Manchester Shopping Center opens new east wing addition
The Manchester Shopping Center completes a new east wing adding a 10 000 square foot Ben Franklin store and a 6 000 square foot self service State Liquor store plus a 1 200 square foot One Hour Martinizing Dry Cleaner. The center now has 13 stores a movie theatre bowling lanes a service station and a 270 car lot. Landscaping will follow weather.
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Manchester
Virginia Szirbik
Ivow Corp
Ben Franklin
P and C
Joseph Ferrari
Ferrari
General Electric
Tax relief details urged by Arlington Sister leaders
Arlington Sister Chairman Ernie Mattison Sr urges eligible homeowners or renters to file Form 103 SR Rebate Claim for Homeowners or Renters under the Homestead Act. Rebates favor those over 65, with under 65 receiving a proportional share from the tax relief fund. deadline April 15.
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Arlington
Ernie Mattison
Mattison
Lister
Winfield Bentley
Gordon Kunzelmann
Pownal Leads Bennington County in Equine Business
Pownal, a town in Bennington County, leads the area in horse related business as a major local industry. The report highlights the prominence of horse farms, training facilities, and equestrian activity shaping the local economy.
Oil refinery hearings resume in Maine over land rights
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection voted 7-0 to reopen hearings on Pittston Co. bid for a 350 million Eastport oil refinery within 180 days. The move hinges on Pittston proving title or interest in land, with opposition from CRAC and state agencies. Local officials in Eastport support the project. Canada’s consent for tanker access remains a hurdle.
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Maine Environmental Board
Augusta, Maine
UPI
Pittston Co
Eastport
Maine Board of Environmental Protection
Pittston
Attorney General’s Office
A.F. Koulakis
Horace A. Hildreth Jr
Coastal Resources Action Committee
Canada
Sage City Symphony plans performance
Sage City Symphony schedules an April 7 concert at 8 p.m. featuring 65 musicians with Beth Eisenburg as soloist in the conductor’s first piano concerto. Louis Calabro’s world premiere piano concerto is included along with Richard Strauss wind serenade and Beethoven Coriolan Overture, under the open rehearsal format. The listing notes rehearsals run Sunday nights at North Bennington Elementary School gym, continuing five-concert season. The group relies on volunteers and seeks $3050 in new funds plus $2450 from a Vermont Arts grant to cover the 1974 budget. Local towns provide $700 in budgeted support. last year Bennington County raised $2900.
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Sage City Symphony
Beth Eisenburg
Richard Strauss
Louis Calabro
North Bennington
Symphony
Vermont Council of the Arts
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Bennington County
Otto Loening
Henry Brant
Vivian Fine
James Yannatos
Robert Keys Clark
Tom Benjamin
Vermont approves campaign finance and residency reform
The Vermont Senate approved a campaign expenditures disclosure bill with a 20-1 vote, requiring candidates to reveal contribution sources and imposing jail terms for noncompliance. Gov. Salmon signed the election reform measure setting a 24 day voter residency deadline. In Montpelier the House moved to end the sales tax on farm and business machinery while raising corporate income tax from 6 to 7 percent and instituting a real estate transfer tax. The chamber defeated a plan to place University of Vermont faculty under state labor relations oversight in a 76-65 vote.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Senate
Sen
Buckley
Bennington County
Salmon
House
University of Vermont
State Employe Labor Relations Board
Vermont budget bill advances with modest changes
Senate approved a fiscal 1975 budget plan in the 200 to 208 million dollar range and sent it back to the House with several noncontroversial amendments. Mileage rate rises to 15 cents per mile and a 1.5 million dollar pay raise for state workers were among the notable changes.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Senate
House
House Appropriations Committee
Energy Hebard
Nine compete in Miss Vermont U.S.A. pageant in Rutland
Rutland hosts the Miss Vermont U.S.A. pageant on April 6 with nine entrants after three new contestants joined. Director Joseph Sherman of Fair Haven noted a March 31 deadline for filings. The winner advances to the Miss U.S.A. finals at Niagara Falls, New York. New entrants are Marie Bartlett 18 of West Rutland Ruth Smith 19 of Bethel and Kathy Lamothe 20 of Rutland.
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Rutland
U.S.A
Joseph Sherman
Fair Haven
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Marie Bartlett
Philip Bartlett
West Rutland
Ruth Smith
Merton Smith
Bethel
Kathy Lamothe
Maurice Lamothe
New York gang members plan false arrest suits
Thirteen members of the Breed motorcycle gang suspended on drug charges intend to sue the Rensselaer County Sheriff's Department for false arrest. County Attorney Marvin I. Honig warns the action could cost the county hundreds of thousands. Previously, 25 members were jailed after a Nassau raid for marijuana possession. a Nov 29 grand jury returned a no bill.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Marvin I. Honig
Nassau
Rensselaer County votes down residency change for aging chief
The Rensselaer County Legislature rejected an 18 to 2 motion to alter residency rules for aging commissioner Robert F. O'Connell. In office since 1969, O'Connell lives in Elora, Saratoga County, and faces removal under a new state law requiring county heads to reside in their counties. Legislature leaders refused to petition for a legal exception to allow him to stay.
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Troy
Rensselaer
Robert F. O’connell
O’connell
Saratoga
Elnora
Joseph Manupella
Mourning Woman sculpture ends Berkshire war memorial bid
Leonard Baskin of Smith College recalls Vatican purchase of Mourning Woman, final version of a Mt Greylock war memorial sculpture that was rejected by North Adams townsfolk after an erroneous model photo fueled fear. Original 1969 commission led to a $500,000 tower renovation instead of the sculpture. Baskin calls the reaction primitive and emotional.
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Adams
Vatican
Mt. Greylock
Smith College
Leonard Baskin
North Adams
Sic
Baskin
War Tower
Wahconah senior ineligible for school board seat
Jeffrey W. Arndt, a 17 year old Wahconah High School senior, was elected to the Central Berkshire Regional School Committee but is deemed ineligible by the board's legal counsel because he was not of voting age at election. A special election is recommended to fill the seat. Arndt turns 18 on July 17. The attorney said neither the regional agreement nor state law specify age requirements for candidates.
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Dalton
Jeffrey W. Arndt
Wahconah
Central Berkshire
Donald J. Brennan
Arndt
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Arlington Sister
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Pittston Company
CRAC
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Marine Resources
Washington County
Kenneth A. Mills
Hildreth
Head Harbor Passage
Bald Mountain Farm
Route 7
Bennington County Humane Society
Judy Andrews
Ronald Bisson
Jerome Mattison
W. Kit Carson
Dorothy Goodfellow
Thomas Lentini
Mary Martin
Helen Renner
Woonsen
Church of Christ of Bennington
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Mrs. Bowen
Dietitians
White River Junction
Vermont Dietetic Association
Lee R. Abrahamson
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N.H
Joseph S. Handy
State Agency of Human Services
Lyn Fleming, RD
Massachusetts General Hospital School of
Mary Ellen Collins
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
Vinson Oviatt
Environmental Service
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
Robert Lagasse
Rutland Hospital
Joyce DeVeny
Medical Center Hospital of
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Mass
Pine Cobble School
Ron Seifert
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
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Dalton Ave
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Pittsfield
State Rd
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Keene, N.H
Northside Dr
Walker
Self Vice Discount Department Store
Okays
Nuke
New England
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Aquatech Inc
New York
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