Manchester Selectmen decry rampant downtown development
Manchester officials blasted rapid, unchecked growth in downtown Manchester and pushed for higher on site parking requirements for new businesses while weighing a $15 000 soccer field fund and delaying talks with the Bennington Opportunity Council. The board also reviewed zoning permits, recreation needs, grants, and town governance.
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Russ Garland
Manchester
Selectmen
Canon Robert L. Clayton
Bennington Opportunity Council
BOC
Planning Commission
John B. Hawkins
Purdys
Bennington
Rutland
Clayton
Pownal Church Choir Rehearsal and Meetings Scheduled
The Pownal Baptist Church choir rehearses at 6 30 tonight at the church with a 7 30 prayer meeting following. The Board of Selectmen meets at 5 p m Thursday at the town office. A Wesleyan class food sale runs Saturday from 10 a m to 1 30 p m at the church annex chaired by Mrs Daisy Dorman.
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Pownal Baptist Church
Board of Selectmen
Pownal
Rockwell resigns as Manchester official calls for reappraisal
Sister Richard B. Rockwell officially resigns as Manchester official and urges a full external reappraisal of the town. E. E. Bennett is named to replace him, with the board accepting the resignation with regrets. Rockwell, also president of the Manchester Village Board of Trustees, cites lack of time and urges a vote at the next Town Meeting. The last general reappraisal was in 1966.
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Manchester
Robert
Anita Barker
Bentley Hill
Donald Powers
Harry R. Barber
Larry Duffany
Recreation Committee
Charles B. Skiptonas
Lambert
Robert T. Stafford
Vermont Senate
Senate
State Public Service Board
Richard B. Rockwell
E.E. Bennett
Rockwell
Manchester Village
Blanchard Stone
Morses resign as Arlington officials before zoning hearing
In Arlington last night, Ralph Morse resigned as road commissioner just before a public hearing on Ben nington sowmaker Lloyd Liu's route 7 zone change. Cem and Leslie Morse quit the road crew. tensions rose as the selectmen proceeded with the hearing after controversy over purchasing a John Deere grader priced in the low $40,000s.
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Arlington
Bennington
Lloyd Liu
Route
Ralph Morse
Selectmen
Robert Lindsey
Cem
Leslie Morse
George Novotny
Novotny
Morse Brothers
Henry Breunich
Zone change dispute over Route 7 affects Arlington violin bow maker
Arlington residents clash over Lloyd Liu seeking a large Route 7 zone change from residential to commercial industrial to permit violin bow manufacture in the former Green Mountain Diner. The proposal faces two public hearings and possible new zoning definitions, delaying Liu’s reconstruction work as selectmen weigh conditional use and housing in new zones amid opposition and support.
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Arlington
Lloyd Liu
Liu
Green Mountain
Cemetery Road
Richard Wood
Lost Lake Road
Crow Hill
Zoning Board of Adjustment
ZBA
Planning Commission
Route
Noone
Arlington Strings International
John Moore
Selectman
George Novotny
Harry Pickering Sr
Bennington County Regional Commission
Greg Burke
Henry Breunich
Burke
Breunich
Rutland Savings moves ahead with Manchester branch plan
Rutland Savings Bank President Thomas Ryan said the bank continues plans for a branch at the Manchester Shopping Plaza. The state banking commissioner disapproved proposed leasing with IVOW, owner of Routes 11 and 30 center, prompting a new proposal for approval. Work will start once state consent is granted, with Act 250 and local zoning already approved despite town concerns about parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Rutland Savings Bank
Thomas Ryan
Manchester
IVOW
Ryan
Stadlmayers to get land-use permit for 24 unit motel
Stadlmayers Fritz and Dorothy Stadlmayer win a land-use permit for a 24 unit motel between the Four Winds Motel and Enchanted Doll House in Bennington District. The $150,000 project aims for August completion on about 7 acres owned by Mildred A. Cornell. Final Act 250 permit due within 20 days, with conditions including October finish and no after-dark swimming or tennis. Traffic expected around 100 cars daily.
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Manchester
Fritz
Dorothy Stadlmayer
Four Winds
Enchanted Doll House
Bennington
Richard C. Bartholomae
Bartholomae
Cornell
Bennington County
John T. Car Mody Jr
Stailmayers
Doll House
District Commission
Stailmayer
Michael Peloso
Dufresne and Henry Engineering Corp
Pawlet to Appeal Tuition Case Over High School Choice
Attorney James W. O Neil Jr. said he will appeal to the Vermont Board of Education the Pawlet town decision to pay only 750 dollars per student toward Granville High School tuition for two brothers. The dispute concerns towns without a high school designating a NY state school and whether broader changes to bi state district rules could follow.
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Manchester
James W. O’neil Jr
Ver Mont
Vermont General Assembly
New York
Congress
Granville
O’neil
State Board of Education
Department of Education
Stephen L. Brandwene
Pawlet
Granville High School
Edward F. Houlihan
Rupert
Burr and Burton Seminary
Salem, N.Y
Paran Recreations Inc Annual Meeting Notice
The annual meeting of Paran Recreations Inc is set for Thursday March 25 at 8 p m in the McCullough Library North Bennington. Members may attend to elect directors and officers for the year and hear reports on winter dock work and the planned cleaning of the eastern end or neck of Lake Paran.
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Paran Recreations Inc
McCullough Library
North Bennington
Paran Recreations
Lake Paran
New Hampshire
Vermont
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