Arlington school board faces budget and class size debate
Arlington residents debated the school budget and classroom sizes amid enrollment declines. Proponents argued for keeping current staff, while opponents urged maintaining 18 to 19 students per class and warned against future cuts. Jurying a study on grade combinations, residents pressed for preserving quality education as the budget had already passed.
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Arlington
Griffis
Richard Keough
Marie Mattison
Manchester accident blocks VIP parking collision
Ronald W. Casey 19 of Manchester backed from the VIP lot Tuesday and collided with an inbound vehicle driven by Shane D. Rochelle 18, also of Manchester. Rochelle was entering the lot at the time. No injuries and only light damage to the Rochelle car.
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Manchester
Ronald W. Casey
Shane D. Rochelle
Rochelle
Arlington Bicentennial Committee hits matching funds goal
Arlington residents report the Arlington Area Bicentennial Committee has raised just over $1,000 in a drive of food sales plants raffles medallions and more to qualify for a federal grant. They aim for an additional $1,500 in six months to fund a two year Vermont wide bicentennial celebration with events including a Fourth of July display and a variety of fundraisers and activities.
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Arlington
William Kilmartin
Arlington Area
Vermont
Republic of
Garden Club
Dorset selectmen delay special town meeting on budget
Dorset selectmen postpone plans to call a special town meeting to reconsider the 1975 town budget until they obtain more advice. They may seek help from the Vermont League of Cities and Towns as they review an opinion that previous cuts were improperly handled. A public hearing on possible budget cuts is set for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Dorset Elementary School.
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Russ Garland Dorset
Board of Selectmen
Robert Sheridan
Sheridan
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Arthur J. O’dea
O’dea
Selectmen
Dorset
Hoosick Falls Fire Board Eyes Cambridge District Contract
Three Buskirk-Eagle Fire Department representatives won permission to negotiate with Cambridge Fire Protection District to extend fire service across the Hoosick River to parts of the Cambridge district. The area lies about a mile and a half north of the covered bridge in the Hoosick Falls area code. The meeting also covered a proposed new bandstand for the park, endorsed the Northeast Agriculture District No. 5, and noted a regional landfill meeting in Petersburg. Town officials discussed Bingo Control Commission proposals and expanded the Town Planning Board to seven members, naming Joseph Berlant and Roger Moseley for terms of seven and six years.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Buskirk-Eagle
Buskirk Fire Department
Cortland Cottrell
William Gaillard
East Hoosick-Walloomsac
Raymond Calhoun
Petersburg
Lawrence Murphy
George McEvoy
New York State
Bingo Control Commission
Joseph Berlant
Roger Moseley
Marlboro hosts food supply symposium Monday evening
A Marlboro College symposium on food supply and population growth will take place Monday March 17 at 7 30 p m in the dining hall. The event is free and open to the public. Participants include Dr Donella Meadows of Dartmouth College, co author of the controversial Limits to Growth.
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Marlboro
Marlboro College
Donella Meadows
Dartmouth College
Community Bicentennial meeting set for March 18 in Arlington
Representatives from all organizations are urged to attend the 7:30 p.m. meeting of the 75 Bicentennial Committee at the Community House to pledge fire commitments for the July 4 event. The session follows reports on local cultural activities and a five-part symposia series on critical environmental issues supported by Marlboro College and Vermont Tomorrow with a Vermont Humanities grant.
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Amy Stroffoleno
Vermont Council On the Arts
Charles Farrell Jr
West Mountain Farm
Arlington
Bennington County Regional Commission
Clyde Dunlap
Sunderland
Arlington Community House
Meadows
David Goldberg
Vermont Tomorrow
Goddard College
Randolph
Goldberg
Vermont
George Riggan
Riley
Hartford Seminary Foundation
LeBlanc in Community Hospital in New Port Richey Florida
Walloomsac Note reports Mrs. Vincent LeBlanc is at Community Hospital 205 Hugh St New Port Richey Florida 33552 and asks readers to send messages from home. Also mentions Mrs. Fred O Connor of East Greenbush visiting relatives last week and several local visits and social notes from Walloomsac residents.
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Vincent
Liz) LeBlanc
Hugh St
New Port Ritchie
Fla
Fred O’connor
East Greenbush
Edward Cottrell
South
the Grandis
Mike Akerys
Walloomsac
Fred
Florida
Pawlet School Directors Set Special Meeting Evening
A special Pawlet board of school directors meeting is scheduled for 7 30 p m on March 17 at the West Pawlet School to discuss district matters.
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Pawlet
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