Hoosick Falls awards loader contract to Albany firm
The Hoosick Falls Town Board awarded a 1971 rubber mounted loader contract to Ken Smith Machinery Co of Albany with a net bid of 28 558, citing closer specs than the 24 200 bid from K C Canary Co of Waterford. Supervisor Murphy supported the Michigan machine as heavier and more qualified, while Codtrell opposed and Gorman was absent. The board also voted to drop fire insurance on the old Mechanic Street garage with higher rates, while keeping liability insurance on the building. The piece notes the 40th wedding anniversary.
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Town of Hoosick Board
Ken Smith Machinery Company
Albany
Lawrence Murphy
Murphy
Michigan
Edward Cottrell
Edward Gorman
Highway Department
River Road
Mechanic Street
Death of Windham Countys eldest resident Harriet Williams
Harriet Louise Williams died Sunday at Fall Mountain Nursing Home Bellows Falls aged 106. She was Windham Countys oldest resident born July 21 1864 in Jersey City. Survived by three nieces and four nephews burial planned in Norwich Conn in spring. sister Mary W Fish died last March near age 104. Williams attended Packer Collegiate Institute and Mount Holyoke College. She belonged to First Presbyterian Ridgewood NJ.
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Westminster
Harriet Louise Williams
Fall Mountain
Bellows Falls
Windham County
Miss Williams
Mary W. Fish
New Jersey
Harriet Williams
Packer Collegiate Institute
Brooklyn
N.Y
Mount Holyoke College
First Presbyterian Church
Ridgewood
N.J
Norwich
Conn
Williams College Center for Environmental Studies grant
Williams College in Williamstown Mass has received a 100000 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation of Pittsburgh to support the Center for Environmental Studies and its academic program Stephen R Lewis Jr Williams provost said the funds will expand faculty and staff and boost teaching and research in Berkshire County amid an uncertain future as center director Andrew J W Sheffey and assistant director Carl H Reidel resigned earlier this month with no successors named.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Richard King Mellon Foundation
Pittsburgh
Stephen R. Lewis Jr
Williams
Berkshire County
Andrew J.W. Sheffey
Carl H. Reidel
Mellon Foundation
Falls party proposes four water billing options in survey plan
The People's Party in Hoosick Falls NY outlines a local law to mail a questionnaire to water rent payers. It would present four plans including meters, flat rate, unit charge, and modified unit charge with occupant multiplier. Each plan shows total costs and operating expenses to guide voters. The issue centers on equitable rates before elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
People’s Party
Dorset Spaghetti Supper Aids School Lunch Program
A spaghetti supper at Dorset Elementary School on Thursday Feb 18 benefits the hot lunch program with seatings at 5 30 and 6 30. Adults pay 1 75 and children 75 cents. Mrs. Robert Benedict has returned home from Putnam Memorial Hospital after surgery. The article then discusses Hopkins Memorial Forest and environmental studies at Williams College including a new environmental studies coordinate major with 80 students enrolled and a unique course Perspectives on Environmental Analysis taught by four professors across multiple disciplines.
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Dorset Elementary
Robert Benedict
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Forest Service
Federal
Primmer
Lewis
Natural Resources
Hopkins Forest
Williams
Dorset votes over interim zoning fences debate and appeals
Dorset residents debated repealing interim zoning at a public hearing led by Town Moderator Sydney Meachem. The issue centers on whether selectmen or voters should control zoning changes, amid a Pinsonault variance dispute and calls for clearer planning board leadership before permanent zoning is set for a town meeting.
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Dorset
New England
Peter Schoffstall
Sydney Meachem
Arthur J. O’dea
Meachem
Arthur Pinsonault
East Dorset
Pinsonault
Beebe
Dorset Board of Adjustment
Charles Erdmann
North Dorset
George Conners
Selectman
Vermont
Planning Commission
John Stannard
Williamstown Summer Theatre finances stabilize after brief scare
Executive director Nikos Psacharopoulos reported the company’s deficit at one and a half percent of an estimated 115000 dollar budget. Strong attendance reduced the gap, contributions covered the rest, and Williams College agreed to waive Adams Memorial Theatre rental for this tight season. Dudley Bahlman represented the college. Trustees re-elected include Robert Sprague George Schryver James Hardman Lawrence Miller and John Sawyer. Psacharopoulos earned a three year renewable contract.
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Williamstown
Mass
Nikos Psacharopoulos
Psacharopoulos
Williams College
Adams Memorial Theatre
Dudley Bahlman
John Sawyer
Robert C. Sprague
George W. Schryver
James A. Hardman
Lawrence K. Miller
Sawyer
Londonderry tract bought by developers
Londonderry land firm Londonderry-Land-West Properties Inc of Boston bought 200 acres in South Londonderry. The site sold for 105000 dollars through a limited partnership with Country Living Associates of New York. It sits near Stratton and Bromley mountains and features woods, fields, a 250 acre pond, 7000 feet of roads and a mill brook. Land-West plans a master plan for environmental and resource use.
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Londonderry
Land-West Properties, Inc
Boston
New England
South
Magic Triangle
Vermont
Country Living Associates
New York
Land- West
Wade Staniar
Staniar
Stratton Mt
Magic Mt
Bromley
Land-West
Cheshire students smile at new school amid computer snafu
Some pupils at the new Cheshire Massachusetts school grin despite a big computer glitch that left them with little to do and plenty of time to imagine during much of the school week. Administrators remain concerned.
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Cheshire
Mass
Shaftsbury VFW delegate to mid-winter conference
Ernest Costa of Shaftsbury will represent Vermont as Commander of the Department of Vermont VFW at the national officers and department commanders mid-winter conference in Washington March 5 to 9. National Commander Herbert R. Rainwater of San Bernardino announces the event. The Congressional Banquet closes the conference March 9 with about 2,000 attendees and the national Voice of Democracy winner will be announced.
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Shaftsbury
Ernest Costa
Department of Vermont
VFW
Vermont
Washington
Herbert R. Rainwater
San
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Church of the Immaculate Conception
Brattleboro
Lake Placid
Lake Placid Pioneer Fish and Game Club
CES
Falls Party
Arlington
Hopkins Memorial Forest
U.S. Forest Service
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Edwin Lefevre
Regional Planning Commission
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