Municipal hydro co op eyed for Ball Mountain Dam region
Brattleboro reports a meeting for 13 West River Valley towns to form a municipal electric cooperative and study hydro power at Ball Mountain flood control dam. Preliminary figures estimate 15 megawatts potential with no cost estimates yet. A committee would seek a permit for feasibility studies from the Federal Power Commission, challenging CVPS’s existing permit. Attending Sen Chester Scott and local officials, with Springfield’s $57 million Black River project noted as context.
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Brattleboro
UPI
West River Valley
Ball Mountain
Jamaica
Middle Income Consumer Council
Council
Roland Moore
WTSA
Moore
Federal Power Commission
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPS
Vermont
Springfield
Black River
Chester Scott
Windsor County
Brookline
Dummerston
Landgrove
Londonderry
Newfane
Peru
Stratton
Townshend
Windham
Winhall
Weston
Wardsboro
Vermont jobless rate rises to 4.2 percent weekly
Vermont's insured unemployment rate climbed to 4.2 percent last week from 3.9 percent, far below the year-ago 9.5 percent. DES reported over 555000 dollars in benefits paid to about 10000 claimants across regular and extended programs, with Morrisville posting the highest rate at 9.5 percent and Burlington the lowest at 2.6 percent. Area changes show all twelve regions up, including Barre Montpelier 4.5, St Albans 7.6, and Springfield 2.9 percent.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
DES
Morrisville
Burlington
Barre
Bennigton
Brattleboro
Middlebury
Chittenden GOP selects Armstrong as new chairman
The Chittenden County Republican Committee chose Frank Armstrong of South Burlington as chairman, elected unanimously and without opposition. Armstrong, a city councilman and forestry professor at the University of Vermont, succeeds James Mullin who resigned earlier after being elected state GOP chairman.
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Essex Junction
UPI
Chittenden County
Republican Committee
Frank Armstrong
South Burlington
Armstrong
University of Vermont
James Mullin
Williston
Snelling withholding position on Diamond anti crime grant
Gov. Richard Snelling said he will take no position on Attorney General M. Jerome Diamond's bid for a federal grant to create an anti crime unit. He endorsed presenting the proposal to the Legislature in January rather than the Emergency Board. Diamond says the U S Justice Department has approved a 165000 grant to target anti trust violations, after prior rejections by the Emergency Board.
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Diamond
Emergency Board
Snelling
No more trial for Peter Reilly ends with prejudice
LITCHFIELD Conn UPI Peter A Reilly 22 an ambulance driver from Canaan will not face further prosecution after Judge Maurice Sponzo added the words with prejudice to the dismissal of manslaughter charges tied to his mother Barbara Gibbons death in Falls Village. Reilly may still pursue civil rights claims against state police.
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Reilly
Barbara Gibbons
Falls Village
Arthur Miller
Superior Court
Simon Cohen
Litchfield County
Dennis Santoro
Sponzo
Connecticut
Edward Leonard
Donald Connery
Kent
Andrew Garson
Cohen
State nursing home monitoring rapped by lawmaker
MONTPELIER UP I State House debate on nursing home oversight. Health and Welfare Chairman Edgar May says monitoring is grossly inadequate as the Nursing Home Rate Setting Committee audits Medicaid claims with only one staff member remaining. He contrasts this with larger staff levels for welfare programs.
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May
Nursing Home
State police promote two to captain
Col. F E Lynch of the Vermont State Police announces promotions of lieutenants James H Ryan and George O Patch to captain. Ryan, 48, of Burlington, will run uniform and field services. Patch, 37, of Castleton, will head the criminal division. Ryan began service in May 1959 and Patch in June 1962.
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State Police
Patch
Castleton
Elizabeth Barry
Waterbury
Melanie
Steven
Michele
Richard
Sarah
New England EPA Honors 11 for Environmental Merit
Ten New Englanders and a Maine group will receive EPA Environmental Merit Awards on December 2 in Woburn Massachusetts. Recipients include Evelyn Murphy Arthur Stone Julia Mannarino Martha Stone Elmer Raymond Cynthia Thomas Lawrence Schaefer Joseph Struzzi er g C Frank Velkas and John Leaning for work on water quality lead mitigation and conservation initiatives.
