Manchester zoning hearing on educational facilities amends rules
Manchester town zoning chairman Michael A. Powers warned of weak turnout at hearings on amendments to allow educational facilities in farming and rural areas. He proposed a single public session for all amendments after last night’s discussion. The Orvis proposal to add a fishing school adjac ent to the Bradley farm sparked debate over allowed uses and potential “tag-alongs.”
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Manchester
Michael A. Powers
Powers
Planning Commission
Orvis Company
Old Bradley Farm
River Ross
Syate
Windham
Goddard College
Richard Lake
Bennington County
Fish tale ends happily on Brattleboro patrol
Brattleboro police stopped two juveniles fishing with sticks and string by the Connecticut River. After a local merchant suggested help, officer Barnard LaCoy and Robert Pollica retrieved fishing poles from J. Wayne Corbeil and delivered them to the youths, who were delighted by the gift. The report notes no further details on their luck.
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Brattleboxy
Brattleboro
Barnard LaCoy
Robert Pollica
Mill Hill
Connecticut River
Tiver
Main Street
Pollica
LaCoy
Vernon Road
J. Wayne Corbeil
Shafts bury gravel permits granted to Perini and Levy
Shaftsbury selectmen learned the Board of Adjustment granted Perini Construction a gravel pit permit off Est Road with conditions including closing by November 1, reseeding, stump removal, bridge repair, dust control, limited hours, and a $10,000 bond. Ronald Levy received a permit for a home kiln on Route 7 with parking plan and three employees max. Other applicants, Clifford Ruege and the Grassels, were rejected for commercial use in residential zones. The town seeks a new road commissioner. applications are invited.
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Kelton Miller
Shaftsbury
Town Board of Adjustment
Perini Construction Co
Est Road
Ronald Levy
Route 7
Center Shaftsbury
Clifford Tuege
The
Birches
Guildersleeves
Howard
Ethelyn Grassel
Copper Lamp Antiques
Bottom Hill
King HU
East Road
Clifford Ruege
Ruege
Shoftsbury Cemetery
Roward
Ethelyn Grassal
Grassels
Selectmen
Edwin Colvin
Board of Adjustment
Calvin
Roy Whitman
Ang Time
Jen Harrington
Persorg
The Green Dream Collective Theatre Piece Review
WILLIAMI GILBER1 praises The Green Dream a collective creation staged twice at McCullough Mansion North Hennington. The immersive, multiroom experience used a troupe of Bennington students and others, with live and prerecorded music, shifting group performances, and surreal imagery. The piece explored rebellion and intimate emotion through disjointed scenes, leaving viewers with a mix of sadness and hopeful humanity.
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McCullough
Hennington
Bennington
Wilmington pre Town Meeting preview by Lions Club
Wilmington residents are invited to a pre Town Meeting hosted by the Lions Club at 7 30 p m in the Wilmington High School gym to enlighten voters as a special Town Meeting is planned for May 15 The May 2 session will cover three warned articles including salary restatement for town clerk and treasurer Mrs Earlene Fitch and the election of two additional selectmen The third article seeks approval to spend 19000 on the Dixon property funded by the Grand List of 1973 or federal revenue sharing funds Fireworks are anticipated in local politics per observers
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Bill Nelson
Wilmington
Wilmington Lion’s Club
Wilmington High School
Ralph Howe
Lion’s Club
William Garabedian
Earlene Fitch
Selectmen
Dixon
Board of Selectmen
Auction date set by West Arlington Methodist Church
The Finance Committee of West Arlington Methodist Church schedules an auction for Friday July 20 at 7 p.m. at the church off Route 313. Items from area ladies are welcomed for fundraising. inquiries to Mrs. Carne Vaughn at 375-2264. Ron Seifert to serve as auctioneer.
Hoosick Falls residents in hospital and spring break travels
Hoosick Falls residents Hazel Bradley and William Bederd remain patients at Putnam Memorial Hospital with Amy Rising also confined there for weeks due to hip infection complications. Nearby, families from Hoosick Falls spent spring break on vacations including Myrtle Beach where about 200000 vacationers were reported along the resort.
