Manchester lord mayor visits Manchester Vermont during Bicentennial tour
Kenneth Franklin, lord mayor of Manchester England and postman, along with Lady Mayoress Laura Franklin and CEO Robert Calderwood, visits Manchester Vermont for the Bicentennial. They tour, discuss politics, and note similarities between cities while praising American hospitality and British views on U S politics and economy.
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Manchester
Kenneth Franklin
England
Laura Franklin
Robert Calderwood
Cty
Vermont
Rotary and
Lions Clubs
Franklin
States
N.H
Manchesters
Labour Party
Conservative Party
Labour
Pownal Church Choir Rehearsal and Fire Dept Worknight
The Pownal United Methodist Church choir will rehearse at 7 30 tonight at the church. The Pownal Center Fire Department will hold a worknight at 7 30 tonight at their firehouse. A well baby clinic will be held Friday July 16 from 9 to 11 a m at the Pownal Recreational Community Center.
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Pamela Blakeman
Pownal
Pownal Center
Pownal Recreational Community Center
Three-Car Collision in Hoosick Falls Causes Minor Damage
A three car collision at River and Church streets in Hoosick Falls last night left all vehicles with minor damage and no injuries. Leo Laroche of Carey Avenue and Roland Bovie of Petersburg were westbound on Church when Bovie slowed to turn left onto River. Laroche struck Bovie, pushing it into Richard Danforth of High Street who was entering from River Street. No tickets were issued.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
River and
Church Streets
Leo Laroche
Carey Ave
Roland Bovie
Petersburg
Church Street
Bovie
River Street
Laroche
Richard Danforth
High St
Pownal Country Market opens Saturday in Church Carriage Barn
The Pownal Center Community Church hosts the second Country Market of the season on Saturday July 10 from 9 to 12. Fresh vegetables herbs plants and homemade goods will be sold. Linda Aja returns with cloth and felt toys and Vera Murphy features antiques and handmade utensils. Coffee muffins and youth group crafts are available, with regular contributors Ken Gile Pat Gile Rick Burton Beinecke and Mary Burton Beinecke and Lawrence Chaffee offering plant tables.
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Pownal
Pownal Center Community Church
Linda Aja
Vera Murphy
Williamstown
Mass
Ken
Pat Gile
Rick and
Mary Burton- Beinecke
Lawrence Chaffee
Community Market and Military Update From Utica and Korea
Shaftsbury resident Eunice Myers seeks word from friends and provides her Utica address. A Saturday summer market runs July to September from 9 to 12 offering produce and crafts. Private Michael L. Pettibone graduates electronics training at Fort Monmouth and serves in Korea with the 74 Signal Company. He is the Mt Anthony Union High School 1975 graduate, son of Joan and Lawrence Pettibone.
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Eunice Myers
Shaftsbury
Utica
N.Y
Alfred LaTour
Rugby Road
Michael L. Pettibone
Fort Monmouth
New Jersey
Pusah
Korea
74 Signal Company
Brooply
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Pettibone
Joan Pettibone
Pownal Center
Lawrence Pettibone
North Pownal
Tax stabilization hearing tonight in Manchester cafeteria
Manchester selectmen hold an eight o'clock public information meeting at the elementary school cafeteria to discuss industrial tax stabilization. The board plans a proposal to stabilize taxes for new industry and expansion alike and will be ready to discuss it. A special Town Meeting is set for July 20 to authorize selectmen to negotiate tax stabilization contracts with industry for terms up to ten years as permitted by Vermont law.
