Shaftsbury ZBA: Historic Munro Hawkins House Wins Reprieve
Shaftsbury ZBA spared the Munro Hawkins House from a gift shop conversion as talks stalled. the house owned by Bennington College is on the market with Hawks Realty as exclusive agent. In a separate case, contractor Kenneth Corey must blacktop a driveway by Sept. 27 or face daily fines up to year end, after a board order to curb dust and limit access.
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Shaftsbury
Munro-Hawkins House
Breard Hawks
Bennington County
Bennington College
Hawks
Colvin
Sycamore Lane
Kenneth Corey
Corey
Charles Watson
Grange Notes on Estate and Local Requests Tabled
Grange notes report estate business on Main Street tabled as Watson’s apartments and office request awaits variance law review. Judson Hagerty pond plan discussed. site inspection urged. Edie Pullman indoor riding arena plan approved pending Act 250 location change. Harrington lapidary shop approved for one year. Mt Equinox Grange met Aug 2 with reports, new fourth degree member Charlyne Harrington, mystery ride, and talks on plants religion and art. Senior Citizens social tonight with Ben Franklin meals and Aug 16 judging. Dues, hall repairs, and awards programs noted. next meeting Sept 20.
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Main Street
Watson
Board
Munro-Hawkins
Judson Hagerty
West Mountain Road
Phoebe Bump
Colvin
Hagerty
Edie Pullman
Trumbull Hill Road
Clifford Harrington
Meadow Lane
Mt. Equinox Grange
Manchester
Charlyne Harrington
Pauline
Julius Hill
Florence Bull
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange
State Grange
Pauline Hill
Grange
Grange Hall
Grange Liberty Bell
Topping Tavern on SHS agenda
Shaftsbury Historical Society annual meeting features a program of history and songs by Shaftsbury Elementary School students and a talk by Peter W. Cook on Topping Tavern history. Members plan a picnic, vote on officers, hear progress on Shaftsbury history project, and view new portraits and artifacts.
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Shaftsbury
Topping Tavern
Shaftsbury Historical Society
Peter W. Cook
Bennington Museum
Society
Thurston Hulet
Marjorie R. Galusha
Marion Smith
Ruth Levin
Murial Rice
John Millington
Historical Society of
Shaftesbury
England
Vermont
Shaftesbury Society
Petersburg Youth Commission seeks fall program director
Petersburg New York youth group sketches a fall program adding square dancing sewing embroidery and basic carpentry. Only one candidate applied for part time director with hopes to hire by mid October. Activities aim to broaden girls participation with homemaking projects and cooking while plans await director selection and a special meeting to firm up fall activities.
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Youth Commission
Pearl Wallach
Dick Small
Small
Corrine Stella
Jennifer Cruickshank
Commission
Wallach
Pattison named to House Administration Committee
WASHINGTON D C Congressman Edward Pattison has been selected to fill the vacancy on the House Administration Committee left by Wayne Hays resignation. Chairman Frank Thompson Jr. announced Pattison's appointment after approval by the Democratic Policy and Steering Committee. Pattison, a Democrat from NY 29th district, is praised for handling difficult issues and for pursuing efficient, honest administration.
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Edward Pattison
House
Wayne Hays
Frank Thompson Jr
Pattison
Democratic Policy and Steering Committee
Congress
Ned Pattison
Thompson
West Sand Lake
Hays
Bondville Fair Plans Set for September Event
Bondville plans for the annual fair September 24 to 26 with rides by Prince Arthur Amusements, a new arts and crafts show in Feral Hall, leather workers and potters displays, top New England horse pulling teams, vaudeville acts, and a bicycle raffle. Exhibitors should contact Walter Rawson in South Londonderry.
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Bondville
Prince Arthur Amusements
England
Walter Rawson
Londonderry
Yale professor questions What is people's will
Yale professor Edmund S. Morgan assigns history of governing by divine right to will of the people at Williams College convocation. He notes the difficulty in discerning the people's will across eras and cites party politics as a modern conduit, though imperfect, for expressing that will.
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Yale
Williamstown
Mass
Edmund S. Morgan
Sterling
Yale University
Morgan
Williams College
England
Max Lerner
Williams
Clarence Clyde Ferguson
Vandals Offer Reward For Info On St Albans Insulator Destruction
Central Vermont Public Service Corp. posts a 500 reward for clues leading to arrests and convictions after vandals shot a high voltage line insulator near St Albans Town causing Randall Swan 13 to suffer second and third degree burns. The line damage exceeds 2000 with prior vandalism earlier this year. In Montpelier officials permit limited DDT use to combat bats only after less harsh methods fail and under strict controls.
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ST. Albans
UPI
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Randall Swan
St. Albanstown
Howard Eastman
CVPS
Commissioners of Health and Agriculture
Pilots Return After Air North Walkout Protest
Air North pilots returned to work after a one day illegal walkout over planned layoffs. Eight pilots were to be laid off due to a canceled city contract with Glens Falls New York. The cooling off period had been violated.
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Burlington
API
Air North
Richard Derringer
Derridnger
Glens Falls
N.Y
Rutland
New York
Plattsburgh
Massena
Poughkeepsie
Albany
Sheriff patrols expand in Grand Isle towns
Grand Isle County sheriff's deputies now patrol South Hero Grand Isle and North Hero. Sheriff John Lawrence said the patrols are financed by special appropriations from the three towns, approved at March town meetings.
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Grand Isle
UPI
South Hero
North Hero
John Lawrence
Lawrence
Teen Killed in Vermont Car Crash Near Roxbury
Louis Knapp age 15 of Northfield died when a car on Vermont Route 12A went out of control and struck a rock ledge. The right side tore off, Knapp was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene. Driver Rodney Chamberlain, 24, of Randolph, was hospitalized with a possible concussion.
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Roxbury
UPI
Louis Knapp
Northfield
Knapp
Rodney Chamberlain
Randolph
Health Dept warns Lake Ontario fish unsafe to eat
New York Health Department says most Lake Ontario fish species contain Mirex at dangerous levels, including Coho salmon Chinook salmon and Lake trout. Discharges of Mirex from shoreline plants prompted tests of water and fish, with 25 communities under scrutiny.
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Albany
State Health Department
Lake Ontario
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
Health Department
Motorcycle Crash in Berkshire Claims 21 Year Old
Richmond police say excessive speed and loose gravel caused a motorcycle crash on Route 41 Saturday at 3 15 pm. West Stockbridge man Michael A Baluk, 21, died en route to Berkshire Medical Center after skidding on gravel and being thrown head first into a telephone pole in front of the Nicholas Putzu residence.
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Richmond
West Stockbridge
Michael A. Baluk
Baluk
Berkshire Medical Center
Pittsfield
Richmond Fire Department
Route 41
Nicholas Putzu
Pittsfield to honor 10 at Autumn Celebration at Stanley Club
The Transcendental Meditation Society in Pittsfield will recognize ten individuals at its Autumn Celebration on Sept. 20 at the Stanley Club. Mayor Evan S. Dobelle will present awards. Among honorees are Congressman Silvio Conte for the Capitals of the Age of Enlightenment Award and Mrs. Lawrence K. Miller for the Development of Consciousness Award for directing Hancock Shaker Village.
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the Transcendental Meditation Society
Stanley Club
Evan S. Dobelle
Silvio 0. Conte
Lawrence K. Miller
Berkshire Eagle
Hancock Shaker Village
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