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Hazel Bradley
Danforthy Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
William Bederd
Beckett Street
Amy Rising
North Bennington Church Women to Hear Vermont Honduras Project
The North Bennington Congregational Church Women’s Fellowship will meet tonight at 7 30 with Eleanor Schaffer speaking on the Vermont Honduras Project. The weekend saw Tucker Chapter OES and Tucker Lodge FAM install officers at the Masonic Temple with Mrs Freda Bevins and James Frost installing. A joint OES and F&AM ceremony drew many friends and the CBS meeting is set for Thursday at 7 p m as a Mother’s Day program is planned.
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Women's Fellowship of the
North Bennington Congregational Church
Eleanor Schaffer
Marjorie Jones
Ralph Lindsey
Tucker Chapter
Order Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Freda Bevins
James Frost
Ticker Chapter
OES
Tucker Lodge F&am
Fudge
Cxt
Tucker
CBS
Pownal Churches Plan Midweek Choir and Rummage Sales
The Pownal Baptist and North Pownal Congregational churches schedule midweek choir rehearsals on Wednesday with times 6 30 p m and 6 20 p m respectively and Bible class at 7 20 p m. a rummage sale by the Wesleyan Class of Pownal United Methodist Church runs Friday and Saturday May 4 and 5 from 10 a m to 2 p m at the church hall with donations via Mrs Otis Docman. A Women's Fellowship rummage sale is set for Saturday May 5 at Town Hall from 10 a m to 3 p m with donations accepted Friday 7 p m and proceeds funding a window repair fund.
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North Pownal Congregational Church
Pownal
Otis Docman
Women's Fellowship of the
Pownal Center Community
Folk remedies and local news from Northampton and Arlington
In Northampton folk remedies for earache mood and warts are discussed by Dr. Elliott-Binns based on 320 remedies from 1,000 patients. Ambulances responded to incidents in East Arlington and West Arlington as John Hess completes basic training and is stationed at Fort Carson Colorado.
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London
UPI
Northampton
P. Elliott-Binns
Medical News
Arlington
Mary McClellan
Cambridge
East Arlington
Manchester
Kenneth Wilcox
West Arlington
Wilcox
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
John Bess
John Hess
Port Dix
N.J
Ft. Carson
Colorado
John R. Heas
John
George Hess
Route 314
Vial
Manchester Rod and Gun Club weighs renovated clubhouse plan
The Manchester Rod and Gun Club debates tearing down north and west wings to build a concrete backed shooting range and modest renovations including a new kitchen and heating. A wildlife conservation area may be created on part of the old fairgrounds with town approval pending after tonight’s recreation committee meeting.
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Manchester
Manchester Rod and Gun Club
Manchester Recreation Committee
G. Richard Finley
Fairgrounds
Batteniall
Vermont Fish and Game Department
Finley
Clyde Mattison
Winey
Ken Johnston
Florida waters claim vast array of wrecked ships
A UPI report notes between 1,200 and 1,800 ships from 11th century galleons to World War I vessels have been sunk or wrecked off Florida over the past 45 years.
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Tallahassee, Fla
UPI
Florida
Local groups schedule events in Hoosick Falls and area
South Cambridge residents report Florida trip highlights and return. Pleasant Valley Grange meets Friday May 4 and lunch at United Church in Hoosick Falls. United Methodist Women meet Monday May 14 at 8 pm with Mrs. Harry Burdess at the North Hoosick parsonage. Crystal I Glover 4H Club plans for their annual spring rummage and bake sale at the town hall Saturday May 5. Families visit relatives in Pittsfield and Chappaqua. Combined church service May 4 at 10 20 am at Eagle Bridge United Methodist with Rev. Burdess. Sunday school at local church and scrap paper collection. Fashport shows part of Extension Fair at Argyle Central school with models by local youths and Mrs Alfred Stannard.
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United Methodist Women
Harry Burdess
North Hoosick
Eaple Bridge United Methodist Church
Argyle Central School
Adnt
John Burton
George Stannard
Burton Welling
Alfred Stannard
Brs
Stannard
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New York City
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Pownal Baptist Church
Rod & Gun Club
New York
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Glass Container Manufacturers Institute
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South Cambridge
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