Project Discovery plan session tonight in Bennington
A planning meeting at 7 30 PM at the recreation center on Gage Street invites all locals interested in Project Discovery an outdoor program from botany trips to rock climbing. The session will cover an overnight December trip to Merck Forest Rupert with about 15 participants and non rigorous activity.
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Gage Street
Bennington
Project Discovery
Merck Forest
Rupert
Mark Long
Long
Wildlife Wonderland to Sell Land After Fight Over Game Farm
Wildlife Wonderland prepared to abandon its bid to build a Catskill-like game farm on 65 acres, may pursue a modified plan meeting Act 250 criteria or consider other development, or take the constitutionality issue to the U.S. Supreme Court. The firm faces denials tied to statutory grounds, with opponents including Weston and Mount Holly planning commissions and state agencies.
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Wildlife Wonderland
U.S. Supreme Court
Catskill
New York
Weston and
Mount Holly
Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Supreme Court
Memorial service for Edith B. August in Manchester
Edith B. August 57 a descendant of William Brewster died after a long illness at Burlington Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at First Congregational Church Manchester at 4 p.m. Saturday officiated by Rev. Jerome J. Hevey Jr. She was a Dorset realtor partner, active in several clubs and societies, born May 12 1918 in Kansas City. Memorial gifts may go to Cancer Research Mary Fletcher unit.
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First Congregational Church
Manchester
Edith B. August
William Brewster
Plymouth
Mass
Mary Fletcher
Burlington Medical Center Hospital
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
August
Hollow Road
Dorset
Snare Associates Ltd
Dorset Realtors
Bennington
Briarcliff College
Robert F. August
South Orange, N.J
Junior League of the Oranges
St. Anne’s Guild
Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion
South Orange
Red Cross
Girl Scouts
Recording For the Blind
Washington Valley Historical Society
Morristown
N.J
Briarcliff Alumnae Board
Society of the Descendants of the Mayflower
Senora Lorenzo Zancan
Venice
Italy
Suzanne August
New York City
Diedrich
Harold Dow Flanders
Pownal
West Main St
North Adams
North Adams Regional Hospital
Wil‘amstown
Kingdom Hall
The
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Andrew P. and
Mary
Mason) Flanders
Lyndon Agricultural School
Kimbell
Richmond
Boston & Maine Railroad
Margaret Anna Blake
Conservatives crush Graham's Senate run in Vermont
UPI reports that Bruce Graham loses Conservative backing as the Vermont Conservative Party backs Rutland attorney John J. Welch for the U S Senate race. Welch plans to announce his campaign and a four way race may form with Stafford Salmon and Graham. Graham contemplates running as an independent or a write in in the Republican primary.
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Morrisville
UPI
Bruce Graham
U.S. Senate
Robert Stafford
WCP
William Staats
Newfane
Welch
Stafford
Salmon
Graham
Hewitt backs Vermont presidential primary on Town Meeting Day
Sen. Merritt S. Hewitt of Bennington County urges a March statewide presidential primary as a step toward open government. He argues it would engage independents, pressure candidates to address state issues, and reduce the dominance of local caucuses. He opposes overemphasis on New Hampshire’s early primary. He favors regional primaries but prioritizes Vermont’s first move.
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Merritt S. Hewitt
Bennington County
Hewitt
Vermont
Washington
George Aiken
New England
New Hampshire
Meldrim Thomson
Massachusetts
Sen. Hewitt
Senate
House
Thomas
Walter Kennedy
Chelsea
Richard Snelling
R-Shelburne
Budget time at MAU especially for salaries and transport
Mt. Anthony Union School Board nears budget time with anticipated hikes in heating fuel utilities and transportation alongside teacher salaries. The district plans to trim costs, repair roofs, and fund a new counselor while expanding sex education and freshman parent involvement.
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John Leaning
Mt. Anthony Union School
George A. Sleeman
Mt. Anthony
Gareth Bus Co
Transportation Committee
Robert McWaters
Shaftsbury
McWaters
Sweman
New MAU off site programs renamed Educational Alternative Opportunity
School officials agree to rename the two off site programs the Educational Alternative Opportunity programs to conform with federal law. Programs remain housed separately. meetings planned to approve new administration structure and outline new responsibilities. A senior makeup program may use retired teachers and the Bennington Tutorial Center to help students lacking English credits graduate. Some students are already enrolled in a Mt Anthony correspondence course, which may affect the plan.
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Clarence Pelkie
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
Pelkie
EAC
Marion Smith
Smith
Vermont Secretary Reaffirms Presidential Primary Support
Secretary of State Richard Thomas, citing budget concerns, reiterates support for a state presidential primary while warning that insufficient candidate participation could cost Vermont money. He aims to decide by December how many candidates will campaign, amid GOP opposition and calls for wider citizen participation.
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Secretary of State
Thomas
Bennington College turmoil draws student action and police reports
A student statement warns trustees against unilateral changes to Bennington College, urging open discussion or risk of nonreturn. The vote marks the strongest student response amid faculty no confidence in the president and a spokesman designated away from trustees. Separate incidents report two weekday traffic crashes on Union and East Main, and a Route 67A wreck involving Wendell’s 1966 Chevrolet and three parked cars at Danny Fager's station, with damage to multiple vehicles but no injuries.
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Bennington
Futures Committee
Bennington College
Reinhoud van der Linde
Parker
Union
East Main Streets
William R. Hall
Kenneth D. Ware
Pownal
Gary S. Wendell
Shaftsbury
Danny Fager
Wendell
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Berlin
Ruth McWhorters
Cambridge
Duane Burch
Buskirk
Mrs. James
Harriett Durand
John Morizio
Troy, N.Y
Morizio
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Harold D. Flanders
Rod Clarke
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Barth Vander Els
Supt. Sleeman
Joan Costin
Costin
Chips Tilgner
Tilgner
STAF
Scotia-Glenville
Norshaft
Janet Henry
Silver St
James R. Albano
Worcester
Sandgate
George M. Fienberg
Peter S. Clark
Londonderry
Winhall
Theodore E. Sanford
Naugatuck
Conn
Arlington
Ronald E. Kent
Manchester Center
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Burlington
Tudhope
Republican Party
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Mahar & Son
Winnie Barber
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