Youth held after Falls burglary arrest in church street case
Falls village police arrested a youth over the weekend in connection with the March 25 burglary at Grace Maria's home on Church Street. The suspect, name withheld pending a preliminary hearing Wednesday night, was charged with second degree burglary. Police also logged car thefts, door-to-door loitering, unlocked store front checks, and several grass and car fires in Hoosick Falls and nearby areas as part of a busy weekend, with no injuries or major arrests reported.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Grace Maria
Church St
Joseph Foster
Classic St
Burchard Avenue
Mary Kay
Burchard Ave
Albert J. Goodwin Jr
Goodwin
Pine Valley Road
Lance D. Nealon
Wagar
Hoosick Fire Department
Griffen
Route 7
Potter Hill
Merritt Smith
West Hoosick
Davendonis
Pine Hill Road
Penny Drive Leaves Fairbanks Express Out 6000 Cans
Leo Fairbanks offered a penny a can to neighborhood kids who cleaned up 6000 empty beer cans along Fairbanks Road north of the village in a few hours over Friday and Saturday. The cans were hauled to the village dump in three truckloads. The road attracts youth parking and broken glass in nearby fields has hurt Richard Powers’s horses and cows. bottles should not be tossed into fields.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Leo Fairbanks
Fairbanks Express Company
Fairbanks Road
Fairbanks
Richard Powers
Beaumont
Craig Schlick
Scott Schlick
Bonnie Fairbanks
Janice Fairbanks
Sue Herrington
Janice
Button Saved Mr Bacon Hero of Guilford Soldier in Canada
Zephaniah Shepardson's 1776 soldier life narrative from Guilford, written decades later, describes marching from Brattleboro to Fort Ticonderoga, the Cedars battle near Montreal, and a musket ball that pierced a button in Mr Bacon's hat. He details hardship, capture, and later illness before discharge.
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Montpelier
Otter Creek
Vermont Historical Society
Zephaniah Shepardson
Guilford
Canada
P. Wayne Canaday
Glendale Heights
Ill
Canaday
Shepardson
Vermont
Timothy Bedel
Brattleboro
Fort Ticonderoga
Lake Champlain
the Cedars
Montreal
Mr. Bacon
Vermont lawmakers split on banking reform and tax plans
In Montpelier UPI reports Charles Howe of the Vermont Credit Union league urged House support for a Senate bank reform bill that would expand credit unions savings and loan powers including checking accounts. Veteran Rep Peter Giuliani announced a seventh term bid while promoting lean government and tax restraint.
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Montpelier
UPI
Charles Howe
Vermont Credit Union League
Howe
House
Senate
Savings and Loan Associations
Giuliani
Thomas Salmon
Vermont Yankee shuts down for 27 hours over weekend
A leaky gasket at Vermont Yankee forced the plant to shut down for 27 hours from Saturday morning until Easter Sunday. Utility spokesmen said safety systems were unaffected and the issue was not major. The shutdown cost utilities about $136,000 per day in power purchases.
Easter Sunday Death Of 54 Month-Old Infant In Crib
Waterbury Center UPI reports the Easter Sunday death of 54 month old Jason Preston attributed to accidental strangulation. State Medical Examiner Lawrence Harris said the infant was choked to death when his head wedged between crib bars.
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Waterbury Center
UPI
Lawrence Harris
Jason Preston
GE fights pollution restoration demand over Hudson River PCBs
Albany GE argues state authority lacks power to order cleanup of PCB pollution. The Conservation Department seeks restoration of the river and ban on PCB discharges by Sept. 30 while GE currently discharges about two pounds daily. Associated Industries of New York moves to join the hearing, claiming legal overreach and economic impact. In Troy, city police study approval delayed by six weeks to two months.
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Albany
General Electric Co
Hudson
N. Earle Evans Jr
State Conservation Department
State Department
Associated Industries of New York, Inc
Hudson River
State Environmental Conservation Department
Troy
State Bureau of Municipal Police
Dobelle Pushes to Head Off Pittsfield Mall Plan
Pittsfield Mayor Evan S. Dobelle urged officials and businessmen to block a proposed enclosed mall on the city outskirts amid reports Pyramid Investors eye a 300000 to 400000 square foot center near Route 7. The move aims to protect Pittsfield’s core retail district from erosion by border development.
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Pittsfield
Evan S. Dobelle
Pyramid Investors Management Corp
Lenox
Dobelle
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Wyman’s
Willard Avenue
Don’s
Park Street
William
George Valentine
Center Brunswick
Saxton’s River
Vermont Bicentennial Commission
Pownal
Women’s Fellowship of the
Pownal Center Community
Lions Club
Elmore
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Hawaii
Board of
Selectmen
Griffin Avenue
Stephen Griffin
Eddy Road
Bonnie and
Scott
Johnson Hill
Big Ben
Rubber Duck
The
Bennington Banner
United Counseling Service
New York
Berkshire
Petricca
Bartlett Avenue
Basil Petricca
Leonard A. McCue
Washington, D.C
Maine
Lanesboro
Richard Jeanguenat
Springfield Union
Berkshire Eagle
Jeanguenat
Mt. Greylock Reservation
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