Selectmen authorize manager to study pension plan changes
Town Manager Edward R. Lamb won permission to explore updating the 1964 pension plan for 60 town and village employees, a move that triggered a dispute over executive authority between the manager and the pension committee chaired by Selectman Higgins. Supporters said study could improve benefits with little cost. opponents warned of higher town costs and control concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Lamb
Lamb
Brattleboro
Joseph E. Higgins
Pension Committee
Edward Frasier
Alexander B.R. Drysdale
Higgins
Joseph A. Pello
Old Bennington
Edward H. Cumpston Jr
Burton Potter
Edward J. Kuhn
Nuke hearing set by WRB for Vernon plant
The Water Resources Board issued public notice for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp to certify that discharging heated water and low level radioactive wastes into the Connecticut River will meet federal water quality standards. A public hearing is scheduled for Oct. 1 to test the state's reasonable assurance. The Southern Vermont Conservation Society seeks party status, arguing the current permit violates federal standards and state regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Connecticut River
Southern Vermont Conservation Society
Bennington
Williams, Witten, Carter and Dollard
Campbell lays out think ahead budget plan for Bennington
Duncan Campbell, Bennington Selectmen chair, clarifies his seven point two million dollar proposed capital expenditures list. He warns it is not a final budget but a planning tool to prompt long term thinking and prioritization for future town projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan Campbell
Bennington
Planning Commission
Campbell
Three Area Girls Enter St Luke's School of Nursing
Three students from the Bennington area join St. Luke's School of Nursing Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield for the three year diploma course. Kathleen Patricia Flynn Maureen Elizabeth Mattison and Katherine Shirley Wilkins are the named entrants along with a freshman class of 43 students who enrolled September 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
Bennington
St. Luke’s School of Nursing
Berkshire Medical Center
Kathleen Patricia Flynn
Robert J. Flynn
Avondale Meadows Farm
North Bennington
Maureen Elizabeth Mattison
Wallace L. Mattson
Maple St
Katherine Shirley Wilkins
Frederick S. Wilkins
East Road
Car burns in Woodford. Plymouth destroyed after engine fire
A 1966 Plymouth station wagon owned by Eleanor Guthbert of Bedford caught fire on Vermont Route 9 in Woodford at 2 p.m. The vehicle was totally destroyed but Guthbert and her two children escaped unharmed. Bennington Rural Fire Department extinguished the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Mass
Woodford
Eleanor R. Guthbert
Bennington
Richard C. Myers
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
North Bennington
Charles E. Clark
Main St
Lester E. Brock
Brock
County
Lincoln
Elsie M. Williams
Lyman Hansen
Fairlawn Park
Fourth antique car show at MAUHS grounds this Saturday
The fourth annual Antique and Classic Car Show in Bennington sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce will be held at Mt. Anthony Union High School on Saturday. Judging starts at noon with field events at 3 pm. Featured entries include a 1909 Stevens Duryea owned by Mr and Mrs Robert Sprague Jr. plus Packard 1930 touring, 1931 Phaeton, 1914 Trumbull, 1907 Buick touring, 1931 Chevy roadster and 1929 Model A Ford among others. organizers expect well over a hundred entries for a strong viewing event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Chamber of Commerce
Robert C. Sprague Jr
North Adams
Mass
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Senior Citizens Center Agenda and Events This Week
Public card party at the center Friday 8 p.m. prizes and refreshments. glaucoma diabetes screening Monday 3 6 p.m. flu clinic Sept 28 2:30 4:30 and 7 8 p.m. Dr Ruth Steinman in charge. arts and crafts Tuesday 2 p.m. American Legion Auxiliary meeting Tuesday 6 30 p.m. Social Security help Thursday Sept 17 2 p.m. rummage sale Sept 18 19 10 a.m. bowling at Bennington Lanes Friday 6 p.m. watch for time change. Washington report: retail sales $6.9 billion last week, up 1% from prior week and 3% year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Stewart
Angela Morris
Center
Ruth Steinman
American Legion Auxiliary
Senior Citizens Club
Legion Auxiliary chaplain widow of World War II hero
PORTLAND Ore The Rev Isadore H Fox of Cambridge Vt widow of one of the four chaplains of the Dorchester was elected national chaplain of the American Legion Auxiliary. She has led department roles and pastored in Colebrook NH and Vermont towns. The Dorchester sank Feb 3 1943 after which the four chaplains gave life jackets and perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Isadore H. Fox
Cambridge
Dorchester
American Legion Auxiliary
Jail sentence suspended in Manchester hashish case
Patrick W. Sale, 18, of Bondville, received a suspended two year term in the St. Albans Correctional Facility and a $500 fine in Bennington District Court for selling hashish in Manchester last Oct.3. Judge John P. Morrissey placed Sale on probation. Other Tuesday actions included Marvin H. Gregory, 29, Bennington, guilty on a petty larceny charge and given a suspended 30 day term with probation. Edwin C. Blood, 36, West Chesterfield N H, guilty in a daytime break case with a continued bail. James A. Murphy, 22, Pownal, got a suspended 30 day sentence for driving with suspended license, fined $150 and placed on probation with weekly payment plan. Vernon J. Potter, 53, Palmer N Y, fined $250 for DUI and license suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick W. Sale
Bondville
St. Albans
Bennington
Manchester
John P. Morrissey
Marvin H. Gregory
Gail Condon
Morrissey
Gregory
Condon
Neil S. Moss
Edwin C. Blood
West Chesterfield
N.H
Pownal
James A. Murphy
U.S. 7
Murphy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Selectmen
Frasier
Board of Selectmen
WRB
School of Nursing
Perma-Press
Boston
Miracle-Ear
National Hearing Aid Centers Dept
Tremont Street
Mauhs Grounds
Robert C. Sprague
A.m
Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Wyatt Fox
Robert Murray
Bennington Area
National American Legion
Col
Mrs
Edward Giles
The
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Albert France
Searsburg
Blood
Vernon J. Potter
Palmer, N.Y
Rupert
Essley
Jayson
Burt Bros
Walker
Nichals
Grkoh
Berkshire
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