Hoosick Falls considers former Miller’s Market as municipal building
Joseph Miller proposes selling the former Miller’s Super Market on Church Street to Hoosick Falls for 70 000 dollars to convert into a municipal building. Renovations could bring offices police HQ and a senior citizen room with costs between 100 000 and 125 000, with family offering a no interest payment plan. The board plans tours and weigh future budget impacts while handling senior center funding and Lake George comparisons. Trustees also approve insuring police radios, a county title transfer for a development project, and a police standards manual.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Joseph Miller
Miller’s
Church Street
Miller
Waythus
Lake George
LeRoy Baker
Donald Bogardus
Morris Wheeler
Richard Severson
Pownal Community Activities Include Supper and Fire Course
Pownal Methodist Church peach supper serves from 5:30. Pownal Center Fire Department worknight at 7:30. Rap Group meets 7 to 9 p.m. at the Community Center. Pownal Girls softball practice at 9:30 a.m. Thursday North Pownal field. A 45 hour fire course begins Tuesday at the firehouse for 15 weeks with 25 to 30 volunteers. instructor Daniel Higgins. Five firefighters attend Norwich University fire school covering PR, vehicles, rescue, and operations.
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Pownal
Pownal Center
North Pownal
Vermont
Massachusetts
Daniel Higgins
Vermont Fire Fighters Association
Norwich University
Norwich
Lyle Grusendorf
Earl Southgate
James Sincluico
Bruce LaBonte
Wayne Goddard
Manchester man seeks Vermont House seat on two tickets
MANCHESTER resident M Michael Nawrath announced candidacy for the Vermont House of Representatives from Bennington-1 district. The district, including Manchester Dorset Peru Winhall and Landgrove, elects two members. Nawrath is a University of Vermont student majoring in political science and plans summer study to finish before the legislative session. He is a Burr and Burton Seminary graduate, served in the U S Army with Vietnam and Germany tours, and is married to Rebecca Morse of Salisbury. If elected he would vote independently on issues, prioritizing land use with local input, tax reform, and utility rate revisions to encourage conservation.
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Manchester
Michael Nawrath
Vermont
House of Representatives
Bennington
Dorset
Peru
Winhall
Landgrove
Nawrath
University of Vermont
Burr and Burton Seminary
U.S
Vietnam
Germany
Rebecca Morse
Salisbury
Hoosick town weighs senior housing complex plan
The Hoosick town board heard tentative plans for a three story 21 unit senior citizen apartment complex on Classic Street plus a request for a temporary reduction in assessment. Developers aim to demolish the current building within the year and complete construction a year later, with a public information meeting to follow.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Town of Hoosick Board
Arthur Moseley
Harry Hebbard
Town Housing Authority
Tomhannock
Moseley
William Keyes
Dougherty
No Mans Land Fire District
Windsor State Prison Allows Visitors After Shakedown
Windsor VT visitors were welcomed at Windsor State Prison for the first time in a week as Warden Paul Davileau announced the cell block search was completed with no weapons found. Inmates dined in the block area for the first time since Thursday. other areas like the license plate shop will be checked by week’s end amid rumors of a second gun.
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William Kilmartin
Charles Dusha
Arlington
Ruth Stearns
West Arlington
Leona Rudd
Melissa Matteson
Harvest March
Ida Matteson
George Cooledge
Novotny
Mattesons
Belle Decker
Mt. Anthony Grange
Richardson
Decker
Washington Pomona Home Economics
Helen Cleveland
Windsor
VPI
Windsor State Prison
Paul Davileau
Davileau
Wildlife Service backs dam stance over Richelieu River
U S Wildlife Service supports Vermont and New York officials in opposing the Canadian Richelieu River dam until Lake Champlain impacts are thoroughly studied. Federal coordinator Benjamin Day notes the 30 page report mirrors state recommendations for more information before any alteration of the lake.
Vermont police and fire retirement age push to 55
Burlington UPI reports the Vermont Police Association seeks a legislative change to lower retirement age for police and firemen from 70 to 55. Association president Winooski Police Chief Donald Savard says job stress and danger justify earlier retirement, noting the last legislature set 70 for municipal employees.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont Police Association
Winooski
Donald Savard
Association
VPA
Vermont heating oil prices rise slightly in August
The Vermont Energy Office reports No 2 home heating oil at 37 cents per gallon up from 36.4 cents in July. Regular gasoline slips to 57.9 cents while premium gasoline nudges up to 61.8 cents. Prices for other petroleum products stay about the same.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
State Energy Office
Albany developer runs as independent for Congress in 29th District
Rocco Ferran, an Albany developer who seized homes over small back taxes without notice and sold them at market value, announced he will run as an independent candidate for Congress in New York's 29th District. He campaigns against alleged unregulated monopoly control by lawyers and is backed by his group Co Equal Citizens for Legislative Reform, of which he is founder and president.
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Albany
Congress
Rocco Ferran
Rensselaer
Ferran
Co- Equal Citizens For Legislative Reform
Albany Police union push gains momentum with meeting vote
The Albany Police Department union drive moved forward after patrolmen at an informational meeting gave AFSCME a 100 percent vote of confidence. AFSCME area director Lee Hoffman reported about 160 officers had signed union cards, with a federally supervised vote possible if the city refuses to recognize the union. Corning city leadership has opposed past attempts. Under the Taylor Law the city has 30 days to respond.
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Albany
Albany Police Department
American Federation of State
Lee Hoffman
Afscme
Corning
Pittsfield Residency Hurdle Threatens Fortune Teller
Sister Grace of Holyoke seeks to fortune tell in Pittsfield but faces a state residency rule requiring one year of residence before a license. Attorney John A. Bernardo argues the rule is unreasonable and aims to overturn it. Grace, a palm reader with her mother Madam Marie, plans to move with husband Louis to set up her practice, but timing is uncertain.
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Pittsfield
Grace
Holyoke
Atty
John A. Bernardo
Madam Marie
Mountain Park
Louis
Sludge kills 500 suckers in Hoosic River incident
A water pollution official linked a fish kill of more than 500 suckers on the Hoosic River to a now repaired sewage plant problem. Sludge entering the river lowered oxygen levels and industrial waste may have contributed to the fatalities. Suckers feed on the river bottom and are not game fish.
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Adams
Hoosic
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