Refugee from politics runs for Arlington selectman
Arlington candidate G. Novotny, a Connecticut native and Shelton, Conn. veteran, seeks Arlington selectman after a career as a carpenter contractor, building inspector, and highway official. He says he faced political pressure, declined bribes, and aims to use practical experience to manage town business while avoiding partisan politics.
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Arlington
George Novotny
Connecticut
Vermont
Ira Allen
Shelton
Conn
U.S. Navy
B.F. Goodrich
White Hills
Department of Highways and Bridges
Sanitation Department
Block Grant priorities set for Hoolick Falls village
Village Engineer Peter Kent outlined two 1976 Community Block Grant projects in Hoolick Falls. A $137,000 rehabilitation program targets blighted areas and sidewalks while a $163,000 plan upgrades the water system with a 700,000 gallon tank, higher elevation, six inch mains, and line looping to improve fire flow. The board approved the application with no opposition.
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Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Peter Kent
Kent
Rensselaer Street
David Berlant
Village Board
Donald Bogardus
Berlant
Rolf Sternberg
Arlington Bicentennial Ball Plans Finalized
Arlington plans a Bicentennial Ball on Saturday Feb 14 at Arlington Memorial High School featuring Bob Cathcart and his music.
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Arlington
Arlington Memorial High School
Bob Cathcart
Mary Mary opens at Dorset Playhouse with five characters
Jean Kerr's comedy Mary Mary opens tonight at the Dorset Playhouse and runs through Sunday. Sheila Childs stars as the title role with Sheila Walker and Charles Schubert joining the cast along with Arthur Jones and Jim Sloman. Tickets are 3 dollars, with half price for children, and analyze bicentennial themed party features include period costumes and a King and Queen ball with prizes and a roving photographer. Proceeds support the bicentennial committee museum.
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Dorset
Jean Kerr
Dorset Playhouse
Sheila Childs
Harvey
Scrooge
Sheila Walker
Placent
Charles Schubert
Arthur Jones
Jim Sloman
Ethan Allen
Bobby Blair
Bicentennial Committee
Museum of Antique Farm and Home Tools
Vermont legislator seeks to hold line on rising malpractice rates
Sen John Howland R Windsor County concedes bills to ease medical malpractice insurance will not cut rates significantly. He tells the Senate Judiciary Committee the proposals aim to contain escalation and may prompt rate reductions after a track record of two to three years. Burlington attorney John Dinse argues rising premiums don t reflect worse care and cites Medical Center Hospital of Burlington as a teaching hospital connected to UVM Medical College.
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Montpelier
UPI
John Howland
Windsor County
Howland
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Burlington
John Dinse
Vermont
Medical Center Hospital of
University of Vermont Medical College
Dinse
Arraigned on shooting charge in Montpelier
Bernard Barney, 48, of Montpelier, was arraigned on charges he fired at two police officers responding to a possible family disturbance at his Main Street apartment. The incident lasted 30 minutes as he reportedly broke windows, overturned furniture, fled with a knife, and surrendered after being wounded.
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Barney
NRC chief pledges Vermont Yankee notice before report
UPI reports NRC Chairman William Anders told Gov. Thomas Salmon the state would be informed before the NRC report on the Vermont Yankee Plant is public. Aides say Anders gave no timing, as the plant remains shut for reactor safety concerns. Vermont seeks independent expert analysis while Vermont Yankee awaits NRC response and temp repairs.
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Salmon Tuesday
NRC
Vermont
Vermont Yankee
Judicial Conduct Report Flags Murray in Troy Case
The Temporary Commission on Judicial Conduct found State Supreme Court Justice William R. Murray’s handling of a Troy case "obviously improper" citing eight improper accounts from a February arraignment held in his home basement. Murray gave no comment on the Wednesday disclosure.
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Troy
State Supreme Court
William R. Murray
State Temporary Commission On Judicial Conduct
Murray
Theodore
William Darling
Berkshire Mayor Demands Public Apology Over Blabbermouth Remark
NORTH ADAMS Mayor Joseph R. Bianco demands an apology from the state attorney general after assistant AG Stephen Leonard called him a blabbermouth. Leonard said Bianco had no right to reveal the landfill dumping fines of 1,000 dollars and 2,000 dollars against Grace & Co. An AG inquiry into the name calling was requested by Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti.
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River Road
Arlington
Connecticut
Novotny
North Adams
Joseph R. Bianco
State Attorney General’s
Stephen Leonard
Leonard
Bianco
Grace & Co
Francis X. Bellotti
Conte files bill to keep Williamstown hairdresser in U S
Congressman Silvio Conte confirms a House bill to allow Williamstown hairdresser Luis Deabreu to remain in the United States for at least one year. Deabreu, co-owner of The Clip Shop, has strong local support with 2,000 signatures and praise from Conte, while the Department of Immigration and Naturalization says he will eventually have to depart.
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Williamstown
Silvio O. Conte
Luis C. Deabreu
U.S
Deabreu
Pittsfield
Department of Immigration and Naturalization
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G. Novotny
Judson Brown
Trumbull
Barre
Ryegate
Irene
West Arlington
Garvey Co
Garvey
Battenhill
Spragues
Crofuts
Battenkill Grange
VFW
Manchester
Red Mtn. Masonic Lodge
F.d.1.c
Catamount National Bank
Magic Circle
Main Street
Bennington
Edith Beaumont
United States
Candle Mill
Griffin’s of Arlington
The
Hawley Company
Ellie Mayjek
Sarah Coventry Jewelry
Lane
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Extra Ordinary Bank
Vermont National
New York
GOP
Down
Berkshire
Conte
Deabreau
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