Pownal church choir rehearsal and town meetings on Thursday
The Pownal Baptist Church hosts choir rehearsal at 6 30 tonight followed by a prayer meeting at 7 30. The Board of Selectmen meets Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Town Office. The Pownal School Board convenes at 7 p.m. Thursday at Pownal Elementary School. The East Pownal Fire Auxiliary holds a work night Thursday at 7 p.m. at the firehouse with a grab bag gift urged for members.
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Pownal Baptist Church
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East Pownal
Deer harvest near 10,000 as winter looms in Vermont
Vermont fish and game officials report 10,014 deer killed in the 16 day season begun November 14, up from 9,641 last year. Hunters also took 259 black bears, far above 1975’s 145. Officials warn severe cold could shrink the herd.
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Montpelier
UPI
Fish and Game Department
Dorset Board of Abatement Meeting Notice
The Dorset Board of Abatement will meet on Tuesday December 14 at 7 30 PM at the Town Clerk s office East Dorset Vermont. The notice provides the date time and place for residents to attend and present abatement matters.
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East Dorset
First airliner collision on scheduled flights shocks France
On April 7 1922 the first collision between airliners occurred 18 miles north of Beauvais France killing all seven people aboard both Daimler Airways and Grands Express Aeriens planes.
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France
Daimler Airways
Grands Express Aeriens
Christmas Through Victorian Eyes at Park McCullough House
Virginia Bell recalls Christmas at Park-McCullough House with decor, a 14 foot tree, and carols while tracing Victorian traditions. diaries from Lizzie McCullough reveal gifts and handmade decorations, and researchers note cards, Santa, mistletoe, and natural trimmings shaping holiday customs.
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North Bennington
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New York City
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Stone-Day Memorial Library
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Clement Moore
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Time
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Lizzie McCullough
Lizzie
Esther
Ella
McCullough House
Park-McCullough
Vermont panel backs away from malpractice damage limits
A special legislative committee in Montpelier studying rising medical malpractice insurance costs will not set limits on patient sue amounts. Sen. John Howland said the panel will not legislate rates. He called a banking and insurance study on Aetna Life & Casualty Co. rates speculation, despite objections from the insurer and medical society allies.
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Vermont State Medical Society
Vermont Hospital Association
Snelling to seek private funding for state efficiency study
Gov elect Richard Snelling plans a meeting with business and community leaders to gain backing for a state efficiency study. A Cost Control Council will fund and oversee the review, with Warren King Associates conducting the study and Robert Gillette heading the council. potential savings up to 12 million dollars were cited.
Vermont Noted In ERDA Nuclear Waste Site Talks
State officials monitor ERDA studies that may consider Vermont for high level radioactive waste disposal as ERDA begins tests across New England states except Rhode Island. EPA official Koeneman says Vermont may receive only a literature study at this stage, with early involvement planned. ERDA studies geological formations in 37 states to locate a disposal site.
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Koenemann
Martin Johnson
ERDA
Vermont Housing Authority Opens Sessions on HUD Subsidy
The Vermont Housing Authority launches outreach to inform low income Vermonters about a HUD funded subsidy program. Hundreds may be eligible but unaware. The first session starts today at Swanton town clerk's office. Eligible renters cap rent at 25 percent of adjusted gross income including heat and utilities.
Bryant workers accept new contract at Bryant Grinder
Workers at Bryant Grinder Corp. approved a three year contract by 85 percent. The pact raises pay by 47 cents an hour in year one and 39 cents in each of years two and three, totaling a $1.25 per hour increase over the term after the old agreement expired a week ago.
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Springfield
UPI
Bryant Grinder Corp
Albany Symphony fires executive director Betsey Kennedy
The Albany Symphony Orchestra board voted to terminate executive director Betsey Kennedy for alleged mismanagement and appointed Daniel Wasserman, the orchestra projects coordinator, as interim leader. Kennedy left the offices by late afternoon while Wasserman assumed duties in a neighboring room.
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Albany
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Betsey Kennedy
Symphony
Ms. Kennedy
Daniel Wasserman
Wasserman
College offers building for $1 in Troy
Troy based Russell Sage College invites buyers to acquire a three story brick building at 112 First St for one dollar with the condition of renovating the ailing but salvageable structure. The college says it has no need for more dorms and no plan to be a landlord to non students.
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Troy
Russell Sage College
First St
Burglars Steal 80 Leather 20 Cashmere Coats in Pittsfield
In Berkshire, burglars target Brothership Clothing, taking 80 leather and 20 cashmere coats in a $30,000 theft found at 4:15 p.m. by vice president Giora Witkowski. Police call the break-in method professional and unusual for the area. Separately, Pittsfield reports the last free swine flu clinic drew 3,000 plus people, extending clinic hours beyond 4 p.m. due to heavy turnout.
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Pittsfield
Brothership
Giora Witkowski
Department of Public Health
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