Scuba Course Offered by Bennington Recreation Dept
The Bennington Recreation Department offers a seven week basic scuba course at the community pool on Gage Street. Classes run Saturdays from Oct 13 to noon with a one hour classroom session and two open water dives. Participants earn YMCA or PADI basic scuba certification after completion. An informational and pre registration meeting is Monday Oct 7 in Room B. Bob Kauffman of Williamstown will attend to answer questions.
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Bennington Recreation Department
Community Recreation Pool
Gage Street
Bob Kaufmann
Williamstown
Guitar Classes Begin at Center in Bennington
Bennington Recreation Department offers two eight week starting guitar courses taught by Steven Burman of Bennington College. One class for ages 8 to 13 meets Tuesdays 3 30 to 4 30 at the Community Recreation Center on Gage Street. The second class for high school age and older meets Tuesdays at 7 30 p m for about one hour. The $15 fee covers instruction. bring instrument and pre register at 442 5446.
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Bennington Recreation Department
Steven Burman
Bennington College
Gage Street
Burman
Maine Shellfishing Areas Reopen After Red Tide
The Maine Department of Marine Resources said most shellfishing areas from Schoodie Point to Owl's Head are open again for harvesting. Isle au Haut area and nearby islands remain closed while toxicity levels stay high. Owl's Head to New Hampshire border remains closed until reductions occur. This marks the first favorable turn since Aug. 26.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
Maine Department of Marine Resources
Schoodie Point
Owl’s Head
Isle Au Haut
Kimball
Merchant
Burnt
George
York Islands
New Hampshire
Land Use Split Marks Vermont Committee Debates Minority Report
The Land Use Study Committee faces criticism over Rep. Robert Kinsey’s minority report alleging excessive regulation and lack of public input, while majority proposals push local control limits. The panel votes to receive the minority report but not include it in hearings, as debate continues on agricultural area definitions and Act 250 jurisdiction.
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Kinsey
State Environmental Board
Schuyler Jackson
Jackson
State Planning Office
Two cars collide at Silver and Union in Bennington
Bennington police report a Tuesday afternoon crash at 4 10 at the Silver and Union streets intersection. A 1970 Hornet driven by Miriam W Irion and a 1971 Volkswagen driven by Debra Ann Chisholm sustained light damage. Irion, southbound on Silver, pulled out at a stop sign and failed to see Chisholm, who could not stop. no injuries were reported.
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Silver and
Union Streets
Bennington
Miriam W. Irion
Debra Ann Chisholm
Montpelier
Irion
Silver
Chisholm
UCS fund drive aims for twenty thousand in Bennington
United Counseling Service of Bennington County announces a regional drive chaired by John Nikitas to raise 20000. Solicitations begin October 1 in Bennington and surrounding areas as part of the annual fund campaign.
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United Counseling Service of Bennington County Inc
John Nikitas
Bennington Fund
Funeral For Mrs Judy P. Terrell Of Manchester
Funeral services for Mrs. Judy P. Terrell of Manchester widow of G Ray Terrell who died Sept 27 in Dorset en route to Rutland Hospital were held Sept 30 at Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center The Rev Jerome J Hevey Jr officiated and committal prayers were offered at Factory Point Cemetery Manchester A campaign ensues with canvassers led by captains including Rev Richard Sherlock Geraldine Cohen Norma Peebles Karen Silinsky Robert Harrington Kay Buzzell Carol Keeton Joyce Hanson Rev Joseph Quinn CSC Mary Mollica Jane Latif Dorothy Loemker Barbara Finlayson Concetta Koninis District leaders plan aid from organizations and solicitors from Judge George Fienberg for lawyers Dr David T Greenleaf will canvass doctors and dentists Alan Morrison will approach Bennington merchants Armand Lampron to head industry effort Michele Kimball UCS headquarter work heads countywide campaign in the Bennington area and towns for special gifts
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Judy P. Terrell
Manchester
G. Ray Terrell
Dorset
Rutland Hospital
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
First Congregational Church
Factory Point
Bennington
Richard Sherlock
Geraldine Cohen
Norma Peebles
Karen Silinsky
Robert Harrington
Kay Buzzell
Carol Keeton
Joyce Hanson
Joseph Quinn
C.S.C
Mary Mollica
Jane Latif
Dorothy Loemker
Barbara Finlayson
Concetta Koninis
Richard Geannelis
George Fienberg
David T. Greenleaf
Alan Morrison
Armand Lampron
UCS
Dewey Street
Michele Kimball
Vermont Supreme Court ruling limits lower courts on reducing sentences
The Vermont Supreme Court held that only the sentencing court may modify a defendant's sentence and that lower courts cannot reduce terms to facilitate extradition. The decision states such reductions are illegal and must stop, clarifying that Courts aren’t parole boards and should not alter sentences except for valid or properly imposed issues.
