Selectmen Seek Clarification on 1968 Planning Act
Shaftsbury selectman Merton Snow said at the meeting that before appointing a zoning commission the town will seek clarification of the 1968 Planning and Development Act. Previously the act would have allowed the selectmen to appoint a commission which would nominate a chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Merton Snow
Snow
Bennington Regional Planning Commission
Arlington
Harrington
Easter Seal Drive total update and local notices
Sunderland Gerald Raftery and Mrs Ellery Lawrence co chair Easter Seal Drive report 82 dollars raised with more contributions hoped to match last year's 113. River Road resident Mrs Cecil McWain returns from two month visit in Schenectady with sister Mrs Dorothy Gregory and hosts guests including Mr and Mrs Edward Garneau and others. local planning board discusses zoning act uncertainties and selectmen consider road funding signs and town garage site as water main repairs loom. notes on road yield sign, hidden drive on Church Street, and rotted flag pole support backlog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellery Lawrence
Florence Wellspeak
Cecil McWain
River Road
Dorothy Gregory
Schenectady
Gregory
McWain
Edward A. Garneau
East Arlington
Bryan Hazelton
Gary Pray
Bennington
Sewage Plant Contract Goes to Albany Firm
A village board special meeting opened bids for a two-contract sewage project. Thompson Construction of Albany won the sewage treatment plant bid at 818,330 while John DiGulio Inc. of Albany was low for intercepting sewers at 489,542.50, with costs cited as rising. The board awarded the major contract to Thompson 3 to 1 after abstentions. Bruno Trimpoli of Schenectady bid 883,350 on the major project. Plans were mailed to over 30 firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Construction Company
Albany
John DiGulio Inc
Thompson Company
Frank A. Davock
Richard Severson
Donald St. Hilaire
Independent Party
Leo Mulvihill
LeRoy Baker
Edwin Schneider Jr
Bruno Trimpoli
Schenectady
Morrell Vrooman Engineers
Orvis Catalog Postage Mystery And Local Scores
Postal oddities from Center Manchester as Michael A Powers’s Orvis spring catalog bore air mail markings despite 48 cent postage. Public notices show Center Hill reconstruction maps and U S 7 traffic plans. Local bowling scores list Smokey’s and Five Flys with several high games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orvis
Michael A. Powers
Powers
Orvis Co
North Bennington Families Visit Sarasota Jungle Gardens
North Bennington residents Mr and Mrs John D Rowe and their family from Park Street visited Sarasota Jungle Gardens during a Florida vacation on the state coast. Frank Millington and wife Shaftsbury received word their son BM3 Robert Millington U S Navy arrived March 1 at NSA Danang South Vietnam for a new assignment after training at Camp Pendleton. He previously served aboard USS Ramsey in the Gulf of Tonkin with the Seventh Fleet and in joint exercises. Ramsey returned to Long Beach California last November. Millington does not expect to return stateside until March 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rowe
Park Street
North Bennington
Sarasota Jungle Gardens
Florida
Lower West Coast
Shaftsbury
Frank Millington
Robert Millington
U.S. Navy
United States
NSA
Danang
South Vietnam
Camp Pendleton Marine Base
California
Ramsey
Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam
Seventh Fleet
Hawaii
Sea of Japan
Long Beach
Calif
Millington
Hoosick Receives New Fire Truck
Hoosick NY residents celebrate arrival of a new $13,000 tanker donated by Rev Edith Craig Reynolds. The Hoosick Fire District, already aided by her prior gifts including a $22,000 truck and a $5,000 firehouse modernization, gains a 1200 gallon tanker with International Harvester chassis and Hale pump. The district spans a large area but remains sparsely populated, with potential avoided bond costs around $70,000 due to Reynolds's generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
N.Y
Edith Craig Reynolds
Reynolds
Arthur Armstrong
Hoosick Falls
Howard Cox
Watson White
Vermont
Pittstown
Petersburg
Four Corners
Molly Stark Home Extends Honor To Mrs Ida Babson
Shaftsbury Molly Stark Home Extension group honored Mrs Ida Babson at a regular meeting last week. Babson, who resigned, had served as treasurer for 20 years, during which the group aided book wagon Operation Gift Lift retarded children and a foster child. Officers fear declining membership and invite new members via Mrs Ada Roach. Calendar lists scouts and auxiliary events through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Stark
Ida Babson
State Home Extension Service
Roach
Mildred Hayes
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Sunderland
Gerald Raftery
Lorenzo
Sam’’ Sanborn
Church Street
Floyd Holliday
Selectmen
Audrey Jones
Manchester
Michael Miller P.O. Box
Center Hill
U.S. 7
Jolly Green
James L. Woodard
Mill Pond
Chip Fielding
Joyce Hosley
Battenkill Lane
Australia
Kimball-Martin
South Londonderry
Walker S. Kimball Jr
Surface Travel
John Hawkins
Jim Putnam
Jim Heinel
Smokey’s
Ruth Zimmer
Donna Taft
San Pedro
Blair Garrett
Garrett
Hoosick Baptist Church
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Main St
Atkins
Gould
Richard Fleming
Ronald Owen
Albany District Tax Office
Fleming
Murphy’s Grocery
River Street
Francis Murphy
Sheilah Miller
Bertha Thomson
Locady Schultz
Jill Levin
Mary Moriarty
Shirley Sanders
Julia Booth
Samines
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Brattleboro
Bellows Falls
Chester
Jamaica
Ludlow
Newfane
Proctorsville
Springfield
Wilmington
Windsor
Woodstock
Member
Federal Reserve System
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