Hoosick councilmen wrap up the year
Hoosick Falls new year starts with a year end meeting of the Town Board. Retiring councilman William J. Murphy and town justice William Fitzpatrick were thanked for their service. Planning board member Joseph Berlant resigned to take a city post in Newburg. New inspector Samuel Scaglione begins December work and insurance coverage is increased. Organizational meeting set for January 5 with new board members Albowicz and Rogers taking seats.
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Edith Beaumont
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Town of
Justice
Fitzpatrick
Joseph Berlant
Newburg
Raymond Calhoun
John A. Mahar
Berlant
Geraghty
Hoosick
Calhoun
George McEvoy
Justice Mahar
McEvoy
Mahar
Samuel
Scaglione
Albowicz
Jean Rogers
Reynolds Gilchrest rink opens early in Hoosick Falls season
Hoosick Falls NY this winter reports nine skating days by Dec 30 under administrator Philip Leonard with good attendance including 300 on Monday. The schedule runs daily open hours and youth hockey sessions with weather dependent ice. admission 25 cents students 50 cents adults. Learn to Skate lessons led by Nancy Lynn Homa expected to start Jan 3 if temperatures stay below 40 degrees.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Reynolds-Gilchrest
Youth Commission
Leonard
Armand Rousseau
Mark Bass
Claude Rousseau
Andy Kipp
Fran Cabano
Nancy Lynn Homa
Pittsfield
North Adams
Williamstown
Mass
Christmas Spirit Shines in Bennington Toy Drive Efforts
Bennington area residents united for Toys for Kids with Mt Anthony Masonic Lodge and local groups collecting toys for 425 children across 125 families. Donations funded fruit purchases from local grocers, while the Elderly Christmas Project delivered gifts to 75 seniors. Mitten Tree and Emergency Food Pantry offerings aided needy families, with ongoing BOC fuel and food loans keeping winter warmth in reach.
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Bennington
Mt. Anthony
BOC
Low Income Advocacy Council
Grand Union
A& P
P& C
Harwood Orchards
Senior Citizens Center
Office On Aging
Chittenden Bank
Pownal Center and PTA Schedule Meetings Next Week
The Pownal Recreational Community Center will meet Tuesday Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Center. The Pownal Parent Teacher Group will hold a meeting Wednesday Jan. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the teachers' room of the Pownal Elementary School. Shirley Taft of Dorset, a Burr and Burton Seminary senior, has been chosen as this year's DAR Good Citizen for dependability, service, leadership and patriotism. She is an honors student, editor of the Burtonian, varsity field hockey captain, active in FBLA, and aims to study legal assisting at Westbrook Junior College.
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Pownal
Pownal Elementary School
Shirley Taft
Norma Taft
Aaron Taft
Dorset
Burr and Burton Seminary
DAR
Shirley
Burtonian
Future Business Leaders of America
Westbrook Junior College
Guest may seek Vermont secretary of state post
Banking and Insurance Commissioner James Guest said he will not run for Congress but is seriously considering a bid for secretary of state. The 34 year old Democrat advanced consumer information work and would focus on service to citizens, aiming to streamline state bureaucracy.
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Guest
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Vermont
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Fire Hits Iroquois Manufacturing Plant in Hinesburg
A blaze at the Iroquois Manufacturing Co plant in Hinesburg left 22 people unemployed. The firm, maker of truck bodies and garden carts, closed early as fire, aided by heavy smoke and near freezing temperatures, caused partial destruction. No injuries were reported. Insurance covers the damaged building. damage estimates were not available. The cause was under investigation.
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Hinesburg
UPI
Iroquois Manufacturing Co
Minnesota firm ends debt collection tactics in Vermont
Attorney General M. Jerome Diamond said Credit Converters Inc. of St. Paul will discontinue deceptive debt collection tactics used to collect bills owed by the bankrupt W.T. Grant Department store chain. The company will pay Vermont $100 for investigation costs, under an assurance filed in Washington County Superior Court two weeks ago.
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Montpelier
UPI
Minnesota
Vermont
M. Jerome Diamond
Credit Converters Inc
St. Paul
Diamond
W.T. Grant
Washington County Superior Court
Bond plan seeks 300000 for Bellows Falls tunnel upgrade
Montpelier UPI reports a bill to issue 300000 in bonds for Bellows Falls tunnel improvements to widen the rail tunnel for heavier freight. Transportation Secretary-designate Arthur Ristau cited the need for more freight service. Rep. Michael Obuchowski of Rockingham is a sponsor. The tunnel work would reduce trucked cargo into Vermont.
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Montpelier
UPI
Bellows Falls
Transportation
Arthur Ristau
Michael Obuchowski
Rockingham
Hatchet slayings in Saratoga County shake New York
A 27 year old man from Northumberland surrendered after being charged with killing his stepmother Roberta Lyttle and stepsister Lynn Morris in a Saratoga County home. Lyttle III pleaded not guilty from Malta and awaits a Friday court appearance. the victims suffered cut throats and skull fractures. In Troy, City politics see Commissioner John Fleming poised to depart after Buckley administration shifts, with Richard W. Casey named to a vacancy.
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Northumberland
Saratoga County
William J. Lyttle III
Malta
Lyttle
William J. Lyttle Jr
Troy
John Fleming
Fleming
John P. Buckley
Buckley
Richard W. Casey
Recycling council obituary signals failure in North Adams
Carter Terenzini, president of the Berkshire-Bennington Counties Recycling Council, blamed residents and officials for the failed effort. The group reorganized in 1972, excluded city sanitarian George Heisler, and shed closures followed. Mayor Bianco promised funds and shed moves that never occurred, and the council folded awaiting momentum.
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North Adams
Carter Terenzini
Berkshire-Bennington Counties
Terenzini
Bianco
Record rainfall in Berkshire County nears 60 inches
Weatherman George Bulgarelli notes Berkshire rainfall at 59.46 inches as of Tuesday, making 1975 the wettest year on record though 60 inches is unlikely. If reached, it would match average totals seen in very wet regions such as parts of the Gulf of Mexico and the northern Pacific coast.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire
George Bulgarelli
Bulgarelli
Berkshires
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Coast
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