Hoosick Board Denies Legion Use Of Town Field
Hoosick Falls voters heard the Hoosick Post American Legion request use of the town athletic field for five days Aug 17 to 21 for the Robert Kelloggs Amusement Carnival but the board unanimously refused. The decision cites over 50000 spent developing the field for athletics and prior carnival use causing parking and space concerns.
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Legion
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Town of
Hoosick
Hoosick Post American Legion
Robert Kelloggs Amusement
Noble & Wood Field
Mechanic Street
Walter Fitzsimmons
Carey Avenue
Fire Department
Pat Frank
Joan Bump
Raymond Calhoun
Larry Murphy
Hoosac School names eighth headmaster Beckford
Hoosac School in Hoosick Falls announces James P. Beckford of Providence Rhode Island as the eighth headmaster, joining a history of private education. Beckford, 41, previously at Mary Wheeler School and Seton Hall, is praised for leadership and the school’s blend of progressive and traditional education. He will assume duties in August and leads the 75 student eight through twelve program at the Elizabethan campus.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosac
James P. Beckford
Providence
R.I
J. Beckford
Mary Wheeler School
St. Mark’s School
Amherst College
Seton Hall University
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg
Institute of Far Eastern Studies
Joel W. Egerer
Beckford
Town Clerk Notes and Community Events in Hoosick and Williamstown
The Hoosick town clerk urges planning for fishing licenses with extended hours on Mondays and Fridays and notes an upcoming Good Friday closure. Dr Philip Martinez Day on May 22 at the State Armory will honor the local physician for two decades of service. In Williamstown, Harvard psychology professor David C. McClelland will speak at Williams College on April 15 on Without Dreams the People Perish as part of a century series.
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N.Y
Hoosick Area Church Association
United Presbyterian Church
Robert Springer
Clifford Gilson
House of Prayer For All Nations
Harry Burdess
Gordon Luther
Joel Miller
Springer
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Hoosick
St. Mark’s
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Cambridge
All Saints
Church of the Im
Immaculate Conception
Hoosick Falls Baptist Church
First United Church, Presbyterian
Philip Martinez
Raymond E. Calhoun
Calhoun
State Armory
Church Street
Joan Rogers
Martinez
Williamstown
Mass
David C. McClerland
Harvard University
Bronfman
Williams College
Vermont Supreme Court asked to rule on inquest transcripts
The Vermont Supreme Court was asked to decide if secret inquest transcripts about Sheriff Malcolm Mayo should be released to the state Senate. Judge Stephen Martin had ruled for release, Mayo’s lawyers appealed. The transcripts date from a 1974 inquest into an alleged assault before Mayo took office.
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Barre
Mayo
House
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Overtime dispute brews at Vermont liquor stores
The Vermont State Employee Association plans to present state labor negotiators with a demand for extra benefits, including possible overtime pay, for workers at eight state liquor stores whose hours were recently extended by Liquor Commissioner Francis Esposito. The union argues the schedule changes should be bargained.
Ruling on Finnigan Due in Middlebury Vermont
Superior Judge Wynn Underwood faced a decision on two trials for Charles Finnigan 32 Burlington charged with stabbing his mother in law to death and wounding her daughter last April He pleads innocent and not guilty by reason of insanity to first degree murder and aggravated assault If granted the defense would split guilt and sanity into separate juries while the Addison County hearing followed a high publicity transfer from Chittenden County
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UPI
Wynn Underwood
Charles Finnigan
Burlington
Finnigan
Addison County Superior Court
Chittenden County
King begins third day on stand in Ryan murder case
Bonnie Lee King, 20, scheduled to testify for a third day in the murder trial of ex-boyfriend Gerald Max Ryan, 33, of Fletcher, accused of prompting her to shoot Lawrence Juaire while he was jailed for a prior shotgun slaying. Prosecutors showed letters from Ryan to King and King has been jailed for 10 to 25 years after pleading guilty to a reduced second degree murder charge. Ryan’s first trial ended in a hung jury.
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Woodstock
UPI
Bonnie Lee King
Gerald Max Ryan
Fletcher
Lawrence Juaire
Ryan
Miss King
Court nominations shake up Albany corrections post
In Albany on Tuesday the Senate rejected Gov. Hugh L. Carey’s pick for Commission of Corrections. Herman Schwartz, a law professor, drew 22 votes from 57 as opposition centered on his liberal prison reform views, ending a long string of gubernatorial nominations.
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Albany
Senate
Hugh L. Carey
Commission of Corrections
Herman Schwartz
Schwartz
Uncles Sam Mall in Troy Advances on Leases and Mortgage
Uncle Sam Mall Corp reports mortgage of 4 355 000 dollars available if 75 percent of leases are secured. Richard B Devane says 10 local banks plus Russell Sage College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will back the loan, with Troy Savings Bank as largest investor. Mall to rise on land bordered by Fulton Third Fourth streets.
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Troy
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam Mall Corp
Richard B. Devane
Russell Sage College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Devane
Troy Savings Bank
Fulton, Third
Fourth
Three Berkshire County escapees captured at Wahconah Street
Robert Partridge 33, Thomas Tierney 17, and Norman St. George 17 were captured at 93 Wahconah St in Pittsfield after a daylong manhunt. Troopers doused a basement raid, took the trio into custody at 3:20 p.m. Tierney faces arraignment on attempted armed robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon charges. St. George is serving time for auto theft and burglary tools, while Partridge faces arraignment on rape and other sexual offenses.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Tierney
St. George
North Adams Mayor Opposes Borrowing to Curb Tax Hike
North Adams Mayor Joseph R. Bianco failed to win approval for a municipal borrowing plan aimed at holding down a projected $12 tax rate increase. Bianco urged taxpayers to push legislators to restore state aid, saying the city was shortchanged by Gov. Dukakis. He had forecast an $8 property tax rise on April 6, later estimating it could exceed $11 after advising with the city assessor.
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North Adams
Commonwealth
Joseph R. Bianco
Bianco
Michael Dukakis
Henry J. Callan
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