Pownal settles with contractor and targets architect
Pownal School Board reports settlement with Connecticut Valley Construction Co over unfinished work on the school. Supt Sleeman says state water resources board will review the septic system Jan 21. Board may seek brook reclassification as last resort and has begun legal action against architect Julian Goodrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Blakeman
Pownal
Connecticut Valley Construction Company
George Sleemnan
State Water Resources Board
Julian Goodrich
Bernard Bisson
California
Local Social Notes From Hoosick Falls Area Families
Sunday visits and family gatherings mark a busy week in Walloomsac and Hoosick Falls region. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. William Austin and family, Mrs. Edwin Lennon returning from Glens Falls, and multiple gatherings with the Hoag and Guiden households. Karen Jones’s January 18 wedding is announced, with many relatives mentioned. Bertha's Angels report 6235 surgical pads donated to Hoosick Falls Health Center as year ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Lennon
Glens Falls
W.P. Gooding
Hoosick Falls
Sanford Hewitt
North Hoosick
Gordon Hoag
Terry Hoag
Mike
Mark
John Marlot
Johnsonville
Bertha’s Angels
Times-Union scarce item after Hoosick Falls scandal
The Albany Times-Union reported that pressure was used to hinder a civil service promotion for Bruce E. Baker of Hoosick Falls, who held a senior environmental health technician post provisionally for about two and a half years. Baker placed second in a four or five person civil service examination held last April, as cited by the Times-Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson Brown
Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Albany Times-Union
Rensselaer County Health Department
Hoosick Falls
William J. Murphy
Bruce E. Baker
State Supreme Court
Baker
Snowballers Cause Crash in Hoosick Falls on River Street
A Tuesday afternoon collision on River Street Hoosick Falls damaged two cars but left no one injured. Mrs Alma Church of North Petersburg distracted by youths throwing snowballs collided with a parked car owned by William Rourke II after glancing away from the road. Her car was towed to Church's Garage. the Rourke vehicle could be driven back to its curb. Witnesses said Church drove slowly and the accident occurred as she braked to avoid the parked car. The report notes prior snowball contact at the same spot the day before. The piece also covers local civic notes, Cub Scout roundtable planning in Manchester, and Dorset calendar announcements.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
River Street
Alma Church
North Petersburg
Murphy’s Store
William Rourke II
50 River Street
Church
Rourke
Legal path cleared for Peru forest road
The Vermont Environmental Board ruled that improvements to a Forest Highway segment in Peru do not require an Act 250 permit, paving the way for paving and bridge relocation over Flood Brook with federal funds. The decision overturns a 1973 requirement and avoids land-use permitting, amid a request to reopen the case as an appeal.
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Montpelier
State Environmental Board
Peru
State Agency of Environmental Conservation
Landgrove
Weston
State Supreme Court
John Ponsetto
Bennington District Environmental Commission
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Dick Miles to head Arlington recreation commission
Arlington officials elected Dick Miles Jr. to lead the Arlington Recreation and Park Commission at a special meeting in Arlington Memorial High School. He will serve until Kendall’s term ends in February, with officers elected then. Miles, Henry Corey and Ralph Corey will review Kendall’s files and travel to Montpelier to determine next steps for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Miles
Recreation Commission
Arlington
Richard K
Dick” Miles Jr
Arlington Recreation and Park Commission
Arlington Memorial High School
Donald S. Kendall
Florida
Miles
Kendall
Henry Corey
Ralph Corey
Alcohol problems to be discussed in Hoosick Falls meeting
Tonight Hoosick Falls Policy Advisory Council will discuss alcohol problems and solutions at the CEO office 18 Classic Street. Miss Christina Shumway of United Counseling Service in Bennington will speak. Local clergy officials police health staff and county legislators are invited. the public is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Webelos
Den
Bennington County
Danby and
Pawlet
Burr and Burton High School
Eloise Hunt
Bruce McMahon
Wallingford
Maple Hill Cemetery Association
New Dorset
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Bennington
County Health Department
Thomas Restino
Pownal updates include church meeting and fire department elections
Pamela Blakeman lists Wesleyan Class of Pownal United Methodist Church meeting Friday at 8 p.m. at the Rondots home with Florence Haigh to show Australia slides and refreshments assisted by Mrs Mason and Mrs Dorman. North Pownal Volunteer Fire Department elected officers including Charles Kokoras as chief and Richard Champney as first assistant chief. Deans list honors go to Mark Powell of Pownal at Boston Graham Junior College with an expected May graduation.
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Pownal
North Pownal
Mark Powell
Conrad H. Parizo Sr
Boston Grahm Junior College
Mount Anthony Union High School
Public urged to speak on Junction entertainment license
Trustees urged North Bennington residents to attend Monday’s 6 p.m. meeting at the railroad station to discuss the Junction Restaurant entertainment and liquor license for John G. Stanley, leased from Karl Harrington. North Bennington trustees want time to study their village charter before a decision by Bennington selectmen, who postponed action amid noise and traffic protests from nearby residential zones.
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North Bennington
John G. Stanley
Junction
Karl Harrington
Bennington Selectmen
Stanley
Fred Welling
Selectmen
North Village
Harrington
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Bennington Banner
J. Goodrich
Mount Anthony Junior High School
John Durand
Sleeman
Gerald LaCroix
Walloomsac
Roscoe Austin
Mrs
William Austin
Gordon Jones
Karen
Miss Jones
Robert Brett
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Helen Burke
Edith and
Elva Gigel
Mary A. Doyle
Martin Kearney
John O’hra
Harry Kelly
Albany
Alice Guiden
O— Edward Cottrell
Unadilla, N.Y
Robert Woodard
Fred Luke
Burton Luke
James Snyder
Schenectady
Jim Hoag
Richard Lasser
Laura
Alice B. Fitzgerlach
Berlin
Times-Union
Salluzzo’s Grill
Classic Street
Lawrence Murphy
Rensselaer County
Gordon A. Eadie
William E. Sinnott
Cub Scout News
William Murphy
Murphy
Eadie
Sinnott
Dorset
Joan Colgan
Dorset School Board
Dorset Elementary School
The
Dorset Public Library Association, Inc
Russ Garland
Corey
John Moore
Mabel Bevis
Church St
Paul Harrington
Bevis
Mabel van Kleek
Owen
Lake St. Catherine
Mammoth Self Service Discount Department Stores
Vermont
Stone
Colgate
Allegheny New England
LA Grange
Tex
UPI
Texas
Mier
Grice ‘N Nice
North St
Aaskus
I x Ae Tegnant
Main St
Finast
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
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