Rupert Carnival and Old Home Day Readies Aug 7 9
Rupert firemen gear up for the annual Carnival on August 7 8 and 9 and Old Home Day on Saturday August 9. Empire State clubs including a Granville squad and coach Denny Williams are expected while Rupert seems the odds favorite for the softball. Horseshoes return with the Armstrongs challenging all comers. Children races arts and crafts display and parade with the Spirit of America theme slated for August 9.
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Rupert
Austin McKeighan
Empire State
Granville
Denny Williams
West Rupert
McKeighan
John Armstrongs
Armstrongs
Stanley Foster
Axel Blomberg
Act 250 Simplified for Water and Sewer Projects
MONTPELIER The Environmental Board and the Agency of Environmental Conservation set procedures for Act 250 reviews of municipal water and sewer projects funded by state and federal grants. The memorandum allows general conceptual applications with enough detail for preliminary district findings, shortening planning cycles while preserving key criteria. The agreement aims to remove roadblocks and speed approvals, with final plans still needed for specific findings like soil erosion.
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Montpelier
Environmental Board
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Gordon Pyper
Department of Water Resources
Schuyler Jackson
State Environmental Agency
District Commissions
Jackson
Agency
Public Information Officer
The
St James Bazaar at St James Episcopal Church Arlington
The annual St James Church Bazaar runs Saturday July 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the church lawn with homemade doughnuts coffee pastries jellies jams and crafts, plus a snack bar after 1 p.m. Proceeds fund repairs lounge kitchen and charitable giving. If rain, event moves to Dunbar Hall basement. Marge Brush and Dorothy Whitley chair the Women of St James with youth helpers and a hooked rug on display.
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Arlington
St. James Episcopal Church
Church Lawn
Dunbar Hall
Stratton fires Meinertz as marketing director
Stratton Corp. said it terminated David Meinertz from the post he won in April as part of a management shakeup. Jeff Dickson, formerly assistant director of marketing and editor of the Stratton Mountain News, is named leading candidate for the position. Meinertz commented that directors resist change but the company will implement it.
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Bondville
Stratton Corp
David Meinertz
Corporation
Jeff Dickson
Stratton Mountain News
Meinertz
Ton
West Arlington Village Polls Water Tank Sandblasting Plan
The village board voted to sandblast and repaint the water tank on Rensselaer Street. Mayor Bogardus reports the Hoosick Falls Fire Department's second pumper rebuilt motor will delay readiness for another week or more. The West Arlington Church schedules a Lord's Auction and food sale for Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. Ron Seifert to auctioneer. pickup offered by calling 375-6357 or 2818.
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Rensselaer Street
Donald Bogardus
Hoosick Falls
West Arlington
Ron Seifert
False alarm at Hoosick Falls fire box prompts probes
Hoosick Falls firefighters responded to a Sunday false alarm believed sent from the Main Street box near Wyman's corner. Police and fire officials suspect juveniles loitering near two of three in operation as pranks continue. Town Supervisor Raymond Calhoun remains hospitalized at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a recent recurrence. Rita and Judy Day Care Center in Buskirk plans to open September 2 under Rita Calef and Judy Jones with limited enrollment and flexible hours.
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Hoosick Falls
Main Street
Wyman’s Corner
Rogers Avenue
Rita and
Judy
Reformed
Hoosick Falls moves to draft anti loitering ordinance
The Hoosick Falls Village Board met in executive session to authorize village attorney Richard Farley to draft a new ordinance targeting youths loitering on streets and those damaging property. Police report rising complaints while a local vandalism incident at Stewart's Bread N Butter prompted restitution talks and store bans for four loiterers.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Richard Farley
Brian Gilligan
Stewart's Bread ’N Butter
River
Church Street
Pownal Community Schedule Wednesday Events
The Rap Group meets Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Pownall Recreational Community Center. Irene Eastwood holds a story hour for children at Solomon Wright Library at 2 p.m. Preschoolers must be with an adult. Pownal Baptist Church choir rehearses Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. The weekly prayer meeting is at 7 30 p.m. at The Pownal Preschool hosts a giant tag sale Friday July 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pownal Recreational Community Center with items under 50 cents and the third item free. Also Friday the Preschool plans a food sale at Pic n Pac starting at 1 p.m.
