History of Battenkill Grange Told to Arlington Society
Arlington witnesses a history of Battenkill Grange 487 traced by Shirley Matteson and Belle Decker. The group, founded 1867, evolved from farmers to a broader membership with civic ties. Notable members included Norman Rockwell and Harlan Miller. past activities featured dances, bingo, and community service. The Grange supports Camp Ondawa, schools, libraries, 4 H, and local fairs, meeting twice monthly in West Arlington.
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Arlington
Grange
State Grange
Shirley Matteson
Arlington Historical Society
Matteson
Battenkill Grange
Belle Decker
Prudence Vaughn
West Arlington
Charles Lindsey
Vaughn
Norman Rockwell
Harlan Miller
The
Arlington Street
Camp Ondawa
Bennington
Arlington Memorial High School
Future Farmers of America
Arlington Farm Museum
West Arlington Community House
Bennington BRTI moves to hire bus drivers amid insurance concerns
Arlington Vermont news reports that the Bennington Regional Transit Inc board voted to begin interviewing and hiring bus drivers despite ongoing insurance uncertainty. State officials pledge temporary blanket coverage while bids are sought, with Rutland’s proposal expected to help Bennington County.
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BRTI
Arlington
Bennington Regional Transit Inc
Langdon Cummings
Highway Department
Rutland
Bennington County
Hartford Insurance Co
Simson
Shaftsbury Story Hour Opens at Firehouse on Wednesdays
The Chicken Little Story hour starts tomorrow September 22 at the Shaftsbury firehouse. Two groups run 9 to 10 and 10:30 to 11:30 for children aged 3 and 4 from Shaftsbury.
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Shaftsbury
Pownal Senior Citizens Social and Lions Board Meet
The Pownal Senior Citizens host a social at 7 tonight at the center in Pownal Center and hold a noon luncheon Wednesday at the same center. Reservations for the meal require a week in advance by calling Rose Mattison at 823-7282. The Pownal Lions Club Board of Directors meets at 7 tonight at the North Pownal firehouse. First hunter safety course class runs tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Pownal Center firehouse.
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Pownal
Pownal Center
Rose Mattison
Plane taxiing mishap injures three from Long Island
A small four passenger plane owned by Northfield Aviation Inc. of Patchogue N Y. taxied off the end of Mt Snow Airport runway while landing in Dover. Pilot Barry Plesser 29 Sayville N Y Steven Davis 32 Lake Ronkonkoma N Y and Edward Loper 40 Patchogue N Y escaped injury. The aircraft sustained moderate damage to the nose wheel and propeller.
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Northfield Aviation Inc
Patchogue, N.Y
Hyde Park cop Kaplan reinstated with benefits
Kenneth Kaplan, a Vermont police officer suspended last month, is reinstated with full benefits retroactive to Aug 19. A court recess in Hyde Park saw an agreement between Kaplan's attorney and Stowe town counsel. Charges claimed he traded boots for car work and sowed dissension, but the lawyer argued the suspension arose from a personal dispute with Stowe Police Chief James Moran.
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Hyde Park
UPI
Stone
Kenneth Kaplan
Vermont District Court
Kaplan
Oreste Valsangiacomo
Charles Adams
Stowe
James Moran
Vermont Tooth Fairy program overspend prompts review
A Vermont Health Department oversight led to an estimated 2000 to 3000 overrun in the Tooth Fairy dental care program for low and moderate income children. The legislature ordered a 3 percent cut in payments to dentists for the last quarter of the prior fiscal year, but the cutback was not implemented. A legislative review committee will seek clarification and consider applying the reduction to a different three months this year.
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Health Department
Vermont Supreme Court vacancy draws multiple applicants
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus reports eight or more judges from Superior and District Court levels seek the soon to be vacant Vermont Supreme Court seat held by Justice Milford Smith who plans to retire October 1. John Dinse, chair of the Judicial Selection Board, confirms a substantial number of applications but declines to name applicants. Ward 4 residents in Barre oppose locating a dog pound near the sewer plant, urging council to reject the plan as a leash law enforcement step. Elsie Cushman, 70, found dead from smoke inhalation after a morning house fire sparked by an overloaded electrical circuit, state police say. She was discovered in her bedroom after the blaze at her Tunbridge home.
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Tunbridge
UPI
Elsie Cushman
Tax status issues emerge over Universal Life ordinations
Albany counsel says New York ordinations from USC may not qualify for clergy tax benefits. Local residents in Sullivan Orange and Ulster counties joined a mass ordination protest. Regents may deny exemptions if claims seem unwarranted. Eleven Albany State University students arrested for disorderly conduct during a campus parking lot protest.
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Albany
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
New York
Universal Life Church
Sullivan
Orange
Ulster
Thomas McGrath
USC
New York Board of Regents
Albany State University
Bible Speaks College Buys Lenox Foxhollow for 600000
Bible Speaks College announces the $600000 purchase of Lenox Foxhollow School in Berkshire as its fourth Lenox Lee acquisition since last April. The campus will house classrooms and dormitories with no definite plans for Mount Edith Wharton mansion. The deal brings total college holdings to 374 acres and $1710000 in cost. Officials cite economy for 35 temporary layoffs at Schweitzer division’s four Lee mills, affecting hires since last April and reducing workforce to about 450.
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Lenox — Foxhollow School
Bible Speaks College
Lenox and Lee
Daniel Lewis
The
Mount
Edith Wharton
Edward
Bible Speaks
Bordentown-Lenox School
Fokine Ballet
Alexia School
Lee
Foxhollow
Frederick C. Hartwell
Lee Mills
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Historical Society
By Gerald Raftery
By Maggie C. Bucholt
Vermont Highway Department
John Simson
Bennington Country
St. Johnsbury
Randolph
Federal Highway Administration
FHWA
Sunderland
Manchester
Dorset
Robert Sheridan
Robert Schmid
Montpelier
Cummings
BCRC
CETA
Community Employment and Training Act
Bennington Ford
Mercedes School
Ore-Ida
Grocer
Ore-Ida Foods, Inc
P.O
Elm City
N.C
Pamela Blakeman
Home Furniture Co
CIS
Atul Ee
Vermont
SUNY
Down In
Berkshire
Foxhollow Sale Told
Schweitzer Division
Kimberly Clark Corp
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