Veterans Day Observed With Parade In Bennington
Bennington will mark Veterans Day on November 11 with a 7 p.m. parade and ceremony at Mt. Anthony Union junior high on East Main Street. Marshal Virginio Perrotta Jr. leads the parade, followed by Thomas Kinney, Louis Savelas, Rev. John Carlson, the VFW color guard, Gold Star Mothers, Mt. Anthony High School Band, VFW Auxiliary, a baton group, Rescue Squad poster winner, ambulance, and fire trucks. Sarelas will speak at Veterans Memorial Park after the procession ends.
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Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union
East Main Street
Marion Charest
Virginio Perrotta Jr
John Carlson
Missionary Alliance Church
VFW
Gold Star Mothers
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Claire Pagnotta School of Baton
Charest
Babcock
Veterans’ Memorial Park
South Street
Sarelas
Food co op to open first Bennington branch
Quiet Valley Food Cooperative will hold the first Bennington branch meeting Thursday at 7 30 PM in the basement of First United Methodist Church on Main Street. The group is a pre order cooperative serving North Bennington Shaftsbury Pownal and Williamstown Mass affiliates with monthly lists of grains staples flours nuts fruits eggs and maple syrup. Members pay in advance three weeks before delivery. organizers will distribute orders to sites with volunteers. Cheryl Niederman plans a cooking class using cooperative foods. For more, call 447 0443 or 442 8359. Last month orders totaled 6000.
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Quiet Valley Food Cooperative
Bennington
First United Methodist Church
Main Street
Quiet Valley
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Pownal
Williamstown
Mass
New England People’s Cooperative
Vermont
Coop
Co-Op
Cheryl Niederman
No route chosen for cross-N.E. gas pipe from St. John
Tennessee Gas Pipeline officials said no definite route for a proposed 36 inch natural gas line from the U S border to join the system in eastern New York had been set. The project depends on approval of a liquified natural gas import contract by Algeria Canada and the United States and by the Federal Power Commission.
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UPI
St. John
N.B
Albany
N.Y
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Frank Reed
Tenneco
Algeria
Canada
United States
Maine Sunday Telegram
Calais
Maine
Bangor
U.S
Federal Power Commission
Reed
New York State
FPC
Unitarian Fellowship to hear Gloria Gil on children's rights
Gloria Gil will speak this Sunday at 10 30 a m to discuss Children Are Citizens Too at the Unitarian Fellowship meeting. The talk will focus on the rights of children within society and their role as equal citizens.
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Ms. Gil
Gloria Gil
Unitarian Fellowship
New Hampshire PUC Eyes North Stratford Line Deal
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission asks Gov. Thomson and the Executive Council to approve a contract with North Stratford Railroad to operate the Beecher Falls Railroad from North Stratford to Beech er Falls. The plan includes a $380,000 purchase, repairs, and deficit coverage, mainly to serve Ethan Allen Furniture Co. A $54,000 federal grant for a NH crime prevention council is also requested, plus salaries for a council director, investigator, and clerk.
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Concord, N.H
UPI
New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
Meldrim Thomson
Littleton Company
Beecher Falls
North Stratford
PUC
Thomson
Council
North Stratford Railroad
Ethan Allen Furniture Co
Crime Commission
New Hampshire
David Souter
Auto Insurance Rate Hike Okayed In Vermont
The Vermont Insurance Department approved a 16 percent rate increase for Aetna Casualty and Surety Co auto liability and property damage coverage affecting 18 700 policies renewed after Oct 22. The rise should generate about 500 000 in new annual revenue. The department also approved 11 5 percent auto liability and about 26 percent auto damage premium increases for Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance Co retroactive last month, affecting roughly 1 600 policyholders and about 23 500 in higher premiums.
