Skating rink draws crowds in Hoosick Falls
The Reynolds-Gilchrest Recreational Building rink drew about 1100 skaters over the weekend with 300 to 400 attendance per session. Town officials praised the debut as volunteers refreeze ice between sessions. Plans announced for morning sessions and hockey programs, with a 25 cent student and 50 cent adult admission.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Reynolds-Gilchrest
Edward Gorman
John A. Murphy
Philip Leonard
Lonard
William Keyes
Town of
Pownal Community Meetings Set Tonight and Wednesday
The Pownal Fire Protective Association meets tonight at 7 at the firehouse. The Solomon Wright Library opens Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. The East Pownal Volunteer Fire Department meets tonight at 7 30 at its firehouse on South Stream Road. The Pownal Lions Club gathers at 6 for social hour, business, and dinner at Mount Anthony Country Club. The Pownal school board meets Wednesday at 7 at Pownal Elementary School. The PTG meeting, postponed to Jan 15 at 7 30, will elect officers with future meetings on the first Wednesday each month. children are welcome.
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Pownal
East Pownal
Weekly rink schedule and events at Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink
The rink announces public skating times for Jan 8 to 12 with daily sessions and special events. Also listed are hockey games and programs at local schools and clubs, plus a weeknight calendar of meetings and activities for community groups and the Well Baby Clinic slated for February.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink
Drury
Mt. Anthony High School
Christmas Brook Skating Club
North Berkshire
Stolen Piper Cherokee Diverts Rutland Flight to Landing
A puzzled 20 year old from West Bridgewater Massachusetts landed a stolen Piper Cherokee at Rutland Regional Airport after circling Rutland at low altitude. Wayne B. Baker was arrested for possession of stolen property as police noted six hours of flight time but no license. Baker said he aimed for Glens Falls New York but mist and confusion hindered his landing.
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Rutland
UPI
Rutland Area
Ina
Wayne B. Baker
West Bridgewater
Mass
Taunton
Baker
Glens Falls
N.Y
Home fire leaves Rockingham family homeless
A Lower Bartonsville wood frame house in Rockingham was destroyed by fire Sunday. John Ellison his wife and their three preschool children were left homeless as firefighters from six Vermont and New Hampshire towns fought the blaze. Authorities say a kerosene heater overflow caused the fire.
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Rockingham
UPI
Lower
Bartonsville
John Ellison
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rochester Vermont gets $290 475 EPA wastewater grant
The U S Environmental Protection Agency awards Rochester Vermont a 290475 dollar grant to build three municipal septic tanks with subsurface leaching fields a lift station and interceptor sewers. The grant is presented to Thomas Manning chairman of the town board of selectmen by EPA regional administrator John A S McGlennon.
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Boston
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Rochester
John A.S. McGlennon
EPA
Thomas Manning
Board of Selectmen
Bethel Man Dies After Shot In Pantry Struggle
Gerald Derby a 23 year old Bethel resident died from a gunshot wound to the throat on Saturday. Windsor County State's Attorney Paul Hudson said Derby appears to have been shot during a struggle for a .38 caliber pistol taken from a pantry shelf on Friday morning. A ruling on the death was delayed pending further investigation.
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Bethel
UPI
Gerald Derby
Windsor County
Paul Hudson
Derby
Flowered Toilet Seat Stolen From Brattleboro Restaurant
Police say a flowered toilet seat was taken from a Brattleboro restaurant over the weekend and later found recovered several blocks away down the street.
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Brattleboro
UPI
GOP Taps Cholakis for County Court Judge Job in New York
Troy Rensselaer County GOP names Con G Cholakis as preferred successor to the late Judge Fogarty. Gov Wilson will appoint after GOP chairman Douglas Hudson forwards the recommendation. Bids from Lawrence Bizzarro and Pierce H Russell were superseded. Cholakis cited as strongest vote getter. O'Neil vows URA price disclosures for Uncle Sam Mall area as 50 acre demolition, dollars spent, and $96 million planned mall project draw scrutiny.
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Troy
Bizzarro
Russell
D.a.’S
William A. O’neil
Uncle Sam Mall
O’neil
URA
Berkshire inaugurals end era at City Hall in last ceremony
Mayor Joseph R. Bianco is sworn in for a third term at City Hall as the 19th century stable building housing city offices since 1896 will be replaced by a new structure opening in late spring. Council members are sworn in and a council president election is expected by early afternoon. Paul F. DiLego accuses Vincent J. Pappas of poor appointments and dodging accountability. In Russell, a man faces four counts after a disturbance outside Doerpholz residence including shotgun fire, zero injuries, and police responses.
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North Adams
Joseph R. Bianco
Paul F. DiLego
Vincent J. Pappas
Russell
Kenneth E. Doerpholz
Doerpholz
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Ludlow
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