Policeman’s Ball and Eagle Award at Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Ingles Club hosts a Policeman’s Ball on Sept 11 with a 7 pm smorgasbord and 9 pm music by the Four Spects of North Adams. A sheriff’s office speaker will discuss law enforcement. Gordon Brenenstuhl to present Eagle Award. Tickets from Eagles club or Bill Chaponis. Oct 3 Eagles ox roast planned.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
North Adams
Mass
Sheriff’s Office
Gordon Brenenstuhl
Home Club
Eagles
Bill Chaponis
Boston's Marketplaces Reopen as City Evolves
Boston unveils the Dock Square and Quincy Market renovation, a $20 million revival blending old and new at Faneuil Hall. The 550 foot long complex features copper rotunda, glass canopies, and 12 retained vendors with rent stabilization, amid lively crowds, bagpipers, and public celebrations marking a downtown renaissance.
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Boston
San Francisco
Charles River
Back Bay
Copley Plaza
Stonehenge-modern
City Hall
Williamstown
Mass
Mt. Anthony High School
Bennington
North Bennington
Bloomingdale
Harvard Square
Chestnut Hill
Salt Lake City
Savannah
Kevin H. White
Berkshires
Sam
Josiah Quincy
Harry J. McCue
Manchester Elementary to Open for 1976 77 School Year
Manchester Elementary announces first day Tuesday September 7 with grades one through eight from 8:15 to 2:45 and Kindergarten sessions 8:10 to 11 and 12 to 2:45. Hot lunches 40 cents per plate or 5 cents for milk. Bus routes and times detailed for three buses with note that afternoon runs reverse order.
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Manchester
Hillvale
Ways Lane
West Road
Franklin
Seminary
Taconic
Vandals Damaged Digger in Hoosick Falls
David Kessler reported that his well digging machine was vandalized Sunday behind Wood Flong Corp in Hoosick Falls. A window and one light were smashed and another light missing. Police have no leads. Frank M. Mormile of Albany and Virginia C. Bozen of Poultney were arrested for speeding yesterday.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
David Kessler
Wood Flong Corp
Frank M. Mormile
Albany
High Street
Virginia C. Bozen
Poultney
Vermont rail workers threaten strike over private operator dispute
Around Montpelier Vermont officials face a potential state owned railroad strike by nearly 30 maintenance workers. State Transportation Secretary Arthur Ristau opposes state intervention, noting the line is state owned but leased to private operators. The union claims a contract since 1942. management denies any binding agreement.
Essex Town Elementary overcrowding prompts state aid possibility
Vermont Education Board ruled overcrowded conditions in Essex Town Elementary Schools may make the district eligible for up to 30 percent state aid for new facilities. The ruling, based on Deputy Education Commissioner Edward Fabian's report, says the system will be about 23 classrooms short by 1983. Fabian cautions the ruling does not guarantee aid, only the option to pursue expansion.
Vermont Board to rule on $127,000 Pike Industries claim
The Vermont Transportation Board will decide if the Highway Department must pay Pike Industries of Laconia New Hampshire $127000 after the firm was forced to repave a stretch of Interstate 89 between Winooski and Bolton twice. The company had a $3 million contract for 40 miles of two lane paving. Cracks potholes and bumps after the first pass led to a second repaving, with hot weather and heavy traffic named as factors.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont Transportation Board
Highway Department
New Hampshire
Pike Industries
Laconia
N.H
Edward Stickney
Winooski
Bolton
Vermont appoints Bruce Prum as benefits chief
Madelyn Davidson announces Bruce Prum of Fairlee named chief of benefits at Vermont Employment Security. Prum, a former appeals referee since 1975 and retired Navy commander, replaces Kathleen McGlaffin of Montpelier who retires after 22 years with the department.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Madelyn Davidson
Bruce Prum
Fairlee
Prum
Kathleen McGlaffin
Department
Milford man found dead in Shrewsbury woods cabin
Charles McManus, 68, of Milford Connecticut, was found dead Saturday in a cabin on Town Road 6 in Shrewsbury. The regional medical examiner said he died of natural causes sometime in the past 11 days. Police reported the finding.
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Shrewsbury
UPI
Charles McManus
Milford
Conn
Carlton Stickney
McManus
Inmates Strike at Great Meadow Prison in New York
Inmates at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in New York have gone on strike refusing meals and engaging in vandalism in cells. Officials cite unclear motives but link cause to alleged beatings of inmates rather than Attica solidarity. Mattresses were set on fire and at least 20 percent of inmates are backing the strike. A confidential state report called Great Meadow the most volatile among several potentially explosive New York prisons.
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Comstock
Great Meadow
Attica
State Commission of Correction
Albany
New York
Fire guttes drugstore on 15th Street late night
An early morning blaze gutted the interior of a drugstore at 2209 15th St causing evacuation of three rental units above the shop. No injuries were reported. Cause undetermined.
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Troy
15Th St
Berkshire teen drowns in old quarry near West Stockbridge
A 17-year-old Pittsfield senior died in an apparent accidental submersion at an abandoned marble quarry off Route 41. Frederick T. Pytko, swimming on his back, sank after crying for help. His body was found two hours later by Berkshire Skin Divers Club on a ledge 80 feet down.
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West Stockbridge
Pittsfield
Martin Dobelle
Lee State
Frederick T. Pytko
Berkshire Skin Divers Club
Route 41
Cummington Fair Sees No Beef Grand Champion
A large crowd of about 12,000 attended the 108th Hillside Agricultural Society Exhibition known as the Cummington Fair. Florence Streeter, vice president, said no grand champion beef cattle award was given due to higher feed costs and labor expenses.
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Cummington
Hillside Agricultural Society
Cummington Fair
Florence Streeter
The
Agricultural Society
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