Bennington Briefs Highlights From Local Meeting and Courts
HOME Inc urges a 7:30 p.m. Thursday Oct 3 meeting in Apartment 12 at 201 Beech St. A Banner report notes corrections on Adelbert C. Greene funeral bearers Peter and David Hall misidentified as Peter and David Hoyt. Pauline Andrews joins Hair Fashions by Delores. The Junction adds midweek hours with The Trails rock acts and Friday Saturday country sets by Dee Smith and The Countrymen. Used clothes at Clothes-N-Things 220 School St with low prices and new items daily, 442-5705. A parole board ruling states it does not retain perpetual jurisdiction. Vermont Supreme Court reverses Ray W. Harbaugh Jr.’s burglary and grand larceny conviction on evidentiary grounds about voluntariness of a confession, with two justices dissenting. The court upholds Chittenden County’s $6,375 tenant compensation for seized possessions and a state tax ruling on F W Woolworth foreign earnings tax.
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Ray W. Harbaugh Jr
Brattleboro
Harbaugh
Arts and crafts Saturday mornings program begins Oct 5
Center offers a Saturday morning arts and crafts program for 5 to 12 year olds from 10 to noon starting October 5. Activities include wood, scraps, paints, candle making, macrame, bead work, and collage guided by Amy Skewes-Cox a Bennington College student with prior child work experience.
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Bennington
Amy Skewes-Cox
Bennington College
Vermont Supreme Court Rules Traffic Defendants Entitled to Jury Trials
The Vermont Supreme Court ruled that traffic defendants are entitled to jury trials and overturned a Public Service Board order on disconnection rules. It found the PSB used improper procedure and should have been considered within a rate proceeding. Amadeo Santi’s conviction for driving an unregistered vehicle was reversed.
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PSB
Vermont Welfare Rights Organization
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Albert Jones
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Eugene V. Clark
YMCA
PADI
Professional Association of Diving Instructors
Bennington District Court
Robert Branon
Franklin County
George M. Fienberg
John A. Bett
Whitingham
Readsboro
Richard Voepel
Pawlet
Eugene L. Decell
Manchester Depot
Matthew P. Moore
North Branch St
Lawrence W. LeBarron
Troy
N.Y
Shaftsbury
Charles F. Hart
Bondville
Winhall
David E. Manfredi
East Dorset
LeRoy LaCross
Ben Mont Ave
Charles J. Guetti
Una Bella Trailer Park
Kenneth J. Jones
South Branch Street
Klaus W. Jones
White Birch
Sno
Snomobile
Bennington, VT
Nichols
State Supreme Court
Bennington Briefs
Home Inc
Beech St
Adelbert C. Greene
Peter
David Hall
David Hoyt
Pauline Andrews
Delores
ADV
Dee Smith
School St
Chittenden
Charles T. Goetz
State Tax Commissioner
F. W. Woolworth Company
Arts and Crafts
Main St
Shaffe
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