Floods and development debated in Arlington film show
A Arlington screening of The Flooding River argued floods are natural, even beneficial, and that development on flood plains risks disaster. Rick Wilson of the Conservation Society of Southern Vermont led the event, highlighting how flood plains provide sediment, habitats, and water storage while criticizing the 100 year flood paradigm and urging interim zoning.
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Arlington
Rick Wilson
The
Conservation Society of Southern
Vermont
Connecticut River
Wilson
Lincoln Brower
Brower
Connecticut
Bourse Wilson
Arlington Memorial High School
John de Brun
Surreal ramp saga alters Vermont homestead life
Myra Van Nostrand, 90, widow of Lyman Van Nostrand, recalls fights over an access ramp to Route 67A slicing through her century-old farmhouse near Harwood Hill. She lost land and a view, replanted around a chain-link fence, and remains rooted in her North Bennington home while active in church groups.
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Myra van Nostrand
Lyman van Nostrand
Elmer G. Elwell
Daisy) Elwell
North Bennington
Harwood Hill
Route 7
First United Methodist Church
Hoosick Falls Scouts Plan May Meeting and Roster Updates
A Troop 64 troop and parent meeting is set for Sunday night May 4 at 7 30 to review past activities and plan the next six months. Todd Horton earned first class rank after a Troop Board of Review last Sunday. Nora Haley, daughter of Rose Severson, is a patient at Prince George General Hospital in Cheverly Maryland. The Hoosick Township Historical Society meeting is moved to May 8 at St Marks Parish Hall. The Zoning Board of Adjustment meets tonight at 7 30 to consider variances from the Park and Recreation Commission and the Volunteer Fire Department. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Hoosick Falls BPO Elks will meet Wednesday May 7 at 8 15 with annual reports and plans for the May 10 officers installation. Mrs Joseph Cullen to be installed as president for the coming year.
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Todd Horton
Nora Haley
Rose V. Severson
Lyman St
Prince George General Hospital
Cheverly
Hoosick Township
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Park and _ Recreation Commission
Fire Department
BPO Elks
Hoosick Falls
Joseph Cullen
Falls budget approved in Hoosick Falls village meeting
HOOSICK FALLS NY In a brief special meeting the village board approved the fiscal year 1975 76 budget. The final vote was 4 2 after Marilyn Douglas changed her vote from 5 1 opposing member Bill Baker. Raises for municipal employees were adjusted with some as high as 8 percent due to rounding to the nearest hundred dollars, while the across the board 5 percent raise remained. The current tax rate of 14 per 100 of assessed value will stay the same for another year. The board also approved Richard J Farley of Troy as village counsel, bringing seven years of state and county legal experience to the post.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Bill Baker
Baker
Marilyn Douglas
Richard J. Farley
Troy
Farley
Senate
Warren M. Anderson
White water canoe races canceled in Jamaica event
The annual white-water canoe races on May 10 and 11 in Jamaica are canceled due to a scheduling conflict with the national team trials in Pennsylvania. Officials note a Ball Mountain Dam water release that weekend will still offer good canoeing for interested paddlers.
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Jamaica
West River
Pennsylvania
Ball Mountain
State Music Week Proclaimed by Gov Salmon in Vermont
Gov Thomas P Salmon proclaims May 4 to May 11 as State Music Week urging citizens to participate in making music to boost appreciation of talent. Vermont Federation of Music Clubs leader Gertrude Bell accepts the proclamation. the Green Mountain Music Club sponsors Green Mountain Sing-a-longs and a 1976 bicentennial show. Dorset selectmen schedule special meeting to discuss upcoming town meeting. Green Mountain Singers plan two church programs and Ethan Allen Junior Music Club rehearses Mysterious Forest. Catamount National Bank to host window display by Mrs Carol McClure.
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Manchester
Thomas P. Salmon
Gertrude W. Bell
Vermont Federation of Music Clubs
Federated Music Clubs
Vermont
Salmon
Green Mountain Music Club
Green Mountain
Ethan Allen Junior Music Club
Green Mountain Singers
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Tom Weakley
HUD
Weakley
Battenkill
Kennedy Ludlam
Ludlam
Harry Pickering
Peter’s Brook
Pickering
West Mountain Inn
Currier & Ives
Church Women United
State Assembly
Randolph
United Methodist Women
Schurinks
Doornhof Farm
Shaftsbury
Pony Club
Edith Beaumont
Helene Thompson
Javery
Ernest H. Javery
South Street
Alan H. Page
Bennington, Vermont
Falls
al Bennington
Dorse
Dorset
Carol McClure
Catamount National Bank
Spring Street
Williamstown
Mass
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