BSD seeks Oakey ruling on SVSU makeup legality
Bennington School District leaders press Education Commissioner Joseph Oakey to obtain an attorney general opinion on the legality of the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union board composition. BSD plans to replace Elementary Supervisor Phillip Viereck and questions board voting parity amid ongoing negotiations and Mt. Anthony Union High School transportation cost disputes. A report from the Friday session is expected at the next BSD meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BSD
Oakey
SVSU
Bennington
Richard A. Sleeman
Joseph H. Oakey
Attorney General’s Office
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union Board
Phillip R. Viereck
Sleeman
Mauhs Board of Directors
Union
Vernon Yankee documents room opens for intervenors only
A Brattleboro office on Lower Main Street houses a Vermont Yankee document room. It holds pre operating testing procedures quality procedures contracts and backup studies for the AEC licensing process. Access is restricted to intervenor lawyers or their designated researchers and will stay open through the hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Main Street
Vermont Yankee
John Ritcher
Boston
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Atomic Energy Commission
Vernon
Ritcher
New England
AEC
Irving Lyon
Bennington College
Danby youth escapes injury in Dorset car crash
State Police reported 19 year old Donald King drove a 1963 Dodge north on U S 7 at 6 am when a blowout caused a skid and collision with guard posts. Minor injuries not noted. Separately 5 year old Gregory Moon was treated and released after an incident at Gage and School streets. A 7:30 pm collision on Main Street damaged a 1963 Ford station wagon and a 1969 Dodge sedan but left both drivers uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danby
U.S. 7
Dorset
Donald King
King
Bennington
Gregory Moon
School St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Gage and
School Streets
David Griffin
Main Street
Haynes and Kane Furniture
Martin Brady
Branch Street
Babysat blaze leads Shaftsbury youth to cut wrist
A Shaftsbury youth, Kenneth Kennard, 18, cut his wrist Friday night while trying to save a baby he believed was in a crib during a fire in Hoosick Falls New York. He and Lawrence Burdick, 55, were admitted to Putnam Memorial Hospital in good condition. the fire was confined to an upstairs porch entry stairs and kitchen and quickly extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Kenneth Kennard
First Ward
Lawrence Burdick
Mechanic St
Burdick
George Peer
Kennard
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Peer
Bennington Senators to speak at League meeting
State Senators T. Garry Buckley and Madeline Harwood of Bennington County will address a League of Women Voters membership meeting this Thursday May 13 at 10 a.m. in the Bennington Free Library social room. They will discuss highlights of the recent legislative session and answer questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Garry Buckley
Madeline Harwood
Bennington County
League of Women Voters
Bennington Free Library
League
Addison group opposes plant in Addison County area
In Middlebury Vermont, the Abbey Pond Watershed Protective Agency called on Addison County landowners to refuse Velco soil and rock sampling on private properties. Velco weighs four Addison County sites for a fossil fuel plant with a nuclear plant planned within ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
API
Addison County
Abbey Pond
Obituary of William Albert Tharp 1908 196... San Bernardino
William Albert Tharp 63 of San Bernardino Calif died while visiting daughter Mrs Harold Garvey in Arlington. Born June 1 1908 in Portland Indiana son of Jesse and Cora Tharp. Survived by Lecile Confer wife and children Twanette Twyla Stanley Stanford mother and two sons with services held in Portland Indiana and burial in Dunkirk IOOF Cemetery. Transfer arranged by Hanson Walbridge Arlington Williamson Portland Indiana funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Albert Tharp
San Bernardino
Calif
Harold Garvey
Arlington
Portland
Ind
Jesse and
Cora
Parrot) Tharp
Lecile Confer
Twanette
Twyla Boot
New Berlin
N.Y
Stanley Tharp
Greeley
Colo
Stanford Tharp
Glendale
Jesse Tharp
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Williamson Funeral Home
IOOF
Dunkirk
District Court action on three cases in Bennington
Judge John P. Morrissey presided over three matters. Timothy J. Kelley, 18, changed to no contest for destruction of state property and must work 20 hours for Game Warden Norman Brown for an incident at the Vermont Soldiers' Home on Nov. 26. James F. Choppy, 28, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and faces a $150 fine or 30 days at Rutland if he misses $10 weekly payments. another charge of driving without a license was dropped. Dewey Dupree, 74, was ordered to be continued from Page 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Morrissey
Bennington District Court
Timothy J. Kelley
Burgess Road
Kelley
Norman Brown
Vermont Soldiers
Robert E. Cummings Jr
James F. Choppy
Grove St
State Regional Correctional Center
Rutland
Choppy
Dewey Dupree
Manchester Depot
Neuschafer
Stephen H. Gilman
Neuschaffer
Dupree
William C. Sennett
John P. Hart
Burgess Rd
James M. Bailey
Pownal
Bailey
William A. Rodd
Bradford Place
Myron Green Jr
Shaftsbury
Douglas Whitman
Bennington
Whitman
Cummings
Prospect School fundraiser winners announced in North Bennington
