Cobblestones to open as new Manchester restaurant and lounge
Manchester plans a combined 90 seat restaurant and 40 seat lounge on Routes 11 and 30 with a tentative Act 250 permit. The project faces traffic and lighting scrutiny, with a summer opening slated from July to September if health and building permits and commission conditions are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie C
Roy Bailey
John Baulski
Ruth Swezey
Gretchen Stubbs
Baulski
Henry R. Lambert
Friendly’s
Bailey
District Commission
Prosecutor probes Hohman phone calls in escape case
Bennington County State's Attorney subpoenas Rutland telephone records to trace two collect calls made by escaped convict George J. Hohman, 36, toward his Bennington family after the February 19 Rutland correctional facility breakout. Hohman, serving 30 years to life for a Shaftsbury murder, remains at large as other escapees have been captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Hohman
Bennington
Bennington County
New England Telephone Co
Rutland
Bolton
Hohman
Downtown Hoosick Falls redevelopment aims to restore historic streetscape
Merchants along John Street back a spring revitalization including brick and cement sidewalks, cleaned facades, and new era-appropriate signage with village matching half the sidewalk costs. The plan, led by town officials, seeks HUD funds and technical aid but many funds may come from local merchants, not federal programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Street
Noble
Rolf Sternberg
Taub
Hoosick Falls
Peter Kent
HUD
Kent
Pepi
Falls
Donald Bogardus
Town board debates policy rescission and hires officers
Morrissey urged rescinding the motion adopting the policy, but the measure failed 4-2 as the board viewed the document as a working draft. The panel discussed an executive session but ruled it would violate the right to know law. Officers hired to fill vacancies, budget details shared, and several upcoming hearings and appointments set. Three Recreation Commission members declined reappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrissey
Dudley Baker
Savelas
East Main Street
Northern Terminal of
Burlington
South Street
Burgess Brothers Construction Co
Heard Leake
Dr. Baker
John E. Malone
Leake
Catamount Bank
North Branch Street
Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustment
Recreation Commission
Winston Luther
John Lyons
Joseph Wassick
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Updates And Schedules
Officials at Putnam Memorial Hospital report Scott Buck remains in satisfactory condition in the ICU after Monday’s stabbing. Woodford School Board drops Thursday meeting to 5 p.m. Tickets for The Irish Happening on March 17 available at Bird’s, Fuller’s, or by phone. Estate sale of former LeBlanc’s Copper Kettle items set for Friday and Saturday 10 to 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Scott Buck
Woodford School Board
Woodford School
Bird’s
Fuller’s
LeBlanc
Shaftsbury
May 1976 Minckler murder case pretrial orders issued by court
Judge Thomas L. Hayes and others issue a standard pretrial order for the Richard Ricky Minckler murder case. No trial date set. tentatively planned for early May with a strict schedule and sequestered jurors. Separate trial for Michael Martin also planned. Minckler, 25, of Rutland, faces first degree murder for the Palace Hotel shooting on Oct. 5, 1976. he is jailed at St. Albans Correctional Center on a New York state detainer for robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Ricky
Minckler
Superior Court
Thomas L. Hayes
Bennington County
Elizabeth King
Rutland
Harry Cirelli
Palace Hotel
Manchester
Michael Martin
North Clarendon
St. Albans
New York
Rouse’s Point
Ms. King
Battle re enactment moved to Willow Park for Bennington event
The Bennington Bicentennial Committee shifts the Battle of Bennington re enactment from Walloomsac New York to Willow Park Bennington. At a Tuesday selectmen meeting chairman Louis Bellemare and director Roger Jewett won approval to stage the event on Saturday August 13 instead of Tuesday August 16. The re enactment size remains unchanged with only time and location altered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Willow Park
Jewett
Carter outlines limits on access to secrets and warns on Warnke role
President Carter says fewer people will access government secrets while facing Senate opposition to Paul Warnke as chief arms negotiator, arguing attacks stem from foes of major nuclear cuts. He also discusses Middle East borders and Israeli defense lines, noting distinctions may diverge from legal borders. Also, a public meeting on nuclear power should stay focused and informative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Paul Warnke
United States
Warnke
Carter
Scotch
Occupational Safety and Health
John Fraines
Obituaries from Manchester to Hoosick Falls
Obituaries note the deaths of Bennington area residents including Paul G. Anderson 64 of Manchester born May 26 1912 in Lexington Mass died after a fall and ill health. Bernard C. Andrew 86 of Baldwin Long Island former North Adams meatcutter. Mrs Pansy Josephine Callahan 78 of Hoosick Falls formerly of Hoosick Falls. Funeral and burial details given for each, with survivors listed and service arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul G. Anderson
Bonnet Street
Manchester
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Lexington
Mass
William and
Mary (Kearns ) Anderson
Laura Cafiero
Somerville
Anderson
Martin F. Clancy
St. Paul’s Church
Factory Point
Bernard C. Andrew
Willard Ave
Baldwin
N.Y
Arlington
South Shore
Freeport
L.I
Eugene
Sara
Hard) Andrew
Andrew
North Adams
Daunais & Bernard
Cheshire
North Adams Lodge of Elks
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Mary E. Higgins
Arthur Saunders
Eugene P. Andrew
Lanesboro
William Andrew
Flynn & Cagnoll-Montagna
Lafayette H. Sprague Jr
Pansy Josephine Callahan
Main St
Hoosick Falls
Albany Medical Center
First Baptist Church
N. Gordon Luther
Maple Grove
Mahar
Callahan
Grafton
Frederick
Mary (Green) Tilley
Callahan Lumber Co
Miami Hardware
Speigletown
The
Baptist Church
John Callahan Jr
Huntington, L.I
Edna Gooding
Ernest Tilley
Hoosick
Hospital Notes March 8 1977 Admits and Births
Admissions include Ann Fordham Cynthia Cross Dorothy Revett Joseph Giard Virginia Browe Luanne Stevens Michael Nuzzo Jr Mabel McMullen Peyton Whitney Margaret Wohnus and others. Discharges list Janice Goodrich Ralph Quackenbush II William Blodgett Ruby Schindler Kay Allen Henry Markey Donald Frost Tonya Houghton Kristen Earnhardt and a birth a son to Mr and Mrs Larry Sime of Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Fordham
Cynthia Cross
Dorothy Revett
Joseph Giard
Virginia Browe
Bennington
Luanne Stevens
Petersburg
N.Y
Michael Nuzzo Jr
Hoosick Falls
Mabel McMullen
Cambridge
Peyton Whitney
Manchester Center
Margaret Wohnus
North Bennington
Janice Goodrich
Henry Markey
Donald Frost
Manchester
Ryan Guiden
Tonya Houghton
Kristen Earnhardt
Larry Sime
Wilmington
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Robert Mackey
Selectmen
Woolmington
Aldonna Guilmette
Short Demon
Reuben Levin
Eaton
West Valley
Skinner
Nuclear Fuel Services
Getty Oil Co
Nuclear Fuel
New York State Energy Research and Development Association
Vermont
House
Bennington Briefs
Mt. Anthony Junior High School
Bennington School District
Catamount Learning Center
Bennington Regional Alcohol Council
St. Peter’s Church
Hayes
Bennington Area
John’s
Southview Cemetery
Pansy Callahan
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