Stowell Withdraws Resignation as Public Works Chief
HOOSICK FALLS NY A special village board meeting persuaded Charles Stowell to remain as commissioner of public works. Stowell had planned to resign Friday after a Tuesday letter citing excessive orders but agreed to stay, with highway department commands funneled through Trustee Edwin Schneider.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Charles Stowell
Stowell
Marilyn Douglas
LeRoy Baker
Highway Department
Edwin Schneider
Highway Committee
Arlington Community Schedule of Meetings and Events
Arlington and Manchester group listings show a week of events: WWI Veterans meet at Legion rooms in Arlington Monday afternoon, tennis for beginners at Park and Recreation courts, Pony League game Lions vs Arlington at Hoosick Falls, and high school registration for new grades 9 to 12 Tuesday, Bicentennial Food Club at Community House, Pony League and Soccer Club practice, AA and American Legion Auxiliary meetings. Midweek features Arlington Tennis and Pony League matchups, Rescue Squad drill. Thursday sees Bicentennial Food Club, Arlington Soccer Club practice, Arlington Street Fair, VFW meeting. Friday hosts Pony League practice. Saturday Battenhill Grange social.
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Veterans of Manchester
Arlington
Legion Rooms
Park & Recreation
Pony League
Lions Vs
Hoosick Falls
Community House
Amhs Field
St. Margaret Mary’s Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Haynes & Kane
Bicentennial Food Club
Arlington Soccer Club
Arlington Street Fair
VFW
VFW Rooms
Manchester
Hoosick Falls Airman Arrives at Kadena Air Base Okinawa
Hoosick Falls native Airman First Class Richard L. Surdam arrives for duty at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa as an aircraft electrical systems repair specialist with a Strategic Air Command unit. He previously served at Griffiss AFB New York and is a 1972 Hoosick Falls Central High School graduate. Wayne School in Chicago awarded a dental office assisting diploma to Martha B. Granger of North Hoosick after completing a course. She and husband James have two children. Wayne School affiliated with LaSalle Extension University which has trained students since 1908. Two million have enrolled in LaSalle programs. Hoosick Senior Citizens will sponsor a community calendar. Elva Gigel will lead, available at the Senior Center Tuesday and Friday mornings to gather calendar information. Call 686-7559 to avoid conflicts. Mrs. Rose Bogardus, mother of Mayor Donald Bogardus, is a Putnam Memorial Hospital patient.
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Richard L. Surdam
Clifford E. Surdam
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Kadena Air Base
Okinawa
Surdam
Strategic Air Command
Griffiss Afb
Hoosick Falls Central High School
Martha B. Granger
North Hoosick
Wayne School
Chicago
Ill
James
Michael
Heather
Hoosick Senior Citizens
Elva Gigel
McKearin Insurance Agency
Manchester Sets Complex Sewer Ordinance Adoption
Selectmen in Manchester adopted a 29 page sewer ordinance aligning with the state pollution permit. The measure establishes building and connection standards, discharge limits, private disposal rules, and public system rates. Permits cost 25 dollars for residences and 100 dollars for commercial or industrial connections, with private systems at 25 dollars. Violations carry up to 200 dollars per day, and the selectmen may appoint a sewage superintendent, set rates, and establish operation rules.
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Manchester — Selectmen
Board of Sewage Disposal
Dorset town and school boards set meetings this week
Dorset selectmen meet Monday at 7 30 p m in the town office for the regular monthly session. The Dorset School Board meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Dorset Elementary School. An art exhibit at the McIntyre Gallery and Dorset Village Public Library features bronze and alabaster pieces by Robert Newman of Dorset and San Miguel Mexico. samples include Park Bench Soloist and Lovers from Mexican bronze, Hong Kong Cargo with longshoremen and rice bags, and Resignation in alabaster with a rolling sculptural quality. A Dorset Historical Society program Friday Aug 15 at p m in the United Church vestry covers Revolutionary War actions near Saratoga and Burgoyne’s surrender with Prof Codman Hislop.
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McIntyre
Dorset Village
Robert Newman
Dorset
San Miguel
Mexico
Park Bench
Hong Kong
Newman
Dorset Historical Society
At & P.m
The
United Church
Codman Hislop
Saratoga
Burgoyne
Riverboat Jazz Band Delights Cambridge Crowd
In Cambridge New York about 200 fans enjoyed Skip Parsons Riverboat Jazz Band in a rainy outdoor concert sponsored by the Cambridge Bicentennial Committee. The seven piece group played a sequence of jazz styles from New Orleans to Chicago ending with Hello Dolly and plans to expand next year's summer program.
