Williams College to open faculty lecture series February 6
Seven Williams College faculty members will present a weekly lecture series starting February 6 at 4 30 p m in Thompson Biological Laboratory Room ITI. Don C Gifford opens with Popular and Critical Taste. Lectures run February 13 20 27 March 6 13 and 20 with topics ranging from mathematics sociology physics art and political science. Admission is free and open to the public.
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Pownals Fire Groups Schedule Meeting and Library Hours
The Pownal Fire Protective Association meets tonight at 7 at their firehouse. North Pownal Volunteer Fire Department also meets at 7 at their firehouse. Solomon Wright Library opens Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday 1 to 5 p.m. and Monday and Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m. East Pownal Volunteer Fire Department will meet at
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Pownal School Board and Budget Meeting Notice
The Pownal school board will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Pownal Elementary School to discuss district matters. A 7:30 p.m. meeting will explain the proposed Mount Anthony budget at the Pownal firehouse. residents are urged to attend. The Pownal Fire Auxiliary will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at their firehouse.
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Museum Seeks Pre Civil War New England Landscape Art
Old Sturbridge Village launches a survey of paintings prints drawings watercolors needlework pictures maps sketches and daguerreotypes to document how New England’s landscape changed before the Civil War. The project covers six states and aims to build a research archive and mount a 1976 bicentennial exhibition led by Jay E Cantor.
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Manchester Job Service mobile unit schedule update
The Manchester Job Service mobile unit will not be available today and Tuesday in the Manchester area. It will return to the Manchester Shopping Plaza on Routes 11 and 30 on February 10 and 11 from 9 30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Public Meetings Focus Rural Land Tax Issues in Vermont
The Vermont legislature considers land use taxation for farmland woodland and open space with two February public meetings for farmers woodland owners and rural land users. Feb 4 at 8 p m Windham Regional Commission Brattleboro will feature Dr Arthur Ranney Herman Robb Joseph Collins and Halsey Hicks discussing tax problems. Feb 24 will cover proposed legislation. Sponsored by Windham Regional Commission and Extension Service with support from the Vermont Council on Humanities and Public Issues.
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Community events and accident at Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls residents are invited to a St Marys Academy movie as part of Catholic Schools Week. The Community Food Corp seeks paper bags and egg cartons via Armory on Tuesday. A bake sale by the Ladies Auxiliary of Elks 178 supports the American Cancer Society. Miss Marion Case suffered a head injury in a one car crash on Cummings Street and is hospitalized under sheriff supervision.
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Around Vermont Yankee seeks shutdown delay
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp plans to ask the NRC for a 10 day delay in implementing an order for pipe inspections at the Vernon plant. The plant had already inspected pipes about six weeks ago and another inspection was planned within the next 20 days amid nationwide shutdown orders.
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Benson man dies from tractor crash on hill
Donald Phillips twenty of Benson died from head injuries after the tractor he drove went out of control on a steep hill. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Rutland Hospital.
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Ice tragedy claims three in Capital District area
In Ballston Spa two Schenectady men, Tom Finkle and Roger Duck, aged 21 and 26, drowned when the car they rode in broke through the ice on Ballston Lake on the way to motorcycle races. A third man, Larry Claus, 27, of Mayfield, died when his snowmobile plunged through Great Sacandaga Lake ice near the Mayfield Dam. Two others escaped the sinking car, which sank in 40 feet of water. In Cohoes a redevelopment plan for downtown costs 5 to 7 million dollars, aiming to assemble parcels, demolish where needed, and improve parking, lighting, walkways, and plazas to spur local shopping and aid seniors in new housing.
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Fire in Pittsfield claims life of 45-year-old man
Deputy Fire Chief Mazzeo said smoking in bed caused a fatal 2:30 a.m. fire that killed Theodore J. Vincent Jr. of 9 Dalton Avenue. Vincent was found semi-sitting against the bathtub as flames confined to the bed and the bedroom television remained on, suggesting he woke to smoke and failed to locate the exit.
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