Mt Anthony faces tight budget amid cuts across Vermont schools
MAU bulletin reports Mt Anthony and Brattleboro face budget squeezes with cuts to electives and staff. Burlington trims up to 400000 and 35 positions. Core areas likely remain while art ceramics German and elective PE may go. STAF questions budget and hopes voters approve measures.
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Judy Harrison
Mt. Anthony
MAU
MAUHS
Vermont
Brattleboro
Burlington
Anthony
Mt Anthony Patriots face uphill fight in hockey league
The Mt Anthony Patriots Hockey Club, in only its fourth year, struggles with funding and rink access as they compete in the Central Vermont Hockey League against teams like Middlebury Rutland and West Lebanon. With weak attendance and high ice costs, the team relies on raffles and community support to stay afloat while negotiating potential varsity status and facilities in Bennington. A 9th Grade Parents Night is set for March 16 to discuss scheduling for the 10th grade and future four-year programs.
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Mt. Anthony
Patriots
Rutland
North Adams
Mass
Harte Theatre
MAU
Bennington
Hockey Club
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Student Government Elections By Class and STAF Posts
In the last week of February elections for the student government were held for the second half of the school year. Freshman Representatives were Brian Parmenter Linda Cross Cathy Allen. Sophomore Representatives Lisa Dickinson Carmela Napolitano Steve Brown. Junior Representatives Tom Hess Chips Tilgner Judy Harrison. Senior Representatives J P Morrissey Ed Horstmann Kevin ONeil won by write in. In the first STAF meeting of the second term members nominated to STAF positions. Results: Chairman J P Morrissey Alternate Chairman Ed Horstmann Recording Secretary Carmela Napolitano Secretary Treas Lisa Dickinson. STAF representative to the school board J P Morrissey. Alternate representative Judy Regional Planning Commission Kim McKenna.
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Tom Hess
Chips Tilgner
Judy Harrison
J.P. Morrissey
Ed Horstmann
Kevin O’neil
STAF
Carmela Napolitano
Lisa Dickinson
Regional Planning Commission
Kim McKenna
Bennington Area Braces for Floods as Rains Hit
Torrential rains and a thaw push Vermont New Hampshire and New York streams toward flood levels washing out a North Street pier and swelling banks. Also reports note a Vermont University student passing a national rating exam for women basketball officials and tax and local civic items from Bennington.
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Bennington
North Street
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
Mildred J. Rockwood
University of Vermont
Burlington
Fred H. Rockwood
Scott Street
University
Letters to the Editor on Malpractice Bills and Medical Care
The Banner letters discuss four malpractice bills likely clearing the Senate and future cost trends in hospital and doctor charges. They critique insurance catch-up effects, argue against universal crippling bills, and propose separating doctor punishment from patient redress, urging recognition of medicine as both art and science amid inevitable errors.
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Judiciary Committee
State Licensing Board
Ogden urges insurance escape for doctors and hospitals
Senator Herbert G Ogden of Hartland argues for a plan where doctors operate without insurance and seek accident coverage privately. He proposes a statute to allow doctor incorporation and another to define hospital corporation liability, contending that most patients should not bear high costs for a few who do not receive miracles.
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Herbert G. Ogden Hartland
After Florida primary, Washington sees spring and politics
The piece compares spring signs in Washington with political seasons. New candidates like Carter bloom in New Hampshire then fade in Massachusetts, while veterans such as Scoop Jackson Mo Udall and George Wallace show mixed results. After Florida, the Eastern Seaboard tests end and analysts await clearer candidate signals.
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Potomac
Interior Department
White House
Blue Ridge
Jimmy Carter
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Scoop Jackson
Mo Udall
George Wallace
Boston
Illinois
New York
California
RSVP fund thanks Arlington voters for RSVP support
A letter to The Banner from an RSVP Advisory Council member thanks residents of Arlington, Bennington, Dorset, Manchester and Shaftsbury for voting to support RSVP. It notes a $2,000 local shortfall for the current fiscal year ending March 31, cites transportation costs, recalls last year’s 36,000 hours from 300 volunteers to 67 nonprofits, and provides donation details and letter guidelines.
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RSVP
Arlington
Bennington
Dorset
Manchester
Shaftsbury
Ben Mont Ave
Half time view on US foreign policy and 1980 candidates
A minority report argues that while foreign policy in 1980 faces complex, subtle issues, Jackson and Reagan offer slogans rather than real policy. Kissinger is sidelined. Kissinger will be over by year’s end. The piece critiques Jackson’s superficial approach and Reagan’s ignorance, noting Ford’s steadier stance. It ends by urging reflection on America's global position after the Florida primary.
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United States
Middle East
Scoop Jackson
Ronald Reagan
Messrs. Jackson
Reagan
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Jackson
Dorothy Fosdick
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Richard Nixon
Ford
Florida
America
Washington
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Mediterranean
Sinai
Cyprus
Portugal
Spain
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