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Boston
UPI
New
Maine
Citizens For
Martha Stone
Wellesley
Mass
Board of Public Works
Elmer Raymond
Plymouth, Mass
Cynthia Thomas
Norfolk
Lawrence Schaefer
Environmental
New Haven
Conn
Joseph Struzzierg
Massachusetts
Citizens For Clean Water
C. Frank Velkas
Bennington
John Leaning
The
Bennington Banner
Dudley
Deer Hunter's special and local closings in Bennington
Bennington briefs note the Deer Hunter's special at Davey Oil on Northside Drive with gas at 56.9 and upcoming closures for Thanksgiving. Yoshi's Restaurant plans a November 21 to 24 closing, with a restart on the 29th and a winter schedule of Mondays and Tuesdays off. Bennington Lanes opens at 1 p.m. Thanksgiving Day for bowling, with Friday hours until evening and student rates. A&W will be closed Thanksgiving Day.
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Davey Oil
Northside Drive
Yoshi’s
Bennington
Bennington water system cited for third EPA violation
The EPA again found Bennington’s water system in violation of the maximum contaminant level for coliform bacteria marking the third straight month. Local town officials say they were not informed previously while the federal rules require written notices to customers, local newspaper publication, and notices to radio and TV stations within specified timelines.
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EPA
Bennington
Environmental Protection Agency
Charles D. Larson
Boston
Mass
Louis C. Sarelas
Sarelas
Larson
Water Department
Duane Knapp
Bolles Brook
Snelling touts 16.6% state pay raise and NY power deal
Governor Richard Snelling credits 11 months in office with a 16.6 percent raise for state employees, a $50 million electricity purchase from PASNY, and thousands of new jobs. He cites payroll trimming, welfare-to-work, nuclear plant reforms, police reorganization, and rail and Human Services moves as major gains plus plans for a large tax cut and surcharge repeal slated to trim the surplus.
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Burlington
UPI
Richard Snelling
State of
New York
Vermont Yankee
State Transportation Agency
Snelling
Vermont Northern Railroad
Human Services Agency
Waterbury
Vermont
Regional housing seminar for northern New England officials
A two day housing rehabilitation seminar for municipal leaders from Maine New Hampshire and Vermont is planned November 30 and December 1 at the New Hampshire Highway Hotel in Concord. More than 100 mayors city managers and housing program directors are expected to attend. The event is sponsored by the New England Municipal Center in cooperation with the Vermont League of Cities and Towns and the Manchester area Office of HUD.
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Concord
N.H
New England
New Hampshire Highway Hotel
Maine
New
The
New England Municipal Center
NEMC
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Manchester Area
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Michael Ehrmann
Housing Action Council
White Plains
N.Y
Ehrmann
Durham
Terry Savard
P.O. Box L
Army promotes Paul Restino in field exercise at Fort Campbell
Army 2nd Lt. Paul J. Restino son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Restino of Bennington was promoted in September to 1st Lt. in the field at Fort Campbell Ky home of the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault. He serves as executive officer for Headquarters Company Division Support Command and will become executive officer for the 426 Supply and Service Battalion Company D in December. Restino a 1971 Mt Anthony Union High School graduate earned a 1975 B S from University of Vermont and is an ROTC commissioned officer previously stationed in Chun Chon Korea. He and his wife Marlene Blake live in Clarksville Tenn.
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Army
Paul J. Restino
Joseph Restino
Northside Drive
Bennington
Fort Campbell
101St Airborne Division
Restino
Division Support Command
426 Supply and Service Battalion
Mt. Anthony Union High School
University of Vermont
Alpha Tau Omega
Chun Chon
Korea
Marlene Blake
Clarksville
Tenn
New Hampshire Takes In 3 Million From Greyhound Betting
The Greyhound Racing Commission reported New Hampshire has collected 3,029,529 in state take from greyhound wagering since July 1. Attendance rose 11 percent and total handle climbed 13 percent to 42,099,330, up 4,977,525 from the prior year.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Greyhound Racing Commission
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Athing & Gould
Jewelers
Main ST
Bennington, Vermont
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Bennington Briefs
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DEL
Benn
Pasny Power
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Hampshire
Paul Restino
Karl A. van Asselt
Fairdale Farms
Safford & Gage Papers
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Roma
Italy
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