Sign approvals exceed ordinance sizes in Manchester session
Manchester selectmen approved three oversized sign requests for Hand Chevrolet and Manchester Motors, despite a pending sign ordinance. They urged flexibility for larger buildings and considered building size in sign permits while planning board proposals drew criticism.
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Manchester
Chevrolet
Manchester Motors
Planning Commission
I. Stanford Zecher
John Hawkins
William Finn
Planning Board
Henry Lambert
Lambert
Oldsmobile
Hand Chevrolet
John Hand
Brook Nelson
Board of Selectmen
Track Fare
White Creek highway chief resigns to join Cambridge
Leo Jeskie Jr. will resign as Creek town highway superintendent effective June 1 to become village of Cambridge highway superintendent with a $9,340 salary. Town board invites applicants to fill the remainder of his term while noting White Creek elects its highway supervisor.
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Creek
White Creek
N.Y
Leo Jeskie Jr
Cambridge
Jeskie
Bennington Office on Aging resists state merger plan
At a Bennington meeting the advisory committee voted to send letters to the state Office on Aging expressing concern over a proposed consolidation with Rutland. They questioned how the oct 1 directive would be implemented, potential changes to local governance, and whether a third office might serve both counties.
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Planning Commission
Selectmen
Donald Dorr
Christopher Swezey
Lambert
Swezey
Dorr
Zecher
al Baccer
John West
Bennington County
Rutland
State Office On
W. Bradford Craig
Office On
Joseph LoPiccolo
United Counseling
UCS
USC
Craig
Marion Harris
Polly Collett
Shirley McTernan
John Powell
Craig’s
Office On Aging
Bennington
Vermont School Boards Schedule Meetings
The Pawlet School Board meets Monday May 16 at 8 p.m. in West Pawlet School. Sunderland School Board gathers Monday May 16 at 7 30 p.m. in Sunderland Elementary School. Rupert School Board meets Wednesday May 18 at 7 p.m. at Rupert Village School.
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Pawlet
West Pawlet
Sunderland
Rupert School Board
Rupert Village
Bloodmobile visit planned for Manchester community event
The Red Cross Bloodmobile returns to Manchester on Wednesday May 18 from noon to 5 pm at the Zion Parish House. Local volunteers led by Elaine Nawrath organize doctors nurses registrars and clerical staff with Eagle Scout Donald Pierson helping load supplies. Donors from Manchester Dorset and nearby communities are urged to participate and employers are asked to support blood drives by giving staff time off.
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Manchester
Red Cross
Elaine Nawrath
Manchester-Dorset
Martha Bowen
Dorset Nursing Association
Beverly Comar
Burr and Burton
Don Otis
Carol Casey
Donald Pierson
Joan Zoller
Nawrath
Dorset
Zion Parish
Pownal planners weigh subdivision plans and cottages issues
Pownal Vermont planners questioned L and G Corp representatives on a proposed 32 lot Barber's Pond subdivision and the split of the 10 acre trailer park. They debated trailer park size, setbacks for seven cottages sharing a leaching field, and possible sale of cottages as a grouped parcel with maintenance provisions. Public hearings set for May 17 and May 31 to address subdivision and other permit requests.
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Pownal
Robert Petitt
Green Mountain Park
Barber’s Pond
Garabedian
Planning Commission
Greg Burke
Bennington County Regional Commission
Kenneth Brown
Brown
Lawrence Pratt
The
Soil Conservation Service
William Parks
Route 7
Pownal Center
General Cable Corporation
Robert Pulasky
Lower Main Street
Wilkinson Construction Company
Burgess Hill
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C. Bucholt
Joseph Solari
Mountain View Diner
Solari
Solo Entertainment
Equinox Village
Jesse Torregrossa
Main Street
Monk Sessions
Federal Disaster Administration
Lye Brook
Walter Searsburg
Searsburg
Historic
Williamsburg
Colonie Center
Central Avenue
Albany
LoPiccolo
Pearl Somains
BRSU
Bloodmobile
Madkour
Main ST
Monthruthurs
Sat
Yadi
Marian Taylor
Antioch College
N.H
Eder Manufacturing Company
N. Broadway
Milwaukee
BankAmericard
American Express
City
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