Survey of Arlington Sunderland town line approved by both towns
Arlington and Sunderland selectmen approved Steve Bliss’s survey of the Arlington-Sunderland line, the first scientific boundary survey for the towns. The 6.52 mile line will cost about $2000 with Arlington to vote on funding. Monuments will mark the line where it crosses roads and at corners.
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Arlington-Sunderland
Arlington
Steve Bliss
Sunderland
Sunderland Selectmen
Bliss
Arlington Selectmen
Edmond G. Dyett
Dyett
Harry Pickering
Selectmen
Arthur O’dea
Casper Pike
Lyle Salter
East Arlington
Salter
Spain
U.S. Geological Survey
New York-Vermont
Red Mountain
Hoosick Officials Report Funding Meeting Outcomes
Town of Hoosick Supervisor Raymond Calhoun and steering committee member Cruce Patiie updated the town board after attending a Saturday meeting with Arthur Brod of the Rensselaer County Bureau of Planning. They said funds will not be available until next year.
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Hoosick
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Raymond Calhoun
Cruce Patiie
Greater Hoosick Association
Arthur Brod
Rensselaer County Bureau of Planning
State PTA to meet in Reading Vermont
The Vermont Congress of Parents and Teachers Board of Managers will meet Saturday February 15 at 10 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Martha Prinsen in Reading. Local PTA unit presidents and members are invited to attend, with a noon pitch-in lunch. Business includes planning the October state convention, committee reports, and standing committees list. Attendees include Mayor Richard Severson and steering committee members of the Greater Hoosick Association.
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Janice Byington
Craftsbury
Martha Prinsen
Reading
Ann Boardman
S. Royalton
George Plumb
Washington
Gertrude Hodge
Topsham
Exhibition by Christmas Brook Figure Skating Club
The public is invited to an exhibition of figure skating on Saturday afternoon February 22 at 1 30 at the Reynolds Gilchrest Skating Rink in Hoosick Falls. Members from the Christmas Brook Figure Skating Club of Williamstown Massachusetts perform with free admission and post show free skating. Mrs Sarah Jones and Mrs Nancy are listed as organizers or participants.
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Reynolds-Gilchrest
Christmas Brook
Williamstown
Mass
Sarah Jones
Nancy
Kovage
Kavage
FAA grants and local town meetings outlined
The FAA awards 27,492 to Edward F. Knapp State Airport Barre Montpelier to expand the aircraft parking apron with safety fencing. Six other airports receive 840,801 total grants. Local officials discuss flood insurance program steps, fire protection for no mans land and planning commission appointments amid maps and hearings.
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Washington, D.C
Federal Aviation Administration
Edward F. Knapp State
Barre-Montpelier
FAA
Brad
Calhoun
William J. Murphy
No Man’s Land
Murphy
Hoosick
Hill Road
River Street
Robert Hayden
Hoosick Youth Commission
Lawrence Murphy Jr
Cruce Patire
Town Planning Commission
Harold Robson
Edward Cottrell
Carleton Philpott
Edward Baker
Vermont officials urged to stall in budget defense
The Vermont League of Cities and Towns urged municipal leaders statewide not to rush to defend budget-cut threatened state bureaucrats. In its weekly bulletin the league called Boylan’s alternative budget a change from business as usual and advised locals to be cautious in backing state bureaucrats’ budget requests.
Vermont Sugarmakers Set Minimum Price For Syrup This Year
Vermont major maple syrup producers agree to raise prices to at least 14 dollars per gallon for farm sales. Retail outlets may charge more, with gift shops likely higher. The move follows reports New York price would reach 14 dollars. Rising costs for fuel and steel cited as main factor.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Vermont Sugarmakers Association
Wilson Clark
New York
Clark
Vermont unemployment to hit 10.5 percent this year
James Ritchie, chairman of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors, forecast Vermont's unemployment rate rising to 10.5 percent in 1975. He said the council had raised its projection from 9.5 percent and that the peak would occur before year’s end, likely by summer.
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Essex Junction
UPI
Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors
Vermont
James Ritchie
Goddard College to vote on single bargaining agent
The National Labor Relations Board orders a faculty and librarian election at Goddard College within 30 days to determine representation by a single collective bargaining agent. The AFT sought the election after a nine month petition, with over half of the roughly 70 faculty supporting it. The AAUP reportedly views the faculty as too small for membership. The AFT also seeks bargaining rights at the University of Vermont amid a conflict with AAUP.
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Teachers’ Union
Anthony Demelas
AFT
Vermont
American Association of University Professors
Goddard College
University of Vermont
AAUP
Rensselaer County tables decriminalization proposal
In Troy the Rensselaer County Legislature tabled a watered down decriminalization measure after Chairman Joseph Manupella indicated a possible resolution to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. Public opposition prompted modification to focus on presence near use instead of possession. The body swiftly tabled the item. Fort Edward fire kills five children. father and 4 year old daughter escape. Blaze started by faulty kerosene space heater. Firefighters battled flames through first and second floors. In Saratoga Springs Captain Francis Southern dies of a heart attack while opening a hydrant at an unoccupied house fire.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Joseph Manupella
Fort Edward
James G. Nichols
Laurie Jean
Francis Southern
Saratoga Springs
Former teacher found mentally unfit in Berkshire murders
Francis O. Hoben, 43, charged in the December 23 death of his mother Christina V. Hoben and sister Elizabeth R. Hoben, has been found mentally unfit to stand trial. Bridgewater State Hospital doctors urge continued treatment for at least six more months. In separate Pittsfield news, General Electric announced temporary layoffs of 144 plastics workers due to falling orders, with 121 laid off for a week and 23 for two weeks, all returning by early March.
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Pittsfield
Bridgewater State Hospital
Francis O. Hoben
Christina V. Hoben
Elizabeth R. Hoben
Bridgewater
County House of Correction
General Electric Co
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Griffin Electric Co., Inc
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Sylvia Blodgett
Hartland
Fred Warga
Bellows Falls
Marcia Goff
Cabot
Pat Brammer
Ugo Sartorelli
Barre
Patke
Richard A. Severson
John Burke
William Johnston
Loring Air Force Base
Maine
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Dale E. Frost
James Frost
42Nd
Laughlin Afb
Texas
Lackland Afb
Tex
Hoosick Falls Central High School
Northern Arizona University
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College
Atlantic
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North Adams, Mass
NLRB
Down In
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