Manchester plans tree planting and office move in town
Manchester will begin downtown tree planting around April 11 led by Town Manager Henry R. Lambert with 50 trees donated by merchants residents and organizations. Serine's Flower Shop and Nursery in White Hall NY is the successful bidder. The town offices will move to renovated Cole Hall as part of a broader reappointment where Audrey Hall becomes clerk.
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Audrey Hall
New Selectmen’s
Audrey Jones
Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Manchester
Henry R. Lambert
Serine
White Hall
N.Y
Williamstown Promenaders Host 24th Birthday Square Dance
Williamstown Mass. square dance club marks its 24th birthday with a March 25 event from 8 to 11 p.m. at Mt Greylock Regional High School cafeteria. Callers Earl Turner and Gil Porter, cue Ray Hinkley. Charter members cut cake. door prizes and refreshments. Peg's Square Dance Shop fashion display. Open to members and spectators free. Dance committee chaired by Norman Barber and John Giffard with several partners.
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Williamstown
Mass
Western Style Square Dance Club
Mt. Greylock
Earl Turner
Lenox
Gil Porter
Pittsfield
Ray Hinkley
Carl Lamb
Pownal Fire Protection Group Sets Tonight Meeting
The Pownal Fire Protective Association plans a 7 pm firehouse gathering for its monthly business session. Pownal Center Fire Protective Association also meets at 7 30 pm at their firehouse. Meanwhile Pownall Boy Scouts join Bennington scouts from seven to eight thirty pm at the First Baptist Church in Bennington.
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Pownal
Pownal Center
Foxfire originator to speak at Wilmington forum
Eliot Wigginton originator of Foxfire headlines a forum on Rural Education at Deerfield Valley Elementary School in Wilmington on March 20. The event, part of a series exploring education for rural communities, features four panelists, a pot luck dinner, and a keynote Foxfire talk with Wigginton and two Rabun Gap students.
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Deerfield Valley
Eliot Wigginton
Wigginton
Lynn Butler
Laurie Romey
Mountain Towns’ Teacher Center
Vermont Council On the Humanities and
Foxfire
Rabun Gap
Georgia
Rabun County
Timothy Little
Marlboro College
Ellie Field
Poultney High School
Noreen O’connor
Washington County
Robert Leister
Windsor North West Supervisory Union
Bud Holland
Windham Southwest Supervisory Union
Whitingham High School
School For International Training
Media
N.E
Coreys seek Act 250 hearing for 13 lot subdivision
An Act 250 hearing for a 13 lot subdivision on Sycamore Lane Shaf tsbury is set for Tuesday March 22 at 1 30 p m in the Bennington County Courthouse The project lies along Route 67 and includes a 679 foot access road Parties who wish to participate must file a notice of intention with the District Environmental Commission by March 22 The commission may cancel the hearing if no participant files.
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Shaftsbury
Bennington County
Kenneth
Edward
Alma Corey
Sycamore Lane
District Environmental Commission
Vermont MV Employees Bring Complaints to Gov Snelling
Senate committee chair Sen. Thomas Crowley said state Motor Vehicles Department workers asked him to present their list of grievances to Gov. Richard Snelling. He cited alleged harassment by top administration officials and said he will have Personnel Commissioner Jacques-Anne Choinard discuss her department review before the panel.
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Jacques-Anne Choinard
Motor Vehicles Department
Nursing Home Plan Dropped After State Report
New England Management Corp, operator of six nursing homes, drops plans for a 100 bed Burlington Convalescent Home addition. A 41 page state report questioning the need for the project prompted the decision, cancelling a public hearing scheduled before the local health planning committee.
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Burlington
UPI
The
New England Management Corp
Aaron Fuchs
Senator Pushes Early Vote On Vermont Tax Reform Package
Sen. Seeley Reynolds says the Senate Finance Committee should vote out a tax reform package without waiting for Tax Commissioner Wickes to begin. The package, already passed by the House, includes repealing the old age assistance tax and the energy sales tax, expanding rebates, and allowing municipalities to repeal the poll tax. Reynolds accuses Gov. Snelling of trying to stall the bills in committee.
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House
Reynolds
Richard Snelling
Colchester firm named Vermont Small Business Person of 1977
Robert Desautels, president of Independent Food Co. Inc., Colchester, chosen as Vermont Small Business Person of 1977 by the Vermont Advisory Council on Small Business. The firm is the state's largest institutional food wholesaler. The announcement came from Montpelier via UPI.
Hillside residents denounce Buckley over urban renewal funds
In Troy Hillside residents condemn City Manager John P Buckley for earmarking 80000 for sewer work and 25000 for a paying program within 200000 in federal housing and rehabilitation grants. A Wednesday meeting in Troy City Hall at 730 PM will discuss the issue.
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Troy
Hillside
John P. Buckley
Buckley
Troy City Hall
Burglary suspect from Berkshire faces charges after raids
In Pittsfield an 18 year old John E Jones and his 14 year old runaway girlfriend were arrested in separate incidents. Jones, linked to 36 burglaries since mid 1975, faces six new burglary charges from last week. The girl, a Lanesboro resident, remained in custody with detectives pursuing the case. Meanwhile in Stockbridge, Norman Rockwell designed Girl Scout medallions issued by the Franklin Mint are being sold in bronze, silver and gold. Jenny Ringer of Ladd Brook Pownal is among the 22 Scouts photographed for the designs. In Adams, Sisters of the Holy Cross at Notre Dame Elementary School will depart after the year, with transfers to St Stanislaus Kostka School Adams, as confirmed by Rev Karl Huller.
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Pittsfield
John E. Jones
Lanesboro
Jones
Stockbridge
Girl Scouts of America
Franklin, Pa
Norman Rockwell
Jenny Ringer
Wayne Ringer
Ladd Brook
Pownal
Adams — Sisters of the Holy Cross
Notre Dame
Karl Huller
Springfield
St. Stanislaus Kostka
Adams
Berkshire
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