Manchester selectmen shift monthly meeting schedule
Manchester selectmen vote to move biweekly meetings from the first and third Tuesdays to the first and third Thursdays starting January with old schedule in force again if voted. The change stems from Chairman Ralph Felming Jr to attend his son's varsity basketball games. no regulation governs meeting dates.
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Manchester
Selectmen
Ralph Felming Jr
Clyde Bryant Jr
Harold Benson
Oakley Porter
U.S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Drops burglary charges against local youth in Hoosick Falls
In Hoosick Falls Village Court Franklin Ruggles 25 of North Street Bennington had charges of attempted burglary third degree dismissed after Public Defender John Sweeney argued insufficient evidence. Witnesses included Hoosick Falls Police Chief Frank Demick and McMartin. The case arose from a chase to 12 Spring Street near Don's Book and Camera store where glass was broken.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Franklin Ruggles
North Street
Bennington
Village Court
Village
William Fitzpatrick
John Sweeney
Troy
William McGovern
State
Frank Demick
William McMartin
Joseph Dugan
Donald Frank
Ruggles
Spring St
Demick
McMartin
Monahan Block
John St
Chase. Dugan
McMartins
Don’s Book and Camera Store
Rensselaer County
Dartmouth couple recall Pearl Harbor memory
HANOVER New Hampshire two Dartmouth College administrators recall the Pearl Harbor attack 30 years ago. Desmond Canavan then a Marine lieutenant at Ewa Field and his wife Marie then a Dartmouth public programs assistant recount the surprise strike. He describes the first and second raids and the field’s vulnerability while she woke to gunfire. He later held commands in Korea and at Dartmouth before retiring in 1962.
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Canavan
Ewa Field
Schofield Barracks
Ewa
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Pensacola
Fla
States
Naval Air Test Center
Patuxent River
Pacific
Quantico
Washington, D.C
Korea
Dartmouth
Real estate transfers November list includes multiple moves
Pamela Blakeman reports transfers involving Delmar Norman and Sandra Norman to Bernard and Sally Bisson, Charles and Jean Elder to Raymond and Linda Aja, Earl and Isabel Lampman to Charles and Kathleen Clayborn, William and Vera O Grady to Wallice and Elizabeth Mattison, Fred and Barbara Bishop to Edward Jr and Shirley Krikorian, Clarence H Nickerson to Ruby Sheahan and Robert Janssen, John and Susan Willmott to James A Devlan, Ratelle Ltd to Tony Howard, Leonard and Helen Horton to Clifford and Veronica Eastman and Snowden Corporation to Louis Reichelle and Lois Meistell, George and Kathaleen Rogers.
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Delmar
Sandra Norman
Bernard
Sally Bisson
Charles
Jean Elder
Raymond
Linda Aja
Earl
Isabel Lampman
Kathleen Clayborn
William
Vera O’grady
Wallice
Elizabeth Mattison
Fred
Barbara Bishop
Edward Jr
Shirley Krikorian
Oak Bluff
Mass
Clarence H. Nickerson
Ruby Sheahan
Robert Janssen
Conneticut
John
Susan Willmott
James A. Devlan
Richfield
Conn
Do-si-do 8s of Manchester Christmas Dance and Local Notices
The Do-si-do 8s of Manchester present a Christmas dance Sunday December 12 from 3 to 6 pm with Dick Leger calling. Donations may aid Mt Laurel School for the retarded and local land gifts to residents. January election checklists posted. last registration day January 4 and election on January 7. Cadette Scouts host Christmas Bazaar December 10 7 to 9 pm and December 11 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. Choir rehearsal at Pownal United Methodist Church Thursday at 7 pm. Carpet fund from Pownal Center Community Church bazaar will use $220 profit for altar carpet, to be installed by December 19.
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Manchester Fairgrounds
Bureau
Manchester
Main Street
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Square
Vermont
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Mountain View Terrace
Hollywood Avenue
Leland Drive
Bond Street
Dick Leger
Mt. Laurel
Dave
Champney’s
Pownal Center
Sanfri Kauppi
Helen Johnson
Floyd Patterson
David Ricker Sr
Kenneth Gile
David Niles
Jennifer Rounds
Pamela Gile
Pamela Hill
Mary Jane Rounds
Pownal
Barber School
Auto Strikes Bridge and Store Near Manchester Center
Police say 19 year old Patrick Orville Keyes of Lorette Avenue in the Depot lost control on Route 11 30 and struck a concrete bridge over Branch Brook. His car then crossed the highway and hit Hewes Market damaging the left rear fender bumper and right front fender bumper and grill with no injuries reported.
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Manchester
Patrick Orville Keyes
Lorette Avenue
Branch Brook
Hewes Market
White Creek community notes and upcoming events
White Creek’s W S C S members met at Mrs Gordon Byars home December 2 for a covered dish supper and meeting. They voted to prepare Christmas boxes for shut ins and asked for food contributions to Mrs Howard Robinson by December 19.
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Gordon Byars
Howard Robinson
Maurice Perry
Everett Perry
Pownal board presses contractor after month of delays
The Pownal school board formally warns Connecticut Valley Construction Co. over a month’s schedule slip on the new two story addition to Pownal Elementary. Delays blame a small crew size and a late roof, with potential damages tied to unfinished work.
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Pownal
Connecticut Valley Construction Co
Connecticut Valley
Julian Goodrich Associates
Richard L. Worchester
Goodrich
David Sewell
Worchester
North Springfield Construction
Catherine Corcoran
Victor Rouillard
Sewell
Films depict cubism and dadaism in modern art
Two films on key modern art movements will screen at Rensselaer Newman Foundation Chapel and Cultural Center on Sunday December 12 at 2 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday December 13 and 14 at 2 and 8 p.m. The program pairs The Cubist Epoch with Germany Dada, tracing cubism from Picasso to Mondrian and detailing Germany’s prewar dada movement with leaders like Hans Richter.
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Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer Newman Foundation
Chapel
Picasso
Braque
Avignon
Paul Gauguin
Henri Rousseau
Cezanne
Paul Klee
Piet Mondrian
Germany
Metropolitan Opera Auditions Open to New England Singers
The 14th annual Metropolitan Opera New England Regional Auditions will be held in March at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Semi finals on March 4 and finals on March 5, with applications due by February 15.
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Boston
Metropolitan Opera
New England
New England Conservatory of Music
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Opera Auditions Committee
Grove St
Needham
Mass
Santa Visit Planned at Wayside Country Store
Santa will appear at Wayside Country Store on Route 313 Saturdays and Sundays December 11 12 and 18 19 from 2 to 4 pm to hear children Christmas lists. Community news notes three Sandgate and West Arlington youths earned praise for collecting food for shut ins with Cub Scouts. Arlington Chorale Christmas Concert Sunday at Arlington Memorial High School Auditorium has no admission. West Arlington Home Extension Club Christmas party December 15 at the West Arlington Methodist Church Community House includes a covered dish luncheon for two. Miss Eileen Brogan will be guest
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Santa
Wayside Country Store
Route 313
Sandgate
West Arlington
Todd Brown
Allen Tschorn
Joe Stroffoleno
Cub Scouts
Arlington Chorale
Arlington Memorial High School
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