School board hears plans for Indian ABC project
Mt Anthony Union High School junior Peter Chapman outlined a community ABC project to bring American Indian students to Vermont. The plan partners with Tucker Foundation funding, aiming for 10 Mt Anthony juniors and seniors living in a house with a director and tutors, funded by about 30,000 dollars yearly, with tuition waivers possible. An organizational meeting is set for Thursday at 7:30 PM at the United Methodist Church on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Chapman
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Vermont
Chapman
Mt. Anthony
ABC
Tucker Foundation
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
Champman
Bennington
New England
Woodstock
Hartford
United Methodist Church
Main Street
Philip H. Steckler III
Steckler
National Science Foundation
University of Missouri
Stephen H. Gilman
Keir
Donald Rogers
Pownal
Rogers
Mount Anthony Union High School
Bennington County
State to study busing, Sleeman tells board
Mt. Anthony school board hears that Vermont Department of Education will study state financing of transportation costs. Sleeman says broad support exists for state funding to cover busing, aiming to introduce legislation next year amid BSD disputes. Also covers exam delays, Steckler leave, course programming, and a community building use policy committee.
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Sleeman
George A. Sleeman
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
Mt. Anthony
State Department of Education
Bennington
BSD
Vermont
Education Department
Charles W. Keir
James S. Shea
Several Car Accidents and a Missed Pinto Prize Notice
Multiple unrelated incidents are reported. Erica R. Franco, 31, of 250 BenMont Ave, caused damage to three vehicles and a garage while panicking after a driveway collision. A separate hit and run on County Street damaged two cars. A three car crash on Route 9 east of Prospect Mt injured no one. A YMCA Pinto prize winner was never announced, and Evora Portugal moved to destroy stray dogs and cats after a council order.
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BenMont Avenue
Erica R. Franco
BenMont Ave
Franco
George Coutu
Coutu
James L. Legacy
County Street
Orlando Nardone
County St
Thomas Baldwin
Cambridge
N.Y
Baldwin
Nardone
Route 9
Woodford
Prospect Mt
William B. Stark
Searsburg
Joseph W. King
Lawrence H. Harrington
Harrington
Stark
King
YMCA
Leroy Springstead
Long Island
United Counseling Service
Evora
Portugal
UPI
Savage urges letters for east west highway to Brattleboro
Bennington Chamber Executive Director Hiram G Savage calls for member letters backing an east west Vermont route through a Bennington Brattleboro unit to influence the New England Regional Commission study. Local towns show strong opposition, with Shaftsbury voting 98 6 against and Sandgate 60 1 against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savage
Brattleboro
Hiram G. Savage
Greater Bennington
New England Regional Commission
Vermont
Rutland
Bennington County
Shaftsbury
Sandgate
Eleven plead innocent to Wilmington drug counts
Eleven defendants charged in Wilmington pleaded not guilty in Windham District Court to marijuana possession. All posted $300 bail. The raid involved 56 officers and yielded thousands of dollars in drugs. Defendants include Rise Albert Kirchberger McCarthy Van derbosch Brown Edwards Emond Pavone Ganey Farrell and Richard Goldman. Goldman was identified as a lift operator at Haystack ski area, not a ski patrol member.
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Brattleboro
Wilmington
Windham District Court
James Rifkin
Bruce Weber
Vermont
Rise S. Albert
Marie Ann Kirchberger
John D. McCarthy
Ronald Vanderbosch
Richard J. Brown Jr
Jane F. Edwards
John G.emond
Mario A. Pavone
Michael A. Ganey
Mary F. Farrell
Vermont delays full environmental rule enforcement
In Montpelier Governor Deane Davis says fuller enforcement of Vermont's 1970 pollution and land development laws will wait for funds. He notes the state will move as fast as possible to ensure compliance once money becomes available, acknowledging current standards remain on the books pending finance.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Ashe to prove nuke monitoring plans adequate
Vermont official Harry Ashe will hold a news conference to assure residents that monitoring equipment for the Vermont Yankee reactor will be adequate. He will display forty thousand dollars worth of surveillance gear to show the division can closely observe the plant when it begins operation this fall. Davis and cabinet favor enforcing state pollution laws selectively due to limited resources and prefer checking new pollution sources over chasing existing polluters.
