Dump report shows fewer problems at BCRC meeting
Arlington officials heard that ground water protection remains the state priority in solid waste management amid a shift from dumps to landfills. Valentinetti cited that 60 to 65 percent rely on groundwater for drinking and noted Bennington landfill remains grandfathered despite not meeting sanitary standards.
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BCRC
Arlington
Richard Valentinetti
Bennington County Regional Commission
Valentinetti
Bennington
Franklin Franz
Seminary to ax Burr and Burton football program
The Burr and Burton Seminary will discontinue its football program immediately. The decision, by the school’s prudential committee, cites lack of a competitive schedule, rising equipment and liability costs, and the impact of many opponents moving to Division I. The 30-player team had a $5500 budget.
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Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Prudential Committee
Houghton Pearl
Pearl
Obscene Poetry Sparks Boston School Controversy
James E. Humphrey, a 38 year old car dealer and former laborer turned poet, faces praise and backlash as his work and teaching efforts challenge how schools teach poetry. His book The Relearning was a Pulitzer and National Book Award finalist. He criticizes elementary poetry instruction as mere rhyme and song. He has shaped curricula for Attleboro public schools and trained teachers to teach poetry.
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Providence, R.I
UPI
James E. Humphrey
Humphrey
Attleboro
Mass
South Boston High School
South Boston
Williams College to honor broad list of distinguished guests
Williams College will award honorary degrees at the 188th commencement to Robert Redford Anne L Armstrong David M. Pynchon Lucia Chase George H. Hamilton Monsignor Raul Silva Henriquez and Jon Stone. Speakers Andrew Young and David Riesman also receive honorary degrees.
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Mass
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Anne L. Armstrong
David M. Pynchon
Lucia Chase
George H. Hamilton
Raul Silva Henriquez
Jon Stone
Williams College
Andrew Young
David Riesman
Armstrong
United States
Great Britain
Deerfield
Pynchon
College Retirement Equities Fund
National Association of Independent Schools
Williams
Monsignor
Raul _ Silva Henriquez
Saint Bernard, ‘Alle
Pownal seeks 200000 for school garage project
The Pownal School Board proposed applying for 200000 in federal public works funds to build a 10 bus garage at Pownal Elementary School. Plans, drawn by Williamstown architect William Kirby, aim to start next week and mark Pownal’s first federal funding attempt. The garage would shelter buses and allow light maintenance, reducing costly per-visit garages and weather exposure for drivers and buses.
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Pownal
Vincent Pizzano
Williamstown
William Kirby
Pizzano
Pownal Seeks Federal Seniors Summer Work Funds
Pownal boards to apply for federal money via the National Council on Aging to hire at least two workers aged 45 or older for roadside litter removal brush cutting and tree planting during summer. Chairman Mason initially resisted but allowed proceeding after fellow selectman argued the plan could aid the town. Debate on Barber's Pond subdivision and dog licensing for Greyhounds at Green Mountain Park noted. Executive session with road foreman followed.
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Board of Selectmen
National Council On Aging
Joseph Maillet
A. Coleman Mason
Maillet
Mason
Bruce Burrington
L&g Corp
Barber’s Pond
Robert Petitt
Green Mountain Park
Lindbergh's daughter on TV tonight in Vermont
Reeve Lindbergh Brown, Charles Lindbergh’s daughter, visited Vermont ETV to tape a Vermont Report segment airing at 7:30 p.m. She reflects on her father’s Atlantic flight, the Hauptmann trial, and the family’s privacy. Brown, born in 1945 and a Peacham resident, discusses her writing career and the Lindbergh Fund.
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Winooski
Reeve Lindbergh Brown
Charles Lindbergh
Vermont
ETV
Air Tonight
Atlantic
Brown
Lindbergh
Bruno Hauptmann
Jack Barry
Mrs. Brown
New Lindbergh Fund
Peacham
CVPS to install poles in Arlington causing 6 to 8 am outage
Central Vermont Public Service Corp will install new poles and lines in Arlington tomorrow morning for improved reliability. Affected areas include East Arlington Road Kelly Stand Road Bacon Hollow Road and Warm Brook Road with service interruptions from 6 to 8 am.
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Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Arlington
CVPS
East Arlington Road
Kelly Stand RoAd
Bacon, Hollow Road
Warm Brook RoAd
Chase ends in arrest for Falls man
Hoosick Falls police charged Frank Jones, 19, with fourth degree criminal mischief after he and a 15 year old allegedly broke into a Church Street apartment, damaged a door, while being chased by two men. Jones faces village court May 25. the teen was also apprehended. Separately, Richard Kipp was arrested on a Colonie warrant for passing a bad check and released on $120 bail.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Frank Jones
Church Street
Jones
Church St
Richard Kipp
Eagle St
Colonie Police Department
Kipp
Hoosick
Arthur Harrington
Colonie Police
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