Stolen car recovered. two youths charged in Hoosick Falls
In Hoosick Falls New York on December 18 at 6 45 p m two juveniles were arrested for stealing a car found at the men s softball field later that night. The juveniles were sent to family court. Also on December 23 Robert Luciano of Bennington was charged with driving while intoxicated and will appear in village court. Police also reported vandalism complaints from Edmund Morache owner of three First Street apartments. On Tuesday Mary Houlton 80 of 9 Carr Street was in an accident after hitting an icy patch. she blacked out and her car traveled 120 feet hit a fire hydrant and 200 feet to a pole. She was treated and released. Her car was totaled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
N.Y
Terry Siproth
Center St
Siproth
Robert Luciano
Bennington
Luciano
Village Court
Edmund Morache
Cambridge
Morache
First Street
Mary Houlton
Carr St
Christmas gathered in South Cambridge and Rexleigh
South Cambridge and Rexleigh families shared Christmas days with relatives including John LaFountain Sr Peter Matcovich and Kenneth Aiken. The Pleasant Valley Grange announced its first 1978 meeting for Friday Jan 6. Guests came from Durfee Road Bristol Vermont California Coila Argyle and North Bennington.
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Pleasant Valley Grange
John H. Underwood Sr
Kristen, Jack
Brian
Durfee Road
Underwood
Alice Paine
Bristol, Vt
Carol Paine
California
Gertrude Aiken
George F. Virtue
Cambridge
Lois A. Virtue
Paul
Coila
Charles Boice
Robin
Kelly
Brook
Kristopher
Argyle
Gregory Moon
North Bennington
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange Hosts Christmas Party
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange met at Mt Equinox Grange on December 20 for its annual Christmas party. Evelyn Snow read The Carpenter of Galilee while Belle Decker narrated No Room in the Inn. Music came from pianist Jennie Stewart and gifts were exchanged. a $16 Christmas goodies sales proceeds noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Equinox Grange
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange
Galilee
Evelyn Snow
Belle Decker
Jennie Stewart
Pawlet
Bryan Mason
Battenhill Grange
Shirley Matteson
Florence Hattat
Mae Reed
Christmas Guests for Walloomsac Family
Walloomsac Bertha Hoag, Mr and Mrs Robert Haswell hosted Christmas guests including Mr and Mrs Frank Kasavicha and family, Mr and Mrs John Kasavicha and family, and Mr and Mrs Francis Kasavicha Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John LaFountain Sr
Robert Haswell
Frank Kasavicha
John Kasavicha
Francis Kasavicha
John A. Hoag
Sandra
Cornell University
Paul H. Cipperly
Rachael and
Keith
Paul B. Cipperly
Breese Hollow
Christmas gatherings and family visits across Hoosick area
Local residents hosted and visited relatives during the holidays. Susie Barringer prepares to celebrate her birthday as Miss Barringer begins a position at Samaritan Hospital. Numerous families, including Hoags and O’Connors, shared time with Guidens and Willingers. A birthday for Eva Shaw at the Senior Center preceded a Hoosick nutrition staff Christmas dinner. A large donation of surgical pads was reported to Hoosick Falls Health Center.
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Jane
James Hoag
Gordon Hoag
Edward Barringer
R.N
Susie Barringer
Miss Barringer
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Esl
Sisal
Eva Shaw
Rensselaer County
Frieda McGuire
Hoosick Area
Bertha’s Angels
Tom Murphy
Hoosick Falls
Battenkill Grange Christmas Party Planned Events
Battenkill Grange held its annual Christmas party on December 25 with Lecturer Shirley Matteson presenting. Doris Wright accompanied carols, Leslie Woltman read Day Before Christmas, Mabel Crofut read For What He Saw, and Santa distributed gifts with help from Mike Zimmer and the Katricks, Hoffman, and Holton siblings. Youth decorated hall and tree. January meeting features Vermont product supper at 6:30 p.m. and program at 8 with notes on the regional meeting community citizen and the Grange 50th anniversary.
