Kirk Circus Comes to Londonderry at Adams Center
The Kirk Circus will perform Monday at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Adams Shopping Center Londonderry to benefit Mountain Valley Health Center. Organized by Doc Boas, the show features students and high schoolers, runs as a non profit benefiting locals, and includes a pre show dinner for town groups.
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Londonderry
Kirk Circus
Adams Shopping Center
Kirk
Mountain Valley Health Center
Rex Doane
South Londonderry
Wendell Potter
Wayne Peck
John Lingley
Mike Burnhardt
Ken Andressen
Joe Grover
Dick Smith
Robert McComb
Bob Myhrum
Peru
Fay LaPrade
Landgrove
Fay
Fiske Bakery
Manchester Center
Windsor House gets $40 000 grant to meet codes and handicapped access
Historic Windsor Inc received a $40,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation to fund meeting building codes and creating access for the physically handicapped at Windsor House, a national historic site in Windsor. The grant requires Dec 15 certification of full matching funds. total project costs are about $88,000.
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Windsor House
Windsor
Historic Windsor Inc
William H. Baldwin
Kresge Foundation of
Troy
Mich
Kresge Foundation
Center of Windsor
Washington, D.C
Donation Buffet Supper at East Dorset Church This Saturday
The East Dorset Congregational Church will serve a Donation Buffet Supper on Saturday Aug 6 starting at 5 p.m. Menu includes ham Swedish meat balls baked beans and various salads plus pies. No tickets required a donation is asked. A sale table of handmade items and a church film will follow.
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Dorset
East Dorset Congregational
Peach supper at Pownal United Methodist Church
United Methodist Women of Pownal church plan their annual peach supper on Thursday August 18 with serving starting at 5 30 pm The event details are supplemented by a rambling note on the history of circuses and the origins of the term circus including Philip Astley Franconi and the evolution from royal chariot racing to modern rings.
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United Methodist Women of the
Pownal
Encyclopaedia Brittanica
Philip Astley
Circus
Astley
France
Franconi
Art display opens at Dorset Village Library McIntyre Gallery
A six week exhibit at the Dorset Village Public Library showcases sculpture oils watercolors and photographs arranged by Natalee Everett and Madelene Woodard. Works include Sam Ogden Jr metal loops Sheik marble by Richard Erdman Ecstacy wood by Marie Clark and winter scenes by Fritz Dillman Tremper Ehrich Ettinger Pelham and Heinrich with photos The Brandywine by Don Gray and Pasture by Ed Ferenc.
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Dorset
McIntyre
Dorset Village
Natalee Everett
Madelene Woodard
Sam Ogden Jr
Richard Erdman
Marie Clark
Ecstacy
Fritz Dillman
Carl Tremper
Lea Ehrich
Oregon Coast
Churchill Ettinger
Gene Pelham
West River Bend
Eric Heinrich
Our Lady of Fatima Fall Foliage Festival
Our Lady of Fatima in Wilmington will hold a two day Fall Foliage Festival on October 1 and 2 with entertainment crafts booths flea market games pony rides raffles and a home cooked food booth. An auction Sunday afternoon will be run by Elaine Belba. Tickets are $1 and prize offerings include a 19 inch color television a Tiffany style lamp and a $100 sports equipment certificate.
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Wilmington
Our Lady of Fatima
Toni Dorsey
Elaine Belba
Whitingham
West Dover
Walloomsac residents and visitors share health and community news
Edith Gigel returns home after surgery at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Sandra Hoag spent the weekend with her parents and heads to Ithaca on Tuesday. Bridget Hoag came home from a three week visit in Appleton Wisconsin. The Bromerski family visited their Coventry Rhode Island children for two weeks. Eva Marie Woodard returns home from a week with grandparents in Mahopee. Richard and James Baldwins visit their mother, Mrs. Edwin Lennon, in Glens Falls Hospital. Lennon is formerly Hazel Baldwin of Walloomsac. Bertha's Angels announce a new pastor Rev Frank Gallogly of St Marys High School. The group seeks volunteers at Hoosick Area Senior Center to sew surgical pads for Hoosick Falls Health Center. more filling material is needed.
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Richard Baldwin
Niagara Falls
James Baldwin
North Hoosick
Richard
Jame
Edwin Lennon
Glens Falls Hospital
Lennon
Hazel Baldwin
Walloomsac
Bertha’s Angels
Frank Gallogly
U.S.A
St. Mary’s High School
Hoosick Area
Hoosick Falls
Dog Show Set For August 14 In Manchester
The Bennington County Kennel Club will stage its third annual AKC licensed all breed dog show at the Manchester Recreation Center Grounds on Sunday August 14 starting at 9 a.m. with best in show to be announced late afternoon. It is one of four Vermont shows and the event includes regular breed classes a junior showmanship class plus vendor booths.