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Chapin
Cambridge
N.Y
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Chicago
Skip Parsons
Cambridge Bicentennial Committee
Parsons
Scott Joplin
Richard M. Jones
Bill Bailey
King Oliver
Louis Armstrong
Lil Armstrong
Lil
Albany
Tim Coakley
Arnie Bellinger
Norm Pratt
Tom Scanner
Rich Skrikaca
Don Levoie
Jelly Roll Morton
Kate
Chesapeake Bay
Police officer cleared of one charge in car purchase case
Lt. Leonard Martin of Winooski was found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer for taking advantage of his position to purchase a car impounded by city police. He was cleared of negligence related to a June manhunt for escaped convicts, and had been suspended without pay. In Montpelier, the attorney general’s office issued an opinion saying state workers’ salaries are negotiable with the Vermont State Employees Association, though negotiable only if not higher than private sector equivalents.
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Burlington
UPI
Winooski
Vermont
Carl Gregg
Leonard Martin
Gregg
Martin
Montpelier
Vermont State Employees Association
Robert Babcock
Stowe
VSEA
Louis Peck
Peck
State Compensation Review Board
Vermont bankers seek mortgage rate ceiling extension
The Vermont banking industry urged the 1976 legislature to extend the law raising the home mortgage interest rate ceiling from 8.5 to 9.75 percent as needed. Bankers told the House Commerce Committee that the higher ceiling increased available mortgage funds and the rule would expire next year unless renewed.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
House Commerce Committee
Vermont Identifies Potato Stem Borer in Counties
Vermont agricultural experts report the Potato Stem Borer has been positively identified in Caledonia and Orleans Counties and may be present elsewhere. The pest attacks potatoes beans corn rhubarb and tomatoes after moving in from the Canadian border.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
University of Vermont Extension Service
Caledonia
Orleans
Canadian
Funeral services for Mabel O'Brien mother of Leo and Daniel O'Brien
Funeral services were held today for Mrs. Mabel O'Brien 85 mother of state Agriculture Commissioner Leo O'Brien and Democratic National Committeeman Daniel O'Brien. She died at her home Friday night after a long illness in South Burlington UPI reports.
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South Burlington
UPI
Mabel O’brien
Leo O’brien
Daniel O’brien
Troy hostels' injunctions denied by state court
In Troy, State Supreme Court Justice A Franklin Mahoney denied and dismissed a request by Mrs Shirley H Conners to block a state operated hostel for the mentally retarded at 54 Maple St The judge ruled the facility serves a legitimate state purpose and is exempt from Troy zoning but noted the state cannot arbitrarily locate such sites He advised pursuing a different suit if the method of site selection is challenged. Also in Troy the Lansingburgh Board of Education seeks sidewalks and traffic controls near Turnpike Elementary School to protect about 375 students entering this fall while city officials await a state traffic program.
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Troy
Maple St
State Supreme Court
A. Franklin Mahoney
Shirley H. Conners
Mahoney
Conners
Lansingburgh
Down in Berkshire New look at drug problem
Pittsfield mayoral candidate William F. Murray says drug and alcohol abuse among Pittsfield students is not an alarming problem by the numbers yet he urges preventive steps. He opposes Mayor Evan S. Dobelle’s approach and backs speaking with teachers, custodians, coaches, counselors, police, and students to address the issue ahead of the October primary.
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Pittsfield
William F. Murray
Murray
Evan S. Dobelle
Raymond J. Librizzi
Dobelle
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Helene Thompson
Battenhill Grange
Grange Hall
West Arlington
Edith Beaumont
LaSalle Extension University
LaSalle
Rose Bogardus
Congress St
Donald Bogardus
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Dorset School Board
Cambridge, N.Y
Sippin
Mississippi
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance
Hartford
NSUI
Prospect Street
Connecticut
Berk Kel
Wcogks
Arbour
Ayouse
Wall-Tex
New York
Berkshire
State Department of Mental Health
Berkshire County
Robert Aptekar
Aptekar
Northampton
Apteka
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