Winhall Bicentennial seeks money and memorabilia
At its second meeting on December 19 the Winhall Bicentennial Committee outlined fund raising plans including a skiers supper bingo and postcard sales while asking locals to donate old letters maps deeds and memorabilia especially from the early 1880s contact Barbara DeWolfe or Stephie Jacob with details The third meeting is January 23 at 7 30 p m in the town hall.
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Winhall
Winhall Bicentennial Committee
Beth Cantini
Bondville
Barbara DeWolfe
Stephie Jacob
History of Windall
WBC
Christmas Mass Schedule at St. Margaret Mary’s Arlington
Christmas Eve Mass celebrates at midnight led by Rev. Gerald Buckley. Christmas Day Masses follow at 8 and 10 am on Wednesday at St. Margaret Mary’s Roman Catholic Church.
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Arlington
St. Margaret Mary’s
Gerald Buckley
New Year Party Planned at North Pownal Firehouse
The Pownal Valley Snow-Goers will hold a New Year’s Eve party at the North Pownal firehouse beginning at eight p.m. Music will be provided by the local group performing for guests.
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Pownal Valley
North Pownal Firehouse
Christmas Eve Services At Pownal Churches
The Pownal Center Community Church invites the public to a 6 PM Christmas Eve service at the church. An informal service follows at 7 PM at the home of Rev. Kenneth Schwebel of the Pownal Baptist Church. The event costs $7 per couple. for more information call 442-9304 or 823-5514.
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Phoenix
Pownal Center
Kenneth Schwebel
Pownal Baptist Church
Christmas Tree at McCullough Library Shines with Brownie Decor
North Bennington visitors admired a Christmas tree decorated by the Brownie troop led by Aline LaFlamme and Anne Pecot at the McCullough Library. The library will close Wednesday for Christmas Day.
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McCullough
Aline LaFlamme
Anne Pecot
Hoosick Falls seniors win Regents Scholarships
Fourteen Hoosick Falls Central School seniors received New York State Regents Scholarships after last fall’s tests. Recipients include Sherman Baker Kathie Calhoun Michael Ferrannini Les Foshay Dale Hall Ellen Kerr Kimberly Malo Catherine Marker Laura Moseley Sharron Post Thomas Riley Susan Wright Cynthia Tilley and Brian Rousseau, with parental addresses listed in the report.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central School
New York
Wilbur Goetschius
West Hoosick
Dale Hall
Helen Hall
Walloomsac
Ellen Kerr
Paul Lavin
Potter Hill
Kimberly Malo
Ernest Malo
Abbott Street
Catherine Marker
Richard Marker
Laura Moseley
Roger Moseley
West
Hoosick Falls Busy Week With Meetings And Events
Hoosick Falls Mayor Richard A Severson calls a special village board meeting for Monday night December 30 at 8 oclock to act on Hoosick Falls Fire Department recommendations regarding the No Mans Land fire protection contract. Troop 64 will present its annual photos and films of the year Sunday night December 29 at 730 in the parish hall with a new simultaneous showings twist. Youth Advisory Council hosts its annual youth dance Monday night December 30 in the Hoosick Falls Armory from 830 to 1130.
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Richard A. Severson
Hoosick Falls
No Man’s Land
Boy Scout
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Troy
Rensselaer County
William J. Murphy
Murphy
Miller’s Market
Church Street
County Health Department
Motor Vehicle Department
Joseph Manupella
Jeffords assigns staff with two top posts to women
Rep elect James M. Jeffords names Lorraine Benedici to head Washington staff and Bernice Murray to lead the Burlington district office. Timothy Hayward will run the Montpelier office, with a slate of aides in Washington, including Stephen Carlson and Brett Powell. In Montpelier, Vermont mulls travel guidelines to curb out of state trips as state expenses show outlays of 206000 for four months and 3.1 million for the prior year.
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Washington
Stephen Carlson
Plainfield
Brett Powell
Essex
Bruce Post
Northfield
Arthur Schmidt
Guilford
Karmarine McGreevy
Burlington
Deborah Rust
Cincinnati
Ohio
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Administration
Robert Wilson
St Johnsbury Lamoille Railroad Opens Western End
The St Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad opens from Swanton to St. Johnsbury as repairs continue on the 99 mile line. The state bought the railroad last year for 1.2 million dollars and estimates 2.4 million more for repairs. President Bruno Laoti says efforts are under way to route Maine and New Hampshire shipments through the line to resume freight.
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ST. Johnsbury
UPI
McEntyre Named Chair of Vermont Status of Women Panel
UPI report from Montpelier says Governor Thomas P. Salmon appointed Judi McEntyre of Plainsfield as chairperson of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women. She succeeds Karen Kent of Montpelier, who resigned to become a lobbyist for the Vermont Retail Association. Salmon also named Eleanor C. Paine of Woodstock and Cola Watson of South Hero to the Governor's Commission on Children and Youth.
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Montpelier
UPI
Judi McEntyre
Plainsfield
Thomas P. Salmon
McEntyre
Karen Kent
Vermont Retail Association
Salmon
Eleanor C. Paine
Woodstock
Cola Watson
South Hero
Unemployment rises in Capital District to 5.1 percent
In November Albany area jobless rate climbs to 5.1 percent, the highest in over two years and the sharpest rise since 1966. Construction and manufacturing hit hardest as layoffs loom in December. Statewide rates are 6.8 percent in New York and 6.5 percent nationwide.
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Albany
Capital
Rensselaer
Schenectady
Saratoga
Montgomery
New York State
Pittsfield teacher to be arraigned in Berkshire double murder
Francis O Hoben 43 Lenox a junior high teacher and Berkshire Eagle sportswriter faced a first degree murder charge after his mother and sister were found fatally beaten and stabbed at 81 Orchard St Pittsfield He surrendered at the Eagle newsroom after recounting to reporters and police that he killed them to free them from conflict and tried to kill himself but could not push the blade into his chest.
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Pittsfield
Francis O. Hoben
Lenox
Berkshire
Orchard St
Berkshire County
Hoben
Berkshire Eagle
Orchard Street
Eagle
William Mahan
James E. Overmyer
Elizabeth R. Hoben
Berkshire Medical Center
William A. Paris
Pittsfield Jobless Claims Hit Record Pace At DES Office
Pittsfield Division of Employment Security processed a record number of unemployment claims as a line of applicants stretched block long before opening. By day's end it seemed over 300 people had passed through, while last week yielded 332 new claims, one of the year’s busiest periods. Three staffers were borrowed from another department to handle the rush.
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Pittsfield
Division of Employment Security
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