Spring flora mini course at Bennington led by Jenkins
The Vermont Institute of Natural Science offers a habitat oriented spring flora mini course in Bennington taught by Jerry Jenkins of Williams College. Sessions run Mondays 10 to 3 on May 9 16 and 23 with field visits to forests fields marshes bogs and mountains. Tuition 12 members 10 non members 10 students. discounts apply for family participation.
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Vermont Institute of Natural Science
Bennington
Jerry Jenkins
Center For Environmental Studies
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Jenkins
Center For En
New England
Controversial Pyramid Mall Wins Conditional Vermont Approval
The Williston planning panel backed the 80 acre Pyramid Mall 7 to 1, contingent on final site plans for parking traffic flow and landscaping. The 480,000 square foot, 10 million project would sit at Tufts Corners near U.S. 2 and Vermont 2A, with opponents warning it could ruin rural character and hurt Burlington’s downtown shopping district.
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Williston
VPI
Vermont
Planning Commission
Tufts Corners
U.S. 2
Burlington
Water firm owner pleads innocent in Duxbury case
Robert Gallagher, operator of the Duxbury Water Co., pleaded innocent in Vermont District Court to two counts of failing to comply with health board orders. He was freed in his own custody. Each count carries up to a $500 fine if convicted.
St Albans approves $1 million school budget
ST ALBANS voters approved a $1 million school budget for the next 18 months by 182 to 135, reversing March’s rejection. Officials warned the schools would run out of money later this month if the plan failed again.
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ST. Albans
UPI
Aid approved for Bellows Falls disaster loss
The SBA approves a disaster declaration for Bellows Falls after a January fire caused 760000 in losses to the local business community. Low interest loans at 65 percent over 30 years will aid five businesses and two apartment houses, with the fire blamed on children.
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Montpelier
UPI
Small Business Administration
Bellows Falls
Richard Snelling
SBA
Assembly Committee Rejects Adirondack Park Agency Abolition
In Albany the Environmental Conservation Committee rejected a bill to abolish the Adirondack Park Agency and replace it with a locally elected commission. The proposal drew support from park towns and about 100 protesters who attended, while residents argued the APA unfairly limits local land use decisions. Park supporters said the APA guards against over development in the east’s largest wilderness area.
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Albany
State Assembly
Environmental Conservation Committee
Adirondack Park Agency
APA
Bones found in Berkshire box ruled deer in Mt Greylock
In North Adams investigators said bones found near Rockwell Road in the Mt Greylock Reservation were not human but from a deer. Links to a missing Falmouth schoolteacher remain unconfirmed as investigators review items found in a Florida well. Florida voters elect a female majority to the school committee, with Nancy Perkins joining Irene Dodge and Alfred L. Bedini. In Pittsfield, Councilman Peter Arlos calls for a police meeting to address escalating vandalism and harassment in the southeast quadrant.
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North Adams
Falmouth
Carol Ann Todd
Rockwell Road
Mt. Greylock
Florida
Berkshire County
Nancy Perkins
Pittsfield
Peter G. Arlos
Arlos
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Vermont Natural History
ELF
Rutland
Dorset
Woodstock
Monument Avenue
Merck Forest
Rupert
Duncan A. Campbell
Fishman’s
Prema
S.M.L
Poly & Poly
STE
Main Street
Sandlefoot
Spicern
North
Water Firm
St. A
Ristau
New York
Big Ostrich
West Sand Lake
Edward
Fox
Harold Fox
Down In
Berkshire
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