Arlington couple to present Sunderland England with Vermont plaque
Mr and Mrs Vincent Hyland of Red Mountain Road Arlington will tour England this week carrying a plaque and greetings from Sunderland Vermont to Sunderland England. The Vermont plaque was crafted by Clyde A Dunlap and decorated by Roseanne Henning. The official letter from Sunderland Vermont’s Board of Selectmen welcomes the visit and notes exchanges with Sunderland England, referencing a 1968 visit and future visits.
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Arlington
Vincent Hyland
Red Mountain Road
England
Sunderland
Clyde A. Dunlap
Roseanne Henning
Hernando
Arlington Craft Boutique
Thompson
Carl D. Benjamin
Earle H. Hill
Pamela Hyland
Howard E. Moberg
Mildred K. Fersh
Pownal church choir tonight and town meeting set
The Pownal Baptist Church choir rehearses at 6 30 p m at the church followed by a 7 30 p m weekly prayer meeting. The Board of Selectmen meets at 5 p m Thursday at the town office. A Vermont Achievement Center fundraiser is planned Saturday from 10 a m to 2 p m at Town Hall with donations welcome. The Pownal Rescue Squad logged 12 March calls, eight to homes and four for accidents.
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Pownal Baptist Church
Board of Selectmen
Vermont Achievement Center
Rutland
Town Hall
Pownal
Pownal Recreational
Hoosick Falls village board reorganizes at organizational meeting
Hoosick Falls New York. Mayor Donald Bogardus welcomed newly elected trustees John Jenuskevice Anthony Pokines and others. Committees named with Bogardus Murphy Pokines Greenwood Shaw Douglas Jenuskevice as members. A blanket appointment of officers approved with party lines dividing Independent Murphy Greenwood and Pokines and Democrats Douglas Shaw Jenuskevice. The board set monthly meetings for 7 30 p m and allowed chairmen to spend up to 300 in emergencies with later board approval.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Donald Bogardus
John Jenuskevice
Anthony Pokines
LeRoy Baker
Edwin Schneider
Francis Murphy
Bogardus
Murphy
Pokines
William Greenwood
Howard Shaw
Marilyn Douglas
Jenuskevice
Greenwood
Shaw
Douglas
Bernice Norton
Tom Levandowski
Civil Service
William Stuka
Mark Rousseau
Warren Roberts
Jack Carelli
Robert Stevens
Carlton Coons
Joe Trombley
Tom Harrington
Steve Gifford
Doris Gorman
Eleanor Hayden
LeRoy Baker Sr
Wayne Houghton
James Moore
Dennis Bornt
Rolf Sternberg
George Dougherty
Gerard McInerney
Margaret Morin
Forrest Reed
George Armitage
William Andrick
Murphy, Greenwood and Pokines
Democrat Party
Douglas, Shaw and
Democratic
Robert Nowak
John Burke
Independent Party
Main Street
Thomson says 90 percent chance of running for governor again
Concord New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson indicates a 90 percent likelihood of seeking a third term but will delay an official declaration until filing opens July 1. He brushes off national office talk, defends his record and signals campaign responses to rivals this summer.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Meldrim Thomson
Thomson
Ronald Reagan
GOP
Gerard Zeiller
James Connor
Manchester
Hugh Gallen
Littleton
Harry Spanos
Newport
Commission On
Edward Hewson
New Books at McCullough Library North Bennington
McCullough Library lists new acquisitions across biographies history fiction and reference. Notable titles include The Price of Independence A Realistic View of the American Revolution The World of Samuel Adams Founding Mothers Founding Mothers Sam Adams Boy Who Became Father of the American Revolution and Vermont Almanac along with diverse works by authors such as Wolfe Jakes Simenon O Brien Thrasher and Clarke plus regional guides and educational volumes.
