Williamstown native joins Hoosic River protection board
Dr Herschel L Shohan English professor at North Adams State College becomes a member of the HRBCEPA board. Terry Learned notes his environmental focus and teaching, organization, and writing skills. Shohan formerly taught at Ohio Wesleyan and Hunter College and earned a PhD from Columbia.
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Williamstown
Mass
Herschel L. Shohan
North Adams State College
Hoosic River Basin Citizens Environmental Protection Association
Hrbcepa
Terry Learned
Shohan
Learned
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware
Vermont Names New Director For Natural Areas Phase II
Robert Klein, new director, based in Chelsea, earned a Duke environmental management degree and previously worked with Vineyard Conservation Society. Phase II of the Vermont Natural Areas Project, a VNRC and Agency of Environmental Conservation collaboration, aims to rate about 1000 known natural areas and craft a statewide protection plan within six months.
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New England
VNAC
Vermont
Arlington graduates join National Guard and local calendar notes
Arlington native Victor Humphrey has left for Fort Knox Kentucky for National Guard training. He is the son of Mrs Virginia Bushee of Sandgate and recently graduated from Arlington Memorial High School. His new address lists PV2 Victor Humphrey 008 36 7418 Co B 16th BN4 TNG BDE USAARMC 2nd Plt Fort Knox KY 40121. Miss Mary Blair Macfarlane, daughter of Mrs Richard K Miles Jr of Arlington, graduated from Bennett College Millbrook New York on Sunday June 1. She attended Wykeham Rise School Washington Conn and earned an associate in applied science degree in drama. Calendar items list Pony League Arlington vs Elkis AMHS field Monday at 6 pm, VFW Auxiliary 8 pm, AA meets 8 pm at St Margarets Hall, Legion Auxiliary 8 pm, WWI Veterans meeting 2 pm Wednesday, Pen League Arlington vs Lions 6 pm, Rescue Squad 7 pm, Arlington Soccer Club practice 6 pm Thursday, Pony League practice Friday, Battenhill Grange social Saturday 8 pm Grange Hall West Arlington, and Arlington Soccer Club vs Londonderry Sunday at 1 pm at AMHS field.
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Victor Humphrey
Virginia Bushee
Sandgate
Arlington Memorial High School
National Guard
TNG
Usaarmc
Fort Knox
Mary Blair Macfarlane
Richard K. Miles Jr
Arlington
Bennett College
Millbrook
N.Y
Wykeham Rise School
Washington, Conn
Macfarlane
Bennett
VFW Rooms
Manchester
Pony League
Arlington Soccer Club
Amhs Field
St. Margaret Mary’s Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
WWI
Veterans of Manchester
Lions
Arlington Rescue Squad
Vermont to issue comments on patient-privilege law
The Vermont Attorney General plans to release comments on the 1974 patient-privilege law within weeks. Deputy AG Gregory MacKenzie said an assistant AG is studying the Vermont and New York statutes, with Diamond to determine how findings will be released. Hospital officials had sought AG input on whether patient information can be shared with friends relatives and the press. The law bans disclosures by doctors without patient consent, though it does not name hospitals.
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Vermont Medical Hospital
Burlington
Experts study proposed dam near St. Jean Quebec
A panel of environmental experts appointed by the International Joint Commission will meet in Burlington on Thursday to plan a study of the Richelieu River flood control dam near St. Jean Quebec. This first full-board meeting since appointment earlier this year follows a second expert panel in two years, amid concerns over Lake Champlain levels affecting Vermont and New York.
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Burlington
UPI
International Joint Commission
United States
Richelieu River
St. Jean
Que
Vermont
New York
Lake Champlain
Yonkers youth dies in Lake Champlain boating accident
Joseph Katona, 21, of Yonkers New York, died when he fell from a rented outboard boat on Lake Champlain near Black House Point. Police say the boat struck a submerged rock and he was struck by a propeller after losing balance. His body was recovered shortly after the incident during a family vacation on the Lake Champlain islands.
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North Hero
UPI
Joseph Katona
Yonkers
N.Y
Lake Champlain
Katona
Cook Ave
Black House Point
Lake Champlain Islands
Ferrisburg Woman Dies After Parade Firetruck Fall
Charlene Bronson, 33, of North Ferrisburg died Friday after falling from the rear of a firetruck returning from a July 4 parade in Bristol. Police say she lost her footing while attempting to move into the cab. driver James Rube, 21, did not notice her move until the fall.
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Ferrisburg
UPI
Charlene Bronson
North Ferrisburg
Bristol
James Rube
Vermont auto insurance surcharge reform takes effect
Vermont's new auto insurance law, praised by Insurance Commissioner James A. Guest as among the 1975 Legislature's most important measures, went into effect last week. It sets uniform surcharge guidelines and aims to remove confusion while banning surcharges on minor claims.
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Montpelier
UPI
James A. Guest
Guest
Troy charter party weighs split from Republicans in Troy
William J. Pascarell, chairman of the Citizen's Charter Party, says separation from the Rensselaer County Republicans is under consideration after a merger called a trial. He notes the party polled 25 percent in 1971 and argues independent groups gain influence as two-party control erodes. A Lansingburgh woman forms 15 neighborhood groups to build the Lansingburgh Citizen's Council aiming to curb rising crime with about 600 residents ready to engage and contact city hall.
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Troy
William J. Pascarell
Citizen’s Charter Party
Rensselaer County Republican Committee
Republicans
Pascarell
Lansingburgh
Eugenia Staerker
Firemen muster parade draws 25 000 in Berkshire
Pittsfield crowds lined the streets for two hours in 70 degree weather to watch the 29th annual firemen muster parade led by parade marshal John D. Courtney. Mayors and officials rode past units from western Massachusetts as well as New York and Connecticut. In North Adams the Perry elm, planted in 1859 to mark Ft Massachusetts, was deemed hopelessly afflicted by Dutch elm disease after a recent inspection, with tree surgeon Robert E. McCarthy saying there is no saving it.
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Pittsfield
John D. Courtney
Berkshire County
Evan S. Dobelle
Massachusetts
New York
Connecticut
North Adams
Ft. Massachusetts
Williamstown
Robert E. McCarthy
Arthur Latham Perry
Williams College
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