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Davis
Vermont Board rejects Mad River dam project
The Vermont Water Resources Board denied Hemco Inc. permission to build a dam on the Mad River in Waitsfield in a March 1 order. The board ruled that permitting a dam would not serve the public good.
Bennington Briefs Span Obedience to Radio Club Meetings
Last week's storm delayed Doggie Diplomas for the current obedience class. they will be handed out Thursday at 7 p.m. at Mt. Anthony Junior High. Also Thursday registrations open for the March 11 obedience series. In Memoriam for Chris Crawford notes the omission of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Crawford, now in California with the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Junior High School
Michael Crawford
Chris Crawford
Crawford
Bennington
California
U.S. Navy
Catamount Radio Club
Bennington Free Library
Silver Street
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Across Communities
Admissions list includes Mrs Paulette Rivard Miss Denise Brownell Charles Mooney Mrs Mary Yankus Hoosick Falls Mrs Ethel M Bennett Manchester Center Mrs Zillah Barnes Daniell Whitman Bennington Master Anthony Bizzarro Shaftsbury Master Andrew Mylott East Dorset Discharges include Mrs Winifred Holloway and son Hoosick Falls Mrs Norma Rice and son Mrs Louise Griffis Mrs Bessie Becker Bennington Mrs Joyce Palmer and daughter Berlin NY Mrs Stella C Lindsey and daughter Shaftsbury Births notice: Mr and Mrs Henry Heinz Sr of 107 Burgess Road welcome a son March 8. Also Casandra born March 1 to Capt Carlton R Allen and Deanna Weaver at Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces. Mrs Allen is daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Weaver of Granville NY, formerly of Bennington. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Car Allen of Bridport, formerly of Bennington. Casandra is the first daughter of the Allens and the first granddaughter of the senior Allens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paulette Rivard
Denise Brownell
Charles Mooney
Mary Yankus
Hoosick Falls
Ethel M. Bennett
Manchester Center
Zillah Barnes
Daniell Whitman
Bennington
Anthony Bizzarro
Shaftsbury
Andrew Mylott
East Dorset
Winifred Holloway
Norma Rice
Louise Griffis
Bessie Becker
Joyce Palmer
Berlin
N.Y
Stella C. Lindsey
Henry Heinz Sr
Burgess Road
Casandra
Carlton R. Allen
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Texas
Allen
Deanna Weaver
Herbert Weaver
Granville
Car} Allen
Bridport
Allens
Scott
Christopher
Mt Anthony high School registration guidance explained
The guidance department at Mt Anthony Union High School clarifies the schedule for next year. Grade 8 students moving to Grade 9 are being registered now at the junior high building with a 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. evening session for parents tonight and Thursday at the old Bendi building.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bendi
Senate opens debate on Vermont judicial reform amendment
The Vermont Senate begins consideration of a constitutional amendment to reform the judiciary. The plan would keep the supreme and superior courts under constitutional sanction and let the legislature decide which subordinate courts remain sanctioned. It also envisions a district attorney system and reflects ongoing debate over amendment rules.
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Frederick Fayette
Chittenden-Grand Isle
Senate
Firemen Oppose Senate Bill at Montpelier Hearing
A chartered bus carrying over 45 firefighters from Bennington Shaftsbury Arlington Manchester and Readsboro will depart at 4 pm for Montpelier to attend a 7:30 pm public hearing on Senate Bill 50. Firefighters oppose transferring the fire marshal’s office to the Division of Building Safety, arguing it jeopardizes fire safety inspections and investigative procedures. Charles Becker of Shafts bury and Francis D. Walker, leaders of the Vermont State Firefighters Association, are among those traveling. The Vermont Firefighters Association and Fire Chiefs Association formally oppose the bill proposed by Addison County Senator H Ward Bedford.
