Schaghticoke Fair lineup features thrill shows and music
Schaghticoke New York fair Sept 1-5 will host the Death Riders Motorcycle Thrill Show with flaming car crash and clown Squeeks. Tractor pulls 2 pm and 8 pm daily run weights up to 15,000 lbs. Auto Demolition Derby on Sept 5 closes the event with a 50 car limit and $1 grandstand seats.
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Schaghticoke
N.Y
Blue Jazz Group
Jack Kochman
Hell
United States
Plymouth Old Home Day Planned for Aug 14 at Plymouth Notch
Plymouth plans an Aug 14 old home day featuring blue ribbon Mittens flowers and vegetables. 11 a.m. Union Christian Church service led by Chubb Conduct with Kathy Lynds on reed organ. Lunch at Wilder House. Balloons crafts hymns and craftspeople including Matt Tweet and Tony Barbie. Admission $1. under 14 free with adult. Call Sally Thompson for details.
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Plymouth
Plymouth Notch
Union Christian Church
Chubb
Woodstock
Kathy Lynds
Reed Organ
Wilder House
Matt Tweet
Tony Barbie
Sally Thompson
Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation
Williams College names new news director Ray Boyer
Williams College president John W Chandler announces Ray Boyer of Pittsfield as the new news director. Boyer, ex WBEC Pittsfield news chief, has served as a Williams consultant since last September and with his wife Mary Jo built a freelance news film service.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
John W. Chandler
Ray Boyer
Pittsfield
Boyer
Pittsfield Radio
WBEC
Williams
Mary Jo
Murphy asks legislature to meet in Rensselaer County
In Rensselaer County New York County Executive Murphy calls on the county legislature chair to convene a summer special session to approve several measures crucial for state and federal funding. He cites a boat launching site project, appointment of a special district attorney, a roof project budget amendment, and a replacement checkwriting machine to prevent manual check writing.
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Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer
William J. Murphy
Joseph G. Manupella
Rensselaer County
Manupella
Murphy
Bureau of Finance
Bureau
Children's Museum Starts Fund Drive in Williamstown
The Children's Museum of Williamstown launches its first annual fund drive aiming to raise 20000 by December to sustain programs and staff salaries. Since moving to Grant School space, attendance has surpassed 1000 monthly, with plans for future growth and broader activities. Reading from Winnie the Pooh by Blythe Danner and Williamstown Theatre Festival actors kicks off the drive this Saturday at 1130 am with $1 member and $2 non-member admission.
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Williamstown
Mass
Children’s Museum of
Berkshire
Children’s Museum
Little Red Schoolhouse
South Williamstown
Sandra Hanna
Elizabeth Smith
Kate Wood
Blythe Danner
Elizabeth Parrish
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Shaftsbury Fire Chiefs Complete Two Day Course
Shaftsbury Fire Chief William E. Kelley Assistant Chief Ron Lindsey Captain Brian Wade and Fireman Charles Becker of the Shaftsbury Fire Department finished a two day fire apparatus course at FMC Corporation Operation and Maintenance School Tipton Indiana.
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William E. Kelley
Ron Lindsey
Brian Wade
Charles Becker
Shaftsbury
FMC Corporation
Tipton
Ind
British industrialist warns UK won’t block Quebec split
Lord Alfred Robens visiting Augusta says Canada must handle secession itself and Britain would not, could not, block any move by Quebec to leave Canada. He notes potential shifts in investment and cites 74 Quebec firms relocating to Toronto as proof secession would reshape business.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
Quebec
United Kingdom
Lord Alfred Robens
James B. Longley
Canada
Britain
Robens
Great Britain
Robe
Toronto
Orchid expert de Tomasi to speak in Stockbridge
Dr. James A. de Tomasi a noted orchid scientist and musician will speak on The Amazing World of Orchids at Berkshire Garden Center in Stockbridge on Thursday Aug 25 at 2 pm Open to the public for a nominal charge tea will follow in the garden He is a Milan native with doctorates in agricultural chemistry and has held positions at Cornell and Long Island University He helped found orchid societies and is tied to Brookhaven Labs and a Brazilian optical firm His wife Mrs de Tomasi is an orchid collector and sculptress
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Stockbridge
Mass
James A. de Tomasi
Berkshire Garden Center
Milan
Italy
de Tomasi
The
Royal University
University of Leipzig
Cornell University
Brazil
Latin America
Brookhaven National Laboratories
Long Island
C.W. Post College
Long Island University
Martinecock
Greater New York
Charles B. Davenport
Carnegie Laboratories
Cold Spring Harbor
Vermont Democrats lash Snelling at public forum
Gov Richard Snelling is accused of running state government as a private enterprise by Rep Norris Hoyt and Madeleine Kunin at a sparsely attended forum reviewing a cost control study. Critics cite nonrelease of files and Kreizel’s personal funds for state business.
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Winooski
UPI
Richard Snelling
Democratic Platform Committee
Cost Control Council
Norris Hoyt
Norwich
Snelling
Boas
Hoyt
Democratic Appropriations
Madeleine Kunin
Burlington
Arthur Kreizel
New Hampshire OKs Yankee River Heat Study Discharge
The New Hampshire Water Supply and Pollution Control Commission approved Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant's plan to discharge heated water into the Connecticut River as part of a multi year study. Approval now moves to Vermont EPA and federal NRC for final sign off. The Vernon Vermont plant would release heated effluent between October and May, a continuation of a four year program. An ecologist from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission said aquatic life was not adversely affected by the study.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire Water Supply and Pollution Control Commission
Vermont Yankee
Connecticut River
Vermont Environmental Conservation Agency
Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Vernon
New Hampshire Commission
New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission
Philip Wightman
Hudson Mohawk Urban Cultural Park seeks funds for staff
New York Gov. Carey announced the signing of the Hudson Mohawk Urban Cultural Park Commission into law. The park covers Troy Cohoes Watervliet Waterford Green Island and Waterford areas and aims to interpret conserve and enhance regional resources. North Greenbush Justice James F. Cleary won the Democratic nomination for Rensselaer County Family Court judge term to begin in fall.
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Cohoes
Troy
North Greenbush
James F. Cleary
Rensselaer County
Cleary
Richard P. Reeves
Carey
Democratic Party
Berkshire crime and traffic deaths reported in North Adams and Pittsfield
Eileen Gillooly, a 53 year old Berkshire woman beaten and raped in her Beaver Street home, seeks new housing as landlords refuse future rental. Her son has raised the reward to 1500 dollars with community help. A motorcyclist, 21 year old Lawrence D Chiogno, died after a crash on Peck's Road when his bike struck a dump truck driven by Louis Allegrone.
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Eileen Gillooly
Beaver St
Christopher
Gillooly
Pownal
Pittsfield
Berkshire Medical Center
Peck’s Road
Lawrence D. Chiorgno
Blythwood Drive
Louis Allegrone
Hubbard Ave
Allegrone
Chiogno
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