Stolen stereo gear recovered in Hoosick arrests
New York City men Robert Levinskas and Samuel Lugo were arrested after a routine stop on Route 7 in Hoosick. Police charged them with criminal possession of stolen property first degree and possession of fireworks, tied to $5 in stolen equipment belonging to Bennington College professor William Dixon. The items were found after a break in at Dixon’s home and the case remains under investigation.
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Hoosick
N.Y
New York City
Bennington College
Robert Levinskas
West 94
Samuel Lugo
East 10 St
Rensselaer County
Center Brunswick
William Dixon
Dixon
Meadow Scene Tells Of Searsburg History And Oakham Trail
A veteran meadow near Searsburg and Woodford offers a view east over Rake Branch and Mt. Pisgah with Mt. Snow’s tower visible. Recollections recall 19th century dam and sawmill builds by the Briggs and Morse families, early Searsburg settlers, and logs floating in Billings Pond. Jerry Jenkins leads bog studies amid gentian.
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James Vreeland
Woodford
Billings Pond
Searsburg
Somerset
Mt. Pisgah
Mt. Snow
George Briggs
Joshua Morse
Briggs Brothers
Allen E. Sr
Eli
Bennington
Joseph Crosier
Jerry Jenkins
Townlift plan urged to preserve Manchester charm
Manchester Town Manager Hank Lambert told the Garden Club luncheon that growth must be controlled to keep the town’s small town charm. He outlined townlift studies and goals including a theme for beautification, increased pedestrian focus, walkways, playgrounds and open-space enhancements, urging broad community participation.
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W.E. Murray
Manchester
Henry R. “Hank
Lambert
Manchester Garden Club
Avalanche Motor Inn
Garden Club
Ethel Simmons Twichell
Vermont
Grant awarded to Vt science institute
The Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Woodstock announced a $25,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation to finish converting its barn headquarters into meeting rooms and multipurpose space. The grant requires matching funds by next April. The institute, a nonprofit environmental education and research group, has operated for 54 years with Kresge grants totaling over $283 million.
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Woodstock
Vermont Institute of Natural Science
VINS
Kresge Foundation
U.S
Sebastian S. Kresge
S.S. Kresge Co
K-Mart Corp
Church Hill Road
Vermont forms first SAM assembly in Rutland
The Society of American Magicians granted Vermont its first assembly charter on November 22 at Philip Moore’s home in Rutland. President Blaine Good received the charter from Herbert B. Downs who installed officers and welcomed charter members including Rev. David J. Bort, Wayne Mortenson, Oscar A. Zahner, and Ellery Lawrence. The event featured magic demonstrations and refreshments hosted by Moore, inventor of the Lighter Than Air Levitation.
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Rutland
The
Society of American Magicians
SAM
Vermont
Philip Moore
Assembly
Blaine Good
Fair Haven
Herbert B. Downs
Needham
Mass
Downs
Good
David
J. Bort
Sunderland
Wayne Mortenson
Bort
Oscar A. Zahner
Manchester
Ellery Lawrence
Mark Wilson
Society of American Magicianns
Martinka
New York City
Harry Houdini
Howard Thurston
Theo Hardeen
Richard Cardini
Harlan Tarbell
Vermont Assembly
Otter Valley
Waite elected to Oxford University
Williams College historian Robert G. L. Waite has been named a senior member of St Antony’s College Oxford for two terms January through June 1978. He will join a graduate seminar on the Third Reich, lecture in German history, research in British and German archives, and lecture at American embassies in Europe while on sabbatical. He and his wife will be abroad January to mid August 1978 before returning to Williamstown.
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Williamstown
Mass
Robert G.L. Waite
Brown
Williams College
Oxford
Santa Claus at IGA in East Arlington Saturday
South Cambridge Santa Claus will visit the IGA store in East Arlington on Saturday, December 3, from 2 to 4 p.m. Arlington Memorial High School students will canvass doors on Saturday, December 10, starting at 9 a.m. Papers should be tied in small bundles. Selectmen vote to move meetings to the first and third Wednesday from December 21 to March to avoid Burr and Burton Seminary basketball conflicts. Thanksgiving dinner guests included the Fritchlers of Chappaqua and Mt. Holyoke College, the Shaw family of Hoosick Falls, the Dicks of West Hoosick, and Mr and Mrs Wade. recent callers were Stegeman of Schaghticoke and the Rowes of Tomhannock.
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Santa Claus
IGA
East Arlington
Arlington Memorial High School
Burr and Burton Seminary
Alvin Fritchler
Chappaqua
Mary Pat Fritchler
Mt. Holyoke College
Massachusetts
Oliver Shaw
Robert
Hoosick Falls
Marion Dick
Irving Dick
West Hoosick
Francis Wade
Norbert Stegeman
Schaghticoke
William Rowe
Tomhannock
Forest Service to relocate office on Routes 11 and 30
U S Forest Service plans a new two acre site along Routes 11 and 30 west of the Cobblestones Restaurant for a 70 by Ab building leased to the General Services Administration. Construction depends on Act 250 permit. project aims for early summer completion. The Manchester office employs 18 full time staff plus seasonal workers and Youth Conservation Corps hires are planned.
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U.S. Forest Service Office
Maggie C. Bucholt
Manchester
Bromley Road
Wolfgang Schumann
Schumann
Catamount Bank
U.S
Christopher Swezey
Vermont Fish and Game Board
Swezey
General Service Administration
Winhall
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Martin
Madeline Harwood
Henry Halevi
Sue Tenner
Douglas Shaw
Orrin Beattie
John West
Helen Pearson
Vt. Science Institute
Pownal
Joseph Parks
Helen Renner
Magicians Assemble
Waite
Oxford University
T.V. Service
UPI
Mount Equinox
Arlington
Shaftsbury
Ron & Maureen
Arlington, Vermont
South Cambridge
Board of Education
Hoosick Falls Central School District
Route
Ibs
Florida
Maine
Russet
U.S. No
Meat Street
U.S.A
Usda Choice
Perdue
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