Delegation backs wood burning waiver for Ethan Allen plant
Vermont's three member delegation backs Ethan Allen Furniture Co in seeking looser air pollution rules. Senators Stafford and Leahy and Rep. Jeffords pledge support as EPA denies a waiver. Leahy considers legislation to grant broader federal administrative flexibility while Stafford suggests state action to empower conservation officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecher Falls
UPI
Ethan Allen Furniture Co
Vermont
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
James Jeffords
Rvt
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ethan Allen
Leahy
EPA
James Schlesinger
Stafford
Martin Johnson
Jeffords
Slot machines push for revenue in New Hampshire
Concord New Hampshire ten thousand slot machines would bring in more than 100 million dollars yearly and spare taxes while avoiding city tax hikes. Senator Trowbridge doubts the figure predicting only one percent. The 1977 legislature opens with the casino lobby promoting slots as alternative funding amid fiscal strain and calls for no broad sales or income taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
C.R. Trowbridge
Dublin
Senate Finance Committee
Four Seasons Resort Association
Perry Wolfe
John Zarias
Wolfe
Meldrim
Thomson
New office for blind at Bellows Falls
The Vermont Association for the Blind expands services with a Bellows Falls field office under Mrs. Kate Perry directing southern Vermont clients. Susan Walker joins as Vermonts only full time mobility instructor, offering orientation and mobility services statewide from Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
The
Vermont Association For the Blind
Vermont
Bellows Falls
Kate Perry
Susan Walker
VAB
Little Pond hike planned in Woodford this Saturday
The Bennington section of the Green Mountain Club schedules a 5 mile ski and snowshoe hike into Little Pond in Woodford this Saturday March 5 for beginners. A separate group will ski the new Long Trail relocation from the area. Meet behind the First Vermont Bank and Trust at 10 a.m. Call Scott Leake at 442-6918 for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Pond
Woodford
Bennington
Green Mountain Club
First Vermont Bank and Trust
Scott Leake
Cardinal tufted titmouse and mockingbird census spread
The 1977 bird census by the Massachusetts Audubon Society and the Massachusetts Regional Library Systems covers Pownal Woodford Bennington North Bennington Shaftsbury Arlington Manchester Dorset and Danby. After two days on February 12 and 13 the 108 reports total 376 cardinals 50 tufted titmice and nine mockingbirds with remaining observations to be phoned in to Jeanne Helft or Marian Vince.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Massachusetts Regional Library Systems
Pownal
Woodford
Bennington
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Manchester
Dorset
Danby
Jeanne Helft
Marian Vince
Vermont to Extradite Brattleboro Murder Suspect
Vermont authorities move to extradite Arthur Hansen, 29, of Schenectady New York, to face a first degree murder charge in the May 22 1976 death of Joseph Manuel owner of the Holly motel in Brattleboro. Hansen was released from Waterbury State Hospital after being found not actively psychotic and had been in California on conditional treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
UPI
Vermont
New York State
Arthur Hansen
Schenevus
N.Y
Waterbury
Windham County
John Rocray
Hansen
New York
Joseph Manuel
Holly
Manuel
State Hospital
Peter Bluhm
Brig Saren
Bluhm
California
Fresno Community Mental Health Center
John Morrissey
Liberty
Otsego
Coast Guard Apprentice Heads Offshore on Fisheries Patrol
Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Kenneth C. White of Bennington has departed for an Atlantic fisheries patrol aboard the cutter Sherman based in Boston. The crew will monitor fishing activity with aircraft to enforce treaties and U S laws and operate Ocean Station Hotel weather observations 200 miles east of Ocean City Maryland. The 378 foot cutter carries 155 crew, cruises at 29 knots, and supports long range patrols and SAR. White attended Brookdale Community College and joined the Coast Guard in September 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Kenneth C. White
Raymond L. White
Monument Ave
Bennington
Atlantic Ocean
U.S
Ocean Station
Ocean City, Md
Brookdale Community College
Lincroft, N.J
The
Arlington teen pleads no contest in suspended license case
District Court in Bennington District Court Thursday before Judge George M. Fienberg heard Mark H. Hall, 17, of Arlington, plead no contest to driving while license was suspended in Arlington on November 14 and fined 100 dollars. Peter S. Johnson, 25, of West Arlington, pleaded guilty by waiver to failing to produce a fishing license and fishing in closed trout waters in West Arlington on February 27, and was fined a total of 50 dollars. A charge of breaking and entering at night at the R.K. Miles Co. in Manchester against Stephen E. Bonaparte, 25, of Manchester Center, was dismissed, but a second similar charge remains pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington District Court
George M. Fienberg
Mark H. Hall
Arlington
Peter S. Johnson
West Arlington
R.K. Miles Co
Manchester
Stephen E. Bonaparte
Manchester Center
Junior prom at Southern Vermont College with Spectrum band
Bennington brief notes the junior prom is tomorrow March 26 at Southern Vermont College with Spectrum providing music. Also listed are a First Holy Communion parents meeting March 6 at Sacred Heart Church and March 7 bus route changes for the Pownal Center loop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Vermont College
Spectrum
Sacred Heart Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coast Guardsman
Sherman
Boston
Greenberg
Roxbury
Trevira
Armstrong
Dacron
Armstrong Tredway
Denier
H. Greenberg
Curran
North
Adams Mass
Bennington Briefs
Pownal Center
ADV
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Stary Votabe
William Wolfe
Northside Drive
Monument
Shea Agency Inc
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!