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Manchester
The
Bennington County Kennel Club Inc
Manchester Recreation Center
Vermont
Woodstock
Essex Junction
Stowe
BCKC
Dog Owner Handlers Association
Doha
URI researchers challenge claim that menhaden fishing hurts bay gamefish
In Narragansett Rhode Island URI researchers dispute sport fishermen who say heavy commercial menhaden fishing reduces striped bass and bluefish. Dr Candace A. Oviatt says even in low menhaden years there is enough food to sustain blues and stripers while noting the two year study arose from fishing restrictions and a court ruling allowing boats back into Narragansett Bay.
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Narragansett, RI
UPI
University of Rhode
Candace A. Oviatt
URI
Graduate School of Oceanography
Oviatt
Hangnails Named From Old English Pain
United Press International notes the term hangnail traces to Old English pain. The quirk in etymology highlights how ancient language roots influence modern medical vocabularies.
Gagnon to Lead Criminal Justice Division in Vermont
Former Washington County State's Attorney Robert Gagnon will replace Assistant Attorney General William Keefe in Vermont's Criminal Justice Division. Deputy AG Gregory McKenzie cited mutual agreement on Keefe's departure. Gagnon resumes duties August 29 after private practice since leaving the state post last year. Mental health experts condemn a proposed Social Welfare Dept rule to deny aid to temporarily disabled TANF fathers who do not follow a prescribed treatment plan. Stuart Friedman of Orange County Mental Center called it appalling and said it could coerce treatment.
Vermont firm eyed to bid on VAG stock in Lowell
Lowell based Vermont Asbestos Group general manager John Lupien says a New Jersey firm Engelhardt Minerals may bid to buy VAG stock. Lupien opposes selling and wants worker ownership kept. Engelhardt Minerals has been drilling test borings at the mine for weeks.
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UPI
Vermont
Asbestos Group
John Lupien
New Jersey
Lupien
Engelhardt Minerals
Leahy to tour Vermont during August recess
Senator Patrick Leahy and his Washington staff will travel across Vermont in August to meet state and local officials and review housing energy and environmental needs. They will also meet federal grant applicants and discuss constituent needs as Congress recesses next week. Funeral services set for Burlington Postmaster Frank Varricchione aged 68.
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Burlington
UPI
Frank Varricchione
Varricchione
Post Office
Williston Hires Lawyer for Pyramid Mall Hearings
Williston selectmen hire former Vermont Public Service Board chair Martin Miller to represent the town in environmental hearings on the proposed 80-store Pyramid Mall. Town aims to raise funds to pay the fee, planning commission tentatively approves the mall, but selectmen oppose it. one member vows firmness.
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Williston
UPI
Vermont Public Service Board
Martin Miller
Miller
Peter McDevitt
Folies Bergere Performances In Colonie Under Monitor
Colonie Police will monitor the remaining four Folies Bergere performances at Colonie Coliseum this week after Chief James F notes nightly checks to ensure compliance with a local topless dancing ban. Monday’s show passed without incident as cast adapted routines and costumes to conform with the law despite prior court injunction attempts.
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Folies Bergere
Colonie Police Department
Colonie Coliseum
James F
Folies
Supreme Court
Troy City Manager Buckley Faces Firing Over Council Conflicts
Troy City Manager John P. Buckley denounced council charges as hogwash and said Republican leaders pressure him to fire Corporation Counsel Donald in jeopardy. He cited ongoing clashes with Mayor Pat Casale and anticipated his dismissal at a special city council meeting tonight.
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John P. Buckley
Buckley
Donald
Pat M. Casale
Casale
Berkshire group plans western shopping center with K Mart
North Adams reports East Bay Development Corp of Reading unveiled plans for a large shopping center featuring a K Mart in the west end. The firm seeks 3.4 acres of city land a 91,000 square foot grassy area between State Road and Harriman Airport behind a KFC. Mayor Joseph R Bianco hinted he may block the sale citing downtown renewal concerns.
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East Bay Development Corp
Reading
West End
State Road
Harriman Airport
Joseph R. Bianco
Bianco
Lenox OKs four one day beer permits for softball tourney
Lenox selectmen vote 2 to 1 to grant four one day beer and wine permits for a state softball tournament starting at Lenox Dale park. A dissenting member questioned crowd control while Shaun Kelly said two officers would be on duty, toilets supplied, parking managed, and strict policing to prevent juvenile access.
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Selectmen
Lenox Dale Park
Shaun Kelly
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Appleton
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United Press International
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