Shaftsbury and Searsburg Community Announcements Mix
Local notices report a Shaftsbury Snow Pilots meeting at 7 30 this evening and a Friday half day for school planning a bicentennial program with lunch unavailable. Searsburg town dump hours set for Sundays 8 am to noon starting Jan 18 for residents only. Kodak sued over a missing hang glider photo worth 110000. Campbell soup label drive hits 3650 books gained for library. School gym use offered to women by Principal Carrara. Linda Thayer recovering at New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center awaiting visitors. Shaftsbury Board of Adjustment meets Jan 19 at Cole Hall 7 30 pm to review Patrick Healy subdivision, Jerry O Neil home industry business, and Walter Ready property purchase.
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Ralph McDermott
John Kilbride
Roy Hood
Searsburg
Alistair Cooke
America
Sam Carrara
Carrara
Shaftsbury Board of Adjustment
Cole Hall
Patrick Healy
Terrace
Jerry O'Neil
Upper Main Street
North
Bennington
Walter Ready
Hoosick Falls Board appoints Rousseau as full-time custodian
The Hoosick Falls Village Board, after an executive session following its meeting, named Mark Rousseau full-time assistant custodian of the Hoosick Falls firehouse. Rousseau was chosen amid a 3 to 3 tie vote, on a recommendation from Chief John Button and local fire and police officials. The board also appointed William Sherwin Jr. as substitute patrolman to replace Albert White, who resigned to become deputy sheriff of Rensselaer County. the appointment is effective immediately.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Mark Rousseau
Rousseau
John Button
Volunteer Fire Department
William Chapones
William Sherwin Jr
Albert White
Rensselaer County
Sherwin
Sternberg
John Street
Donald Bogardus
Thomas A. Bayly
Bayly plans spring start on Hoosick apartment complex
Falls trustees heard Bayly of Schaghticoke will begin construction this spring on a 21 to 22 unit apartment project at Church and Classic Streets. Budget constraints slowed progress after Bayly bought the site from the county and demolished a building. The plan, not for seniors, faces loan delays and will rent units from 135 to 165 dollars monthly.
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Schaghticoke
Sternberg
Bayly
Bogardus
Nicholas Mahoney
Hoosick Falls Standard Press
Center Street
Second Ward
Pownal Congregational Church Choir and Fire Dept Meet Tonight
Rehearsals and meetings set for 6 30 PM at North Pownal Congregational Church 7 30 PM at Pownal Center Fire Department firehouse and 8 PM Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Beals Jr Christian Advocates group. Last Sunday observed Lasty Sunday with services led by Mrs Susan King and others including Ben Powell and Lori Hurley in the congregation.
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North Pownal Congregational Church
Pownal Center
Pownal
Susan King
Jeanne Bliven
Helen Church
Ben Powell
Susan Pratt
Gertrude
Harvey Burdick Sr
Edward Harris
Earle Church
Ethel Bourn
Lori Hurley
Debbie Bourn
Martin Lingner Jr
Louis Burdick
Vermont Democratic governors race echo over revenue estimates
In Montpelier two potential Democratic candidates for governor clash over Gov Salmon's revenue estimates. State Treasurer Stella Hackel argues estimates are too conservative and calls for more budget cuts and no tax hikes. Lt. Gov. Brian Burns counters that new taxes may occur as the legislature nears 1976. House Leader Richard Snelling amplifies the push against tax increases.
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Shelburne
Salmon
Crowley challenges Liab Cover claim for public officials
Vermont senator accuses Vermont League of Cities and Towns director of mischaracterizing public officials liability insurance. He notes about 12 agencies sell coverage and cites a Middlebury agency cancellation as the rumor source.
Right-to-work bill urged in Vermont
Gov Thomas Salmon is urged to back a bill outlawing compulsory union membership. The measure, sponsored by Sen Herbert Ogden, is in the Senate General and Military Affairs Committee and faces strong union opposition as part of a national momentum with 19 states enacting similar laws.
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Ogden
Vermont House to hear bill barring shelf price hikes
UPI reports a bill to prohibit grocers from marking up prices on shelved goods faces a Vermont House floor hearing after a Commerce Committee killed it 9-1. Sponsor Rep. Margaret Christowe gathered 40 signatures, aiming to secure the required floor hearing and move the measure forward.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
House
Commerce Committee
Margaret Christowe
West Dover
Referendum sparks debate over Cohoes mayor salary hike
In Cohoes a referendum on increasing the mayor salary prompts opposition. Mayor Ronald Canestrari argues the change saves money while proposing the mayor receive 19000 dollars, after abolishing the legislative assistant post. Ralph Surzyn warns the move could bar many candidates and remove doctors and businessmen from office.
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Ralph Surzyn
North Adams teen murder suspect pleads not guilty
Earl Gary Blake, 21, stepbrother of 14 year old Dawn Wells Smith, pleaded not guilty in North Adams District Court to murder charges after police say he beat her with a tire iron. The body of the Drury High School freshman was found in a blackberry patch near her home after a week missing. Blake to be held without bail until Jan. 21 arraignment.
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North Adams
Earl Gary Blake
Dawn Wells Smith
Drury High School
Blake
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Shaftsbury
Sheilah Miller
Snow Pilots Snow Mobile Club
Carlo Walter
Los Angeles
Eastman Kodak Co
Sandor Aldott
Aldott
Kodak
Linda Thayer
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Falls Trustees
Aeed
Chittenden
E.D.I.C
Equal Housing Lender
The
Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
Grand Union
Superna
Hackel
Snelling
VLCT
New York
Troy
Castleton
Robert Harrington
Phillips Grove
Harrington
Second Ave
Down In
Berkshire
Pittsfield
Springfield
Christopher J. Weldon
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