Stonewall Joe Leads Benefit Square Dance for Fire Victims
In White Creek New York residents host a fundraising square dance at Jermain Hall on Friday night in aid of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson whose home burned down. The Joe Robertson Orchestra will perform with local musicians. Admission is free but donations are encouraged to reflect attendees’ means. The event aims to preserve community spirit after loss.
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White Creek
N.Y
Joe Robertson
Jermain Hall
Thomas Wilson
Arlington RSVP seeks volunteers for tutoring and transport
The Arlington RSVP office calls for volunteers to help at Sunderland School in the library and as tutors in math and reading. RSVP offers transportation cost support and requires a few hours weekly. Call the Arlington office at 375 6452. Dee Ertell runs a weaving course at the PM House on Tuesdays starting Jan 11 at 7 PM per notice, though the Tuesday time was listed as 7 30 PM.
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Arlington
RSVP
Sunderland
Dee Ertell
Clarification of HFCS Board Meeting Report Says No Charges
Hoosick Falls Superintendent Philip Leonard and the Hoosick Falls Teachers Association released a joint statement clarifying a Bennington Banner article about a Board of Education meeting. They said teachers did not charge that seniors were goofing off and noted the closed session was for curriculum. inquiry showed most students were taking a full course load.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Philip Leonard
Hoosick Falls Teachers Association
Bennington Banner
Board of Education
HFCS
Leonard
New Hampshire Spends $25,000 Advertising Low-Priced Liquor
New Hampshire spent over 25000 in six months advertising its low priced liquor in out of state papers. Ads ran in Massachusetts and Connecticut papers including Lawrence Eagle Tribune Lowell Sun Haverhill Gazette Hartford Courant and two MA weeklies. A Connecticut New Hampshire dispute over liquor store agents was cited as a tax revenue issue.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Robert Herlihy
State Liquor Commission
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Lawrence Eagle Tribune
Lowell Sun
Haverhill Gazette
Hartford Courant
Judge declines ruling on lockup in inmates suit
US District Court Judge Hugh Bownes refused to dismiss a $500,000 suit by state prison inmates against Warden Raymond Helgemoe over a 1975 lockup at a 103 year old facility. He ruled the lockup and seizure of contraband were within the warden power and suggested independent review.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Hugh Bownes
Raymond Helgemoe
Bownes
Imates
Velco ordered to pay 11 South Burlington families
The Public Service Board requires Vermont Electric Power Co to compensate 11 South Burlington landowners about 138000 for a portion of the Queen City Tap power line project between Williston and Burlington. The project, costing 3.5 million, has been approved by the state Supreme Court and PSB after years of local opposition.
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Montpelier
UPI
Public Service Board
Vermont Electric Power Co
South Burlington
Williston
Burlington
PSB
Velco
Queen City
State Supreme Court
Vermont Rail Plan Faces Through Line Push
Outgoing Development Secretary John Farmer urged officials to upgrade the entire 99 mile Vermont Northern Railroad, warning that abandoning the eastern end would hurt finances. He argued the line must be through to succeed. Barre Town and Montpelier won Votingest City awards for turnout in November, with 75.35 and 71.79 percent respectively, above the national 54 percent.
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Montpelier
UPI
Barre Town
Alameda
Calif
Gloversville man held after wife found in car trunk
Donald Langlois, 62, was arrested in Florida two days after police found his wife’s battered body in the Gloversville garage. He reportedly admitted killing her and married his new wife, Christine Floyd, hours after the slaying. Langlois is charged with murder. Christine is not charged, deemed an innocent victim. Local police said divorce was final December 31.
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Gloversville
Donald Langlois
Florida
Langlois
Christine Floyd
Christine
Record Ski Theft Surge Hits Berkshire Hills
Pittsfield police report a spike in ski thefts at Brodie Mountain and Jiminy Peak with over 1500 dollars worth of gear stolen. Sixty three skis vanished at Brodie and fifteen at Jiminy, seven in a ten minute spree near holiday closing. Three arrests made, two Connecticut youths and one from Bennington Vermont, cases continued for disposition. Powder over packed powder marks the week as two inches of new snow yields good to excellent conditions.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire
Brodie Mountain
Jiminy Peak
Brodie
Jiminy
Connecticut
Bennington
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Marjorie Robertson
Stonewall Joe Robertson
Joe
Robertsons
America
Jerry Jenkins
Dorothy Ann Crouse
George Wilson
Mary Stevens
Herbert Ware
Main Street
Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury United Methodist Church
Robert Loomis
Roy Ware
Lois Ostrander
Dacron
Percale Prints
Dial
King Case
Martex “Sovereign
Bath
Els
Tub Mat
England
North Adams
Allendale
Storenidile
Guear Angie
Hfcs Board
Ree
Berkshire Plaza
Mass
Enterprise
Vermont
Richard Snelling
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Statehouse
Snelling
Governor’s Justice Commission
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
New York
Hudson Falls
Mt. Sinai Hospital
General Electric
Fort Edward
William Nicholson
The
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Down In
Snow
Earl Gary Blake
Berkshire Superior Court
Blake
Dawn Wells Smith
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