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Know Your Town Government in Bennington Vermont 1971 merger
The Know Your Town Government booklet explains Bennington’s consolidation of town and village governments and details the boards officers and procedures that shape local governance. It covers town meetings selectmen moderator clerk treasurer auditors civil authority and abatement boards plus appointed posts including the town manager listers and accountant. It notes historical context from 1762 to the 1971 merger and outlines funding taxes grand list and state aid.
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Bennington
League of Women Voters
League
James Breakenridge
Murphy Road
Green Mountain Boys
Old Bennington
Catamount
Ethan Allen
New Hampshire
Walloomsac
N.Y
North Bennington
Bennington Battle Monument
Saratoga
New Territory
First Church
Congregational
Vermont General
Vermont
Union High School
Edward Lamb
Norton Barber
Frederick Welling
Caroline Darlington
Duncan A. Campbell
Danforth Geer
Clarence Howard
Thomas Bushman
Thomas Foster
John Ficaciello
L. W. Gillette
Frank Howlett
Robert Kellogg
Ruth Levin
Elmer Loemker
Wallace Scott
John Shannon
Charles Tilgner III
George II
Benning Wentworth
Capt
Samuel Robinson
Hardwick
Mass
Peter Harwood
Haviland
North
Joesph Haviland
Sage City
Moses Sage
Capt. Sage
United States Post Office
Bennington Pottery
Algiers
East Bennington
Williamstown
Pittsfield
Ireland
England
Scotland
Board of Selectmen
Rural Fire District
Bennington County
Manchester
Selectmen
Board of Civil Authority
Hall
Justices of the Peace
Board of Abatement
Board of
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Listers