Bennington Tours New Senior Housing Site On South Street
Housing Authority leaders and selectmen toured the nearly finished four story 48 apartment senior housing building on South Street. The $1.059 million project, funded by HUD, features safety aids, braille, kitchenettes, and planned Meals on Wheels service. Tenants will pay 25 percent of adjusted income with utilities included, and move‑in could begin in 10 to 14 days after final transfer.
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Bennington Selectmen
Housing Authority
Hamilton L. Shields
South Street
Shields
Holiday Park Inc
Roslyn
N.Y
Bennington Housing Authority
Holiday Park
BHA
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Willowbrook
Senior Citizens Housing
Bennington selectmen reshuffle boards and appoint locals
Selectmen Ransom was reappointed but Stratton was removed in favor of Capella a Corcoran ally with prior zoning infractions. Loomis considered for Water Board. Human Services Commission saw Mrs Tripp replaced incumbents Perrott Holden Brown kept, Kennedy did not seek reappointment, new members J C Jerome and Robert Poblocki. Planning Commission appointed J Duncan Campbell over many applicants. Haley and Ehrich reappointed. Other reappointments include Wesley Buzzell to housing authority Perrott to planning commission Noyes and Davis to board of sisters, Recycling Committee members reappointed with two new appointees, parks and recreation commission terms delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransom
Stratton
Capella
Corcoran
Human Services Commission
Tripp
Richard V. Perrott
Edward Holden
W. Averell Brown
Priscilla Kennedy
Edith Prandini
Craig Sweet
Mary Hoffman
J. Duncan Campbell
The
Planning Commission
Thomas R. Haley Sr
Terry Ehrich
Gordon Garrison
Lloyd Oppenheimer
Janet Henry
John Phillips
John Powell
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Lou Schneider
R. Paul Wickes
Commissions
Wesley Buzzell
Bennington Housing Authority
Joseph Higgins
Janice Larrigo
William Hassenpflug
Charles Tilgner III
Bennington County
CVPS simplifies bills after customer complaints
CVPS will return to a simplified bill format for its 95,000 customers after widespread complaints about the October introduced charges. The new bills, set to be issued this week, itemized energy related charges and tax components, but will now show total kilowatt hours, fuel and energy charges, temporary charges, and any deferred amounts under the winter summer rate design. A separate APs hearing is scheduled for March 25 in Montpelier regarding discrimination complaints by two Newfane residents based on CVPS rates.
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Rutland
UPS
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Central Vermont
Thomas J. Hurcomb
Cvps Public Information
CVPS
Hurcomb
Newfane
Lorna McCarthy
Brenda Bingham
PSB
Montpelier
Debate Over Campground Access Near Route 9 in Woodford
Testimony in a Bennington County hearing centered on using a state rest area 0.6 mile west of Route 9 as a campground turn around. Evans warned a grade makes return difficult for trailers, while rest area use for rest takes priority. Town officials pressed concerns about waste, fire, and police services and the impact on municipal planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Evans
Benjamin W. Partridge
Woodford
Fisher
Wilmington
Futhermore
Partridge
Woodford Board of Civil Authority
Poor
BCA
Bennnington
Salmon to pardon mayor and avoid appeal in right to know case
Gov Thomas P Salmon promised to pardon Montpelier Mayor Richard W Curtis after he agreed not to appeal his right to know law conviction. Curtis testified he will not challenge the conviction in state Supreme Court. The 1973 meeting with two state officials prompted the ruling and no minutes or advance notice were recorded. The mayor and council members face further trials, with several set to plead no contest.
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Vermont
Curtis
John P. Connarn
Joseph Jamele
Salmon
Funerals for Cunning and Niles Highlight Local Obituaries
Funeral services were held for J Joseph Cunning of Schenectady N Y and formerly Bennington at St Francis de Sales in Bennington with burial pending in spring in St Marys Cemetery Hoosick Falls N Y Bearers and Knights of Columbus members attended and vigil was kept during calling hours Paul DeBronco Niles of Pownal Center died at Vermont Veterans Home and services were set for All Faiths Chapel burial later at Memorial Cemetery Friends may pay respects at the home prior to the 11 a.m Friday service Obituary noted in Tuesdays Banner.
