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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1977
Page
7
Farm House Nursery School will open September 12 in Pownal led by Joan Dragt and Marjorie March. The homey River Road house offers three rooms, max 15 children per session, separate classes for 3 and 4 year olds, flexible half-day schedules, and planned collaborations with Berkshire Community College for PET courses. Open houses are June 12 and August 2 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Palnce Arlington Water Company warns of potential low pressure Sunday morning for Red Mt. Spring work. Arlington Fishing Derby postponed due to high water. Arlington Soccer Club to meet and practice tonight at 6 at the town recreation park.
Luke Manning of the Social Security Administration describes widespread confusion about ages and explains how the EMS evaluates proofs of birth when birth certificates are unavailable or unreliable. They rely on documents like school records baptismal records insurance policies and passports to confirm age.
The Office of Graduate and Continuing Education at North Adams State College will offer a summer course titled TV and Film Criticism taught by Dr. Joseph Mansfield. The class analyzes principal theorists and the relationship between theory and practical criticism in film and television, with topics on effects on children and media influence. Registration information is available at Continuing Education in Murdock Hall or by phone.
Shaftsbury on Sunday Alfred Niles received a surprise 77th birthday party from his wife Marian and daughter Mabel Harrington. He was given a dollar for each year of life along with other gifts as twenty six relatives attended the celebration.
Old Sturbridge Village will hold daily sheep shearing demonstrations from May 28 through June 12. Interpreters in period costume will wash and shear the flock using hand clippers as part of wool production steps from 1790 to 1840. Demonstrations run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pliny Freeman Farm and Towne Farm with specific weekend and weekday times listed.
Defender General James Morse said Kate Piper will take over the job June 1 in the three northeastern counties of Orleans Essex and Caledonia. Piper, 25, is a Suffolk Law School graduate and has been assistant public defender since September. Maureen Fischer was named assistant public defender for the region. The office handles about 600 cases annually for indigent Vermonters in criminal matters.
UPI reports firefighter Gary Gregorio age 28 was knocked unconscious and hospitalized after a roof collapse during a blaze that severely damaged a small Nationwide Insurance Co shed. He was not burned and hospital officials termed his injuries not serious.
UPI reports Lebanon New Hampshire residents June Hicks and Stanley Brown survived a nose-down crash into the Ompompanoosuc River near THETFORD on Tuesday. State Police said about 300 dollars worth of radio equipment and lights were stripped from the wreckage on Thursday. Both occupants escaped serious injury.
The Public Service Board will hold a public hearing on August 16 over a 15 percent rate increase sought by Washington Electric Cooperative. COFEC accuses the co op of weak oversight, noting the absence of a manager, an audit, and a budget. The cooperative serves about 5,000 members in central Vermont.
Rutland county officials filed a eviction suit in Rutland County Superior Court arguing the Rutland Community Correctional Center is overcrowded and unsafe for occupancy. Assistant judges Michael Brown and Frederick Elwert said they will disqualify themselves from deliberating on the case and state officials pledge a strong defense led by Attorney General M Jerome Diamond.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation charges the city of Troy with discharging untreated sewage into the Hudson River after storms. The suit requires study of fixes and corrective steps, while Troy officials say rainwater overflows the treatment plant. In Fulton County, Donald Langlois, 62, goes on trial for second degree murder in Gloversville for the hammer murder of his wife Arlene, found in a car trunk amid a Florida honey moon.
In North Adams Police Chief Kenneth P. Gamache asks for tips after two men were seen entering 44 Green Ave and burglarizing the home early Wednesday. A small amount of cash was taken through a rear door, and Gamache says the case hits close to home as it involved his own residence.
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