Hoosick Falls Board OKs funding and road barricade plan
Hoosick Town Board approved an additional 250 dollar grant to the Hoosick Bicentennial Committee from revenue sharing. The board agreed to barricade Albany and Saratoga streets extensions pending Jerald Greenberg's approval to use his property. Supervisor Calhoun announced flood insurance is now available through private agents, and the town will host meetings April 21 and May 5 to discuss subdivision and building code changes. In Manchester, Jeff Wallin will discuss wild turkey ecology at a 7:30 p.m. seminar April 23 at Burr and Burton Seminary, with a 1 donation at the door.
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Hoosick Bicentennial Committee
Albany
Saratoga
Jerald Greenberg
Greenberg
Calhoun
Citizens’ Committee
State Armory
Manchester
Vermont
Jeff Wallin
Vermont Department of Fish and Game
Wallin
Burr & Brton Seminary
The
Conservation Society of Southern Vermont
Castleton State College
Slashed tires strike HOOSICK FALLS official car
Hoosick Falls reports a new tire slashing incident targeting Town Supervisor Raymond Calhoun. His two rear tires were slashed inside, likely by a suspect who targeted downtown parking about a week earlier while he attended a town meeting. Police hunt for clues in a spate of similar vandalism cases.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Raymond Calhoun
Troy
Calhoun
Top Gas
State Armory
Church Street
Crime prevention talk for Hoosick Falls Kiwanis meeting
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis heard crime prevention tips at a Tuesday noon gathering. Police Chief William Chapones promoted the Neighborhood Watch program and urged residents to report suspicious activity with descriptions, promising confidentiality. Randy Fox of American International Systems North demonstrated deterrent devices for homes and businesses and stressed prevention over reactive alarms.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Kiwanis Club
William Chapones
National Sheriff’s Association
Chapones
Kiwanis
Randy Fox
American International Systems North
FBI
Five New England choirs to sing at Williams Spring Jamboree
Williamstown event features five college singing groups at Williams College Chapin Hall at 8 p.m. on Saturday April 17. The Ephrats of Williams host, with Wheaton Whims Yale Proof of the Pudding Bowdoin Med diebempsters and Yale Bakers Dozen. The Ephrats, nine men and seven women, are the only coed group and accompany with acoustic guitar bass and flute. Tickets $1.25 in advance at Discoveries and $1.50 at the door.
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Williamstown
Mass
New England
Williams College
Chapin Hall
Ephrats of
Williams
Wheaton Whims
Yale Proof
Discoveries
Spring Street
Defense resumes in first degree murder trial at Woodstock
The defense in the first degree murder trial of Gerald Max Ryan, 33, of Fletcher, resumes today in Windsor County Superior Court Woodstock after a prior hung jury in Rutland. King, his former girlfriend, is jailed for second degree murder and testified about drug use and love for Ryan while denying speeding before the shotgun slaying.
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Windsor County Superior Court
Woodstock
Miss King
Juaire
Ryan
Essex residents approve 4.9 million high school vote
In the largest turnout, Essex residents backed spending 4.9 million to build a high school for 1100+ students in grades 7 through 12. The facility would open in September 1977. In Vermont, Donald Webster resigns as Development and Community Affairs Secretary to lead Governor Salmon’s U.S. Senate campaign.
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ESSEX
UPI
Lottery director foresees mid summer start in New York
Albany says the new state lottery director John D. Quinn expects no operation until mid summer. He prioritizes finishing unfinished games and launching an instant lottery as the bread and butter of the new system with weekly drawings and a delayed spring start due to organizational needs. Troy politics reshaped as Bruno wins re election and county party changes.
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Albany
John D. Quinn
Quinn
Capital Red Room
Troy
Joseph L. Bruno
Rensselaer County
Bruno
Rensselaer
Bianco seeks tougher police aid after college brawl
Mayor Joseph R Bianco plans increased police protection for North Adams residents amid a raucous brawl at the Corner Cafe involving North Adams State College students. He will deploy reinforcements from the state police and NASC security as warmer weather returns. The city growth policy committee notes bad press as a major growth deterrent, arguing media portrayal shapes local character and may reflect or mold the town’s image.
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North Adams
Joseph R. Bianco
Ashland
North Adams State College
Bianco
NASC
Gordon Lane
Lane
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Terry Livingston
Earl Church
North Pownal Congregational Church
Calvary
Solomon Wright
Girl Scout
Dolores Kimball
John Burdick
Christian Advocates of the
Pownal Center
Town Hall
Rinse Temps
Perma Press
Butt
ST. Charles
Seaway
Armstrong
S. Greenberg & Son
Main Street
Bennington
Burlington
PACT
David Ross
Burgess
Montpelier
John S. Burgess
James Jeffords
Rhodes
House
John Rhodes
R-Ariz
Vermont Federation of Young Republicans
Elks Club
Arizona
Webster
New York
Down In
Berkshire
Bugs Bianco
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