Pownal Community Groups Schedule Saturday Activities
The Solomon Wright Library opens Saturday 10 to noon, Girl Scout Troop 489 meets 1 to 2 p.m. at the Pownal Recreational Community Center led by Delores Kimball, Boy Scout Troop 347 gathers 1:30 p.m. at Pownal Elementary, and the East Pownal Volunteer Fire Department hosts a pitch card party at the Firehouse from 8 p.m. Donations are one dollar.
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O—Girl Scout
Pownal
Delores Kimball
Boy Scout
East Pownal
Pownal Firehouse
Bennington County Fire Fighters held meeting and notices
The Bennington County Fire Fighters Association met Wednesday at the Pownal firehouse with 50 members from Peru to Pawlet. Five mutual aid calls were logged in late 1975. The Vermont State Fire Fighters regional school is set for April 24 at Mt Anthony Union High. Elected officers include Floyd Davis Peru president and George Renner Pownal secretary treasurer. Next meeting is April 14 in North Pownal. A Pownal Fire Protective Association special meeting is scheduled Monday at 7:30 p.m. A work party at 10 a.m. Saturday at Pownal Elementary School will tend the fire pond.
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Bennington County Fire Fighters Association
Pownal
Peru
Pawlet
Vermont State Fire Fighters Association
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Floyd Davis
Dave Wickendon
Shaftsbury
George Renner
Bill Barry
Arlington
Barry
England
North Pownal
Pownal Fire Protective Association
Hoosick Falls school board to buy two new buses
The Hoosick Falls Central School Board voted Tuesday night to purchase two 60 passenger buses for next year and trade in two older units. Bids open February 10 at 2 p.m. in the superintendent’s office. The district plans a special taxpayer meeting to approve bus purchases instead of waiting for the June annual meeting.
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Edith Beaumont
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Leonard
Florence Webster
Shirley Salluzzo
Edward McGuire
Church Street
William Waterhouse
The
Training seminar for parents at Winston Prouty Center
Brattleboro based Winston Prouty Center launches the Vermont Parent-Child Center a week long seminar for parents and infants 0-3 with developmental delays. It covers genetics management and child training with free lodging and educational testing. A special education instructor will visit weekly after the session funded by a state subcontract.
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Winston Prouty Center
Brattleboro
Winston Prouty Center For Child Development
Vermont
Windham
Windsor
Bennington
Rutland
State Division of Special Education
Countess Canaletti to address Arlington Historical Society
Arlington schedules its January meeting with a 2 p.m. start on Jan 18 at Community House Route 7 to begin a Bicentennial year program. Countess Harriet Canaletti will speak on Historical Sculpture in Miniature detailing diorama work tied to New Hampshire events from 1774 to 1776. The society invites participation in a 1976 Bicentennial effort and urges members to donate antique farming gear to the Arlington Agricultural Museum while Mary de Brun chairs a February 15 nominating meeting.
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Arlington
Arlington Historical Society
Route 7
Harriet Canaletti
Bloomfield Art Association
Royal Oak
Mich
Sergio deGusti
Barbara Weil
mid-West
Countess Canaletti
Dudley Moore Blakely
Topping Tavern Museum
Shaftsbury
Blakely
Bennington
The
Mary de Brun
Arlington Agricultural Museum
Arlington Bicentennial Committee
Robert N. Stroffoleno
Battenkill Grange Hosts State Police Talk in Arlington
Arlington Battenkill Grange welcomed State Police Sgt. John Heffernan for an evening talk on law enforcement problems. A related quiz, a reading by Mildred Kilmartin, and Sunshine Chairman Florence Waltman’s card reminders were noted. January socials listed, and a $25 bond prize for Vermont community service awarded. Next meeting January 21 with a pot luck supper at 6:30 and a Mini Regional Meeting at 8 hosted by Deputy Belle Decker.
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Arlington
John Heffernan
Battenkill Grange
Mildred Kilmartin
Sunshine
Florence
Vermont
Belle Decker
Vermont Senate panel weighs phosphate detergent ban
The Senate Natural Resources Committee will resume work on a bill to ban phosphate detergents after a public hearing Thursday night. Sidney Schwartz of New York state cited a five year ban reducing algae growth and improving water quality in about 4000 lakes, while Soap and Detergent Association spokesman Keith Boomer countered that such claims are grossly overestimated.
Christone petitions missing spark floor vote fate
Rep Margaret Christone of Dover reports a batch of petition signatures vanished from her desk on the House floor. She says 38 lawmakers backed a bill to curb grocery store multiple pricing and expects Commerce Chair John Morgan to still bring it to the floor. Vermont etimight rewrite faces lawyer opposition.
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Commerce
John Morgan
R-Woodstock
Troy council hears doubts on Hoosick Street bridge plan
Troy architects warn the $32 million Hudson River bridge between Troy and Green Island may boost eastward commercial growth and siphon shoppers from downtown Troy while easing Route 7 congestion. The plan faces mixed council opinions on downtown impact.
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Troy
Hoosick Street
Thomas C. Blandy
Rensselaer County
Albany
Hudson
Green Island
Blandy
Berkshire Weather Week Delivers Snow Thunder and Warm Spell
In Berkshire County the week brought rain snow wind thunder and thawing with a thermometer moving from zero to 46 by midnight. Meteorologist George J. Bulgarelli noted gusts up to 50 mph and Lenox reported thunder and lightning. The snow depth fell from 17 to 11 inches but more snow is forecast for the weekend.
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Pittsfield
Berkshires
George J. Bulgarelli
Lenox
Bulgarelli
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James Miner
Rensselaer County School Board Association
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