Vermonters wrestle with repealing inventory tax debate
Vermont Tax Commissioner Paul Wickes criticized the inventory tax as a very bad tax that rewards dishonesty yet noted no viable way to repeal it. He warned communities rely on the $7 million it raises and described a Manchester suit seeking invalidation of business property and inventory taxes since April 1.
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Manchester
Vermont
Paul Wickes
Wickes
Manchester Area
Tax Department
Pownal Board to Meet Thursday Evening
The Pownal Board of Selectmen will meet Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Town Office. The Pownal United Methodist Church will hold its annual turkey supper Thursday at 5 30 p.m. at the church.
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Board of Selectmen
Pownal
Shaftsbury selectmen advised against action on EDA funds
Shaftsbury officials heard of cat killing dogs and discussed $886,000 in EDA funds withdrawn after allocation mistakes. A Rutland law firm Ryan Smith and Carbine Ltd advised that legal action to recover costs would likely be futile. The town had been targeted to receive the Round 2 grants under the 1977 amendment to the Public Works Employment Act of 1976.
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Shaftsbury
Selectmen
Rutland Law
Rutland
Ryan Smith and Carbine Ltd
Worcester Town
Washington County
Worcester
EDA
Bennington County
United States
Cole Hall
Kathy Szostek
Harris Bahan
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Local notes from Shaftsbury race through taxes and town actions
Arlington visitors celebrate family ties while the LaBatt and Lopes families reconnect. The town considers a leash law after two cat-killing dog incidents, discusses road work and signs, purchases a $2200 Hi Way Sander, and plans a turnaround area on Saddlers Road. Civil Defense seminars, landfill inspections, and town hires round out the latest Shaftsbury business.
United Methodist Women Plan Fall Activities In Dorchester
White Creek and Dorchester residents attended church events and fundraisers. The United Methodist Women met October 6 at Mrs. Everett Perry Sr. home and planned a chicken barbeque with Community Hall on October 15. A bazaar of annual crafts, devotions by Marie Perry and a program on religion were on the docket. The group sells 1978 calendars for society funds and next meets November 2 with Mrs. James McCart as leader. An administrative board meeting October 10 set church goals and a community supper is slated for November 19 in partnership with Jermain Community Hall Association. The Youth Fellowship canvassed for the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad. Names of canvassers included Mary Hrbek, Heather Niles, Jody Tollison, Maureen Hulihan, Jane Perry, and others. Linda Randell and Dawn Williams of York, Maine, visited Dorchester for the weekend.
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United Methodist
Everett Perry
Marie Perry
Marge George
The
United Methodist Church
Jermain Community Hall Association
Methodist Church
Hoosick
Mary and
Larry Hrbek
Heather Niles
Pleasant Valley Grange hosts public card party Oct 18
The South Cambridge area Grange announces a public card party at its hall on Tuesday Oct 18 at 8 p.m. Also noted are a 30 degree cold snap last Friday, a combined circuit churches service Oct 16 at 10 30 a.m. at Eagle Bridge United Methodist Church with Rev Harry Burdess, a Sandgate home meeting for school directors Oct 14 at 8 p.m., Sunday school at 9 a.m., an annual turkey supper Oct 29, and Gertrude Aiken’s 98th birthday celebrated Oct 4 with thanks for cards gifts cakes and bouquets from family and friends including a granddaughter in Ecuador and a friend in Switzerland. The Pawlet School Board meets Oct 17 at 7 30 p.m. at Pawlet School.
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Pleasant Valley Grange
Eagle Bridge United Methodist Church
Harry Burdess
Gertrude Aiken
Ecuador
Switzerland
Dorset boards deny donation to Friends of 7 over Route 7 plan
Dorset selectmen ruled that using town funds to aid the Friends of 7 would be inappropriate, making Dorset the first community to refuse money to the group pushing construction of a Bennington to Dorset Route 7. The vote was unanimous amid a broad debate on Route 7’s merit.
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Dorset Selectmen
Ethel Twichell
Dorset
Dorset Board of Selectmen
Friends of 7
Bennington
Greater Manchester
George Ludlam
Vernon Squires
Terry Tyler
Route 30
Pownal zoning appeal dropped amid trailer bylaw dispute
POWNAL The Planning Commission heard that the appeal of the Zoning Board of Adjustment ruling blocking Gail Buss from a variance for a trailer closer than bylaws allowed would be dropped. A withdrawal letter will be sent to the board, which will set a reasonable removal time before any fine. Building permits were issued this month to Abraham and Margaret Young for a trailer on Route 346 in North Pownal, Robert Leavens for a garage on B Hill, Earl Wright for a storm entrance on Pownal Road, and Legacy Inc for a single family dwelling on State Line Drive. Attending were Robert Pettit, E Kenneth Brown and A Daniel Mason.
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Pownal
Planning Commission
E. Kenneth Brown
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Gail Buss
Brown
Superior Court
Abraham
Margaret Young
Route 346
North Pownal
Robert Leavens
B Hill
Earl Wright
Pownal Road
Legacy Inc
State Line Drive
Robert Pettit
A. Daniel Mason
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I. Stanford Zecher
John Hawkins
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Robert Wheeler
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Helene Thorpsor
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Donna Pickering
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