Free and reduced lunch program announced by Vermont union
The Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union outlines a free and reduced price meal policy per state guidelines. Criteria cover income and family size with exceptions for unusual medical or housing costs. Applications are confidential and accessible via school letters or principals. Hearing appeals are available with Supt. George A. Sleeman designated as hearing official. Lunch prices vary by district with milk at 8 cents.
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Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
State of
Vermont
George A. Sleeman
Main St
Bennington
Arlington
Pownal
Woodford
North Bennington
Highway Route 7 planning session scheduled
The Highway Department planning division sets the second public meeting to discuss Route 7 between Rutland and Burlington. The hearing occurs at 7 30 p m on a Wednesday in September in Montpelier.
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Montpelier
Highway Department
Rutland
Burlington
Senior Citizens Card Party Winners and Route 7 Meeting
Senior Citizens winners for Aug 24 were Lulu Cooper and Sal Macario with Anna Whipple as door prize. Aug 31 winners were Eva Montgomery, George Rogers, and Sal Macario. The next party is Sept 17 with the regular meeting Monday at 7 30 at the center followed by social hour. Route 7 study info session to gather input from Leicester Middlebury New Haven and Waltham residents held Aug 19 at Middlebury Municipal Auditorium per highway engineer R J Nicholls. The first Pittsford meeting Aug 23 drew nearly 100, and the Middlebury session welcomes all interested in Route 7.
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Lulu Cooper
Sal Macario
Anna Whipple
Eva Montgomery
George Rogers
Middlebury Municipal Auditorium
R. J. Nicholls
Leicester
Middlebury
New Haven
Waltham
Highway Department
Nicholls
Pittsford
Vergennes
Utility disconnection policy challenged by NET lawyer
A Vermont Public Service Board hearing on proposed utility cutoffs drew opposition from New England Telephone attorney Stella Hackel who urged delaying action until NET’s fairness is proven. The PSB proposed 30 days to collect before disconnection, with calls for a standardized policy, while critics argued heating outages should not be allowed and some favored installment plans for unpaid bills. Citizens, including low income residents, attended, some lamenting past disconnections despite statutory notice.
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John Patterson
Vermont Gas Systems Inc
PSB
Charles Larkin
Larkin
Bernard Sanders
The
Liberty Union
Vermont Welfare Rights Organization
Chios
Richard Comstock
Winooski
Salmon vows end to Vermont rock festival at Mac's site
Gov. Thomas Salmon with Sen. Arthur Jones toured Mac's Party site in Holland and vowed that Vermont will not allow future rock concerts. The Labor Day weekend event on nearly 200 acres near the Canadian border drew a crowd, a shooting incident, and was cut short after a day amid concerns over mob scenes in a rural town.
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Holland
UPI
Mac
Thomas Salmon
Arthur Jones
Essex
Orleans
Salmon
Vermont
Ronald MacWorth
Green Mountain Club Intersectional hikers wrap nine days in Vermont
About 275 Green Mountain Club members and friends returned from the 1973 Intersectional at Tamarack Notch Mendon after nine days of hikes and outdoor activities. They covered 55 miles of the Long Trail from Mad Tom Trail to Mt. Carmel, repaired hazards in Clarendon Gorge, and explored Bird Mountain Bald Mountain and sections of the Appalachian Trail. Evening events included dances bingo and folk songs while slide programs showcased GMC trips and international climbs. Educational activities featured a survival workshop a nature walk and compass instruction with Rutland participants contributing to the program.
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Rutland
Green Mountain Club
Vermont
Wilbur Weston
Tamarack Notch
Mendon
Mad Tom Trail
Mt. Carmel
Clarendon Gorge
Bird Mountain
Bald Mountain
Pittsford
Otter Creek
GMC
Vermont utility to build 277 MW power plant in Georgia
Rutland Vermont Electric Power Co. board voted to build a combined cycle generating plant in the town of Georgia. The 277000 kilowatt facility, slated as the preferred site after years of planning, will precede a formal construction application and is about half the size of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. Vernon plant.
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Rutland
UPI
Vermont Electric Power Co
Georgia
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp
Vernon
EPA Controls Talc Waste at Johnson
The EPA and the Vermont environmental agency plan to issue a cleanup permit to Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals in Johnson Vermont. The mine runs 300 tons daily and groundwater is pumped to surface and released into Bell Brook downstream. The permit imposes strict effluent limits and requires best practicable pollution control technology. A public hearing may be held if community response is strong.
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Boston
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals Corporation
Johnson, VI
Johnson
Bell Brook
John A.S. McGlennon
EPA
Glennon
Fish and Game to hold first public forum
Vermont Fish and Game Commissioner Edward Kehoe calls an experimental public forum this Saturday September 8 at 1 p.m. in the Pavilion Auditorium Montpelier. The session aims to air enforcement fisheries game management administration information and education research and habitat topics with brief division presentations followed by audience questions.
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Montpelier
Vermont Fish and Game Department
Edward Kehoe
Kehoe
Vermont bank executive urges end to interest rate ceilings
Hilton A. Wick, president of the Vermont Bankers Association, urged eliminating rate ceilings on home and farm loans to meet Vermont housing needs and stabilize the economy. Speaking at a Stowe dinner, he said Vermont banks must lend at higher rates when needed and that statewide demand for first home mortgages and farm loans could reach 150 million dollars annually.
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Burlington
Vermont
Hilton A. Wick
Vermont Bankers Association
Wick
Chittenden Trust Co
American Institute of Banking
Town and Country Motor Lodge
Stowe
VBA
Chittenden Bank
Public hearing on Vermont day care rules draws few
A small turnout attended a Wednesday hearing on proposed state day care regulations. Phil Dwight of the Vermont Day Care Directors Association urged more cooperation between the Social Welfare Department and the Office of Child Development and faulted varying emphasis on day care facilities. Patricia Jewett backed strong licensing, while Roland Gerhardt said suggestions would be considered before final regulations.
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Montpelier
UPI
Phil Dwight
Vermont Day Care Directors Association
Social Welfare Department
Office of Child Development
Patricia Jewett
Cham
Roland Gerhardt
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