Sunderland moves to repair roof
Sunderland school directors move ahead with leaky roof repairs after bids, planning to select a contractor with a performance bond and set a completion date. Costs are guided by a prior $36,400 contract and a $110,000 bond issue, with the state covering 30 percent of project costs and a potential court appeal pending.
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Sunderland
Vermont Board of Education
Gerald E. Morrissey Inc
Remington
Julian Goodrich Architects Inc
Manchester
Constance Cannon
Francis Hart
Natalie Everett
Rupert
Dorset
Danby
Hoosick Board Seeks Federal Funds for Garage and Parks
Hoosick town board at a special meeting agreed to apply for federal public works money to add to the town garage and to improve parks and playgrounds. Supervisor Raymond Calhoun said the funds come from a 3.95 billion package approved by Congress. Leo McGuire was appointed youth director with an eight week probation. applications for the garage expansion and parks work will be prepared by the supervisor and highway supervisor and presented to the board for later approval.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Raymond Calhoun
Congress
Youth Commission
Leo McGuire
Calhoun
Lawrence Murphy
Arlington selectmen approve housing project near flood plain in Warm Brook Rd
Arlington selectmen at a regular meeting allowed continued construction of a house and septic system near the Battenkill flood plain on Warm Brook Road after Ludlam cited soil limitations but the contractor assured grade adjustments would evaporate septic contents. They also approved buying a new road sander for 885, discussed gravel sourcing, and considered funds for a Battenkill beautification crew. A straw poll in Bogota, Colombia showed 93 percent favoring birth control.
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Arlington
Warm Brook Road
Kennedy Ludlam
Paul LaFountain
Ludlam
Battenkill River
Lawrence Pratt
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Norman Mattison
Selectmen
Gregory Wright
William E. Dailey
Shaftsbury
Battenkill
State Fish and Game Department
Murray Hollow
Walter C. Cabell
Fish and Game Department
Route 313
Ed Doyle
Champlain Valley
el Espectador
Bogota
Colombia
Shaftsbury Sets Combined Tax Rate At 4.91 Dollars
Selectmen and school board members approve a combined tax rate of 4.91 for Shaftsbury up 12 percent from last year. Total taxes to raise reach 783,073 with 81.9 percent earmarked for schools and 18.1 percent for the town. School tax set at 4.14 and town tax at .77. Grand lists exclude Eagle Square, which pays 128,000 annually split by school and town.
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Shaftsbury — Selectmen
Eagle Square
Car hits culvert near Petersburg New York
Two young Massachusetts men were hospitalized after a 4 am crash on Route 346 in Petersburg. George Quinn, 20, and Michael Senecal, 17, both of North Adams, were in a car driven by Quinn. The car veered off about 100 feet, crossed a culvert, and reentered the road. Quinn said headlights blinded him. They were taken to Samaritan Hospital in Troy. no charges filed.
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Petersburg
N. Y
Massachusetts
Michael Senecal
George Quinn
North Adams
Mass
Quinn
Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Department
Sheriff’s Department
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Hoosick Rescue
Hoosick Falls trustees clash over hiring process
In Hoosick Falls a July 13 executive session and a 3 to 2 vote in open session led to Edwin J. Schneider being chosen as a truck driver to be trained in heavy equipment. Trustees dispute the process with claims of village residency unemployment criteria and political influence, while Bass and other candidates are cited as alternatives.
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Anne Eisenmenger
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Edwin J. Schneider
Schneider
Donald Bogardus
Vilage
Marilyn Douglas
Howard Shaw
John J. Jemuskevice
Thomas Bass
Ieva
Francis Murphy
Murphy
Bass
Douglas
Snelling Seeks Vermont Governor Win With Realism
Republican candidate Richard Snelling pitched a practical Vermont agenda at a Londonderry dinner. He urged voting on deeds over promises, cutting new laws, reducing state costs, attracting business locally, and not raising taxes. He cites energy costs as manageable and notes a welfare task force to curb excesses.
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Isabel Gwinn
Londonderry
Richard Snelling
Snelling
Vermont
Shelburne Enterprises
Edward Janeway
Barbara Snelling
University of Vermont
Mark
Harvard
Shelburne Industries
Fantastik Fair at Immaculate Conception Parish
Immaculate Conception Parish in Hoosick Falls New York hosts the second Fantastik Fair on Saturday July 31 at 10 a.m. under Don Decker. The event features rides games shopping crafts plants and a variety of foods with a rain date set for August 1.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Immaculate Conception
Don Decker
Cement unionization on village agenda tonight
Village board meets at 7 in the clerk’s office to open bids for sidewalk cement funded by an 87000 HUD grant and to respond to a unionization bid by all village employees under CSEA. The board has until Aug 19 to act. PERB may hear the appeal if denied.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Charles Stowell
Civil Service Employes Association
CSEA
Public Employment Relations Board
PERB
Bogardus
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