Hoosick man chronicles local trolley era in new book
Hoosick Falls resident Wilbur E B Gates published The Trolley Car a 40 page history of the Hoosick Falls to Bennington line. The book includes 26 photos, maps and anecdotes, notes service dates from 1898 to 1920, and details on a once extensive trolley network with trains to Boston.
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Hoosick Man
Winur Gain
Alva
Sohn Elliott
Gates
Albany Veterans Hospital
Hoosick Falls
Gordon T. Jones
Hall St
Dot’s
Gordon Jones
Bennington
Evans News
Thoysick Valley Railway
Waloomsac
Lne
North Bennington
Boston
Worth Adams
Elm Street
Hoostek Falls
Putnam Hotel
North Hoostck
Walloomsac
Bennington Falls
Jones
America
Manchester selectmen reject Saunders and Saunders condo plan
Manchester officials at a special Friday session refused the Saunders and Saunders request for sewage hook up to a 24 unit condominium on 8.8 acres off Route 1 behind Jetty Mill. The board urged subsurface disposal and cited need for low income housing.
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Manchester
Saunders
Bats and Their Nocturnal World Across Nations
A compact feature explains bat diversity and behavior. It notes insects consumption by Mexican and other bats, echolocation using high frequency sonar, and the range from Philippine bamboo bats to giant flying foxes. It highlights feeding habits over land and water and pollination roles.
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Texas
Mammala
National Geographic Society
Thaa
Noctilio Veporinus
Mexico
South America
Caribbean
Veterans honor Salmon for Vermont job program
Governor Thomas P. Salmon received a commendation from the National Jobs for Veterans Program on August 1 for outstanding dedication and service to veterans employment. Charles H. Daly presented the award, with James Oates, Madelyn Davidson, Charles S. Healy, and John M. White in attendance.
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Siontpelier
Thomas P. Salton
Wth
Charles H. Daly
James Oates
Daly
John M. White
State Employment Service
JFY
Nixon
Arlington Day Care Faces Closing August Deadline
Parents urged to arrange care as the Arlington Day Care plans to close by August 33. Center staff describe routines and student projects while thanking Arlington post office and Shaftsbury state police barracks for tours. Navy Airman Apprentice David P. McConnell, son of William W. McConnell, graduates from Aviation Electronics Technician School in Millington Tennessee, detailing duties aboard naval aircraft.
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Arlington Post Office
Shaftsbury State
Navy
David P. McConnell
William W. McConnell
Manchester Depot
Aviation Electronics Technician
Millington
Enn
Dartmouth获 Exxon RAMP 6万美元资助改进资源管理
HANDYER 新罕布什尔州 Dartmouth College 取得 Exxon Foundation 的 RAMP 资助三笔 each 6万美元，总额60,000美元，分两期发放，目标是测试与改进学术管理系统。项目 FIND 将汇集学生、教职员、行政与校友数据并建模预算，直接 involving 全校成员以优化资源配置。
Marine Lance Corporal Christie Deploys Aboard Carrier
North Bennington Marine Lance Corporal Christopher C. Christie husband of the former Miss Deborah Legacy of Main St North Bennington is deployed with the Marine Detachment aboard the aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean. He will help with ship security brig control and ceremonies. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank A Ives of Bennington.
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Christopher C. Christie
Deborah 4
Main St
North Bennington
Mediterranean
Christie
Frank A. Ives
Bennington
Vermont schools issue income guidelines for free meals
Vermont school officials announce eligibility scales for free or reduced price meals in federally funded lunch and breakfast programs. Families with four members qualify for free meals if income matches column 1, while higher incomes fall into reduced price brackets. foster children may also qualify.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Bamba A. Foley
Vermont Department of Education
Saratoga festival showcases social themes on screen
The SPAC Film Festival in Saratoga Springs runs tonight through Aug. 19 at Regent Street Theater. It opens with The Conformist, showing tonight and Tuesday, then Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels on Aug. 15 and 16, and finishes with 2001: A Space Odyssey on Aug. 17 to 19. Each film has two nightly showings. Parking is ample.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Frank Zappa
Italy
Mothers of Invention
Ringo Starr
Theodore Bike
Royal Philharmonic
Stanley Kubrick
Keir Dullea
Gary Lockwood
Earth
Regent Street
Saratoga, Springs
Tanglewood weekend features Dvorak Franck works and guest conductors
The Tanglewood weekend opens Friday Aug 17 with Karl Wild performing Liszt and Lhciumann pieces. Laurence Foster debuts as guest conductor of the Boston Symphony with Prokofiev No 5 and Bruch Scottish Fantasy. Saturday includes an open rehearsal and evening programming with Dvorak New World and Rachmaninoff with Earl Wild. Sunday features Franck variations and Liszt Totentanz with Andre Watts, closing Ozawa's program with Tchaikovsky.
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Lenox
Mass
Tanglewood
Karl Wild
Lchiumann
Liszt
Aly P.m. Lafurence Foster
Mousic
Houston Symphony
Chick
Royal Philharmonic
Boston Symphony
Foster
Reritoz
Bruch
Joseph Silverstein
Prokofiev
Arthur Fiedler
Boston Pops Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dvorak
Rachmaninov
Earl Wild
Wagner
Seiji Ozawa
Franck
Granrud
Andre Watts
Ozawa
Tchaikovsky
Vermont Public Meetings Calendar This Week
UPI reports a week of state hearings and meetings across Vermont. Highlights include the House Government Operations Committee on reapportionment in Ludlow at 7 p.m., Gov. Salman budget hearings at Springfield High School, and Vermont Industrial Building Authority sessions in Montpelier. The schedule also covers statehouse committee meetings, budget testimony in Middlebury, energy debates, and University of Vermont board activities through Friday and Saturday.
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House Government Operations Committee
Ludlow Town Hall
Thomas Salman
Springield High School
Springfield
Vermont Industrial Building Authority
Pavilion
Montpelier
House Commerce Committee
State House
South Burlington
Middlebury
Breadloaf Writers’ Conference
Higher Education
Hoff Commission
Vermont Hall
Tavern Motor Inn
Joint Committee
Garden Way Living Center
South Burlinngton
University of Vermont Board of Trustees
Memorial
Waterman
UVM
Burlington
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Manchester Selectmen
Washington, D.C
Count Dracula
Transylvania
New World Tropica
Ow Thames F Sula
Lyle Litte
Det
St. Juhnsbury
Charles E. Healy
Veterans Employment
Charles IL Daly
Jobs For
Veterans
Medelyn Davidson
Employment Secalty
Foto
ML White
Arlington Day Care
WN Restaurant
Akin ST
Dartmouth
Exxon Foundation
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Shaftsbury
John Wood
Wood
Robert Frost
Gary J. Murphy
Cleveland Avenue
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Saratoga Film Festival
Salvatores
Williamstown
Spring Street
Anch
Bowie Ream
Sirlom
Bowie
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