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Battenkill Grange
Shirley Matteson
Doris Wright
Leslie Woltman
Mabel Crofut
Santa
Mike Zimmer
David
Dianne Katrick
Lisa Hoffman
Angela Holton
Vermont
Lawmaker proposes tax cut to aid Vermont liquor dept
Rep John Corskie of Montpelier sponsors a bill to cut the liquor tax from 24 to 23 percent, letting the Liquor Control Department keep more revenue to ease cash flow. He says the change would add about 800000 dollars in fiscal 1979 and could be reversed to 24 percent in three to four years.
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General Fund
Liquor Control Department
Corskie
Wood-fired boiler project behind schedule at Vermont hospital
Vermont State Hospital's wood-fired boiler installation is one month late and $25,000 over budget from a $214,000 project. Project director Edgar Weed cited equipment delivery delays and said the state seeks federal funds to cover the cost overrun. The boiler will burn about 40 tons of wood chips daily to supply steam for heat laundry and hot water.
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Waterbury
UPI
Vermont State Hospital
Edgar Weed
Vermont faces shift as new federal air law spreads
Vermont Environmental Secretary Martin Johnson says a federal air pollution law will reshape the state by barring new industry from dirty air zones and potentially drawing high pollution industries to Vermont due to its clean air. He calls it one of the most significant conservation laws and says it affects all facets of life in Vermont and beyond.
Vermont council accuses board of rushing welfare system
Betty Parker, president of the Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council, slams the Emergency Board for pushing a computerized welfare information system without a full public hearing. The board approved a $1.5 million federal grant for the Social Welfare Department on December 13, with projected annual savings of about $600,000. In Barre, Bertil Agell of West Topsham is named executive director of the Central Vermont Economic Development Corp, leaving a state contract to take the post as the group promotes regional growth.
Dowdell Receives Identical Seven Year Robbery Sentence
Albany defendant Clarence Dowdell, 22, already jailed for second degree robbery, returns to Albany County Court to receive another concurrent seven year term for a 1973 wallet theft in Albany. He fled jurisdiction, lived in Baltimore, then returned June 24 1977 to allegedly threaten a store owner with a shotgun. Meanwhile Albert J. Lape, 22, of Waterford, was arrested for robbing and assaulting James M. Dickian of Troy using a bank night depository in Watervliet on November 4, and held on $800 charge.
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Albany
Clarence Dowdell
Dowdell
John J. Cline
Raymond Kelly
Baltimore
Kelley
Waterford
Troy
State Bank of Albany
Watervliet
Albert J. Lape
Saratoga Avenue
Warren DeLollo
Lape
Albany County
James M. Dickian
Lavin Court
Berkshire Town Assessors Faulted In Property Revaluation
Clarksburg Robert Bona, finance committee member, criticizes local assessors and the McGee and McGane appraisal firm over a disputed second round of revaluations. He claims older larger homes were downscaled while newer ranch and split level homes saw boosts of 10 to 25 percent, including his own property.
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Clarksburg
Robert Bona
McGee and McGane
Bona
City weighs demolishing dilapidated 651 Reservoir Rd house
North Adams Mayor Joseph R. Bianco proposed tearing down the city owned home at 651 Reservoir Rd unless a buyer offers $1. The property, long occupied rent-free by the late Warren E M Randall since 1959 after the city seized it for taxes, has remained unsold since his 1976 death despite private sale attempts.
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North Adams
Joseph R. Bianco
Reservoir Rd
Warren E.M. Randall
Randall
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Arlington
Spruce Peak
South Cambridge
Peter Matcovich
Pine
Jos
Kenneth E. Aiken
Dale T. MacNeil
Rexleigh
Ethan Allen
Pomona Grange
Green Mountain Grange
Shutins
Taconic
Eunice Myers
Battenkill
T. Garry Buckley
Hiel Reed
God We Trust
Vermont State Grange
Washington, D.C
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Donald P. Bradley
William Roberts
Jolan
Fred O’connor
East Greenbush
Gladys O’connor
Alice
John
Edward Guiden
Harry Kelly
John Madill
Cristmas
Louis Willinger
Syracuse
Injonn
Alma Arnold
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Poe
Kevin Bentley
Deposit
Alice B. Fitzgerald
Fort Myers, Va
Eral Ie
Walter J. Quinn
The
Bronx
Felke Riki Srt
Radio Shack
Mammoth
Tandy Corporation
New York
Berkshire
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