Libraries lend more than books across the nation
Libraries expand services with tool loans, live performances, animals, and amnesty days. Posts detail Erie animal center with boa constrictor, power tools in Grosse Pointe, and a Chicago noon concert series. Public libraries host puppet shows, mime acts, marionette theaters, and youth leadership programs.
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Patricia McCormack
UPI
Robert Wedgeworth
American Library Association
National Library Week
Wedgeworth
Erie
Katy Zukowski
Montclair
N.J
Public Library
Chicago Public Library
Chicago Symphony
Salt Lake City
Jacksonville
Fla
Dayton
Ohio
West Carrollton
Minneapolis
Rhode Island Department of State
Newton, Mass
Liberty State College
West Liberty
W. Va
Frost Homestead Ghosts New Hampshire Poet's House
An unpublished poet, Edward Barna, lives in the Frost homestead near Londonderry, claiming inspiration is scarce while restoring the century old farmhouse. The house, once home to Robert Frost, shows wear from modernization and sits amid a changing landscape as New Hampshire debates fate and funding for preservation.
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Stewart Powell
Derry
N.H
UPI
Robert Frost
Edward Barna
Frost
New England
Barna
Harvard
Boston
Jeffords opposes oil floor price and Elk Hills transfer
Rep. James M. Jeffords launches resistance to oil industry schemes seeking windfall profits. He proposes a floor price on imports and opposes turning over Elk Hills reserves to major oil companies. He and 29 House allies urge Kissinger to drop the floor plan and urge Congress approval for any policy, citing lower consumer oil costs as the aim.
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Montpelier
James M. Jeffords
Jeffords
U.S
Congress
Elk Hills
Calif
U.S. State Department
Europe
Japan
U.S. Congress
Washington Post
House
State Kissinger
OPEC
Interior
Rogers Morton
Department of the Navy
Morton
Training for wastewater operators set in Montpelier
The Agency of Environmental Conservation announces a five day on site training session for wastewater treatment operators at the Middlebury facility from April 21 to 25. Led by John H. Kennedy the course runs 8:30 to 4 daily and covers laboratory monitoring and testing. A mobile unit from the New England Regional Wastewater Institute will visit Middlebury Tuesday through Thursday under a grant from the New England Interstate. Also noted is Hoosick Falls New York sheriff investigation into two local men. one death ruled apparent self harm and another earlier suicide. Vermont industrial arts clubs hold their first state conference at Rutland High School April 4 with 28,000 students and 230 teachers represented. Public viewing is from noon to 2:30 with results announced at 2:30.
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Montpelier
Agency of Environmental Conservation Engineering Division
Middlebury
John H. Kennedy
Kennedy
New England Regional Wastewater Institute
South Portland
Vermont
New England Interstate
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Rennselaer County Sherriff Department
Michael Levick
Hoosick
Levick
Agway
Leonard Bump
Bump
Paul Heller
Joel Yarter
Sheriff’s Department
Water Pollution Control Commission
Agency of Environmental Conservation
State Office
Vermont Industrial Arts Clubs
Rutland High School
Leo Keefe
Mount Anthony Leo Club Earns Vermont Charter
The first Leo Club in Vermont received its charter at a Bennington Lions Club meeting on March 25. more than 150 attendees included District 45 Governor Harry Barber and Mount Anthony Union High School representative Thomas Beshara. Officers were installed, including Judy Johnson as president, with significant support from Dalton Leos of Massachusetts and local Lions clubs who donated funds and a gavel. The club, for high school youths, will engage in community service and leadership activities, backed by area organizations and ongoing charity projects.
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Leo Club
Vermont
Bennington Lions Club
Norshaft
Pownal Lions Clubs
Paradise Inn
Harry Barber
Ted Hoyt
Cy Bluto
Erwin Dunham
Ted Thomas
Chet Page
Thomas Beshara
Mount Anthony Union High School
Mount Anthony Leo Club
Judy Johnson
Bill Joppich
Sharon Otto
Leslie Johnson
Bonnie Clark
Sandy Cook
Jason Wicks
Dalton Leo Club
Massachusetts
Mount Anthony
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Southern Vermont Appliance Center
United Counseling Service
Heart Fund
Pennsylvania
The
International Lions
Krawczyk Lions
Mount Anthony Lee Club
Paul Johnson
Gordon Clark
Northshaft Lions
Walter Bullis
Pownal Lions
Leo Group
Leo
Daniel F. Pratt
U.S. Air Force
Pratt
Donald A. Pratt
Bank Street
North Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Edward Rice
Air Force
Bennington
Zoning Hearing Set Over Hillside Street Addition
North Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the railroad station to hear Charles Perkins Jr appeal for a variance related to an Hillside Street residence addition The resumption follows a two week recess due to insufficient information. Local charity notices and public events follow in brief.
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North
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Windham College
Putney
Windham
Alyson
Arlington Memorial High School
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Deborah
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Adams Funeral Home
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Salem
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America
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Rumson, N.J
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Terry Woods
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First Vermont Bank and Trust
First Vermont Bank and Trust Company
St. Joseph College
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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