White Creek weighs wetlands delay and a new truck
White Creek town board at August meeting debates delaying wetlands regulations past the Sept. 1 state deadline. They seek a one year extension and draft letters to the DEC. The board also votes to purchase a 1977 pickup for 4480 from Haynes Brothers, with one competing bid rejected for not meeting specs.
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White Creek
John Briggs
Department of Environmental Conservation
Peter A. Berle
New York
Nolan
Briggs
Haynes Brothers, Inc
Hoosick Falls
DeLurey Sales and Service
North Hoosick
Haynes
Washington County Sheriff’s Department
Donald Bogardus
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Peter A. Berke
Bogardus
Walden Avenue
New Books at McCullough Library North Bennington
New adult titles arrive at McCullough Library including Gleanings From The New Testament The R Document Miss Martha Mary Crawford Neptune The Long Corridor The 14 Dilemma Parent Effectiveness by Pentecost Cookson Gerson Hunter Merchant Wallace and more titles for adult readers.
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McCullough Library
North Bennington
Hunter
Wallace
Martha Mary Crawford
Merchant
Sandgate Town Hall hosts heritage photo display for bicentennial
West Arlington Sandgate residents are invited to view a sizable pictorial history at Sandgate Town Hall on the town picnic day Saturday. Anna Vaughn leads the heritage segment of Sandgate’s bicentennial celebration.
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Sandgate
Anna Vaughn
British Secret Service activity in Vermont 1780 83
Vermont History's summer issue surveys British espionage in the Champlain Valley from 1780 to 1783 and outlines a 1782 plot to kidnap General Jacob Bayley. Authors Ian Pemberton and J Robert Maguire draw on new sources to illuminate Vermont’s revolutionary era and its press figure William Loeb.
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Newbury
J. Robert Maguire
Shoreham
Vermont
William Loeb
New Hampshire
Vermont History notes and town meetings in Pownal
Pownal selectmen plan 6 pm meeting at the Town Office on Thursday. Choir rehearsal at Pownal Baptist Church at 6:30 pm followed by a 7:30 prayer meeting. Edger May of Springfield, a Vermont House member, and Hugh Moffett of Brandon are noted. The Vermont Historical Society offers four issues annually to members, with dues of 7.50.
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Pownal Baptist Church
Edgar May
Springfield
Vermont House of Representatives
Loeb
St. Albans
Hugh Moffett
Brandon
Frank Smallwood
Windsor County
Statehouse
Montpelier
Vermont Historical Society
Vermont History
Vermont
Shirley Jackson
Bennington
James Franklin Gilman
Winooski River
East Poultney’s
Eagle Tavern
Ida-Mae Johnson
Poultney
Cyclone Devastates East Pakistan in 1970 Toll Soars
United Press International reports a catastrophic cyclone in East Pakistan now Bangladesh during November 1970. More than 20,000 people were killed as the storm triggered widespread destruction across coastal regions and inland areas, prompting relief and international aid efforts.
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Indian Ocean
East Pakistan
Bangladesh
Pownal planners discuss property and violation notices
The Pownal Planning Commission reviewed Nick Napolantano's plan to buy a Route 7 lot from Robert Arnold to add a store on about 6 500 square feet, noting required 40 000 square foot parcels. Nearby, Ernest Roberts seeks storage space for school buses on two and a half acres and a hearing will be set. A trailer violation on the Hart property and another behind a Kaiser Shell Station were documented, with enforcement steps underway. Attendees included Fran Lamp man Dennis Austin A Daniel Mason and Robert Pett. The North Bennington thrift shop features furniture clothing and a used typewriter with hours today through Friday and donations welcomed.
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Pownal
Ernest Roberts
Dome View
Leo Pambianchi
Kaiser Shell
Dennis Austin
Margaret Lillie
Fran Lampman
A. Daniel Mason
Robert Pett
North Bennington Thrift Shop
Falls board awards contracts amid impropriety warning
The Falls village board approved a 1495 dollar sandblast and coating contract for the sewage plant filter basin to Multi purpose Coatings of Ravena on a cost plus basis, despite town attorney concerns of impropriety. The same firm would handle related repair work. They also authorized a 1495 dollar substitute police officer appointment for Frederick Bouplon to the village force, with no salary except a uniform.
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Anne Eisenmenger
Hoosie Valley Asphalt Co
Valley Falls
Ralph Sternberg
Cb. of
Ravena
John J. Jenuskevice
Frederick Bouplon
Church Street
Bouplon
William Chapones
Vilage
Hudson Valley Community College
Capital Reserve Fund
Fire Department
Claude Round
State Division of Environmental Health
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Green Mountain
Hoosie
James Nolan
Ning
Owl Kill
Bank
Credit Wion
West Arlington
Kay Weeks
Gordon
Price
Curtiss
Bristol
Lake Champlain
Copeland
New Land
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams
Mass
Enterprise
Pamela Blakem
Board of Selectmen
United Press International
Hart
Dugway
Aziza Love
Helena Rubenstein
Helena Rubenstein & Love
Main ST
Bennington, Vt
Falls Board
Thomas Mc Martin
McMartin
McMartins
Rensselaer County Motor Vehicles Bureau
Colbert le
North Adams, Mass
Coats
Parkas
Roberts Charge
Bankamericard
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