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Montpelier
API
Aetna Casualty and Surety Co
Aetna
Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance Co
Obituary of Neva J. Dodge Former Berkshire Eagle proofreader
Neva J. Dodge 80 native of Hoosick Falls N Y and long time Berkshire Eagle proofreader died Friday night at Berkshire Medical Center after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted Monday in Pittsfield by Rev. Cortland R. Pusey. She worked 25 years at The Eagle and eight years in a cafeteria. She was a member of St Stephen s Episcopal Church and 900 year member of the Collina chapter CES. Survived by her widower Sherwood of 999 North St Pittsfield and their 51st wedding anniversary celebrated last March. No other immediate survivors.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Mass
Cortland R. Pusey
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Dodge
Frederick
Jennie
Matt) Jones
St. Luke’s Unit
Berkshire Medical Center
the Eagle
Collina Chapter
CES
Sherwood
North St
Vermont Agriculture Commissioner Robert Branon Dies at 57
Robert Branon of Fairfield, longtime dairy farmer and former Vermont agriculture commissioner, died Sunday after a long illness. Born September 28, 1919, Branon served in the 1960s and again last year, resigning his Senate seat to accept the post. He leaves his wife Betty Anderson, eight children, and grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Burlington
UPI
Robert Branon
Fairfield
Branon
Philip Hoff
Thomas Salmon
State Senate
Franklin County
Vermont
Democratic Committee
Salmon
Democratic Party
Betty Anderson
Weekend Accident Report Adds Several Local Collisions
Bennington police logged multiple weekend crashes. At 3 45 Friday two light damaged Chevrolets collide at Dewey and West Main driven by James Mulvey and Joseph Carroll, both of Bennington. At noon Saturday a Cadillac driven by Patricia Wilkinson from Strafford, Conn, and a Janet Lauder car collide on Main Street, Cadillac with light damage. At 7 14 Saturday a 1964 Ford driven by Robert Morton of Bennington hits a parked 1966 Oldsmobile owned by Lela Groenwegen, both cars demolished and Morton treated and released. At 1a m Sunday two cars collide at Walloomsac Road and Gypsy Lane, a 1970 Pontiac driven by Terry OBrien of Bennington sustains extensive damage and a 1973 Cadillac driven by Joseph Montagese of Rowayton, Conn sustains heavy damage. OBrien suffers cuts but refuses hospital care.
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Bennington
Dewey
West Main Streets
James S. Mulvey
Joseph F. Carroll
Cadillac
Patricia A. Wilkinson
Strafford
Conn
Janet Lauder
Petersburg
N.Y
Main Street
Ford
Robert S. Morton
Lela E. Groenwegen
Main and
Beech Streets
Morton
Putnam
Equal Credit Opportunity Act bans sex and marital status bias
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act takes effect to forbid creditors from denying loans based on sex or marital status. It aims to ensure creditworthiness is judged equally for men and women, and that joint accounts provide independent histories, while permitting necessary marital information for creditor rights and specific cases. It also disallows practices that favor married over unmarried individuals and disallows revealing childbearing plans in applications.
Hoisington Realty Leader Holds Multiple Roles
Mrs Hoisington serves as Principal Broker at Hoisington Realty and chairs the Southwestern Vermont Board of Realtors. She is Assistant Dean at the Tri-State Real Estate Institute and holds licenses in Vermont and New York for Hoisington Realty.
Bennington District Court Plays Out Several Defendants
In Bennington District Court Judge Edward G. McClallen Jr. Dora A. LaFountain 22 pleaded not guilty to grand larceny for clothes and personal articles owned by Cynthia Provost. The alleged theft occurred Sept 14 to Oct 13 in Bennington. LaFountain released on $1000 personal recognizance. Other cases included Alexander Desamsonov 19 of Pownal no contest to DUI Aug 23 in Pownal fined 125 and license suspended one year. William Merrill 19 of West Rutland pleaded guilty by waiver to careless driving Oct 22 in Manchester fined 50. William Finlay 61 of Middlebury Conn no contest to false statement on hunting license June 21 fined 25. Gary Jones 18 of Bennington no contest by waiver to disorderly conduct and public intoxication Oct 1 fined 25.
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Bennington
Edward G. McClallen Jr
Dora A. LaFountain
Cynthia Provost
LaFountain
Alexander Desamsonov
Pownal
William W. Merrill
West Rutland
Manchester
William P. Finlay
Middlebury
Conn
Gary E. Jones
Taxes Due in Bennington: Tax Office Hours and Rules
Taxes in Bennington are due Friday. School taxes are collected 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. daily at the central office 602 Main St. Town taxes are collected 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in town offices. School treasurer R Alma Langlois asks taxpayers to write checks before arriving. School and town taxes must be paid separately.
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Bennington
Main St
R. Alma Langlois
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