Shaftsbury selectmen mull dump and road costs
Shaftsbury selectmen discussed keeping the town dump open with Eagle Square covering extra days and the state saying scrap materials need not be covered. They delayed a decision to next week amid space concerns and proposed rules for dumping unprotected loads. Road plans for Elm Street included raising the road or piping drainage, with a manpower request deferred to next town meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheilah Miller Shaftsbury
Selectman
Anthony Altobell
Eagle Square
Agency of Environmental Conservation
George Peacock
Jeff Clawson
Peacock
Altobell
Audrey Jones
Clawson
Alvan Lawrence
Kenny Harrington
Elm St
Harrington
Sanford Buxbaum
Elm Street
Donald Brown
Edward Corey
Dorset Selectmen weigh private road status and slow speed petitions
Dorset Town officials discussed making a private Barrows Heights Road into a town road, examining 1958 to 1965 maintenance history and town specifications. They will forward the road to Halstead and Schubert for verification, then allow new petitions. They also weighed lowering Church Street speed to 25 mph due to pedestrian and traffic concerns and approved the change after state notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne Halstead
Charles Schubert
Barrows Heights Road
Halstead
Schubert
Squirrel Hollow Road
Carl Bailey
Henry Frede
East
Dorset
Harold Beebe
Church Street
Beebe
Peltiers
Field Club
Dorset Church
Dorset Playhouse
Suit Filed Against Northeastern Credits Over Refunds
Chittenden County prosecutors plan a $40,500 civil action against Northeastern Credits Inc of Wilkinsburg Pa for fraud tied to discount book refunds. The firm allegedly kept most proceeds intended for Mallets Bay Fire Department after an March agreement to reimburse customers. Only five of 362 refund claimants were paid and $1,000 of a $1,500 state payment remains unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Chittenden County
Pennsylvania
Economic Crime Unit
Northeastern Credits, Inc
Wilkinsburg
Mallets Bay Fire Department
Three candidates chosen to replace chief Evans in Brandon
Brandon officials narrowed the search for a new police chief to three contenders. Gene Gaiotti, Thomas Wheel, and Michael Caulin remain in the running as Police Chief Thomas Evans appeals his beating conviction. Caulin was demoted after criticizing a superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
UPI
Thomas Evans
Evans
Manchester
Gene Gaiotti
Thomas Wheel
Burlington
Rutland
Michael Caulin
Caulin
Reginald Laffley
Hearings Set on Lake Champlain Discharges by IPC Mill
UPI reports federal hearings begin August 5 on discharges from International Paper Co. mill at Ticonderoga New York into Lake Champlain. IPC seeks relaxed federal water standards for the $76 million plant, while New York and Vermont environmental agencies and the Lake Champlain Committee oppose any relaxation to curb lake pollution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelburne
UPI
Lake Champlain
Big International Paper Co
Ticonderoga
N.Y
William Cowles
Vermont
Cowles
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Albany
IPC
Lake Champlain Committee
Transit grant funds Vermont Transportation Agency plans
The U S Department of Transportation awarded Vermont 104000 dollars to support the new Transportation Agency created by the 1975 legislature. The grant will aid programs for the elderly and the handicapped and continue transportation planning in Vermont small urban areas.
Waste recovery plan eyed for four New York counties
In a letter to Legislature Chair Joseph G Manupella Rensselaer County Executive William J Murphy seeks a meeting later this month or August to secure a 1750 appropriation for planning refinements of a four county waste recovery project. The plan would use processed organic wastes as a fuel supplement to generate power at Niagara Mohawk’s Glenmont plant and the Albany state office complex. Ragweed Control Week urged Rensselaer County residents to join efforts against a weed affecting about 15000 people with hay fever and asthma the proclamation notesProtect public health by removing ragweed wherever found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Joseph G. Manupella
Rensselaer
William J. Murphy
Albany
Schenectady
Saratoga
Manupella
Murphy
Niagara Mohawk
Glenmont
State Office of General Services
Rensselaer County
Westinghouse earnings rise in second quarter 1975
Westinghouse Electric Corp reports a 7 percent gain in Q2 1975 earnings to 41.6 million dollars or 47 cents a share, up from 38.7 million dollars or 43 cents a share in 1974, with Power System Co. hurt by inflation while transmission and distribution gear posted gains. A Berkshire Pittsfield note. The Neighborhood Improvement Project begins a five block west side survey today to map housing needs and financing for remodeling and possible parks development with state local and bank funding. The survey, led by Peter J. Lafayette, will collect data on family size income tenant or owner status housing costs and service improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Westinghouse Electric Corp
General Electric
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
Wall Street Journal
Power System Co
Peter J. Lafayette
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Shaftsbury Selectmen
Buxbaum
Mitch Mason
Eagle Street
Mrs. Jones
Mason
Carl Hess
Chet Denio
Hess
Sadler Road
Canada
John Doble
Mariposha
Victoria County
Ontario
Doble
Shaftsbury’s
New England
Cathleen Harwood
Selectmen
Joan Colgan
Vernon Squiers
Squirrel Hollow
Romance Lane
William T. Burns Jr
Morse Hill Road
South
Terry Tyler
Tyler
Louis Grodsky
Raymond Bushee
Francis D. O’leary
Dorset Hollow
Bennington
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Ldward
DD Mahar 4 Funeral Home Inc
Dhone
NFDA
Bennington, Vt
Bennington Banner
Manchester Center
Mr. Cross
SRR
Ermont
Bluto
Appliance Center Inc
North Street Mall
Sears & A& P
Ngynce
Spring Street
Williamstown, Mass
Salvatore
Florsheim
Gran Sol
Enna Jettick
Penalijo
Sandler
Grasshoppers
Lazybones
Golo
Bert Carleton
Capezio
SRO
New York
Down In
Berkshire
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