Seniors teach seniors in Hoosick Falls courses for 60 plus
The Hoosick Area Senior Citizens Center sponsors mini courses taught to seniors by people over 60 with funding from the Comprehensive Employment Training Act via the Rensselaer County Department of Aging. Eight teachers are certified. interviews welcome. Courses include crafts from throw-away items, sewing, and handwork. 4-H members in Shaftsbury report new officers and knitted hats. Additional classes in art creativity, dressmaking, hair caning, and modern dance begin in January with several instructors named.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Area
Senior Citizens Center
Rensselaer County Department of Aging
Rose Waythus
Mary Woodard
Eleanor Phillips
Margaret
Inne
Waythus
Berlin
Philip Leonard
Malcolm Brownell
D. Benjamin Niles
James Miner
Leonard
Vert Mont Housekeepers Meet at Holiday Inn
The January meeting of the Vert Mont Chapter of the National Executive Housekeepers Association will be held on Wednesday January 14 at the Holiday Inn in White River Junction. Luncheon starts at noon after an 11:30 a.m. board session. Host is Harry A Kendrick of Rutland Hospital. The program Linen Selections will be presented by Will Ross Company. Open to anyone in the housekeeping field. contact Florence Oldenburg for details.
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Vert Mont
National Executive Housekeepers Association
Holiday Inn
White River Junction
Harry A. Kendrick
Rutland Hospital
Rutland
Will Ross Company
Hoosick Falls board ends half day sessions starting Sept
Hoosick Falls Central School board votes to end half day sessions from Sept 1 under new Regents rule. Action includes wage talks setup with teachers for next year led by Supt. Philip Leonard. Also approved aging department contract as pay agent for senior center courses and lines up maternity leaves for two staff. A revenue anticipation note of 225000 is authorized as state aid is due 1.3 million. Next meeting Jan 13. Community notices include Girl Scout meeting and AA meetups.
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Edith Beaumont
Donna Cukrovany
Carol Donovan
Psychic phenomena explored in North Adams area
January courses at North Adams State College sponsored by the Philosophy Department study hauntings ESP and other psychic events in northern Berkshire Vermont and New York with Dr Ali Allmaker leading research and inviting reports of unusual happenings. Also listed are weekly public skating sessions and a packed schedule of youth and high school hockey events at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink.
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North Adams
Mass
North Adams State College
Berkshire
Vermont
New York
Department of Philosophy
Ali Allmaker
NASC
Allmaker
British Societies For Psychical Research
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Pittsfield Flyers
Tomcats
Lanesboro Recreation Assoc
North Berkshire
Brunswick Hockey
Hoosac Valley
Christmas Brook Skating Club
Tri-State
Mt. Anthony High
Hoosac Valley Hockey
Monment Mt
Drury
Wahconah High
New Haven
Gully Cats
Stowe Winter Carnival Opens With Sled Races At 9:30
The 2nd annual Stowe Winter Carnival launches Saturday January 17 with Air New England Dog Sled Races at 9 30 a m on Mountain Road behind the Rusty Nail. Junior and senior teams race up to 13 miles and prizes are offered in multiple divisions.
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Stowe
Air New England
Rusty Nail
Millie Bryant
UVM Student Death Sparks Critique of Highway Dept
Burlington report attributes preventable roadside hazard to state inaction after a University of Vermont student died when her car hit a tree stump in South Burlington. D Julian Waller cites his past Booby trapped Highways study. notes failure to educate towns on hazard identification. Highway Commissioner John Gray calls Waller a publicity hound.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
State Highway Department
D. Julian Waller
UVM
Waller
Thurdsay
Highway Department
John Gray
Stolen Truck Rider Takes Farm Tools in New Year Knicks
State police search for a New Year’s Eve thief who stole a Montpelier truck, got it stuck in East Montpelier, then borrowed a tractor and manure spreader for a return trip. The spreader and tractor were recovered undamaged. an arrest was pending.
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Montpelier
Albany County swears in first executive amid party showdown
James J. Coyne Jr. is sworn in as Albany County’s first executive after a 45 minute delay amid Republican and insurgent Democratic efforts to seize control of the legislature. Democrat Charles Cahill is re-elected chairman 26 13. Coyne names Robert C. Lyman as county attorney and Edward T. Stack becomes chief fiscal officer under the new charter effective New Year’s Day. In Colonie, William K. Sanford begins his 14th two year term as town supervisor amid calls for austerity, salary freezes, and a cap on capital projects, with preliminary contracts reached with police and town workers.
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Albany
James J. Coyne Jr
Albany County
Coyne
Charles E. Cahill
Robert C. Lyman
Robert P. Roche
Edward T. Stack
Colonie
William K. Sanford
Sanford
Adams man arraigned over New Year crash and assault claim
North Adams 22 year old Joseph Columbus was arraigned in Adams District Court on charges from a New Year morning incident in which Christina Olszowy, 19, was struck and left injured in Berkshire. Off duty officer Carey Marony arrested Columbus after a car rammed a snowbank. Columbus faces driving under the influence and driving to endanger. Olszowy, who was a passenger, stated he struck her and drove over her. Columbus denies the accusations and faces additional counts. He remained jailed after failing to post 1000 bail.
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Adams
North Adams
Joseph Columbus
Adams District Court
Christina Olszowy
North Adams Regional Hospital
Ms. Olszowy
Commercial Street
Carey Marony
Pleasant Street
Letter by John Quincy Adams stolen from North Adams library
A 1844 letter from former president John Quincy Adams declining a North Adams visit was stolen from the North Adams Public Library on Wednesday. Also taken were old dolls. the letter, written 16 years after Adams left office, responded to a centennial observance honoring Colonists who died in the Ft. Massachusetts attack during the French and Indian War, librarian Ruth Browne said.
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North Adams
U.S
John Quincy Adams
North Adams Public Library
Adams
Ruth Browne
Ft. Massachusetts
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