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Pownall
Irene Eastwood
Solomon Wright Library
Pownal Baptist Church
Pownal
Pownal Recreational Community Center
Pic ’N Pac
Fourth of July Bicentennial meeting and local activities
A Wednesday schedule lists a 7 30 p m Bicentennial meeting at the Community House and a 6 to 8 p m tennis clinic for ages 13 to 19 at the public courts. Teens may call Nancy Worsoe at 375 6418 to join the junior tennis club if they cannot attend.
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Nancy Worsoe
Vermont politics near stalemate as leaders weigh runs
Secretary of State Richard Thomas signals likely bid for a fifth two year term while Governor Thomas Salmon mulls options including a possible Senate run or retirement. Attorney General M. Jerome Diamond plans re election, and surveys begin on disaster status for Vermont hay and corn crops amid hot dry weather in Champlain Valley. Federal officials assess regional crop damage and potential feed grain price relief for farmers.
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Sen
Robert Stafford
Burlington
UPI
Vermont
George Hart
The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Champlain Valley
Resignation of Vermont Rep Rosaire Longe
Rep Rosaire Longe a Burlington Democrat resigns from the Vermont House to avoid a conflict of interest after taking an assistant city clerk post in his hometown. The letter to Gov Salmon and Speaker O Connell prompted Salmon to seek a successor from the Burlington Democratic Committee while vacancies also exist from three death notices in Windsor Brattleboro and Richford districts.
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Burlington
UPI
Rosaire Longe
Vermont
Longe
Thomas Salmon
Timothy O’connor
Brattleboro
Salmon
Edward Conlin
Windsor
Carroll Garfield
Macdean Bartlett
Richford
Vermont union sues over overtime cuts at highway dept
The Vermont State Employes Association charges unfair labor practice after the state eliminated overtime pay for about 650 highway department workers, affecting 32 hours extra weekly under a labor contract. In a separate note from Duxbury Diana Vanover, 27, reappeared safe after a mass search of Camel's Hump area. she had been camping by choice.
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Montpelier
UPI
State Employes Labor Relations Board
Vermont State Employes Association
Highway Department
Appeal Over Rensselaer County Atty Job Addition
A six point appeal was filed Monday by Edward M. Murray to County Attorney Marvin I. Henig challenging Family Court Judge Allan Dixon's May 16 order for a full time assistant county attorney in family court. Murray says Dixon overstepped by creating a new position and should have used auxiliary services within existing authority.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Marvin I. Henig
Edward M. Murray
Honig
Allan Dixon
Dixon
Murray
State Supreme Court
Berkshire Utilities Workers Reach Tentative Pact
The Utilities Workers Union of America and New England Electric reach a 32 month tentative contract with a 10 percent raise now and another 10 percent in 16 months. IBEW continues a strike since April 18 over disputed weather regulations and job security provisions. A second item notes a $67000 federal grant for a Massachusetts study to improve abused children support, with HEW flagging guardian ad litem requirements.
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Pittsfield
Utilities Workers Union of America
New England Electric
John Stevens
Stevens
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Whic
Massachusetts Electric Co
Berkshire County
State Office For Children
Massachusetts
Phyllis Bauman
State
Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Bauman
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the Pownall Pamela Blakeman
Helene Thompson
Arlington Fire Department
Paula Curran
Douglas J. Mattison
Daniel Mattison
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AMHS
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Great Lakes
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Legal Aid Ruling Appeal
Hoosick Street
Green Island
Thomas Simkins
Renssealer County Environmental Management Council
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