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Manchester — Selectmen
Vermontaw
Hoosick Falls arrests span harassment and traffic charges
Hoosick Falls police on July 2 arrested Lawrence Carknard and Demitry C Haynes for harassment after a Willard Street disturbance. Susan Foster also faced harassment charges and Douglas Sprague a disorderly conduct charge from the same incident. Additional July 3 open container violation and July 6 impaired driving arrests were reported alongside multiple speeding and ticket actions on Main, High and River Streets. A July 2 check at the Boston and Main freighthouse found doors secure with no trespassers.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Willard Street
Lawrence Carknard
McCaffrey
Main Street
Richard Sandercox
Troy
Roxie Bushee
Bennington
James Dongrey
Glens Falls
David Mattison
Salem
High Street
Kenneth Rodgers
Castleton
River Street
Lynne M. Vance
Harold Lohnes
Church Street
Boston and Main
Center Street
Burlington Press seeks role in pardoned names case
Lawyers for the Burlington Free Press seek permission to join a lawsuit over Gov. Salmon’s release of names of pardoned individuals. WCAX may join. judge Morrissey issued a temporary block. A July 20 hearing will consider whether the TRO becomes permanent as state officials argue for disclosure.
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Burlington
UPI
Burlington Free Press
Thomas Salmon
Wcax Television
Salman
Rior
John Morrissey
Salmon
HUD to override Barre on rent subsidy plan
HUD plans to implement a rent subsidy program at Highgate Apartment despite Barre city council opposition. Officials claim the subsidy ensures adequate low income housing, while city leaders say the privately owned complex is poorly built and subsidies create unfair landlord competition. They plan to seek support from the state's congressional delegation.
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HUD
Sex bias charged at UVM in $11,000 lawsuit
UPI reports University of Vermont faced a sex discrimination suit filed in U.S. District Court by Katherine Stahl-Hastings 27 of Bakersfield claiming she was hired at 8000 per year while a male counterpart in Chittenden County Youth Agent received 9800 for essentially the same work.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
U.S. District Court
Katherine Stahl-Hastings
Bakersfield
Franklin County
Chittenden County
Stafford fundraiser boosts Vermont Senate bid
Senator Robert Stafford of Vermont has raised over 33500 for his reelection, with about 9000 received since April. Notable contributors include Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and brother Laurance Rockefeller, each giving 500. Major donors include Michael Bernhardt of South Londonderry and Hugh Roy Marshall of Houston, who gave 1000 each.
AL Tech gets $4 million loan to buy Colonie plant
Albany reports AL Tech Specialty Steel Corp has secured an initial $4 million federal loan toward a $10 million package to buy three Allegheny Ludlum plants including Colonie. Funds to repay the loan will assist the Albany County Industrial Development Authority in luring new industry.Meanwhile engineers at the Ten Eyck project and at RPI Troy walk off the job after a contract dispute with Eastern New York Construction Employer Inc. Construction continues but may stall later this summer if no agreement is reached by May 30.
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Albany
al Tech Specialty Steel Corp
Colonie
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
AL Tech
Albany County Industrial Development Authority
Ten Eyck
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute At
Troy
Eastern
Kennedys Tour Berkshire Camps, Visit Williamstown Sites
Senator Edward M Kennedy and 15 Kennedy children traveled through Berkshire with Joan Kennedy and companions after camping at Benedict Pond. They drew autograph seekers in Agawam then visited Hancock Shaker Village and Clark Museum in Williamstown before a Burns family cookout in Bee Hill Road, Williamstown. reporters not invited.
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Monterey
Benedict Pond
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Joan
Eunice
Jean
Sturbridge Village
Kennedys
Riverside Park
Agawam
Hancock Shaker Village
Clark Museum
Williamstown
Bee Hill Road
James MacGregor Burns
Music Inn Chief Denied Permit to Install Stage Baffles
Stockbridge officials denied permit for David Rothstein to add plywood baffles at the Music Inn summer venue after May sound restrictions. Town counsel said the construction would extend expansion of Rothstein’s facilities and violate the residential zone special permit.
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Stockbridge
Music Inn
David Rothstein
Rothstein
Fire at Sacred Heart School linked to two youths
A car driver taking shelter reported a Sunday night fire at Sacred Heart School started by a homemade bomb made from a soft drink bottle filled with gasoline. Two youths were seen fleeing toward Deming Park and police were investigating.
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Pittsfield
Sacred Heart School
Deming Park
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God Save the Queen
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U.S
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Britain
Bennington, VT
DIAL
Sheilah Miller
Stafford
New York
Colonie Steel Plant
Down In
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