Shaftsbury Farmers Market to Host Thanksgiving Sale
Shaftsbury Farmers Market plans its annual Thanksgiving Christmas Sale on Saturday November 20 in the Shaftsbury Elementary School gym. The event featuring 45 of 50 spaces filled expands to a new area for late vendors. Proceeds benefit the Mary Monroe Hawkins Memorial Library with entertainment by local musicians.
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Shaftsbury
Betty Vander Els
Marcy McCarthy
Shaftsbury Ptg
Mary Monroe Hawkins Memorial Library
Vander Els
McCarthy
Andy Bacchi
Mary Lou Cross
Audrey Jane
John Page
Gwen Sanborn
Merton Snow
Nancy Walter
Bennington youths win poster contest parade honor
Three youngsters from Bennington area schools win first prize in the Rescue Squad poster contest sponsored by the Greater Bennington Chamber of Commerce. They will ride in tonight's Veterans Day Parade in Rescue Squad ambulances.
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Ben- Rescue Squad
Daniel Morales
Bennington
Joe Snyder
Monument School
Jamie Christmas
Greater Bennington
Kindersar
Lucy Doane
Effie Kapetan
Marie Watson
Gary Harbour
David Newell
Thea Robson
Monument
Carol Matteson
Joey Pacher
Gillian Christmas
Jeff Boutin
Windsor Bicentennialists Resign From Panel Over Various Reasons
Windsor Vermont UPI reports five members of the Windsor Bicentennial Committee resigned Tuesday night for diverse causes. Frederick Churchill said resignations were not all due to plans for Vermont’s 200th birthday and noted good support from locals and the state Bicentennial Commission. He cited moves to Alabama, a serious accident, and a new school board post as reasons for resignations, while one member remained.
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Windsor
UPI
Frederick Churchill
Vermont
Marianne Blake
Churchill
Commission
Windsor Commission
Alabama
Aerial police back in Maine for sky speed checks
Maine state police relaunch their aerial traffic patrol over the Maine Turnpike and I 95. Two troopers in a ground vehicle and a pilot in a Department of Transportation plane monitor daytime speeds above 55 mph. The program, funded by a federal grant last year, aims to boost enforcement through the extra sky eye.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
Thomas Reardon
Reardon
Department of Transportation
Oil spill at former Quonset Point bay in Rhode Island
A gauge on a fuel tank at the former Quonset Point Naval Air Station in North Kingstown caused about 200 gallons of No 6 fuel oil to spill into Narragansett Bay. The oil overflowed the tank and entered a storm drain leading to the bay, and was contained by 4
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Boston
UPI
Quonset Point Naval Air Station
North Kingstown
R.I
Narragansett Bay
Coast Guard
Snow boosts New Hampshire deer kill near eight percent
The New Hampshire deer kill is up about eight percent from last year due to continuous snow in the north since late October. Fish and Game Department reports hunters tally through November 8 show improved hunting conditions and higher harvests under winter conditions.
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Concord
UPI
New Hampshire
Fish and Game Department
Henry Laramie
Game Management Division
Laramie
Bennington Briefs and Local Notes
Community notices include a VFW supper at 6:30 to 8:30 with dancing by Dan Colette's Band, a Hunter’s Pancake Breakfast at First Methodist Church, and Dwyer’s Gulf Station open for gas and rentals Nov 15 through 20. Also reported are a spill cleanup by Jetstream, Inc. Coast Guard response, and deer hunting trends in New Hampshire with projected kills near 9,000 as snow covers the north improving hunter success.
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First Methodist Church
Main Street
Gulf Station
Masonic lodge seeks toys for Christmas drive
Masonic Lodge No. 13 is mounting its third annual toy drive to collect good used dolls toys sporting equipment sleds and bikes for Christmas giving. Items may be left at the Temple on Main Street any day.
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Masonic Lodge No. 13
Main Street
Stephen B. Noyes
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