Bromley seeks summer slide at Bromley Mountain
The Bromley Corp seeks an Act 250 permit to build a 670 foot vertical drop summer slide on Bromley Mountain. A 200000 project, located in East Meadow near the base, uses small sleds on casters with speeds up to 12 mph and could run next summer if approved. A Sept. 17 hearing before the Bennington District Environmental Commission will be held at the Bromley base lodge.
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Peru
Big Bromley Corp
Bromley
Bromley Mountain
Bennington
Bennington County Regional Commission
Arlington
East Meadow
Meter maid eliminated by Manchester selectmen
Manchester selectmen voted unanimously to abolish the meter maid position and have the town police check parking meters. Second Constable Ruth Cook will receive four weeks notice. revenue from tickets is expected to reach about $5,000. Police to check meters at least twice daily. Various other brief actions included traffic plans for Route 7 property and banner permissions for church events.
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Manchester
Zecher
James Kardas
John T. Carmody
William Andras
Hillvale Avenue
St. Paul’s Church
Arlington North Shire Youth Center Block Dance Planned
The Arlington North Shire Youth Center holds a block dance this Friday after last weekend’s rainout and asks organizers to inform the board in advance for future events. A letter to the Palace notes a permit is needed for live music and a town auxiliary policeman must be hired to supervise. The board meets tonight with Jennison Engineering Inc. officials in Burlington to discuss the step two grant for the town village sewage project.
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North Shire
Palace
Jennison Engineering Inc
Burlington
Town Village
Flood program meeting set in Manchester
Town officials schedule a September 11 special meeting at 7 30 p m in town offices to map strategy for the new federal flood insurance program after HUD published a second phase flood hazard study. Residents are urged to review HUD maps, with a second HUD session planned within the month before final Washington approval.
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Manchester
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Richard D. Hayes
Hayes
Richville
Washington
Manchester Hot Meals seniors luncheon menu for September
Fer nando's Hideaway owner Roseanne Henning demonstrated crafts for seniors at the Manchester Hot Meals for Seniors luncheon. Menus published in advance for the second year. meals include chicken tetrazinni, baked fish, ham boiled dinner, meat loaf, with desserts and beverages. Reservations 24 hours ahead at 362-3950. Title 7 directors will dine with seniors September 9.
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Manchester
Roseanne Henning
Fernando
Route 7
Arlington
Mt. Anthony High School
Bennington
Ethan Allen Community College
Title 7
Eagles
Hoosick Grange to Install Officers September 10
Hoosick Falls New York reports County Grange Deputy Mrs. Gordon Sherman could not install officers at last week’s Hoosick Grange meeting but will preside at the installation on September 10. Lecturer Mrs. Wilfred Knapp showed slides from vacation trips and local events. N. Clifford Cottrell read a poem on The Wrong Size.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
County Grange
Gordon Sherman
The
Hoosick Grange
Wilfred Knapp
N. Clifford Cottrell
Mable
Poem Recital, Grange Picnic Featured At Grafton Lakes
Pownal Hewit presented A Farm Memory while Mrs. Knapp offered a Closing thought. A Grange picnic at Grafton Lakes State Park under Mr and Mrs Allen Cornell was reported as very successful.
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Hewit
Trustees Approve Vermont Equinox Burr and Burton Land Swap
Village trustees approve zoning changes enabling a land swap between Vermont Equinox Corp and Burr and Burton Seminary. Twelve acres west of the seminary will be rezoned Seminary Property, three acres east of Prospect Street and south of the athletic field will be Limited Commercial Equinox. Equinox will trade the twelve acres for Burr and Burton s three-acre site already owned by the school.
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Manchester
Vermont Equinox Corp
Burr and Burton Seminary
Prospect Street
BBS
Vermont Equinox
Burr and Burton
Douglas P. Shaw
Shaw
Houghton D. Pearl
Carl Rice
Don Otis
Robert G. Torrence
Londonderry
New York
Blakely
John Price Jones Inc
Torrence
Burr
Burton
Rice
Bicentennial Seniors scholarship program launched nationwide
The National Association of Secondary School Principals opens a $250000 scholarship program for class of 1976 high school seniors. One national winner gets $10000, 102 state winners receive $1000, and all winners attend a Williamsburg seminar January 16–19.
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National Association of Secondary School Principals
District of Columbia
Williamsburg
America
Pownal Elementary Adds Several New Teachers to Staff
Pownal Elementary School expands its faculty with two full time teachers and a half time instructor. Kathy Eagan of Bennington will lead a third grade, Sarah LaBombard also of Bennington takes fourth grade, and Pam Cherbonneau of Bennington teaches morning kindergarten. Additional staff include Eileen Gillooly from North Adams as kindergarten instructor, Gracemary Keith from Pownal, Amy Burger from Williamstown, and Linda Donigan from Bennington teaching first grade, Mary Davis from Williams Town handling the transitional class, Kim Weeks of Searsburg Fran Armstrong of Pownal and Florence Harries of Bennington teaching second grade junior staff. Third grade will include William Jones and Irma Shoff from Pownal joining Kathy Eagan, fourth grade Mae Bostwick of Bennington and Sarah LaBombard, fifth grade Peter Dolan of Williamstown and Gary Lamoureous of Pownal, sixth grade Fran Hall Tom Partenope of North Adams and Richard Singleton of Pownal. Other staff members include Barbara Jones librarian Edward Dewey PE Lenora Vandale remedial reading Elinor Avery speech therapist Barbara Kelley speech aid Fran Snyder vocal music and Doris Kycia instrumental music.
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Pownal
Kathy Eagan
Bennington
Sarah LaBombard
Pam Cherbonneau
Eileen Gillooly
North Adams
Mass
Gracemary Keith
Amy Burger
Williamstown
Linda Donigan
Mary Davis
Kim Weeks
Searsburg
Fran Armstrong
Florence Harries
William Jones
Irma Shoff
Mae Bostwick
Peter Dolan
Gary Lamoureous
Fran Hall
Tom Partenope
Richard Singleton
Barbara Jones
Edward Dewey
Lenora Vandale
Elinor Avery
Barbara Kelley
Fran Snyder
Doris Kycia
Longest and Narrowest Texas Railroad Park Under Construction
In Maydelle between Rusk and Palestine, Texas, a unique railroad park is being built by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The project will lay 24.5 miles of track through East Texas pine forest, featuring refurbished steam engines to evoke railroading’s golden age at the turn of the century.
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Maydelle
Tex
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