Manchester Village IBA approves senior housing plan in town
The Manchester Village IBA granted a conditional permit for a 24 unit senior housing complex and community center with new access to Route 7 after residents opposed Leland Drive. A civil suit over Leland Drive could delay HUD funded project, while town and village officials support the plan and tax benefits. Construction is expected in six months with rents around 300 dollars monthly and HUD subsidies following income-based rents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie C. Bucholt
Manchester
North Shire
Jack Heaton
Leland Drive
Heaton
Village Zoning Board of Adjustment
Ivan Combe
Balch
IBA
Hawkins
Jack
Zecher
Bennington
Bennington County Regional Commission
BCRC
Vermont Housing Authority
Vermont Housing Finance Agency
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Combe
Foster Clement
Carol Ineson
Ineson
Heated
Diana
Hoosick Falls Police Notes
Hoosick Falls police investigated a smashed windshield on a 1969 Pontiac belonging to Gaston Boisvert of 47 Hoosick St. Police also arrested Joseph Bernstein of Saratoga on bad checks after a Grand Union complaint, arraigned before Judge Fitzpatrick, released on 350 dollars bail with a November 30 hearing. Kenneth Patenaude of Hoosick Falls was served a summons for speeding and driving without a license for a November 9 village court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
N.Y
Gaston Boisvert
Hoosick St
Boisvert
the Grand Union
Joseph Bernstein
Saratoga
Bernstein
William Fitzpatrick
Kenneth Patenaude
Hoosick Falls
Patenaude
North Village trustees approve unemployment tax plan
North Bennington trustees vote to begin monthly contributions to the Vermont Department of Employment Security effective January 1 1978. They face budget shifts to cover the new tax while also approving hiring an extra winter worker shared by the Water and Street Departments and naming Oliver Hoag as North Bennington representative to the Bennington Opportunity Council to fill a vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Lazor
North Bennington
Vermont Department of Employment Security
Lewie Dodge
Fred Welling
Village Street Department
Water Department
Street Department
Oliver Hoag
Bennington
Dorset to vote on park plan and zoning changes
Dorset selectmen voted to let townspeople decide at a December town meeting on two zoning changes. One would rezone Vernon C. Squires land to industrial commercial for an auction barn. The other would rezone 40 acres of George Wallace land for an industrial park across from J K Adams Co on Route 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
J.K. Adams Co
Vernon C. Squires
Squires
George Wallace
Dorset Hollow
Selectmen
Shaftsbury approves two zoning variances at Cole Hall
Shaftsbury Zoning Board granted two requests including replacing four 4,000 gallon propane tanks at Stanley Tools Eagle Square Plant with a single 30,000 gallon above ground tank sited 50 feet from the property line. Blue Flame Propane to install. compliance with NFPA code cited. Also approved Pallazzi Co field office and sail trailer plan off East Road for Route 7 work with stipulations on occupancy, sanitation, and timing. North Bennington library closes Veterans Day. reopens Nov 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Zoning Board
Cole Hall
Stanley Tools
Eagle Square
Edward Sibley
Blue Flame Propane Gas Co
Zoning Board
Edward Colvin
Sibley
Hurst
John Harwood
Harwood
Pownal Church, Legion Meet Announced for Wednesday Night
The Pownal Baptist Church holds a weekly prayer meeting at 7 30 pm at the parsonage. Pownal Senior Citizens plan a noon Wednesday luncheon at their center with reservations via call in 24 hours ahead. American Legion Post 90 schedules a special meeting Wednesday at 7 30 pm at Redwood Beauty Salon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal Baptist Church
Pownal
Pownal Center
American Legion Post 90
Redwood
Boundary dispute over Shaftsbury North Bennington crosses meeting
Shaftsbury selectmen devoted most of Monday night to the unsettled boundary dispute with North Bennington. State Rep. Edwin Colvin presented Vermont statutes on district and village boundaries and suggested a shared survey. Other items included bus stop plans, a leash law proposal, cemetery fence repairs, and possible senior housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Edwin A. Colvin
Montpelier
Vermont
State Papers
Secretary of State
Colvin
Southwestern Vermont Supervisory Union
George Sleeman
John H. Williams
Selectmen
Bradford Craig
Bennington Regional Transit Inc
Gulf Station
Pleasant Valley Grange turkey card party set for Nov 15
South Cambridge residents welcome. doors open at 8 p.m. at Grange Hall for the annual turkey card party with a door prize. Harvest supper held Nov 4 featured first and second degrees for a class of candidates, with William English leading. Nov 11 membership meeting at Greenfield Center Grange with Pleasant Valley representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley Grange
Rodney Brownell
Pleasant Valley
Grange Hall
R. Brownell
William English
Washington County
Argyle
Greenfield Center
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Manchester Village Iba
Leland
Thomas Morley
Prospect Street
Morleys
Morley
Manchester Village
Budolt Dorset
Manchester Village Zoning Board of Adjustment
Main St
Greenberg
FREE
Jotal, Fisher
H. Greenberg & Son
Main St. Benn., Vt
Ument Plaza Shopping
North Village
John G. McCullough
Sue Sheldon
Sim Dean Road
Larry Miller
Alice Edwards
Bennington County Humane Society
Ms. Edwards
Terrace Restaurant
Lions Club
Chuck O’leary
Bennington County Industrial Corp
South Cambridge
Nels Jacobson
Cambridge
St. Peter’s Hospital
South Cambridge United
Ruth Perry
Maude Rogers
Wells Eddy
George Rogers
John Becker
Marion Niles
Main Street
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