Trail riders compete in Bald Mountain 4-H Club ride
On October 15 a small yet determined group of trail riders braved foul weather for the inaugural Bald Mountain 4-H Club trail ride hosted by Michael and Mrs. Devens at Trumbull Mountain Stables. Judges Edie Pullman Devens and Luella Stuart announced trophy and ribbon winners, featuring Carl Lueth on Mickey Moose in fifth, Patti White on Dublin in second, Jill Batchelder on Echo in sixth, Jenny Vasey on Phoebe Plaudit in first, Diana Kelley on Brown Sugar in third, Elaine Casey and Debbie Lueth on Bedia in fifth.
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Bald Mountain
Michael Devens
Trumbull Mountain Stables
Edie Pullman Devens
Luella Stuart
Carl Lueth
Mickey Moose
Patti White
Dublin
Jill Batchelder
Echo
Jenny Vasey
Phoebe Plaudit
Diana Kelley
Brown Sugar
Elaine Casey
Debbie Lueth
Bedia
Lenox resort offers Mount for sale to preserve landmark
The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Lenox mansion damaged by burst pipes, is up for sale to fund preservation. Center at Foxhollow owns the 24 room estate with 15 or 55 acre options priced at 200000 or 250000, minimum land to qualify as a resort. Prospective buyers viewed the property. sale not imminent. The Mount is a National Historic Landmark listed since 1972.
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Lenox
Mass
UPI
Teddy Roosevelt
Henry James
Edith Wharton
the Mount
Douglas Lambrose
Mount
Miss Wharton
Ethan Frome
New York
Newport
R.C
Lambrose
Foxhollow Resort
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Wharton
Vanderbilt
The
Berkshire County
Manchester residents deny McDonald’s zoning change appeal
Manchester residents applauded Selectmen I Stanford Zecher when he announced the board would not approve a zoning amendment behind Route 7 for a McDonald’s. The plan sought residential area rezoning to allow landscaping in front of the proposed restaurant, with the planning commission already backing a change that would widen the commercial strip. The McDonald’s attorney said construction could begin next year and open by mid June, while residents praised the decision as a check on rapid Route 7 commercialization.
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Manchester
Selectmen
I. Stanford Zecher
McDonald’s Restaurant
McDonald’s
James O’neil
Zecher
Planning Commission
Board of Selectmen
McDonald’s Corporation
Manchester Selectman
Stanford Zecher
Route 7
O’neil
Mountain View Drive
Edward Keaton
David MacEllven
MacEawen
Manchester selectmen approve Burr Fund interest use compromise
Manchester board ends public hearing on zoning bylaw amendments and approves a legal compromise to permit accrued interest from the Burr Fund to aid residents as a poor fund. The capital remains about 4700 dollars. interest over 1000 dollars will revert to principal. Appointed Cynthia Tooley and Elizabeth Hart as crossing guards. A motion restricting town offices to government-related groups was approved. A 1000 foot private road deed to the town from George Breen was tabled for review against town specifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Board of Selectmen
Joseph Burr
Burr
Thomas Whalen
Cynthia Tooley
Elizabeth Hart
George Breen
Dorsetman joins staff at VAC and town notices
Robert L Green joins the Vermont Achievement Center as director of development. He previously led local opportunity councils and lives in Dorset with his wife. Also reported are a town grader purchase, a sewer hook up plan on Battenkill Lane, a rummage sale at Dorset United Church, and a Hoosick volunteer food co op meeting to reorganize.
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Rutland
Robert L. Green
Vermont Achievement Center
Robert H. Dombro
Green
Bennington- Rutland
Opportunity Council
Rutland Opportunity Council
Harvard University
Dorset
United Church of
East Rupert
Recreation Committee
Battenkill Lane
Hoosick
N.Y
State Armory
Church Street
Hoosick Falls
Psychohistorian to speak at Williams on madness
Brown professor Robert G L Waite of Williams College will present the second talk in the history of ideas Colloquium series on madness. He will discuss how the historian confronts madness in history. The event is Tuesday Oct 25 at 4 pm in Driscoll Lounge and is free to the public.
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Williamstown
Mass
Robert G. L. Waite
Brown
Williams College
History of Ideas
Waite
God
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
New York Times
Driscoll Lounge
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Lenox Resort
McDonald's
Anne Webb
United Press International
Rome
Dorsetman
VAC
Food Co-Op
Bennington, Vermont
Williams
Bennington Co-op Savings and Loan
Es Bennington & Loan Association
Wgton, VT
Sesanp
Main Street
Bennington
Fairdale Farms Milk
Madkour
Main ST
Monthru
Thurs
Hye
Scholl
Marra’s
North ST
Dick Torre
Prop
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