Arlington Looks to Revisit Police Protection and Lighting
Arlington residents will vote May 12 at Arlington Memorial High School gym for Article 31 to fund police protection at 4000 with a five cent tax impact if approved. Article 32 seeks up to 5000 for lighting upgrades at the high school and Fisher Elementary, funded by state aid and not raising the tax rate, pending voter approval. A Board of Civil Authority meeting is set for May 9, and a resignation of town service officer Charlena Hilliard was read and accepted.
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Arlington
Arlington Selectmen
Selectmen
Arlington Memorial High School
Fisher Elementary School
Board of Civil Authority
Selectmen’s Rooms
Charlena Hilliard
Legion Group Celebrates 38th Birthday in Hoosick Falls
The Hoosick Post American Legion Auxiliary observed its 38th birthday with a dinner at Wallies Restaurant in Greenwich. Founder Mrs. Thelma Warren, now of Green Island, attended as a guest, with others including Gold Star Mothers president Mrs. Margaret Danaher and charter member Mrs. Nellie Draper. Plans announced for April 14 county Auxiliary meeting, May 7 hostesses, and a May Poppy Sale chaired by Mrs. Doris Auering. Green-Up Day set for April 18 with Arlington students aiding and Garden Club handling refreshments at Arlington locations. A newborn Colleen Alta Brown was noted in West Arlington.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Wallies
Greenwich
Thelma Warren
Green Island
Jennie Hewitt
Nellie Draper
Ethel Barrer
Warren
County
Legion Rooms
Doris Auering
Bessie Cutler
Jessie Waddington
Marcia Livesey
Esther Bogardus
Hoosick Falls Church Public Supper and Paper Drive
Hoosick Baptist Church to host a public chicken and biscuit supper on Thursday evening April 9 in the church hall with servings starting at 5 30. The First Baptist Church Sunday School to sponsor a paper drive on Saturday May 2 with pickup service available by calling 686 5266. Charles Ball of 33 Third Street is a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital after being taken there Sunday by the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad.
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Hoosick
Bluebirds Arrive Late On Sunderland Hill This Spring
Eleanor Bloom notes the annual bluebird nesters appeared on Sunderland Hill on Saturday April 4 marking their latest arrival in five years. They typically come in the last week of March, with 1966 and 1967 arrivals earlier in late March.
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Eleanor Bloom
Sunderland Hill
Stratton Mountain
Man rescues two divers in English Channel after 17 heart surgeries
Derek Crisp, 45, who has endured 17 heart operations in 20 years, saved two skindivers in the English Channel. He pulled one into his 24 foot sailboard and the other into a towed rubber boat, later reporting chest strain and being admitted to hospital.
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London
UPI
Derek Crisp
Crisp
Pownal Works Raises Funds For Easter Bunny Project
The Pownal Parent-Teacher Group near the Joy Easter bunny project raised close to 400 dollars with Center School students selling tickets. Ricky Hayes won the top prize for selling 40 tickets. awards were given in grades 1-6 for top sellers. Mrs. John C. Kelley praised the students. Dorset wasted rummage sale by United Church of Dorset and East Rupert planned for May 7 with two sessions. donations accepted at Williams Department Store to fund local schools. Drawings for bunnies were March 26 by Kimberly Gile William Frost and Bennie based on social studies questions. winners were Mrs. Frank Harris, Al Moffett, and Miss Anita Thompson. Pownal Boy Scout Troop 347 meets tonight at 7 in the Scout Hut.
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Pownal
Center School
Ricky Hayes
John C. Kelley
Dorset
Women’s Fellowship of the United Church of
Dorset and
East Rupert
Ray Bostock
Austin Rumney
Calvin Skinner
Williams Department Store
John Barrett
Kimberly Gile
William Frost
Bennie N
Frank Harris
Pownal Center
al Moffett
Pittsfield
Mass
Anita Thompson
North Pownal
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout Troop
John Bottesi
Skidmore Faction Leads Opposition in Sandgate Zoning Fight
In Sandgate, Sandgate residents led by 61-year-old Harry Skidmore oppose a proposed five-member planning board plan and its comprehensive zoning. Skidmore claims the plan would curb growth and push mobile homes out, warning of a town meeting clash if zoning proceeds. The board argues zoning helps protect the Green River and sanitation amid crowding on steep hills.
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Sandgate
Planning Commission
Harry Skidmore
Skidmore
Commission
Lothar Wuerslin
Wuerslin
Planning Board
Doug Tschorn
Green River
Bear Town
Tschorn
Shaftsbury Officials Hear Whitney Farm Complaint
Shaftsbury selectmen and Health Officer reviewed a complaint about Whitney Farm with foreman promising burial of carcasses near dwellings. They discussed stallion containment, manure concerns, and a road dust issue. Prudential Committee urged an ordinance banning backyard burning. zoning committee appointments were debated. Public hearing on town plan noted limited attendance with no objections. Road conditions and driveway paving guidance were given, noting no zoning permit needed for fences or can covers.
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Shaftsbury
Merton Snow
Roy Whitman
Anthony Altobell
Snow
Whitney
Arthur Faris
Louis Torborg
Torborg
Sanborn
Edwin Colvin
Prudential Committee
Colvin
Jim Shea
Frederick Miller III
West Mountain Rd
John Hamilton
Rte. 7
Whitman
Leo Harrington
Zoning Commission
Audrey Jones
Selectmen’s Clerk
First Dental Hygienists Get UVM Caps
The 17 first year dental hygiene students at the University of Vermont will receive caps in a 3 p.m. April 19 ceremony in Carpenter Auditorium GMB. Miss Roberta Rubenstein of Brookline Mass trustee for District One of the American Dental Hygienists Association will speak. Dr Wadi I Sawabini chair will briefly address parents faculty and students along with Dr Robert W Coon associate dean. Highlight is students receiving caps from their big sisters following a poll showing near unanimous support for the capping tradition. Local school board chairman Joseph Crossman attended to discuss filling an unexpired term of the late Olive Williamson and whether to wait until June. Selectmen are to decide and inform Crossman. Public welcome. Kingstown Kingston England (UPI) Britain’s Automobile Association reviews emergency crew procedures after a detective’s wife complained a crew helped a young man attempt theft but he fled when questioned.
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Burlington
Department of
Dental Hygiene
University of Vermont
Carpenter Auditorium
Roberta Rubenstein
Brookline
Mass
American Dental Hygienists’ Association
Wadi I. Sawabini
Iefly
Robert W. Coon
Division of Health Sciences
Department of Dental Hygiene
Big Sisters
Dental
Olive Williamson
Roy Whitman
Crossman
Kingston
England
UPI
Britain
Automobile Association
Bryan Anderson
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Norman
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Benmont Avenue
Bennington, Vermont
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Gerald Raftery
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South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
William Perry
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SUNY
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Gannon Road
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Long Island
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