Hudson River bridge boom reshapes New York state links
Albany reports a surge of Hudson crossings with two new bridges under construction and a third in design. A key project, the Newburgh Beacon span, costs 111 million and completes in 1980. Upstream, Green Island Troy link costs 35 million. A damaged Poughkeepsie Ulster bridge remains unused while Tappan Zee carries traffic.
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Harold Faber
N.Y. Times News
Albany
N.Y
Hudson River
Newburgh
Beacon
mid-Hudson Valley
Green Island
Troy
Hudson
George Washington
New York City
New Jersey
Albany- Troy
Poughkeepsie
Ulster County
Conrail
Tappan Zee
Tarrytown
Nyack
Thomas E. Dewey Thruway
Newburgh-Beacon
United States Steel Co
State Department of Transportation
Robert Day
Department
Allied Structural Steel of
Chicago
Harris Structural Steel
Piscataway
N.J
Slattery Associates
Maspeth
Queens
Day
Conservation group offers summer programs for students
The Student Conservation Association announces 1978 programs for 16 to 18 year olds and college students 18 and older to volunteer in national parks forests and other public lands. Spring summer and fall sessions run nationwide with positions in over 50 sites. High school groups perform trail work restoration and shelter building while college participants staff interpretive programs and ranger support and receive travel and living grants.
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Charlestown
N.H
Student Conservation Association
Merck Forest
Vermont
P.O. Box
Park and Forest Service
Christmas bazaars and church events in Pownal town
Pownal residents plan multiple holiday bazaars on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pownal Center and Town Hall with handmade items, foods, jams, plants, and a white elephant table. Church events include Our Lady of Lourdes education classes at Pownal Elementary and a North Pownal Congregational Church Christmas bazaar from 1 to 4 p.m. The East Pownal Fire Auxiliary installed new officers for a two year term. The East Pownal Volunteer Fire Department will sell Christmas trees on Dec 10 11 17 and 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds support local fire services. Sunday services feature sermons at North Pownal and youth sermons with Sunday school at 9 a.m. The Pownal Rescue Squad will canvass the town to raise funds replacing prior coin card drives.
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Pownal Center
Our Lady of Lourdes
Pownal
The
Women’s Fellowship of the
North Pownal Congregational Church
East Pownal
Bartimeus
Shaftsbury Pre hearing rescheduled to December 14
A change moves the Shaftsbury select men's pre hearing to Wednesday December 14 at 8 p.m. at Shaftsbury Elementary School to discuss expenditures of revenue sharing money. Alex Wade author of 30 Energy-efficient Houses You Can Build will appear at Northshire Bookstore Friday December 9 between 3 and 5 p.m. to autograph books and answer questions.
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Selectmen
Shaftsbury
Alex Wade
Northshire
Albany police officers charged with bribe receipts in corruption case
In Albany three veteran officers Newton DeMarco Fred Campagna and Richard Keegan Jr were arraigned on second degree bribe receiving felonies and suspended without pay by Police Chief Edward McArdle. Also arraigned were Jackie Scott two young women Holly Sullivan and Marian Schumann. The women face perjury counts for denying prostitution. Scott faces multiple counts of promoting prostitution and bribery related to the officers.
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Albany
Edward C. McArdle
Newton J. DeMarco
Fred A. Campagna
Richard R. Keegan Jr
Jackie Scott
Holly Sullivan
Marian Schumann
Scott
Albany County
Mall impact study delayed awaiting federal approval
Vermont Williston hearings on the Pyramid Mall face delay as the Commerce Department funded economic impact report, prepared by a consultant for the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, awaits federal OK likely by December fifteenth. The probe, once released, informs traffic and air pollution assessments for state agencies. Ernest Bancroft of South Barre named Man of the Year by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns for his leadership in Barre becoming a regional development figure.
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Williston
VPI
U.S. Commerce Department
Chittenden County
Barre
UPI
Ernest Bancroft
South Barre
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Bancroft
Barre Area
Man dies after vomiting in jail cell in Burlington
William Faught 34 of Bellows Falls died after vomiting in a South Burlington jail cell and later at a Burlington hospital. An autopsy linked death to esophageal laceration from vomiting. He was arrested Wednesday on unlawful mischief after an incident at a Burlington motel.
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Burlington
UPI
William Faught
Bellows Falls
South Burlington
Faught
Foster Need Urgent For Autistic Boy In Berkshire
In Pittsfield a 10 year old autistic deaf nonverbal boy described as living in a totally enclosed world is being moved from a foster home to the Department of Mental Health. Welfare officials seek experienced foster families to provide care and contact the Pittsfield welfare office. In North Adams 19 year old Clarksburg man Louis Choquette appeals a Berkshire County assault conviction. He received 11 months for assault on a police officer with concurrent 30 day trespass sentence and is free on recognizance pending appeal. trial was not testified by Choquette.
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Pittsfield
State Welfare Department
Charles P. Garivaltis
Department
John
Garivaluis
Department of Mental Health
DMN
North Adams
Louis C. Choquette
Clarksburg
Choquette
Berkshire County
State
Central
Berkshire
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Manchester
Mineola
Long Island
Barbara Bacharach
League For Animal Protection
Rockville Centre
Madkour
Main ST
Bennington
Finast
Conover, Park Hill & Moosehead
Durham
Elm Street
Bennington, Vermont
Mele
Alihy Is
Main Street
Montpelier
Stewart Ledbetter
Ledbetter
State House Commerce Committee
St. Albans
St. Albans Messenger
RMD, Inc
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