Troy Offers Hidden Past In Industrial Gorge Revival
In Troy a revival movement to study the Poestenkill Gorge and its 19th century industrial power is advancing. RPI announces two summer courses in basic archaeology and industrial archaeology led by Edward Rutsch with assistants Ralph Lee and Barbara Abrash. Information at RPI. Could there be a link between ancient Troy and Troy, New York, in a cousinly historical thread.
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Troy
N.Y
Hudson River
Champlain
Erie
Poestenkill Gorge
Poestenkills
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
RPI
Edward §. Rutsch
Northeast
Paterson
N.J
William Carlos Williams
Ruthh
Ralph J. Lee
Barbara Abrash
Poestenkill
Heinrich Schliemann
Ancient Troy
Asia Minor
Vermont Environmental Board shifts minor permit rules
The Vermont Environmental Board adopted a revised Rule 21 to tighten the minor permit process under Act 250. The rule cuts notice to five days and auto classifies small subdivisions and low-impact developments as minor unless the district commission opts out. Critics from state agencies warned the change may shorten reviews and blur the Act 250 process.
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Montpelier
The
Vermont Environmental Board
Environmental Board
Schuyler Jackson
District Commission
Town
Regional Planning Commission
GHA membership drive under way in Hoosick Falls
The Greater Hoosick Association began its membership drive with sessions today and will continue Thursday through Saturday mornings at National Commercial Bank and Trust Company and Home Savings Bank. Co chairs Mrs. Margaret Loretan and Mrs. Sybil Armstrong note the drive is open to all residents for community betterment. The North Bennington Thrift Shop will close April 16 for Good Friday with hours 1 to 5 p.m. today and Thursday and 10 to 4 on Saturday. Featured items include a doll house lamps and spring coats. donations of spring and summer clothes are welcome.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Greater Hoosick Association
National Commercial Bank and Trust Company
the Home Savings Bank
GHA
Margaret Loretan
Sybil Armstrong
North Bennington
Arlington
League of Women Voters
Alma Pleasanton
Red Mountain Road
Bennington
Isabel Hoag
Overlea Road
Gladys Lodge
Pownal planners deny three permit applications and hear others
Pownal Planning Commission denied three permit requests including a Kaiser Shell station addition and Jaeger Haus front work for residential zone use. They reviewed lease discrepancies on Jelley parcels, discussed moving property lines, and set up a Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing for tonight. The meeting also clarified permit filing requirements and definitions for service centers and auto service centers.
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Pownal
Jelley
Clayton Kaiser
Shell Station
Jaeger Haus
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Bruno Angeli
State Line Drive
Angeli
Shaftsbury selects town to join state water plan
Shaftsbury selectmen sign a letter of intent to participate in a statewide water quality management plan. They discuss local control and praise the idea while also addressing traffic light concerns at Route 7 and Church Street and the push for a regular stop light.
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Shaftsbury
Harrington
Alvan Lawrence
Sanford Buxbaum
Ezekiel Cross Jr
Lawrence
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Cross
State Highway Department
Kenny Harrington
Selectman
Vermont lawmakers rate well by advocacy council in Bennington County
The Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council rated Bennington County legislators on key votes this season. Rep W Michael Nawrath led with 100 percent, while several others scored 80 to 89 percent and Rep Raymond J Poor ranked lowest at 10 percent. Senators Cummings and Hewitt scored 80 and 60 percent respectively.
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Montpelier
Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council
VLIAC
Vermont
Bennington County
W. Michael Nawrath
D—I Manchester
Orrin H. Beattie
Manchester
Margaret Christone
Dover
Thomas H. Foster
R-Benn
Jane K. Gardner
Darlington
VSIAC
David B. Shaffe
D-Benn
Robert E. Graf
R-Rupert
Joseph J. Caracciola
Lawrence F. Powers
Dbenn
Edwin A. Colvin
R-Shaftsbury
Michael F. Silver
Charles A. Sauer
Raymond J. Poor
R-Whitingham
Robert E. Cummings
Merritt S. Hewitt
Easter Services In South Cambridge Circuit
Churches across the circuit hold Easter services this Sunday April 18 with North Hoosick at 9 a.m. Eagle Bridge at 10 15 a.m. and South Cambridge at 11 30 a.m. Rev. Harry Burdess leads. Maundy Thursday 7 30 p.m. at North Hoosick and Good Friday noon to 2 p.m. at Hoosick Falls United Presbyterian. Easter sunrise service 6 30 a.m. at South Cambridge. Heather Ann Trinkle, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest F Trinkle, was baptized by the pastor during Palm Sunday services.
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North Hoosick
Eagle Bridge
South Cambridge
Harry Burdess
United Presbyterian Church
Hoosick Falls
Heather Ann
Ernest F. Trinkle
Pownal church activities and local updates
The Pownal Baptist Church choir rehearses at 6 30 tonight at the church followed by the nas prayer meeting at 7 30. The Board of Selectmen meets Thursday at 5 p m at the town office. Easter breakfast by Christian Advocates of the Pownal United Methodist Church is Sunday at 8 a m at the church. Easter egg hunt prizes awarded to Denny Schmigal five year old and under and Christus Bruns six to eight. Loni Smith won the jelly bean contest and Karen Silinsky won a clock in the benefit. Preschool thanks donors. Specialist Keith W Morgan arrives on leave to stay with grandparents Abe and Mrs Morgan and brother Ken of Pownal. He recently graduated from dental removal prosthetics course at Fort Sam Houston and will transfer to Walter Reed to finish 10 months as a dental laboratory technician. He is son of Abe L. Morgan and wife from Lake Worth Florida.
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Fran Lampman
A. Daniel Mason
Robert Petit
Dennis Austin
Herb Armstrong
Kenneth Brown
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Audrey Jones
Harrington
Thurston Hulet
Larry Pratt
Cleveland Avenue
Ben Hulett
Pratt
Fairfax Ayres
Shaftsbury
North Bennington
McCullough Big House
Carrol
Pownal
Denny Schmigal
Christus Bruns
Loni Smith
Karen Silinsky
Keith W. Morgan
Abe S. Morgan
Ken
Academy of Health Sciences
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, D.C
Abe L. Morgan
Lake Worth
Florida
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Bennington Banner
Judson Brown
Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation, Planning Office
Agency of Development and Community Affairs
Thrift Shop
By Pamela Blakeman
Eleanor Niles
Jermain United Methodist Church
Carter Adrience
Termain
Michelle Lake
Mary Robinson
Howard Robinson
Howard
Earl Howard
William Perry
Freeman
United Methodist Women
Jermain Church
Edward Kyer
Kyer
Alfred Johnson
Lakeland
Fla
Johnson
Gospel Lighthouse Church
London
Norway
Robert Cook
Leo Pambianchi
Green Mountain Park
Wayne Ringer
Ladd Brook Motor Inn
Mary Dean
Main St
By Sheilah Miller
Nor-Shaft Lions
Margaret Aiken
Howe
U.S. Route 7
Pownol, V
Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
Pownal Baptist Church
Nas
Board of Selectmen
Christian Advocates of the
Hotpoint
H. Greenberg
Main Street
Cipower
Llumber & Building Supplies
Joan Curtis
Monsanto
Soomsti
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams, Mass
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