Humane Society head probes kennel permit in Shaftsbury meeting
Shaftsbury selectmen heard Alice Edwards, president of the Bennington County Humane Society, raise concern over a kennel run without a required permit. Only six dogs are licensed and rabies immunizations on record. Officials will pursue formal complaint options and consult the constable, while other topics included a proposed sliding area on Sycamore Lane and ongoing water runoff issues on Sim Dean Road.
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Humane Society
Shaftsbury
Larry Miller
Shaftsbury Board of Selectmen
Alice Edwards
Bennington County Humane Society
Department of Agriculture
Eva Lowery
Route 7
Selectman
Sanford Buxbaum
Sanford Bauxbaum
Selectmen
Ms. Edwards
Wesley Bump
Ed Corey
Sycamore Lane
Corey
Sim Dean Road
Bauxbaum
Larry Pratt
Arlington
Ken Harrington
Pratt
Brent Peacock
Peacock
Harrington
Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Philadelphia
Correction on birth name and upcoming church and social events
The column corrects a prior birth notice for Kenneth L. and wife Aiken showing Kathleen Mary as the baby’s name instead of Katherine Mary. A combined circuit churches service is Sunday Oct 2 at 10 30 a m at South Cambridge United Methodist Church led by Rev Harry Burdess, with Sunday school at 9 a m. The Pleasant Valley Grange hosts a public card party Oct 4 at 4 p.m., following last party where awards went to Carrie Wallace Grace Reynolds Roland Lufkin John Becker Edith Madigan and Ernest Taylor.
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Kenneth L. Aiken
Katherine Mary
Kathleen Mary
South Cambridge United
Pleasant Valley Grange
Carrie Wallace
Grace Reynolds
Roland Lufkin
John Becker
Edith Madigan
Ernest Taylor
Ernest Trinkle
Philadelphia Manchester and Sunderland in town cost agreement
Selectmen agreed to pay the cost involving Philadelphia Manchester and Sunderland, outlining financial responsibility and the scope of the project among the three entities. The decision sets the framework for shared funding and coordination across municipalities.
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Philadelphia
Manchester
Sunderland
S. Selectmen
U S tree farmer of the year grows wealth from trees
Linwood Lesure 73 of Massachusetts is named the 1977 U S tree farmer of the year by Gov. Michael Dukakis in Springfield. He builds maple sugar, lumber, firewood and Christmas trees on 183 rocky acres in the Berkshire Hills and claims the trees do all the work while he advances farming methods including a sap pumping system now used by major syrup producers.
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Springfield
Mass
UPI
Linwood Lesure
Michael S. Dukakis
Dukakis
Lesure
Massachusetts
New England
The
Berkshire
Minister charged with assault and rape in Greenfield case
Greenfield Massachusetts minister Roy Lee pleaded innocent to five indictments charging rape and abuse of a female child under 16, two counts of unnatural acts and lascivious conduct, and a separate assault on a minor. The indictments cover alleged incidents in 1975 and 1976. The case follows a police investigation and Lee’s church service disruption as a substitute minister filled in. Trial date not set. next superior court session in January.
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Greenfield
Mass
UPI
Roy Lee
Franklin County Superior Court
Leo
Maine
Robbins Memorial Congregational Church
Franklin Superior Court
Agencies seek extra 1.4 million amid Vermont surplus
Vermont state agencies have filed supplemental budget requests totaling 1.4 million to balance the current fiscal year after ending the last year with a 21 million surplus. The Mental Health Department sought 355 thousand for Brandon Training School with other asks including 63 thousand for brucellosis, 126 thousand for tax collectors, and 113 thousand for Social and Rehabilitation Services. Further needs, including 200 thousand from the state college system, are anticipated.
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Tax Department
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Francis Hoermann
State College System
Vermont panel backs easing motor vehicle penalties
A Vermont subcommittee of the Legislative Fiscal Committee urges replacing the $15 basic speeding fine with a $2 per mph excess penalty and eliminating automatic license suspensions for drivers aged 16 to 18. The group also seeks ending first offense suspensions for extreme speeding and transferring fine schedule setting from judges to the Legislature.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Thomas Crowley
D-Chittenden County
Marijuana Seizure In Vermont Stirs Arrests Hopes
State police report a large marijuana seizure at a residence after a trooper responding to an unrelated call found about 200 plants and traces of processed marijuana. Officials say arrests are expected soon as the investigation continues.
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Alburg
UPI
Court orders Times Union access to jail death records
New York State Supreme Court Justice John T. Casey ruled the Times Union can obtain booking and court records related to the June death by own action of Rudolfo Boylston, a 20 year old who hanged himself after being remanded to Albany County Jail for a $3.48 restaurant bill. The Albany Daily notes Boylston was moved to a specially supervised cell amid an ongoing Dept of Corrections investigation. In Catskill, state police identified 30 year old John Everts of Athens as the man who jumped to his death from the Rip Van Winkle Bridge after driving onto the toll barrier despondent over his ex wife’s recent marriage.
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Albany
State Supreme Court
John T. Casey
Times Union
Albany Daily
Rudolfo Boylston
Boylston
State Department of Corrections
Catskill
Green County
John Everts
Athens
Rip van Winkle
Everts
Berkshire Driver to Face DUI Charge After Saturday Crash
Police say a 16 year old driver will be charged with operating while under the influence after his car jumped a curb on Woods Drive around 10 30 p m Saturday struck a utility pole and a parked pickup, traveling 132 feet over a lawn before the impact. Dennis J. O Neil of 37 E Jordan St was the driver. A Hong Kong based watch maker General Pacer Inc signed a lease to occupy part of Beaver Mill North Adams and will begin digital watch production by early next month. The firm, a collaboration of Noranda Industrial Ltd and G S International Corp, plans to hire 15 to 40 workers for production duties with about 40 total positions. Interviews start today with the state Division of Employment Security local office.
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Adams
Dennis J. O’neil
E. Jordan St
Woods Drive
North Adams
Beaver Mill
General Pacer Inc
State Division of Employment Security
Economic Development Corporation
Richard E. Scarafoni
Noranda Industrial Ltd
Hong Kong
GS. International Corp
Stamford
Conn
Noranda
G.S
Scarafoni
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Marielare Costello
Hawkeye
Radar
Alan Alda
Harry Morgan
Julie
Perai
Sealoon Prem
Bonnie Franklin
Mackenzie Phillips
Pat Harrington
Valerie Bertines
Gunman Raa Newspaper
Fairy Women Ia
Lou Grant
Lou
Ed Asner
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
U.S
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Ae Ue
Linwood
Big E Tree Farm
Ashfield
Vera
Peter
Warner
Benji
Harry Ends
Arnold Schwarzenegger
United Artists
Bennington
Canning
Campaign For Human Development
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
New York
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