Hoosick Falls Firemen Run Four Weekend Calls
Hoosick Falls firemen answered four weekend alarms to minor blazes. A chimney fire at Andrew Kipp’s home on 10 Munsell St. Friday night. A second chimney fire at Ray Mattat’s Griffin Ave. Saturday afternoon. A Saturday afternoon car fire on Congress Street. A Sunday morning fire at Oak Industries Tri Point plant on First Street started by an overheated air compressor motor and stopped by sprinklers.
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Andrew Kipp
Munsell St
Ray Mattat
Griffin Avenue
Congress Street
Tri Point
Oak Industries
First Street
Brunswick
Walter Webster
Rensselaer County
Viola Okerman
Manton St
John Street
Rudits
Charles Bender
Hoosick Falls
Donna A. Rogan
North Hoosick
Bender
Arlington Community Calendar and Events Update
Arlington hosts a packed weekly calendar through Sunday with meetings, rehearsals, and recreation. Highlights include Lions Club variety rehearsal Monday at the high school, Arlington Poultney grid clash Tuesday, Grange and Town events Wednesday, and Bingo and Rescue Squad activities Thursday and Saturday. A rummage sale funds heat and utilities for the West Arlington community house on Feb 27–28, plus posts on troop leadership, Valentine Tea, Cub Scout Olympic winners, and local youth activities at St. James Episcopal and Arlington facilities.
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Lions Club
High School
Arlington Vs. Poultney
Arlington Chorale
Bailey Hall
Arlington Fish & Game Club
Community House
St. Margaret Mary
Arlington
West Rutland
Fisher
Arlington Fire Co
Arlington Rescue Squad
West Arlington
Hoosick Falls man pleads guilty to endangerment and coercion
Leroy Martin, 33, of West Hoosick pleaded guilty to second degree reckless endangerment and first degree coercion after a Jan. 30 sequence of incidents in Hoosick Falls. He was sentenced to 90 days in Rensselaer County Jail. a related escape charge was dropped.
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Leroy Martin
West Hoosick
John A. Mahar
Rensselaer County
Martin
James Reilly
Troy
N.Y
Mary Wells
Boston & Maine
Robert Arm
Wilder Ave
Arm
Pownal Community Meetups And Workshops Scheduled
The North Pownal Volunteer Fire Department and the Pownal Fire Protective Association will meet tonight at 7 at their firehouses. A Wednesday noon Senior Citizens luncheon requires 24 hour advance reservations to the Pownal Baptist Church. The Women's Fellowship of the North Pownal Congregational Church meets at 7 30 tonight at Marion Burdick’s home. East Pownal Volunteer Fire Department gathers at 7 30 tonight at their firehouse. Two workshops begin soon at the Pownal Recreational Community Center with a 20 hour women’s group starting Feb 19 and a couples workshop Feb 27 both meeting 7 to 10 p.m. Contact Barbara Herlitz at 823 5476. An organizational meeting for the Pownal Little Baseball League is set for Monday Feb 23 at 7 30 p.m. at Pownal Elementary School. last year’s coaches are to attend.
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Pownal Baptist Church
Women’s Fellowship
The
North Pownal Congregational Church
Marion Burdick
East Pownal
Pownal
Barbara Herlitz
Pownal Little Baseball League
Dorset selectmen warn on ballot articles at town meeting
The Dorset Board of Selectmen say discussion of warned articles to be voted by Australian Ballot may not be legal at March Town Meeting. The only allowed discussion will be at the Budget Meeting on February 17 at 7:30 PM at Dorset Elementary School, with all voters urged to attend for budget and warned article discussion.
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Dorset Board of Selectmen
Dorset
Robert Kautz
Washington West Supervisory
Vermont Probes Face Delays in Nursing Home Report
Vermont Attorney General M Jerome Diamond rejects stall claims while explaining delays in completing a final report on Medicaid abuse in nursing homes. Rep Michael Obuchowski urged proof or dropping allegations as a special panel examined state care. Educators fear cuts to education funding amidst a 10 million dollar plan for 1977.
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Diamond
Vermont senator seeks AG opinion on governor powers over college bill
Sen. Graham Newell of Caledonia County says he will ask the Vermont attorney general for a legal opinion on the governor's authority to issue executive orders tied to his bid to abolish the Vermont Community College. He notes the college may have been illegally established by executive order.
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ST. Johnsbury
UPI
Graham Newell
Caledonia County
Vermont Community College
Newell
M. Jerome Diamond
Community College Commission
Dean Davis
Milk surplus fear as dairies trim plants in New York
Albany reports Farm Bureau president warns of spring milk dumping and plummeting prices due to plant closures at Dairylea Cooperative and a broader production rise. He expects up to 50 tanker trucks could be dumped weekly at peak production while noting economic strains on farming. In Troy Green Island, Michael R. McNulty gains a second party endorsement for the assembly race as local Democrats rally around his bid.
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Albany
State Farm Bureau
Richard McGuire
McGuire
Dairylea Cooperative
Dairylea
Troy
Green Island
Michael R. McNulty
Assembly
Neil W. Kelleher
City Democratic Committee
Green Island Democratic Association
McNulty
Local union sues GE over Pittsfield to Shreveport move
Pittsfield Local 225 of the International Union of Electrical Workers filed suit in Boston seeking to block General Electric Co from moving voltage regulator production from Pittsfield Massachusetts to Shreveport Louisiana. The union says the transfer could cost 150 to 200 jobs and jeopardize recall prospects. Local 225 represents about 4,800 workers in Pittsfield. In a separate matter, the Pittsfield City Council moving to buy a lakefront strip of Camp Onota while Dobelle backs full purchase of the camp. 50 percent state aid remains available for the land purchase with a 1974 asking price around 450,000 dollars.
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Pittsfield
International Union of Electrical Workers
Boston
General Electric Co
Shreveport
Onota
City Park
Camp Onota
Paul E. Brindle
Evan S. Dobelle
Dobelle
Brindle
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Donna Tudor
Girl Scout Troop 26
Shelly
Sandy King
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Matthew Keough
John Whalen
Troy Anderson
Terry Anderson
David Bart
Kenneth Monte
Wayne Hoyt
Steve Witt
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Rite Aid Senior Citizens Prescription Plan
P.O
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Schick Super II
Johnson & Johnson Cotton
NYT
Miss Breck
Pepto
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Jar
Main St
Bennington
River Road
Wilson Hill Road
Mark V. LaPorte
Sandra L. Mausert
Eddy Road
Mausert
Haynes Bros
the Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
North Pownal
Selectmen
Vermont
Hebard
Vermonters
Jackson
Burlington
Henry Jackson
D-Wa
Jackson Coordinating Committee
Burlington City
Anne Rothenberg
John O’brien
D-Chittenden County
Lorraine Graham
D-Burlington
Washington County
Edward Hartman
Montpelier
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