Falls Scout Troop 64 faces record cold rally ordeal
HOOSICK FALLS NY Boy Scout Troop 64 sponsored by the Church of the Immaculate Conception joined the Iroquois District Winter Rally at Mohican Camp Wakpominee last weekend with 15 members. Temperatures in the low teens tested the group as they chopped ice for water and attempted snowmobile and compass activities while skates froze to Sly Pond and meals relied on hot stew and thawed milk.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Mohican Council
Wakpominee
Richard A. Severson
Mohican
Sly Pond
Warren County Sheriff’s Department
World Day of Prayer planned in Hoosick Falls March 1
Hoosick Falls plans the annual World Day of Prayer service for March 1 at 7 30 p m in North Hoosick Methodist Church fund receipts to aid Southeast Asia rehabilitation. Also notes a kitchen fire on Bovie Hill Road caused minor stove damage and swift extinguishment. REAC shifts meeting day to March 11 with crafts resumed February 13. Eagles activity and a benefit dance for Jimmy Durante Fund described with New York State Eagles President Raymond Lance attending.
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North Hoosick Methodist Church
Harry Burdess
Southeast Asia
Hoosick Falls
James Smith
Bovie Hill Road
Eagles Rooms
REAC
Eagles
Hoosick Falls Aerie of Eagles
North Adams
Mass
Jimmy Durante
New York State Eagles
Raymond Lance
Glens Falls
Promenadors dance Friday at Pine Cobble School gym
Williamstown Promenadors western style square dance club hosts a dance Friday night from 8 to 11 at Pine Cobble School gym with a 7:30 workshop led by Lenox caller Earl E. Turner. Open to members of all western square dance clubs. Berkshire Area Beginners Ball planned Sunday at Taconic High School in Pittsfield.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williamstown Promenadors
Pine Cobble School
Earl E. Turner
Lenox
Berkshire Area Square and Round Dance Association
Taconic High School
Pittsfield
Harry Sherman
Front Street
Fred Marchegiani
White Oaks Road
Vermont Supreme Court upholds capital gains tax on land sales
The Vermont Supreme Court ruled the new capital gains tax on speculative land sales constitutional. Barre developers may appeal via federal courts or the U.S. Supreme Court, citing burdens of additional expenses. The tax taxes profits at 60 percent for holds under one year and 100 percent for longer flips.
Gas rationing eyed as New York faces crisis
A capital region task force appointed by Speaker Duryea reports the Capital District is hardest hit by a fuel shortage caused by shut stations and a trucker strike. Officials consider rationing similar to Oregon to reduce long lines and safety hazards at gas stations. an emergency county meeting in Rensselaer County will discuss possible responses.
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Albany
General Assembly
New York State
Neil W. Kelleher
Troy
Perry B. Duryea
Rensselaer County
County Intergovernmental Council
Country Legislature
Joseph Manupella
Oregon
Manupella
Berkshire gas rationing panic hits Berkshire stations
Gov. Sargent proposes a voluntary gas rationing plan sparking long lines at local service stations as residents rush to fill tanks. Alan L. Marden warns DOT rail cuts will hit Berkshire economy with up to 15000 manufacturing jobs at risk and plants closing without freight rail service.
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Pittsfield
Sargent
Commonwealth
Alan L. Marden
Berkshire County Development Commission
U.S. Department of Transportation
Marden
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Todd Horton
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David McCabe
Sean Casey
Michael Sheffer
Matthew Downey
Thomas Levandowski
Norman Bettit
Loren McCabe
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Roy Wiseman
Sage City Symphony
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Tuttle
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Minenia
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Progressive Building Supply Center
Depot Street
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Retired
Eagles Activity Club
Harold LaPorte
Promenadors Club
Pine Cobble
Boston
UPI
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F/R Market
North ST. Bennington, VT
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