Shaftsbury to hold meeting on tax contracts and penalties
Shaftsbury selectmen will host an informational meeting on the tax stabilization contracts after applications are received. Prudential Committee members urged a higher penalty for contract reneging and questioned who qualifies. They plan to announce the final cost after April 21 applications.
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Shaftsbury
Sheilah Miller Shaftsbury
Prudential Committee
David Mattison
Howard Matteson
Ken Carlson
Anthony Altobell
Alvan Lawrence
Sanford Buxbaum
Fire and Light
Selectmen
Mattison
Matteson
Lawrence
Altobell
Buxbaum
Cross Hill Road
State Line Road
Paran Road
Witkin
Upper Main Street
Cemetery Hill
North
Pownal Lions Board Set, Scout Troop Meet Tonight
The Pownal Lions Club board of directors will meet at 7 PM at the North Pownal firehouse. Scout troop 347 also meets at 7 PM tonight at the scout hut in Pownal Center. The East Pownal Volunteer Fire Department and Auxiliary held a final card party with 11 tables Saturday night, awarding prizes to Doris Lillie, Julia Lominski, Charles Betit, Michael Lillie, with John Zeh winning the floating prize and Ralph Lillie the door prize. the event was assisted by fire department members and praised as a success.
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The
Pownal
Scout Troop
Pownal Center
East Pownal
Sandra Hayes
Doris Lillie
Fire Department
Pownal Firehouse
April 6 to 12 hospital admissions list prominent residents
Mary McClellan Hospital notes admissions for April 6 through 12 show names such as Marion Brady Cossaguna N Y Lionel Brown Schuylerville Violet Catellier Cambridge Craig Colvin Johnsonville Shirley Gardephe Greenwich Joyce Kelly Greenwich Richard McLean Cambridge Dorothy Miller Schaghticoke Zoel Nadeau Schuylerville Scott Rogers Schaghticoke Lindy Louann Saunders Rupert Olive Thomas Cambridge Amy Woodward Greenwich and others. Additional items note National Food Day events in Pownal with a food display by the 4H Club and a school band, plus a food sale planned April 25 near the town hall. Absentee ballot deadlines for Mount Anthony Union High School budget vote are April 21 at 9 p.m. with ballots due April 24 noon.
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Marion Brady
Cossaguna
N.Y
Lionel Brown
Schuylerville
Violet Catellier
Cambridge
Craig Colvin
Johnsonville
Shirley Gardephe
Greenwich
Joyce Kelly
Richard McLean
Dorothy Miller
Schaghticoke
Zoel Nadeau
Scott Rogers
Lindy Louann
Pownal
Rachel Mason
Mount Anthony Union High School
Vermont Supreme Court rules PSB can enforce director election law
The Vermont Supreme Court upheld the Public Service Board authority to require Washington Electric Cooperative to amend bylaws so all directors are elected biennially. The court rejected the cooperative’s challenge that the PSB lacked power to enforce state election law for directors.
Freedom Train visit leaves Champlain chamber in red
Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce faced a near four thousand dollar loss after sponsoring the American Bicentennial Freedom Train stop. Executive VP Thomas Schermerhorn said they would discuss the shortfall with the train organizers, noting about eight thousand dollars in receipts against expected expenses of ten to twelve thousand. More than thirty six thousand people toured the train over the Friday and Saturday event.
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Burlington
Lake Champlain
Retired Army Captain to Become Burlington City Treasurer
In Burlington, UPI reports 39 year old Retired Army Capt. F Lee Austin will leave the Board of Aldermen seat to accept a $19,000 annual treasurer post. Mayor Gordon Paquette approved the appointment, replacing Raymond Contors who retires after 19 years, bypassing a second applicant. A special election will fill the Ward 4 aldermanic vacancy. In Boston, EPA awards Vermont $80,000 for air pollution control under Clean Air Act section 105, supplementing $100,000 already granted this fiscal year to Richard A Valentinette, Vermont air pollution officer.
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Burlington
UPI
F. Lee Austin
Austin
Gordon Paquette
Raymond Contors
Paquette
Gerald Couture
Alfred Couture
Boston
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Agency For Environmental Conservation
EPA
Richard A. Valentinette
Vermont
Leahy announces $17.3 million GE contract in Burlington
Senator Patrick J. Leahy says the Naval Air System Command awarded General Electric a 17.3 million dollar contract in Burlington Vermont for aircraft gun systems.
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Washington
UPI
Patrick J. Leahy
D-Vt
General Electric Co
Burlington
Naval Air System Command
Social spending in Troy faces large deficit risk
Rensselaer County social services commissioner Beaudoin projects expenditures exceeding the budget by more than 1.2 million from a 2.5 million allocation, with a near 1 million deficit even without caseload growth. County Executive Murphy cites a 500,000 last year surplus to avoid a tax hike and plans budget tightening proposals.
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Troy
John R. Beaudoin
Rensselaer County
Murphy
Fire fuels burns raise alarms in North Adams
A 13 year old boy was treated in fair condition after a gasoline leak and flushing into south street drains sparked a fire and feared chain reaction of explosions. Police say an unidentified motorist leaked fuel, asked youths to flush it, then fled. one manhole exploded and seven others were doused as firefighters cautious of gas in lines.
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North Adams
North Adams Regional Hospital
South Street
Daniel Gilbert
John Gaspardi
Bicentennial kickoff in NORTH ADAMS with band and Indian show
NORTH ADAMS observed its bicentennial with a Drury High School band concert and a VFW Military Order of the Cooties Indian show. Support funds reached 71 dollars toward a 500 dollar target for two local projects by April 30, aided by 50 cent red, white and blue decals featuring the Hoosac River.
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North Adams
Hoosac
Drury High School
VFW Military Order of the Cooties
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Twitchell Hill
Elm Street
Jack Porter
Whitehall Corp
OSHA
Porter
Shell Corp
Kenny Harrington
Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
Jean Maillet
Kathy Gallett
Rosemary Lillie
Mildred Hicks
Yvonne Maillet
Mary McClellan Hospital
Saunders
Rupert
Olive Thomas
Amy Woodward
Sylvia Fischer
Madeline McDougall
Salem
Joseph Powers Jr
Ardith Rourke
Raymond Taber
Eagle Bridge
4H Club
Rdinary
Vermont National
Bank Americaid
Bank of America
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Brattleboro
Canal Street
Putney Road
Bellows Falls
Bennington
Berlin
Chester
Fair Haven
Jamaica
Ludlow
Montpelier
Newfane
Rutland Mall
Rutland Plaza
Wilmington
Windour
Woodstock
Freedom
Red Line
New York
Marvin I. Honig
Rensselaer
Joseph G. Manupella
Down In
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