Five Hoosick Falls Merchants Join Senior Discounts
Five Hoosick Falls merchants have joined a Rensselaer County senior citizens discount program. Participating stores offer five to ten percent discounts on personal and household items with some special consideration. The program aims to boost seniors purchasing power, especially those on fixed incomes, and may extend to seniors outside the county with merchants’ discretion.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Rensselaer County
Ann Schumacher
Oldsters
New York
Charm Shop
Don’s Book Store
Shapiro’s
Ben Franklin
Ray’s
Schumacher
Rensselaer County Department of the Aging
HFCS Receives 55 476 For Reading Program
Hoosick Falls Central School has a federal Title I grant of 55 476 to fund a remedial and tutorial reading program for the coming year. Superintendent Phillip Leonard told the board on Tuesday night. The grant supports an extension of last year’s program, citing improved reading scores from participants on standardized tests. The funds cover one full time reading teacher two three quarter time teachers and ten part time aides plus supplies and administration. The full time teacher will split time between St Marys Academy and the central school with some aides assigned to St Marys. The program received federal approval on July 22.
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Hoosick, N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central School
Phillip Leonard
Board of Education
Leonard
St. Mary’s Academy
Central School
St. Mary’s
Dorset landslides massive yet damage minimal
Massive landslides near Dorset Vermont caused extensive landscape changes with four distinct slides visible from Mt. Equinox. A summer home near Princeton, New Jersey professor and ethics expert Mr. Gibson Winter, was isolated by a replaced culvert and a damaged bridge. The event, described as possibly Vermont’s largest ever, followed heavy rains Aug 9–10, with engineers predicting long-term erosion and stabilization needs.
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Gibson Winter
Princeton
N.J
Winter
Princeton University
Cass Gilbert
Gilbert
Fred Putnam
Forest Service
Vermont
Putnam
Adirondacks
Mt. Equinox
Daniel W
Searsburg seeks flood relief effort details
Searsburg town officials reviewed flood relief eligibility at a Aug 12 selectmen meeting with Vermont League of Cities and Towns. A flood coordinator must be appointed, damage photos filed, and expenses tracked while a Aug 15 meeting in Ludlow set procedures for federal aid.
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Searsburg
Mildred Marchegiani
Robert Stewart
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Montpelier
Black River
Ludlow
Emilio Marchegiani
Ralph McDermott
Vermont
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Internal Revenue Service
Housing, Welfare, Agriculture and Loan Officers
State Civil Defense Office
State Street
Jamaica
South Cambridge Visitors Travel and Campmeeting Update
Mrs John Ritter and children Sharon Aaron and Sarah have returned to Castle Rock Colorado after weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Wilson H Pratt The Hamiltons and Bancze ks visited New Hampshire Mt Washington and Conway then Bancze ks back to West Lafayette Indiana The combined service of the circuit churches will be Aug 22 at 9 30 am at Eagle Bridge Church with Rev Oswald Muller as guest speaker The pastor Rev Mr Burdess is on vacation
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John Ritter
Sharon
Aaron
Sarah
Castle Rock
Colo
Wilson H. Pratt
Malcolm Hamilton
Robert Banczek
New Hampshire
Mt. Washington
Conway
Banczeks
West Lafayette
Ind
Eagle Bridge Church
Oswald Muller
Mr. Burdess
Vermont elect Buckley rejects union backing for lieutenant governor
In Montpelier UPI T Garry Buckley, seeking the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, says he’s not upset by Vermont Education Association backing for two rivals Rep Douglas Tudhope and Sen John Alden. Buckley says he opposed teachers strike rights and would prefer voters who opposed school budgets. In Topsham UPI the local Topsham Credit Union faces liquidation and may not return all deposits to about 550 savers. $18,000 was distributed to those with no outstanding loans, but full repayment is not guaranteed.
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Alden
Tudhope
Buckley
Topsham
UPI
Topsham Credit Union
Albert Pingree
Burgess backs Sunset Legislation to curb federal bureaus
Democratic candidate John A. Burgess advocates Sunset Legislation to force every federal department or agency to expire every five years unless Congress approves its continued existence. He notes 236 new entities have arisen with only 21 terminated and says long term health programs would be exempt. Police probe second Vermont gun theft. burglars took rifles shotguns handguns and ammunition from Vern Colburn home while another break in at Hilson Home Center yielded 35 handguns.
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Georgia
UPI
Vermont
Vern Colburn
Hilson
South
Burlington
Motorcycle crash kills Naylor and stepson on Route 40
In SPEIGLETOWN New York Leon J. Naylor 20-year-old stepson Richard W Hall died in a head on collision with a New York DOT truck on Route 40 while attempting a left turn. They were pronounced dead at St Marys Hospital in Troy. State police investigate the crash.
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Speigletown
Leon J. Naylor
New York Department of Transportation
Naylor
Richard W. Hall
St. Mary’s Hospital
Troy
Amtrak Turbo Trains Set for Rensselaer Syracuse Trial
Amtrak announces three turbine-powered turbotrains to begin trial runs today on the Rensselaer to Syracuse line with speeds up to 125 mph on suitable track. Full operations on the New York City to Albany to Buffalo corridor planned for September.
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Troy
Amtrak
Rensselaer To
Syracuse
New York City
Albany
Buffalo
Berkshire Board Tables Backyard Burial Request
In Great Barrington the town board of health tabled a man’s request to be buried in his backyard after death. Dr. Arthur Cassell voiced concern about future owners uncovering bones and causing a surprise. The matter was deemed not vital and postponed. no identity given.
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Great Barrington
Town Board of Health
Arthur Cassell
Robert Barry
Conservation Commission
Cassell
Stevens Funeral Home
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