Bennington Town Board Looks to Fill 13 Vacancies
After town meeting and elections, the reorganized Bennington Board of Selectmen plan to appoint 13 vacancies across Park and Recreation, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Planning, Water, and Housing Authority. Interested residents should contact Town Manager Edward R. Land or any selectman. incumbents may seek reappointment.
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Bennington Board of Selectmen
Park & Recreation Commission
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Planning Commission
Water Board
Housing Authority
Edward R. Land
Selectman
Selectmen
Eonard Black
Robert Kellogg
Joseph Latif
James Merunowicz
Kathy Ranzona
Steve L'Heureaux
Eleanor Sourdiffs
Hamilton Shields
Joseph Higgins
Stephen Jesseman
Kenneth Couch
Seymour Shultz
Ancennington Housing Authority
Timothy Smith
Meeting highlights show tight votes and budget battles
Dorset approves a 291-246 zoning ordinance after eight years of effort while a police hire proposal for 13,3000 is defeated. Manchester voters trim the budget and contest races, Arlington ousts a constable, and Sunderland and Winhall report quiet town meetings with limited opposition. Revenue sharing and state aid loom large as towns seek balance.
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Pownal
Dorset
Ummiccésatul
Manchester
Arlington
Montpelier
Sunderland Sunderlanders
Paul Matteson
Michael DiMonda
Donald Fante
MacXendree
Relsa
Stamford
Wintharm
Winhall
King
Town selectmen face budget clash and leadership turmoil
Benson, after three years on the board, says selectmen never sought Thompson's dismissal and would have given a pay raise if asked. He recalls intra-departmental feuds and a joint session with village trustees, blaming Gaiotti and Village Chief Yong for disruption. Voters slim down the budget by 75,551. Zacher condemned for lack of surplus.
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Benson
Thompson
Bens
Tompson
Tim
Gaiitti
Selectmen
Gaiotti
George Yong
Selectman
J. Sanford Zacher
Zacher
Vermont right to know bill moves to floor debate
After months of Judiciary Committee work the Vermont Senate advances the right to know bill to open government meetings. The measure, drafted with bar and press groups, seeks Senate floor action with House action possible later amid budget and tax debate.
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Charles Butler Jr
Montpelier
Senate
House
Thomas Candon
D-Rutland
Thomas P. Salmon
Candon
New England
Altghuler
Massachusetts
Boston
Massachuasus
Berkshire County
Senate Judiciary Committee
Graham Newell
Caledonia County
Kimberly Cheney
Judiciary Committee
Thumbing ban blocks Vermont hitchhiking reform
Vermont faces a delay as the House balks at a Senate amended rider on hitchhiking legality. Tensions rise over how to amend the statute, with Buckley urging Hebard to back the amendment to avoid trouble for the appropriations bill. Also reports on local meetings, a Bennington death, and funeral arrangements.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
House
Senate
State Senate
Hartland
Walt Kennedy
Chelses
Senate Judiciary Committee
T. Gerry Buckley
Bennington County
Anless
Howse
Huckley
Appropriations Committee
Emory Hebard
R-Glover
Buckley
Hebard
Bennington Campbell Wins Key Town Selectman Posts
Bennington Display Co. president Bennington Campbell has held two prior town selectman terms, narrowly beating Baker by 12 votes in each. Vote totals show Campbell leading at North Bennington with 122 to 58 for Baker and 95 for Warren, Sheridan 2, Corcoran 96, plus lines for other candidates. at Bennington Elementary School Baker leads 1,149 to Campbell 4,124 with Sheridan 1,444, Warren 799, Corcoran 1,452, Racicot 1,417, Glover 748, and Stone 3.
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Campbell
Bennington Display Co
Baker
Mardin
North Bennington
Warren
Sheridan
Corcoran
Line
Racicot
Glover
Bennington
Stone
Bennington Route Project Faces Federal Review Deadline
A March 13 deadline looms for responding to the environmental impact statement on a proposed 20 mile Bennington to Manchester highway. The $17.9 million two lane road awaits action after a federal injunction blocks work until NEPA review is complete, with possible new court battles from the New England Highway Coalition seeking to halt construction.
