Birdwatchers record New England rarities from spring migration
Massachusetts Audubon Society notes dramatic NE avian rarities spotted by keen birders. Highlights include rare Black-browed albatross near Gay Head, Swallow-tailed kite at Provincetown, Eskimo curlew sightings in Massachusetts, Eurasian whimbrel on Plum Island, Bay-tailed godwit at Chatham, and Ash-throated flycatcher in Gloucester with multiple witnesses.
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Lincoln
Mass
New England
Richard A. Forster
Wellesley
Rio
de Janeiro
Jeremy Hatch
Gay Head
Martha's Vineyard
Hatch
Provincetown
Robert
David Emerson
George Daniels
New York
Martha’s Vineyard
Massachusetts
Wayne Petersen
The
Manomet Bird Observatory
Plum Island
North Beach
Chatham
Robert Verity Clem
America
North America
Tryouts Set for North Bennington Arlington Little League
North Bennington announces tryouts for boys to join Nor statt Arlington Little League at 5 30 p m on April 23 24 and 25 at the field on Houghton Street West. Boys must attend two of the three nights. Parents bring birth certificates or proof of age and register unregistered players. Eligible ages are nine before August 1 to 13 before August 1.
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Norstatt-Arlington
Bennington
Houghton Street
Norshaft- Arlington
North Bennington
Shaftsbury UVM cadet receives awards at ROTC ceremony
At the 105th annual UVM ROTC awards, 27 cadets including Shaftsbury’s received honors for leadership and academics. NYCs Muth O Conell and Paula Oppenheim won the Professor of Military Studies Award, first for coeds.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Shaftsbury
Muth O’conell
Paula Oppenheim
New York City
O’conell
MSI
Miss. Oppenheim
Pershing Rifles
UVM
Alfred B. Rollins Jr
William C. Haponski
Department of Military Studies
Theodore P. Landry
Essex Junction
Donald K. Naramore
Towell
Lawrence C. Doton
Woodstock
Blain M. Harvey
Montpelier
Marc R. Lariviere
Richford
Dennis K. Briggs
Chester Depot
Douglas &. Bullard
North Hyde Park
Daughters of Founders and Patriots
William D. St. Amour
Jericho
Douglas Mcéthur
Retired Officers Association
Basics of Building a Garden Vegetable and Flower
The Garden Club of Manchester presents a public program by C. Roy Boutard on April 26 at 8 PM in Manchester Elementary School cafeteria. Boutard, horticultural director at Berkshire Garden Center, will cover site selection drainage soil planting cultivation and protection plus line form and color. questions invited. no admission charge.
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Manchester
Garden Club of Manchester
C. Roy Boutard
Boutard
Berkshire Garden Center
Stockbridge
Mass
Garden Chubr
Court action eyed over Vermont Senate reapportionment plan
Indications rise that a court suit may challenge Vermont's Senate reapportionment. Sen. Robert Bloomer and Sen. Partridge said they are weighing legal action as Rutland County's representation would drop from four to three under Gov. Salmon's expected signature. The Vermont Supreme Court had ordered reapportionment by June 30 after ruling last year's plan violated one man, one vote.
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Rutland
UPI
Senate
Vermont
Republican Party
Stewart Smith
Robert Bloomer
Rutland County
Bloomer
Sanders Partridge
Thomas Salmon
Vermont Supreme Court
Strikers settle privately in Burlington NLRB case
Two Burlington area unions reached informal out of court settlements with the National Labor Relations Board over December charges of picket line misconduct and boycott activity tied to a long strike against Pizzagalli Construction Co. The nine month dispute involved about 800 workers across five unions.
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Burlington
UPI
Burlington Area
National Labor Relations Board
Laborers International of North America
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Pizzagalli Construction Co
NLRB
Albany lawmakers accused in medical center incident
A grand jury report finds two of five Albany Assembly members manhandled and verbally abused a 20 year old female medical technician at Albany Medical Center on February 17. It cites misconduct disrupting the Cardiovascular Health Program and warns public harm. names likely but legally barred from disclosure. Also notes Hoosick North Petersburg request to declare 11000 acres an agricultural district to gain tax breaks and restrict land use.
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Albany
Albany Medical Center
Hich
AMC
Prand
Troy
Hoosick-North Petersburg
Pittsfield Bypass Proposal Targets Crosby Junior High
Dean P. Amidon proposes using the Crosby Junior High School property for a Pittsfield bypass to resolve city and state issues. The plan would remove a one year old structure criticized by the School Building Needs Commission and allow highway realignment near the school area. The School Committee had voted to take legal action to block the use of Crosby property.
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Pittsfield
Dean P. Amidon
Crosby
Echonl
Department of Public Works
Crogby
Lenox Mohawk Trail Named National Historic Site
The Lenox Library and the Mohawk Trail through North Berkshire and Franklin counties along Route 2 were placed on the National Register of Historic Places. U S Rep Conte and Sen Hrooke announced the designation. In North Adams, Fred Hobart of Adams won a redevelopment contract for a 8000 square foot one story building at Main and Ashland beside the post office after a 2 2 NARA vote.
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Lenox
Lenox Library
Berkshire
Franklin Counties
U.S
Simo ©. Conte
Edward W. Hrooke
R-Mass
North Adams
Pittsfield Population Declines for Third Year
Pittsfield census tallies 56,613 residents, down 227 from last year. City records show declines of 282 in 172 and 22 in 1671, marking a continuing population drop over three consecutive years.
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Pittsfield
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Stephen Harty
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James Sleeman
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Paran Recreations
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Florsheim
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Litcon
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David J. Murphy
Shafisbury
Armed Forces’ Communication and Electronics
Donald L. Belleville Jr
Winooski
Reserve Officers Association
David M. Flood
Peabody, Mass
Wadsworth Ramsey Smith
Shaftsbury Lotti Tobler
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Meritage House Restaurant
Newburgh
New York Strip
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