Hoosick Falls residents in local health, school and civic notes
Hoosick Falls residents include Santo DeLuca at Albany Medical Center after surgery Friday and Raymond Calhoun at Putnam Memorial Hospital. The Hoosick Rescue Squad sets its annual auction for Sunday June 30 at the squad HQ on First Street. HFCS seniors reveal post graduation plans: Michael Mahar to Hudson Valley CC automotive program. James Sutton to Union College pre law. Lynn Brownell to Syracuse University social science. Barbara Scott to nursing studies Canton NTAC. Fire department and library schedules listed. PTG meeting set for Wednesday in Pownal Elementary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town of
Hoosick Falls Central School
Michael L. Mahar
Leo Mahar
Griffin Ave
Hudson Valley Community College
HFCS
Michael
James J. Sutton
Donald Sutton
West Hoosick
Union College
Schenectady
Jim
Lynn M. Brownell
Malcolm Brownell
North Hoosick
Syracuse University
Lynn
Jane
Arlington Memorial High School Fund Drive and Events
Arlington Students will call house to house tonight and Tuesday to raise funds for the AMHS Scholarship Fund under adult supervision. Calendar lists Tuesday 7:30 p.m. chorale rehearsal at Bailey Hall and AA at St Margaret Marys. Wednesday shows a 7:30 p.m. dance show for grades 7–12 at the high school gym. Saturday features an 8 p.m. Bat tenhill Grange social at Grange hall West Arlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Memorial High School
Arlington Chorale
Bailey Hall
St. Margaret Mary’s Hall
Battenhill Grange
Grange Hall
West Arlington
Dream Auction returns to support Williamstown daycare
A repeat Dream Auction at Pine Cobble School Auditorium in Williamstown on May 3 at 8 p.m. offers a wide range of items and experiences including a spring bulb planting, dinners, wine packages, a tea party, folk singing, custom pajamas kits, reward services, and a mother’s birthday party. Proceeds benefit the Williamstown Community Day Care Center. Admission is $1.50. Ron Seifert again serves as auctioneer.
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AMHS
Sue Bent
Williamstown
Mass
Pine Cobble School
Manchester
Ethan Allen Community College
Manchester Center
Office of Child Development
Natalie McIntrye
John Evans
Berkshires
Ron Seifert
Williams College Off Campus Seminar on Film as Art Form
Williams College hosts a weekend seminar at Chatham Bars Inn in Massachusetts titled Film as an Art Form. Don C. Gifford, Williams English professor, will analyze The Third Man and L Avventura with screenings and in-depth discussions for alumni and spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham
Williams
Society of Alumni
Williams College Alumni Association of Boston
Don C. Gifford
Gifford
Carol Reed
Michelangelo Antonioni
L’avventura
Antonioni
Vermont flood relief forms go to town clerks statewide
Flood relief applications will be sent to Vermont town clerks as the state seeks to cover damages from the 1973 summer floods. State coordinator Donald Webster outlined eligibility including residency, income under 15,000 dollars, and loss greater than four percent of household income. Grants may cover up to 60 percent for those under 5,000 dollars and up to 40 percent for incomes between 5,000 and 15,000 dollars. The legislature allocated 650,000 dollars. Offices in Lyndonville Ludlow and Springfield will assist from 9 to 5 starting Monday. Applications due June 1.
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Montpelier
API
Vermont
Donald Webster
Webster
Lyndonville
Ludlow
Springfield
Green Mountain Power to issue 2 percent stock dividend
Vermont Public Service Board split 2 to 1 upholding a plan for Green Mountain Power Corp to pay a 2 per cent stock dividend instead of cash. Commissioner Norton dissented, while Allen Martin argued the move would boost stockholder profits amid large rate hike requests from customers.
Vermont state colleges raise room and board fees
Burlington Vermont United Press International reports Vermont four state colleges will lift room and board for the fall term. Trustees increased the annual fee from 580 to 650 and introduced a three tier meal plan at 520 for 10 meals weekly 590 for 15 meals and 630 for unlimited meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Sptember
Patricia Klinck Named Assistant State Librarian
Patricia Klinck has been appointed assistant state librarian by State Librarian John McCrossan. Formerly director of the library extension division, she will lead the expanded library development and extension division and has experience in public, academic, and school libraries. Since 1970 she worked for the Department of Libraries as regional librarian of the Northwest Regional Library in Georgia and later as director of Extension Services Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Patricia Klinck
John McCrossan
Klinck
Department of Libraries
Northwest Regional Library
Georgia
Leases Soft for Uncle Sam Mall Rensselaer Deal Questioned
In New York Troy only three leases signed at Uncle Sam Mall cover 2750 square feet, despite Caldwell claim of eight to nine stores and URA verification. Officials probe RPI property purchases via unnamed agents in a late 1960s 1970s expansion for potential illegal straw purchases under city rules.
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Troy
Uncle Sam Mall
Caldwell Development Corp
Caldwell
Troy Urban Renewal Agency
URA
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
RPI
Nixon Impeachment Push Spurs Berkshire Special Meeting
In Williamstown supporters claim they have gathered over 200 valid signatures to trigger a Massachusetts 45 day requirement for a special Town Meeting. A bipartisan 15 member committee aims to urge Congressman Conte to back impeachment, with Conte awaiting House Judiciary Committee findings. In North Adams a private mail service faces federal scrutiny after confiscations and a 10 cent postage demand, as local policy avoids city mailboxes. Williamstown recycling participation wanes after the town environmentalist position ends, cutting glass and paper tonnage from about 40 to 20–30 tons monthly. Michael R. Shay shifts to Williams College environmental work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Massachusetts
Richard Nixon
Conte
House Judiciary Committee
North Adams
Post Haste Delivery Service
U.S. Postal Service
U.S
Raymond L. Merrigan
Fred Jones
Clarksburg
Jones
Michael R. Shay
Williams College Center For Environmental Studies
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Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
Santo DeLuca
Fifth Street
Albany Medical Center
Hoosick
Raymond Calhoun
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pownal
Pamela Blakeman
Solomon Wright
East Pownal
Pownal Ptg
Pownal Elementary School
Barbara Scott
Norman Scott Jr
Gillespie St
New York State Agricultural and Technical College
Canton
Barbara
Arlington
Helene Thompson
Shaftsbury
Lotti Tabler
Mary Monroe Hawkins
Ethan Allen
Sunderland
Gerald Raftery
Sunderland Selectmen
First Vermont
Brattleboro, Castleton, Chester, Mi
Charles Thomas Samuels
Society of Alumni, Williams College
Finast
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Jar
New York
Troy Mall
RPI Property Sales
Down In
Berkshire
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