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Vermont
Bennington
Manchester
Council of Environmental Quality
CEQ
Washington, D.C
National Environmental Policy Act
NEPA
Vermont Highway Department
Green Mountains
U.S
James L. Oakes
U.S. District Court
Oakes
Soy
Aluhoey Wiliam B
Highway Department
New England Highway Coalition
Harvey Carter
Carter
Coalition
Massachusetts official denies interstate road plans report
Alan Altshuler of the Massachusetts Office of Transportation and Construction rejects WMPIHG and Ronald Bogart’s claim of a planned Connecticut to Vermont interstate. He calls WMPIAG’s research shoddy and semantic, while WMPIAG defends its February report accusing officials of pursuing an interstate bypass agenda.
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Bogart
Altshuler
Massachusetts
Boston
Connecticut
New
Vermont
Massachusetts Office of ‘Transportation and Construction
Ronald Bogart
Western
Public Interest Research Group
Wmpihg
Alan Altshuler
Transportation and Construction Office
Pero
Wmpiag
Rumors of Early Drug Raid at St Joseph College Dorms
A Tuesday rumor circulated that college President James G Donahue planned an 8 30 am dorm eviction to avoid sewer line work during the test of a 32000 sewer project replacing the old septic system. Donahue said the idea was a joke and the test would proceed Thursday.
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St. Joseph College
Monument Inn
James G. Donahue
Donahue
St. Joseph
Banner Newsroom
New Jersey
Bennington Selectmen Set for Tonight Organizational Meeting
Bennington selectmen meet at 7 15 PM for their annual reorganizational meeting in the selectmen office. The board will replace Selectman Fred Phillips with Timothy Corcoran as Phillips declines another term.
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Bennington
Lindsay Announcement Redefines Prospect District Mayoral Race
After multiple terms in Congress as the Republican representative of Manhattan's silk stocking district, Lindsay was elected mayor in 1965. The post confirms a GOP leadership shift in the city.
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Manhattan
Lindsay
Bennington District Court Continues Assault Case
A Bennington district court session continued the assault charge against 50 year old Guy Ottaviano of Putnam Street. He is charged with assaulting his wife Corinne in Bennington on a March date and was released to Joseph V. Young on $900 bail awaiting further court proceedings.
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Willum L. Cone
School ‘St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Ht, Cashman Company
Nort Bennington
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Cashman's
Orange
Mass
William
Partridge) Cone
Bennington
Kenneth Cane
Athol
James
Grace) Johnson
Danville
P.Q
Canada
William A. Cone
Hanson-Walbridge Funneral
Floyd I. la Bomhard
First Baptist Church
James Johnson
Cone
Park Ladn
Guy Ottaviano
Putnam Street
Ottaviano
Corinne
Joseph V. Young
Hospital Notes March 1975 Admissions List
Admissions listed for March 1975 include Phyllis Ruggles Helen Therriault Geraldine Briody Tyler Pray from Bennington Marjorie Mullane North Bennington Suzanne Bailey Michelle Bailey East Dorset Tina Hunt Christopher Wooddell Cambridge NY Cyril Leno Arlington referees Karen Daignesull and daughter Bennington Lyster NY Yolanda Myers Shaftsbury.
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Phyllis Ruggles
Helen Therriault
Geraldine Briody
Tyler Pray
Bennington
Marjorie Mullane
North Bennington
Suzanne Bailey
Michelle Bailey
East Dorset
Tina Hunt
Christopher Wooddell
Cambridge
N.Y
Cyril Leno
Arlington
Karen Daignesull
Lester Y
Yolanda Myers
Shaftsbury
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Gayle Gall
Dana Thompson
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Main St
Robert Paul
Senior Citizens Center For
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Lark Hose
Pleasant Street
Bennington County Sheriff's Department
South Street
Shea Agency
Auto Insurance
Shea Agency Inc
William, Cone
The
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Arnhuler
Leonard McAfee
Middleboro
Michael Hawks
Elm Street
South Elm
Fred Phillips
Timothy Corcoran
Phillips
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Edward P Mahar
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