Vermont race heats up as primary clock ticks on
Vermont voters face a tight primary scene as Republican William Craig pushes to cut property taxes and overhaul school funding while Democrat Brian Burns presses for state control of VELCO. The Brattleboro Reformer's endorsement adds momentum as campaigns furiously shape energy, education, and tax policy.
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Windsor County
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Craig
Brian Burns
Montpelier
Vermont Electric Power Co
Burns
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New England
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Maine
Two colleges reopen with new leaders amid cautious optimism
Bennington College welcomes 196 new students as acting president Robert Woodworth oversees afternoon ceremonies while Southern Vermont College introduces new president Thomas Gee at a campus front lawn presidential picnic. Both colleges report robust enrollments and shift to new governance, with ongoing debates at a public meeting on library funding and the Shaftsbury transfer plan.
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Bennington College
Robert Woodworth
Southern Vermont College
Thomas Gee
Gee
Woodworth
Solzhenitsyn left in August amid secret departure
The Herald reports Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn left in early August and faced threats suggesting his wife or children could be kidnapped if he continued anti Soviet propaganda. A friend, Alexander Vinogradov, bought 50.7 acres and a house for $130000 in trust, with renovations planned on Windy Hill Road.
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Herald
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Ronald Butler
Cavendish
Quentin Phelan
Windy Hill Road
Vermont
Norwich University
Northfield
Carter daughter in law speaks for Carter campaign in Vermont
Karen Carter a Georgia teacher and Jimmy Carter’s daughter in law has spent over a year touring 30 states for her husband’s candidacy. She campaigns to support Jimmy Carter, avoids negative rhetoric, and believes in his sincerity while balancing family life. She may visit Vermont again before the election. Also covered: Bennington zoning board approves Edward Wilkie’s auto body shop reopening and John Foster modular home permit with conditions.
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Edward Wilkie
Bennington Tissue Co
Papermill Village
John Foster
Route 9
Barney Brook
Bennington schedules and local notices update
The Mt. Anthony Union schools committee will not meet tonight as planned and no new date has been set. Edie Hogan hosts snacks Friday night at the Bennington Club. The Christian education workshop is Saturday at First Baptist Church Bennington from 9 45 am to 3 pm with a 2 registration fee. Found items at B and R depot after the final Steamtrain run may be reclaimed at the Bennington Bicentennial Information Center Putnam Square. The Bennington Board of Civil Authority meets Saturday at 1 30 pm to add new 18 year olds to the Sept 14 primary list. Registration for the Greater Bennington Junior Bowling Association is Saturday 3 to 5 pm at Bennington Lanes. ADV The Pharmacy 209 North St will be closed all day Sunday Sept 12 for a pharmacy seminary and reopens 8 am Monday. John Faraci Real Estate Course offers nine weekly sessions to prepare for the Vermont salesmen brokers exam with sessions in Manchester Sept 13 and Bennington Sept 15 fee 65 call 362 2971.
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Joseph Crossman
Arthur Jones
Crossman
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Eric
Shaftsbury
Wilbur Fiske
Mt. Anthony Union
Mt. Anthony
Adler
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Edwin Colvin
Colvin
Charles Breen
Snow
Williams
Mary Hodeck
Vincent Pizzano
First Baptist Church
Main Street
Bennington
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North St
John Faraci
Vermont
Manchester
Obituary Nora M. Larney 87 Crescent Manor resident
Nora M. Larney age 87 died Wednesday in Mary Fletcher Hospital Burlington after four years in Crescent Manor Nursing Home She was born in Ireland Feb 21 1889 daughter of Patrick and Mary Foley Her husband James Larney died in 1941 She is survived by sister Mary Ledgard Bennington brother Maurice Foley Ireland a niece Kathleen Emmet Bennington and other nieces and nephews There will be no calling hours Liturgy and Burial Friday at 9 am Sacred Heart Church Bennington graveside service 1 pm Gate of Heaven Cemetery Mt Pleasant NY family plot
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Crescent Manor
Bennington
Mary Fletcher
Burlington
Ireland
Patrick
Mary Foley
James Larney
Hanson-Walbridge
Sacred Heart Church
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant
N.Y
Local Births and Admitted Residents Notice
Wednesday admissions include Leslie Russell from Whitingham Beatrice Salluzzo of Hoosick Falls New York. Birth announcements report a boy to Denneth and wife Hoosick Falls a girl to Leand and wife Peters and a boy to Stephen Wright Woodford. Discharges list Grace Lemieux Bennington Kathleen Morse and baby Arlington Shirley Lohnes and Lawrence Gerrity Hoosick Falls New York.
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Leslie Russell
Whitingham
Beatrice Salluzzo
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Denneth Johnson
Leand Peters
Stephen Wright
Woodford
Grace Lemieux
Bennington
Kathleen Morse
Arlington
Shirley Lohnes
Lawrence Gerrity
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