Bennington Village Budget Faces Record Tax Rate in 1965
The Bennington Village budget for 1965 hits a new high with a $208,400 general fund and a total tax rate of $3.54 without special appropriations, driven by a new pension plan, police upgrades, street lighting, recreation funding, and highway projects including Gage Street expansion and curb work. The village meeting next Tuesday will decide the budget and tax impact as residents weigh improved facilities against higher levies.
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Bennington
Stark Street
Fire Department
Highway Department
Gage Street
Cross Street
East Main Street
Putnam Square
Vermont
Merson Street
Dewey Street
Elm
Weeks
Safford Street
Pleasant Street
Village Highway Department
John Gibney
Bennington Village trustees push charter amendments
Voters face ballot decisions on amendments to regulate bicycles builds safety codes and junk control. Proposals include extending village clerk and president terms, rescheduling the floor meeting, connecting flats to the water main amid well contamination concerns, and funding for sewer and water projects with small tax implications.
Village Meeting sets new trustee candidate amid incumbents
No contests this year for village offices. After the ballot on Tuesday a new face will join the Board of Trustees as Joseph F. Carroll campaigns from Ward 1 to fill the remaining two years of an expired term. Incumbents Ry an Mallory Bodine seek re election. Santarcangelo is unopposed for a one year term.
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Joseph F. Carroll
George Ryan
Henry Mallory
Charles Bodine
Ing
Salvatore Santarcangelo
James B. Gibney
Herbert Horst
Floyd Harmon
Hilda Hurley
John H. Williams II
Michael J. Hogan Jr
Julia K. Nash
Joseph Higgins
AIV Backs Right to Work and Opposes Capital Gains Tax
The Associated Industries of Vermont backs right to work and opposes a capital gains tax. They call for no new state taxes, extend unemployment coverage to smaller employers, and push vocational education expansion, educational TV, apprenticeship training, and industry advisory roles in Vermont.
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AIV
Associated Industries of
Vermont
Businessmen’s
Benhi Deep: U S history class role play noted
March 4 post Civil War role play in Benhi High history class with students voicing opinions of the era. Junior National Merit tests set for March 13 in the auditorium. Freshman food sale planned for Wednesday during sixth and eighth periods. Several students listed as sellers and volunteers. John Peck moving to Montpelier March 15. his IBM-affiliated father transferring. Mrs. Shoemaker substituting for Joyce Goyette the week of March 1 due to illness. Chorus robes handed out March 1 for PTA meeting prep. Fire drill reminders issued. Future Homemakers hosted tea Feb. 17. ancient life unit studied. Anita Gauthier to student-teach for two to three weeks. Clyde Maxfield to Brockton, MA, out six weeks with a broken hip. cards welcomed. Betsy Greene left for Concord March 22 with family. English dept to show A Tale of Two Cities on March 18 at 9:42 noon. day dismisses early.
Facade and Blood Wedding Illuminate Bennington Concert
A spring Bennington College recital featured Walton’s Facade with Edith Sitwell poetry, under conductor Henry Brant, alongside Calabro’s Blood Wedding suite. The program highlighted precise ensemble color, notable soloists, and the late Pete Nelson’s tribute. The mix included guest players from Williams and Darrow School, plus Williamstown collaborators. A San Francisco note reports Lowell High School facing royalties for a 40 second song excerpt in a student yearbook recording.
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Bennington College
Edith Sitwell
William Walton
Henry Brant
Frank Baker
Mr. Baker
Irwin Shainman
Williams
Walter Lehmann
Darrow
Lebanon
N.Y
Kennett Schmidt
New York City
Kurt Weill
Germany
Louis Calabro
Federico Garcia Lorca
Mr. Calabro
Richard Elwell
Bennington
Pete Nelson
George Finckel
Vivian Fine
Gunnar Schonebeck
Phil Smiley
Luigi Tavelli
Williamstown
San Francisco
UPS
Lowell High School
Thomas G. Lee
Village Meeting Sees Shift to Elementary School
Voters in the village will gather Tuesday at the Elementary School for the annual meeting, moving from the State Armory. Polls open 1 to 8 p.m. with 4,977 eligible voters voting on officers and nine articles including two special appropriations. Absentee ballots require an application to Village Clerk Hilda Hurley by tonight. Ballots distributed Monday by justices of the peace. out-of-town residents may vote in the village office until noon Monday. Voters aged 21 since April 1, 1964 must appear Saturday at 7:30 p.m. to join the checklist.
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George Kerbs
Morgan Street
John R. Stone
School St
Bennington
State Armory
Hilda Hurley
Justices of the Peace
Board of Civil Authority
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Bennington, Vermont
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Main Street
Bennington Flats
Hicks Corners
North Bennington Road
Globe Union Inc
Montpelier
Benhi
By David Peterson
Benhi Catamount
Judith Demayo
U.S
Wash & Wear
Grand Union
Empire
By Cheryl Preston Benhi Catamount
Lester Jipp
O— Benhi
Sue Leyrer
Karen Jolivette
David Peterson
Beverly LaPorte
Aland Hollister
Kris Sleeman
Patti Fair
John Peck
IBM
Lee Shoemaker
Joyce Goyette
PTA
Benhi’s
Future Homemakers of America
David Jareckie
Anita Gauthier
Clyde Maxfield
Brockton, Mass
West Lea Terrace
Betsy Greene
Concord
N.H
Stephen Greene
Second Congregational Church
Two Cities
Ronald Coleman
Music Review
Robert L. Short
Main ST
Eee Bookshop
DIAL
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Nichols
Fair Lady
Convenient Union
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