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Montpelier
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Manchester
Readsboro
Addison County
H. Ward Bedford
Charles Becker
Vermont State Firefighters Association
Francis D. Walker
Vermont Firefighters’ Association
Fire Chiefs
Firemen petition drive aims revote on Bennington day article
Fire Chief Joseph Wassick said volunteers exceeded the required five percent of voters with signatures to force a revote on the Bennington Battle Day money article. Firefighters, some bound for Montpelier to oppose a government reorganization plan affecting the state fire marshal’s office, will present petitions to selectmen on Tuesday March 16. The exact total could not be disclosed, with a goal stated at 1,000 signatures.
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Joseph Wassick
Bennington
Montpelier
Selectmen
Wassick
Amnesia victim sought by police in Bennington
Police seek identity of a amnesia patient found late last week in Bennington. The man, late 20s, 6 foot 3, 154 pounds, said his name might be John Borkovek. He wore a brown corduroy jacket and green trousers. He has light brown hair and bluish green eyes and is at Putnam Memorial Hospital with no ID except a Prince Gardner key case with initials D.E.B. and five car keys.
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Bennington
John Borkovek
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Prince Gardner
D.E.B
Noise problem eased at Catamount Dyers plant
The Friday installation of an air compressor at Catamount Dyers on Division Street stopped a loud rumbling noise from the dyeing plant. Town officials inspected the equipment and praised the reduced noise. Residents had complained about the furnace noise caused by improper fuel air mix in the oil burner.
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Catamount Dyers
Division Street
Edward R. Lamb
Lamb
Edward Frasier
Obituary for Dusha and Ellett notables in Cambridge and Bennington
Charles F. Dusha 69 former Cambridge resident died Friday in St Petersburg Florida. He operated Dusha Florist Shop in Cambridge and was a former Cambridge Fire Department chief and treasurer. Survived by wife Gertrude Buck two sons Richard and Donald a daughter Dorothy a brother four sisters and seven grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Charles A Ackley Funeral Home Cambridge with interment in Woodlands Cemetery in spring. The Cambridge Fire Department will meet at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Cambridge Valley Lodge FAMM meets at 7 30 p.m. and Greenwich Elks Lodge at 7 30 p.m. The funeral of Mrs Bessie E Wade Ellett was held Monday at St Peter’s Episcopal Church with burial at Park Lawn Chapel in the spring. Mrs Ellett a retired nurse’s aide died Thursday at Putnam Memorial Hospital.
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Charles F. Dusha
Cambridge, N.Y
Mt. Anthony Hospital
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mr. Dusha
Cambridge
Garfield
N.J
Dusha
Cambridge Fire Department
Cambridge Valley Lodge F&am
Greenwich Elks Lodge
Embury Methodist Church
Gertrude Buck
Richard
Pinellas
Donald Dusha
East Arlington
Dorothy LeCourse
Newcomb
N.Y
Frank Dusha
Clifton
Molly Tomajer
Stanford
Carrie Schneider
Rutherford
Lillian Clapper
Louise Grant
Jefferson, N.Y
Charles A. Ackley
Francis A. Potter
Woodlands Cemetery
Funeral
Cambridge Valley
Bessie E. (Wade) Ellett
West Main St
Alfred W. Ellett
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Edward B. Geyer Jr
Edward T. Patrick
Ogden Knapp
Seymour G. Shultz
Fred Butler
William Damour
Charles
Brian Wade
George Allard
Bennington Garage Inc
The
Bennington Water Board
Hanson- Walbridge
Water Board
Bennington Garage
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Post 13
American Legion
Mr. Geyer
Father Patrick
Park Lawn Chapel
Ellett
Putnam Memorial Hospital
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Clarence Pelkie
Gilman
William F.D. Smith
Lawrence E. Harrington
Old News Dept
Norton Barber
Gov. Davis
Creative Craft Fair
John H. Carnahan
Haystack Ski Area
Richard C. Goldman
Baltimore
Ashe
Bennington Briefs
Harold R. Bleau
Kenneth Bleau
Fort Dix
U.S. Training Center
Beech Street
Melvin R. McGaughey
VFW
la Leche League
Leslie Robinson
Lyons St
North Bennington Rd
Park Street
Brown Suede Boots
Malcolm W. Finlayson
Catamount
Lodge F&am
Calif
Haddock
Salem’s
U.S
Idaho
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