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J. Joseph Cunning
Schenectady
N.Y
Bennington
St. Francis de Sales Church
Francis B. Flanagan
Mahar & Son
Park Lawn
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Hoosick Falls
Gerald E. Morrissey
Robert E. Cummings Sr
Robert Shea
Leo Plourde
Paul Caron
Thomas J. Donovan
George Coutu
Joseph Young
Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus
Fourth Degree Knights
James Shultz
C Caplain
Msgr
Flanagan
Paul DeBronco Niles
Pownal Center
Vermont Veterans Home
All Faiths
Everett Corbett
Vermont Veterans Home Memorial Cemetery
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hanson-Walbridge
Kenneth Schwebel
Pownal Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Pownal
Wilmington
Clyde
Myrtle
Ryder) Hescock
Readsboro
Lillian Babcock
Dennis
North Adams
Mass
Raymond
Pittsfield
John
Richard
Hartford
Frank E. Myers
Richard D. Campbell
First United Methodist Church of
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List for Bennington Area
On Tuesday March 18 1975 admissions include Shawn Percey Lillian Lancour Cynthia Squires Bennington Robert Buehler North Bennington John Murphy Pownal Viola Cooledge Arlington and Garry Church Robert Jansen Petersburg Discharges include Cathy Gauthier Marion Ryan Bennington Bonnie Adams Shaftsbury Sherman Towelee East Dorset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawn Percey
Lillian Lancour
Cynthia Squires
Bennington
Robert Buehler
North Bennington
John Murphy
Pownal
Viola Cooledge
Arlington
Garry Church
Robert Jansen
Petersburg
Cathy Gauthier
Marion Ryan
Bonnie Adams
Shaftsbury
Sherman Towelee
East Dorset
Area Obituaries Outline for Bennington and Vicinity
Obituaries report John J. Kelly 67 of 106 Norton St Bennington former Middlebury College professor and athletic director died Monday in Eustis Florida. Wife Elizabeth Baker Kelly ex dean of women survives along with daughter Jean Shoate and brother Robert. Burial planned in spring. Also noted are obituaries for Flora Alice Fillmore 68 of South Cambridge and Earl Clyde Hescock of North Pownal with details on families residences and funeral services.
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John J. Kelly
Norton St
Bennington
Middlebury College
Eustis
Fla
Elizabeth Baker Kelly
Middlebury
Norton Street
Cohoes
N.Y
William B
Agnes (Beecher) Kelly
Catherine Wood
Jean K. Shoate
Woodstock
Rober
Valley Falls
William J
St. Mary’s Church
Waite Funeral Home
Flora Alice Fillmore
Edwin Fillmore
South Cambridge
Cambridge
Oswald A. Muller
Fillmore
Pleasant Valley Grange
South Wallingford
Edgar
Rose
Persi) Underwood
Evelyn Candelaria
Alberquque
N.M
John
Argyle
Roger
Addison
Troy
CIA aims to recover sunken submarine in Arctic clash
Codes and gear fell to bottom as crew bodies were recovered. A formal burial at sea was performed per Russian naval custom. CIA planned to return Glomar Explorer to the wreck site in better weather, hoping to keep the operation quiet to avoid affecting Brezhnev’s Washington visit with Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIA
UPI
KGB
Washington
Leonid Brezhnev
Ford
Mt Anthony Play Wins Local One Act Competition
Mt Anthony High School’s troupe won best play in a school auditorium regional one act contest for Aristophanes The Frogs. Led by Paul J Donlon the cast includes Steve Thompson Bill Joppich Mike Honan and Carl Hess. They perform again at 8 p m Saturday March 29 at Hartford High School in the regional event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony
Aristophanes
the Frogs
West Rutland
Hamlet
Wallingford
Springfield hydro dam plan sparks Cavendish displacement fears
Cavendish officials warn that Springfield's proposed 500 acre reservoir and hydroelectric dam along the Black River would displace 34 residents and several town and state lands. The plan, approved by Springfield voters at Town Meeting on March 4, aims to generate municipal power despite local objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Coley
Joanne Johnson
STAF
Mt. Anthony
Barth Vander Els
William F. Lally
Springfield
UPI
Cavendish
Springfield Selectmen
Cavendish Selectmen
Black River
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Water Board
Skip Loomis
Lucia Howard
Bernard Bourgeois
Nathan Senft
Jill Wickes
Jim Conway
Parks and Recreation Commission
Commission
State Public Service Board
Pelkie
Scotten
Bennington Briefs
Ezio Boccagni
Dorothy Brown
John Lazarczyk
Kelly Wilkinson
Margaret Taber
Eagle Bridge
Elizabeth Harrington
May Herrington
Scott Bamick
Board of Civil Authority
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Southern Vermont Umpires Association
Mt. Anthonys Union High School
Environmental Board
Schuyler Jackson
Jackson
William Lauzon
John W. Cleary
Lauzon
Department of Energy
Brian Burns
Paul Deb. Niles
Earl Clyde Hescock
Murphy Lane
North Pownal
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