Selectmen seek postponement in Pownal zoning appeal
POWNAL selectmen met Thursday night to press for a postponement after learning the Zoning Board of Appeals chair Kenneth Brown said the Gail Bush trailer permit appeal would be heard in Bennington Superior Court this morning. The dispute centers on a 1975 trailer permit request overseen by then zoning administrator Dennis Austin.
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Pownal
Kenneth Brown
Zoning Board of Appeals
Bennington Superior Court
Brown
Gail Bush
Dennis Austin
Austin
IBA
Ms. Buss
Bow and arrow deer season opens October 8 in Manchester
Manchester town notices open bow and arrow season from October 8 to October 23. Reports of deer taken must be filed with a game warden or deputy. list includes Warden LaCount Brown Wright Zecher Jr and Allen Hazelton. Office hours for licenses extended Friday October 7. License prices: resident hunting five dollars, resident bow four dollars, non resident hunting forty dollars fifty cents, non resident bow seven dollars fifty cents. All hunters require a license and under eighteen must have parental consent. Safety course certification or prior license required.
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Manchester
William LaCount
Norman Brown
Gregory Wright
I. Stanford Zecher Jr
Allen Hazelton
Vermont
Taconic Valley Garden Club Meets with Woodland Craft Talk
Taconic Valley Garden Club will meet on Thursday October 13 at 7 30 p m at Ruth Canfield home. Guest speaker Mrs Harry Winters will discuss woodland crafts. A market table will feature bulbs winter vegetables and plant cuttings with hostesses Stephanie Flint Bea Peterson and Margaret Devine.
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Berlin
N.Y
Taconic Valley Garden Club
Ruth Canfield
Harry Winters
Stephanie Flint
Bea Peterson
Margaret Devine
Manchester Merchants Face Trial Over Taxation Plea
A tentative trial date in early December is set for a Manchester merchants suit seeking invalidation of business property and inventory taxes levied since April 1. Attorney O'Dea withdraws from the case, per John Trethaway owner of Manchester Hardware.
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Manchester
O’dea
Maggie C. Bucholt
Manchester Sisters
John Trethaway
Manchester Hardware
Robert Cummings
Bennington
Arthur O’dea
O'Dea
Sydney Meachem
Trethaway
Olympia Motel
Brown and Hitchcock
Manchester Discount Beverages
Hearing on fairgrounds improvements in Manchester
An Act 250 hearing on additions to the Route 30 recreation area will be held on Tuesday Oct 18 at 11 30 a m at the Town Office Building. The town seeks BOR funds to enlarge the fairgrounds with tennis courts and fields. If no one participates by Oct 18 the hearing may be canceled and a final decision issued. The town’s suit over inventory tax burdens involves multiple businesses and a planned repeal effort. depending on court outcome the article may reappear at next year’s Town Meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
BOR
Leland Drive
Bond Street
Manchester Village
Ivan Combe
Boston diet clinics push slim figure craze across nation
A surge of diet clinics and weight loss programs sweeps Boston as health experts dispute efficacy. Harvard nutritionist condemns popular plans like Weight Watchers and Diet Workshop as anti science, while clinics offer rapid fat loss through calorie restriction and behavior modification. The Protein Sparing Modified Fast at New Deaconess Hospital targets obese patients with strict screening and a 500 calorie daily plan, promising 40 pounds lost in weeks but with possible lightheadedness and high costs.
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Boston
UPI
George Blackburn
Harvard
Wendy Swan
Nancy Swanson
Los Angeles
Blackburn
Center For Nutritional Research
New Deaconess Hospital
New England Boiled Dinner by Readsboro Ladies Fellowship
The Ladies Fellowship of the First Baptist Church sponsors a New England boiled dinner on Saturday October 15 from five to seven thirty PM. Menu includes corned beef potatoes carrots cabbage turnips boiled onions pickles homemade rolls pies and coffee. Adults priced at 3 and children under 10 at 1.50. Dinner served family style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Fellowship of the First Baptist Church
New England
Subdivision for senior housing amendment filed in Manchester
An amendment to an existing Act 250 permit for Combe Properties in Manchester Village has been filed with the District 8 Environmental Commission. The filing seeks approval for a subdivision plan to support a senior housing project and outlines changes to the permit scope. The action signals continued development plans in the Manchester area.
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Manchester
Manchester Village
District 8 Environmental Commission
Sandgate man cited after Hoosick Route 7 crash
A Sandgate Vermont man received four New York Traffic tickets after a three car crash on Route 7 in Hoosick New York. Victims Susan Lohnes of Hoosick Falls suffered a forehead bump and Dennis Watts of Sandgate had a head cut. Watts faced charges for no insurance following too closely no registration and no license. Trooper George Milne investigated.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Sandgate
New York
Susan Lohnes
Hoosick Falls
Michael McGuire
St. Claire
Mich
Dennis J. Watts
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Clara May Hemenway
Taconic Valley
Woodford State Park
Gene Giard
Jeffrey Wheeler
Dufresne- Henry Engineering Corp
North Springfield
Woodford Selectmen
Woodford Building Inspector
Marty’s Lawn and Garden Center
R.K. Miles Inc
Northshire Book Store
Owl’s Nest
Hill and Dale Country Store
Pewter and Things
Purdy’s Inc
Whipple’s Pharmacy
Wilson’s Clothing
Chamber of Commerce
Williamstown
Mass
Hans R. Vaget
Smith College
Williams College
Weston Language Center
Vagel
Goethe
Thomas Mann
Goorg Lukacs
Doktor Faustus
Arlington
Roger Dickenson
State Health Department
Edward R. Lamb
Arlington Water Co
Francis Rooker
Webb
North Street
Readsboro
Hoosick Crash
Walloomsac
William Roberts
Donald Bradley
Joseph A. Bradley
Commission
Drysdale
Coats
Fienberg
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Bennington, VT
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