At a Prospect School parents group meeting in North Bennington Travis Pollack of Troy won a snowblower. Other winners included Johnny Huese of Hoosac School with a rug shampooer Dudley Griffis of Arlington a dolomatic and H A Solomon of Bennington a popcorn popper. Several court actions followed including juveniles and adults pleading guilty to intoxication disorderly conduct and driving to endanger with fines and brief jail terms noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect School Parents’ Group
North Bennington
Travis Pollack
Troy
N.Y
Johnny Huese
Hoosac School
Dudley Griffis
Arlington
H.A. Solomon
Bennington
Phoenix House Location Announced in Bennington County
The Phoenix House juvenile rehabilitation center will be housed at 204 Depot St Bennington County. State's Attorney Neil S. Moss disclosed the location noting no prior public announcement. The house near Depot and River streets formerly owned by Chris Andrus, with a $43,000 federal grant, is set to open early this summer after a Wednesday meeting at the chamber building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix House
Depot St
Bennington County
Neil S. Moss
Chris Andrus
Depot and
River Streets
Greater Bennington
South Street
Upland streams protection urged by Gov Davis
Gov Deane C Davis urged strict protection of upland streams, calling for standards to shield waters from new pollution sources and a prohibition on discharging effluent if no safe dilution ratio exists. He criticized a recent attorney general ruling that blocked rebates for polluters under the 1970 Water Pollution Control Law and described the board's rebate proposal as nullified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Water Resources Board
John Hansen
Bennington Farm Bureau to host May 19 spring meeting
Frank Brownell of Arlington known as the epitaph man will keynote the Bennington County Farm Bureau spring meeting on May 19 at 7 p.m. at Camp Ondawa Sunderland rain or shine. Reservations required for the barbecued steak dinner by May 14 through the Farm Bureau office or trustees. Keith Wallace state Farm Bureau president and Mrs. Dora Forbes chairwoman are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brownell
Arlington
Bennington County Farm Bureau
Camp Ondawa
Sunderland
Farm Bureau
Keith Wallace
State Farm Bureau
Dora Forbes
Associated Women
Davis urges utilities look elsewhere for power
Vermont Governor Deane C. Davis urged electric utilities to seek out of state power sources, speaking at a Middlebury College environmental conference. He cited Velco’s planned plants in Addison County and stressed balancing environmental controls with development. Environmental leaders criticized growth and urged conservation, calls for eco power and tactics from boycotts to lobbying. Births and admissions lists followed in the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
UPI
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Middlebury College
Vermont Electric Power Co
Velco
Addison County
Vermont
Robert Babcock Jr
State Environmental Board
Murder Victim Buried as Wife Fights for Life in Albany
Edouard A. Garneau 44 was buried in Sunderland after a double shooting in Arlington. His widow Marion Garneau remained hospitalized in serious to critical condition. Gary Pray 22 of Bennington faced first degree murder charges, bail set at 50,000, with psychiatric evaluation ordered. Pray is represented by Silvio Valente. a grand jury inquest may follow if found competent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edouard A. Garneau
Arlington
Sunderland
Marion
Albany
Gary B. Pray
Bennington
Garneau
Pray
Bennington District Court
Neil S. Moss
John P. Morrissey
Rutland
Silvio T. Valente
Moss
Community notices sweep Bennington area events
Social worker Larry Harding speaks on the team concept in social services at a Bennington County Human Resource Council noon meeting at St. Peter's Episcopal Church hall. Other items include a Bennington County Central Labor Council 8 p.m. meeting at the Senior Citizens Center, May kindergarten registration at Bennington Elementary, senior club nominations, a Catamount Gadabout square dance workshop, summer bowling signups, workmen's compensation reminders, and local business ads for Elaine's fabric Shop Curl n Swirl and The Shea Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Harding
State Welfare Office
Bennington County Human Resource Council, Inc
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Hall
Shea Agency Inc
Bennington Lane
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
John Peters
Hoosick
Senators
Addison Group
William A. Tharp
Bruce W. Slade
Gage St
Slade
Charles H. Lake
East Dorset
Philip J. Wilkinson
Earl G. Bishop
Keith E. King
James W. Robertson
Barre
Windsor
John G. Mitchell
Keene
N.H
Water Resources Department
Babcock
Ecopower
Development Department
Leonard Provensal
Bud Mattison
William Horst
Derek Maunsell
James Welch
Alma Harrington
Fred Bernard
Jacksonville
Jesse Harrington
Donna White
Sharon Stryker
Richard Mattison
Brent Bahan
Wendy Brown
Lillian K. Eldred
Marianne Burdick
North Pownal
Margaret Gallagher
Priscilla Luce
Linda Mears
Matthew Rogers
David Hollister
Sally M. Dalton
Gary J. Corey
Anne L. McCarthy
Gordon C. Welch
J.M. Soulia
David Breen
R.D
Johnsonville
Robert Hannan
Box 154
Mrs
Warren Mason
Pownal United
Mason
Lanesboro
Mass
Pownals
Alfred E. Bennett
White Creek
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Francis Potter
East Arlington
Suzanne Pray
Chalmers Pray
Gage Street
Edouard Garneau
Bennington Briefs
Bennington County Central Labor Council
Senior Citizens Center
North Street
Molly Stark
Cora B. Whitney
Senior Citizens Club
Center
Betty Betit
George Rogers
Cliff Brodeur
Bennington Lanes
Elaine's
ADV
Zenith
Doring
Kenneth A. Beauchemin
Main ST
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