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Ringer
Foster
Wolfe
Bern
Salisbury
Sam Goldwyn
Easton
Moriarty Gardner
Jakes
Goodrich
Lies Brown
Fisherman’s Digest
Bauer
Vermont
Wilson
Korda
Jack Benny
Fean
Weidman
McPhee
Valenti
Peter Plan
Peter
Robertiello
Maigret
Simenon
Almanac
Linton
Shaker Hands
Sprigg
Bennington
Resch
Physicians
Danker
Fieve
Cohen
Zachariah O’brien
Thrasher
the Devil
Mary Ann — Cookson
Tanous
Deep Water
Ancient Ships
Bascom
Imperial Earth
Clarke
The
Triune Man
Lupoff
Peck
Donavan’s Dusters
Ogan
Thrush Green
Miss Read
DeBlasis
DePauw
Sam Adams
Richardson
Samuel Adams
Chidsey
Newman
Danny Dunn
Williams
Kraus
Montgomery
Rutland Lt Lafley pleads innocent to three indictments
Police Lt Reginald Lafley entered innocent pleas in Rutland County Superior Court to three indictments from January. He denied two counts of assaulting a man in custody and a petty larceny charge from a supermarket theft six years ago. Lafley took two weeks sick leave and a trial is scheduled to start April 19.
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Rutland
UPI
Reginald Lafley
Lafley
Rutland County Superior Court
Vermont ACLU counsels Unification Church on rights
The Vermont chapter of the ACLU says it is counseling the Unification Church amid a Senate probe planned for the summer. The inquiry is to examine alleged brainwashing of youths and fraudulent fundraising, with church spokesmen denying the charges.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
American Civil Liberties Union
Unification Church
ACLU
Lynn Heglund
Senate
Sun Myung Moon
Vermont warns of 55 million debt to federal government
Vermont officials say the state will owe the federal government 55 million dollars by next January due to a lag in passing a bill to raise the employment tax. The debt buildup stems from a 33 million dollar loan to cover a depleted Employment Compensation Trust Fund amid high joblessness.
Man Charged in Walden Shooting Case
ST. JOHNSBURY UPI Scott Dunkerly 21 of Hardwick faced formal charges over the Tuesday night shooting death of 35 year old George Downer in Downer's Walden home. Dunkerly was arrested by state troopers about 90 minutes later in woods off the lower Cabot Road and held at the Community Correctional Center pending charges.
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ST. Johnsbury
UPI
Scott Dunkerly
Hardwick
George Downer
Walden
Dunkerly
Lower Cabot Road
Community Correctional Center
Rutland Lawyer Chosen President-Elect of VT Bar Assn
MENDON UPI Rutland lawyer James Haugh has been chosen president elect of the Vermont Bar Association. The election occurred Friday at the association’s annual meeting. He will assume the role next fall when Clarke Gravel of Burlington takes over as president from James Brock of Montpelier.
Troy residents condemn fire policy after Prospect Park blaze
In Troy New York residents criticize the Fire Department policy to let grass fires burn out unless life or property is at risk after a Sunday blaze at Prospect Park scorched part of a hill. Mack Stewart says the area now looks like a garbage dump with beer cans exposed. Chief William Phoenix says they will monitor but not intervene if no danger to life or property exists.
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Troy
Prospect Park
Mack Stewart
William Phoenix
Troy Fire Department
RPI Graduates Fight Warrant in Colonie Drug Bust
In Federal District Court five RPI graduates challenge the warrant used in a Colonie methaqualone case. Two chemists testified the document had errors in chemical formulas and use descriptions. If invalid, all seized evidence could be suppressed.
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Albany
Colonie
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
RPI
Berkshire student wins first Junk Food Eating Contest
Bennington man Michael Callahan, a Berkshire Community College attendee, won the inaugural Junk Food Eating Contest in Pittsfield after 26 contestants quit and the runner up disqualified himself for blowing lunch. WBEC sponsored, about 200 spectators attended. seven course menu included Pringles, Cheez-its, McDonald’s fries, candy bars, pretzels, and pepperoni pizza. Callahan earned a year’s supply of junk food with the trophy.
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Pittsfield
Bennington
Berkshire Community College
Michael Callahan
WBEC
Callahan
Stockbridge rejects historic district by 267 to 142
Stockbridge voters, by five votes, turn down a two‑thirds bylaw to designate the town center as a historic district and to create a commission to regulate architectural changes. J Graham Parsons, chair of the study committee, says the outcome suggests less preservation effort would have reduced opposition.
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Stockbridge
Berkshire County
J. Graham Parsons
Historic District Study Committee
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