway tax amid debates over snow removal costs and highway funding. The meeting also set salaries for town officers including the town treasurer and civil authority members, with contested raises and pay scales discussed by trustees and residents.
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Norton Barber
Joseph Carroll
Bennington
Edward R. Lamb
Joyce Gavin
Board of Sisters
Langlois
Barber
Mallory
Public debate ends as Sleeman withdraws petition
In a contentious Vermont meeting, the high school board clashed with the district over superintendent choices. Advocates for Commissioner Scribner supported reorganization while Sleeman pressed his petition, but after officials challenged the motion and heated remarks, Sleeman withdrew and the assembly adjourned.
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Drysdale
Sleeman
Scribner
Vermont
Obituaries from Pittsfield and North Bennington
Pittsfield Mrs Jane Horan Avery 87 native of East Dorset dies at Berkshire Nursing Home after 58 years in the city. Survived by daughter Mrs Joseph W Reardon. Funeral Wednesday at Meehan Funeral Home with High Mass at St Teresa's Church. Burial St Joseph's Cemetery. Calling hours today 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. North Bennington Esther Green Stevens 85 dies at Sourcliffe Nursing Home after four years as resident. Born Aug 17 1884 in North Bennington. Widow of William M Stevens. Survives: son George Stevens, sister Mrs Herbert Hulett, four granddaughters eight great grandchildren. Services Wednesday Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home, Rev Alfred Scott officiating. Burial Grandview Cemetery. Calling hours today 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Jane (Horan) Avery
Berkshire
East Dorset
James
Maria (Condon) Horan
Joseph W. Reardon
Meehan Funeral Home
St. Teresa’s Church
St. Joseph
North Bennington
Esther (Green) Stevens
Houghton Street
Sourcliffe
George W. and
Margaret (Hughes) Green
Norshaft
William M. Stevens
Stevens
Bennington College
George Stevens
Lebanon Springs
N.Y
Herbert
Sarah) Hulett
Shaftsbury
Hanson - Walbridge
Alfred Scott
North Bennington Baptist Church
Grandview Cemetery
Woodford approves town and school budgets with higher rates
Woodford voters last night approved the town and school budgets despite a higher tax rate of 5.20 for next year. The budget allocates 1 for general fund, 15 cents for highways, and 4.05 for schools as Mt Anthony faces limited state aid. Polls open today 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. to vote.
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Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Gavin
Pello
Mallory
Board of Civil Authority
Sleeman
Richard Ralph
Woodford
Frantz
MAUSD
Woodford Town
Mt. Anthony
Hospital Notes Admissions List With Multiple Names
Admissions include Brent Preston Jr Brattleboro Edward Coulter Jr Pownal Olena Keough East Arlington Harold Austin White Creek Harold Riemann North Bennington Scott Casey Manchester Center Deborah Browe Benninton Discharges Prutia White North Bennington Bruce E Stowell Olive M Crisp Mrs Joan Libardi and daughter Bennington Mrs Wanda Niles and son Shaftsbury Births Maurice Ran court Lyons St a daughter March 2 Walter Brown R D 1 North Bennington a daughter March 2
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Brent Preston Jr
Brattleboro
Edward Coulter Jr
Pownal
Olena Keough
East Arlington
Harold Austin
White Creek
Harold Riemann
North Bennington
Scott Casey
Manchester Center
Deborah Browe
Bennington
Prutia White
Bruce E. Stowell
Olive M. Crisp
Joan Libardi
Wanda Niles
Shaftsbury
Maurice Rancourt
Lyons St
Walter Brown
R.D
Jeffords says law needs not met in Vermont
Montpelier Vermont Attorney General James Jeffords on Monday charged the 1970 session with failing to tackle 10 key measures in his enforcement program. He highlighted a proposed 1.4 million statewide communications system that could die in House panels, risking 660 thousand dollars in federal funds and the chance to build a cohesive law enforcement network. He also cited stalled proposals for a district attorney system electronic surveillance expanded highway patrols a revised criminal code and pay raises for state police.
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Jeffords
Superintendent backs two Mt. Anthony teachers
Mt Anthony Union High School faces a board review as Superintendent Catherine C Corcoran states there are no sufficient grounds for suspending two teachers charged by parents with inappropriate classroom activities. An inquiry led to plan for English guidelines and a community school committee to improve relations with a March 16 progress report.
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Mt. Anthony
Catherine C. Corcoran
Mt. Anthony Union High School
David McConkey
Eva Gardiner
Robert Sourcliffe
Howard Nemeroyv
Southwest Vermont Education Association
Keir
VanSantvoord Proposes 175000 Statehouse Renovation Plan
Montpelier Vermont Vermont House members will hear a plan by Rep George VanSantvoord to spend 175000 on modernizing the chamber. The proposal includes new lighting microphones carpeting and curtains plus removal of some desks no longer used under the 150 member reapportionment. He suggests doing the work this summer alongside a 500000 statehouse rewiring and heating project.
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VanSantvoord
Trustees Meet Over ETV Change in Vermont
The University of Vermont Board of Trustees called an emergency session to decide its stance on a House Appropriations Committee move to shift ETV finances and administration to the state Department of Administration. Senator Leo O'Brien and Representatives George Little and Francis Peisch urged the panel to keep ETV under the university, with Governor Davis denying the motive to abolish ETV.
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House Appropriations
Luther Hackett
South
Burlington
Peisch
University
Department of Administration
Little
House
Appropriations Committee
Hackett
Deane C. Davis
Davis to Announce Future Plans This Weekend
Vermont Governor Deane C. Davis indicated he will announce his future political plans by weekend. He did not specify whether he will seek another office or where his focus will lie, but his comments suggest a forthcoming public statement.
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Montpelier
UPI
Deane C. Davis
Buckley Questions Legality of Limiting Judge Nominees
Sen. T. Garry Buckley says he will ask the legislature to reconsider limiting the five nominees for a new Superior Court judgeship adopted by the legislature. He warns the rule may bypass constitutional procedures and seeks to override or obtain a writ of prohibition to block the judge’s swearing in if necessary. Davis weighs running for governor as GOP pressure mounts and signals an orderly decision timeline this weekend.
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James Jeffords
Senate
Buckley
Supreme Court
Davis
Funerals Set on Wednesday For Hoosick Falls Youths
Walter J. Sprague and Robert K. Thorpe Hoosick Falls youths killed in an East Hoosick auto crash will have funeral services Wednesday morning at the Church of the Immaculate Conception after brief visits to Mahar Funeral Home. Calling hours are today. Six other local youths were injured with varying conditions reported from good to internal injuries.
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Hoosek Falls
N.Y
Walter J. Sprague
Robert K. Thorpe
Hoosick Falls
East Hoosick
Thorpe
Mahar
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Sprague
Main Street
William Godfrey
North Hoosick Road
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Michael Callahan
Fourth Street
Michael Bradley
High St
Thomas Brandalck
Jackson St
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Anthony
Marian Taylor
State Board of Education
Taylor
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