Shaftsbury Fire Dept. raffle winners announced
Winners of the Shaftsbury Fire Department July 4 raffle at Bennington Airport are Robert Hansen of Shaftsbury winning 125 dollars Will Cross Shaftsbury 50 dollars Arthur Coxsee Shaftsbury 25 dollars Kenneth Smith Arlington 25 dollars Ralph Moon Bennington 25 dollars Kathleen King Bennington 25 dollars Barbara Jones Shaftsbury 25 dollars Applications for department membership are now being accepted for residents 18 or older. interested individuals may contact any department member for details.
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Shaftsbury
Bennington Airport
Robert Hansen
Will Cross
Arthur Coxsee
Kenneth Smith
Arlington
Ralph Moon
Bennington
Kathleen King
Barbara Jones
The
Fire Department
Long Trail School Earns Full Vermont Approval
The Vermont State Board of Education granted Long Trail School Inc full approval for July 1, 1976, to June 30, 1979, following a positive evaluation. The private day school in Dorset for grades 7-12 will open the 1976-77 year September 13, with admissions continuing via headmaster David Wilson at 867-4457 or the school's answering service at 362-3061.
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Dorset
Long Trail
Vermont
Department of Education
State Board of Education
Long Trail School, Inc
David Wilson
Pownal
Cheryl Foster
Mount Anthony Road
Bakers
Carpenter Hill Road
Gardners
Pownal Road
Hidden Valley Road
Falkners
Barber’s Pond Road
Kathy Roy
Barber’s Pond
Strohmaiers
Jackson Road
Bennington
Sunderland Church Elects Officers and Plans Repairs
A Sunderland Union Church meeting on August 25 elected officers and committees for the year. Repairs to front steps and north eave trough were discussed, a paint fund was started, and a fundraising committee was formed with donations directed to Treasurer Julius J. Hill.
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Sunderland Union Church
Edward Clark
Arlington
Rutland man sues over pastor death in car crash
Bernard Connor brother of slain Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thomas Conner filed a 250000 lawsuit in Rutland County Court alleging negligent driving by Jody Charbonneau in an October 1975 crash in Waltham. Charbonneau, two passengers, and Msgr. Conner died in the collision and Connor names Joyce Adams as administrator of Charbonneau's estate. Connor was pastor of St. Peter's Church in Rutland at the time.
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Rutland
UPI
Bernard Connor
Thomas Conner
Connor
Jody Charbonneau
Waltham
Msgr
Conner
Charbonneau
Bernard Conner
Miss Charbonneau
Joyce Adams
St. Peter’s Church
Montreal
Holy Land
Meaker Attacks Diamond On Vermont Criminal Code Effort
Rep John Meaker of Waterbury challenger for attorney general says incumbent M Jerome Diamond talked tough but did little to push Vermont's criminal code. Meaker, House Judiciary Committee chairman, notes Diamond appeared once while the bill was crafted and it died in the Senate.
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Montpelier
UPI
John Meaker
Waterbury
M. Jerome Diamond
Vermont
Diamond
Meaker
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Vermont August revenue up 12 percent from 1975
Vermont state revenue for August rose 12 percent over August 1975, officials said, signaling a turnabout from July totals. General Fund revenues in July were down nine percent from the prior year, and State Budget and Management Commissioner Ronald Crisman cautioned that it is too early to gauge closeness to the $165 million forecast for the new fiscal year that began July 1.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Ronald Crisman
Vermont teachers negotiate contracts in 16 towns
With schools set to open next Tuesday in Vermont, 16 communities report unsettled teacher contracts. The Vermont Education Association warns 10 agreements may prove hard to reach, while the VEA represents 4,400 of the state’s 6,000 teachers. Meanwhile a new Health Planning Council moves to draft a statewide health resources plan and begins a $5,000 survey, acting as if it is the federally recognized Health Services Agency until told otherwise.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Charles Ochmanski
Vermont Education Association
VEA
State Health Planning Council
Council
T. Richardson Miner
Health Services Agency
Grand jury in Troy hands down six sealed indictments
Six sealed indictments were issued by a Troy Rensselaer County grand jury on Wednesday. The case details remain unreleased pending arrests. Allegations center on Liberal Party misconduct raised by Nicholas Barbera of Troy, with Fleming and party chairman Edward Nash denying wrongdoing. A separate petition drive seeks a distinct Lansingburgh police unit backed by over 2,000 signatures, prompted by a last year homicide.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
John C. Fleming
Albany Times Union
Nicholas Barbera
Liberal Party
Fleming
Edward H. Nash
Lansingburgh
Roger Sutliff
Two Berkshires youths arraigned in vandalism at Pomeroy School
Pittsfield police arrested William McCarthy Jr. and Daniel Ghidoni, both 18, after a vandalism incident at Pomeroy School Tuesday. Alarm tied to fire station prompted a 6:48 p.m. response and 10 minutes of crashing sounds before suspects fled the boiler room. they were caught after a brief chase. In North Adams, Mayor Bianco is credited with saving public works commissioner Girardi after a heart attack at the city yard. Girardi was rushed to regional hospital in serious condition.
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Pittsfield
Pomeroy School
William McCarthy Jr
Daniel Ghidoni
North Adams
Joseph R. Bianco
City Public Works
Joseph J. Girardi
City Yard
Bianco
Girardi
Amherst
North Adams Regional Hospital
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Sheilah Miller
Board of Trustees
Sunderland
Gerald Raftery
Julius J. Hill
RFD
Arlington, Vt
Bruce Burrington
Burrington’s
French Hill
Champney’s
Ben Powell’s
New York State Line
Andrews
Pownal Center
West Meadow
Snow
Janice Buck
South Stream Road
Heap’s
Jackie Mason
Anson Mason’s
Ladd Road
White Oaks Road
State Line
Oak Hill
Cherry Court
Alta Mobile Park
Bob Columbus
Northwest Hill
River Road
Church Street
State Line Drive
Darling’s
Evergreen Trailer Park
Country Glen Mote
Dickinson’s
UL JidCivt
Jamestown
Extenor
Cael
Brite
Orea
Lea
Trutes
N Tuttle
Progressive Building Supply Centers
Progressive Building Supply Center
Depot Street
Redwood
Grand Union
New York
Down In
Berkshire
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