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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1968

Page

5

A Selectman’s-Eye View of Bennington Town Work

J Duncan Campbell, a Bennington selectman, outlines the town's governance maze and the shift to more local appointees. He notes several commissions created since last March, the belief that three selectmen run town affairs with many expert backers, and modest salaries for top officers who meet weekly and handle ongoing issues.

J. Duncan Campbell Bennington Campbell Board of Selectmen

Bennington Government Maze Reflects Overlapping Local Systems

Campbell highlights Bennington's tangled government structure with three village administrations, a separate fire district, and two school districts. The Bennington and North Bennington School Districts cover areas beyond village lines, even crossing into Shaftsbury, creating a maze that baffles outsiders.

Bennington Sible North Bennington Shaftsbury

Planning of Roads and Water Lines Proposals

Note on planning of roads and water sewer lines by town officials. Emphasizes land access to town roads as a prerequisite for building. Recommends locating water and sewer lines along or under roads to streamline future utility placement.

Selectmen Planning Commission A. Wi Toun Bether Youn Propery Bennington U.D Datrecae Cies

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Vermont Legal Voters OF the Village OF Shaftesbury John Jepson William Sausvile Richard Sweet Edward Coyne Cross Roger Norton Barber Joseph E. Higgins Robert Keough Duncan Campbell Mary Hodeck Mildred C,healy WILLIAM #. FOX Seectmen State of Viki Beam Finpett Horst John F, Wohwvus Awdre H. Betitormal Pierce William Fox Winstow Lother Roderick Humphreys Henry Mallory Gerald A Cornwell Edward Knapp Leo Riefenberg Wilbur Rice Burton Winslow Robert Mayhew Town Wide Water and Sewer Commission ERS Lucia Howard Gary Buckley Edward Haddad Norman Stratton Arthur Theberge Frawc Zoning Board OF Adjustment Fred Parker, JR Charles Tilgner Joseph Parks Cerald Butler George Shea Arnold Blackstone Charles Hayward Hamilton Shields Arthur D. Taylor Robert Wagner Walter Voyes John Irons Joseph Carroll John Lyons Joseph Latif Charles Dewey Duncam A. Campbell Sadie Forbert James Merunowicz Joseph Pello Catherine Foster Richard D. Long Loomis Dana Leonard Blackyors Frances Chapman Alfred Fields Sucbested PLAMM Memorial Park Stark. St Deer Park Bennington Human Relations Commission Robert A. Ayers Raymond B. Bowen Frances P. Crozer Richard B. Davis Robert Fletcher Edward Dick Ridggard Dwye Edward Greenberg Charles Harte Fred ST Daniel Holland Marshall Knapp Richard Lima DR John Mook Ddviror James Kearns Joseph Hall Joseph F. Carroll Lewis Carpenter Sealer OF Antar ES Walter Noyes Housing Authority Hamilton Shields Ch Robert Cummings Armand Lampron Rev Glenn Payne Gerald A. Cornell Building Codes Committee Daniel Holland Niel Rappaport Hamilton Shields Richard Jolivette David Gil Ethel Bruso Bernard Winslow William H. Morse Anthony Masso Arthur Murphy Susan Riley Charles Salen Clover Sweet Beaington Henry Mallory + Benn James Cross Harold Harrington John Cross Board OF Sisters Benaoa Francis J. Hogan Chainen Raymond P Betit Richard Sleeman Richard Ralph Charles Vail Board OF Civil Author Raymond Betit Eugene Clark Alexander Drysdale Leon Eldred Elizabeth McGurn John Pr, Proud Ronald Sinclair James Sleeman Ruby van Santvoord Bernard Galipeau William Hoilington John Kennedy JR Fred Welling John Brochu William Mattison Aes Automobile Joseph E.higgins Paul Kelly Obert Mackey Obert Langlois Uy Ottaviano Arthur E Butler Ames Cross Selecimens Mrs Frances Bender R. Alma Langlois Bewngym Euuot “School COR Er Inc Senior Citizens Center Leonard Black Elizabeth Burke Votprs Om Old Benng Ponting Grimge Defrads Town August C. Kelsom Constable Thomas Maloney DE Julius H. Mawes Heal George Rogers Junk Car Committee Winston W. Luther William Fox Fred Tifetormal Pierce Town Planning Commission Eugene Burt Thomas Foster Allen Town Road Committee DOG Control Committee Jean Henry DR. Clyde. Lanfair Pat Raymond Joseph Pello George Rogers Gerald A. Corwell Norman A. Turgeon Ormal Pierce Peter F. Donovan JR Eugene C. Burt Armand A. Lampron Robert FE Keough
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