Can Bennington be managed by its town government
Rob Woolmington reports on Harold R. Saunders Bennington town manager who resigned after under a year in office He remains a lame duck as six selectmen sift through applications Saunders defends the manager form of government while critiquing its operation in Bennington He urges stronger citizen participation and better communication with boards and consultants amid local planning zoning and light controversy debates
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Bennington
Harold R. Saunders
Saunders
Midwest
Rotarians
Hippocrates
Margaret Craven
West Road
DuBois
King
Harold Saunders
Rotary
Oil and New York in the 1980s political blame game
The piece argues Republicans target New York while Democrats target oil, predicting a crossfire of bigotry and political blame that worsens policy on oil supply and urban life. It warns against a punitive politics of punishment and revenge harming cities and energy.
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New York
Texas
Washington
Oil
Truman
Simon
Congress
Waterford Bennington Briefs 1903 to 1962 Highlights
Alarm sounds at 7 30 for a chimney fire on School Street in a Kendall home, followed by a second on Park Street owned by the Scott brothers. Frank and Mary Whitman celebrate their 50th, with relatives hosting at their son’s Congress Street home. Goldsmith property on Valentine and Main is sold to Mary Sleeman, a local landholder. A cable to Mrs Burkhardt notes her husband’s arrival in Frankfurt for a special U S assignment. Soap box races draw hundreds on West Street hill, with David Riemann and Duane Schultz winning fast-wheel. The Damon Runyon Fund awards 21900 to Putnam Memorial Hospital Institute for Medical Research. Marian Taylor earns a laymen’s award from the Vermont Education Association. Apple harvest at Southern Vermont Orchards reports 26240 bushels picked, well below the 60 70 thousand normal. In 1903 Boston defeats Pittsburgh in the first World Series. In 1908 Ford unveils the Model T. In 1962 James Meredith becomes the first Black student at the University of Mississippi.
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School St
Fred A. Kendall
Park Street
Scott Brothers
Frank E. Whitman
School Street
Frank T. Whitman
Congress Street
Goldsmith
Valentine and
Main Streets
Mary A. Sleeman
Burkhardt
Bennington College
Frederick Burkhardt
Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. High Commission
West Street
North
Bennington
Damon Runyon
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Burns
Greenspan
Russell Baker
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Richard Nixon
Chevrolet
Bill Hogan
Cadillac Inc
Main Street
Vermont
America
William J. Hogan Jr
David Riemann
Duane Schultz
Boston
Pittsburgh
Henry Ford
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
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