Acid rain hits Woodstock New Hampshire from Ohio smokestack
The EPA says Woodstock residents face water and rain acidity about 100 times uncontaminated rain. Experts link the high levels to fossil fuel combustion nationwide. Town officials plan a new water system while researchers study long term ecological and health impacts.
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Woodstock
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America
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Timber
Boston
Environmental Protection Agency
Norman Fadden
EPA
Water Works
William Mellett
Gene Likens
Cornell University
New York
United States
Likens
New England
Hubbard Brook
John McGlennon
Scandinavia
McGlennon
Pownal Fire Association Meeting and Pony Club Show
The Pownal Fire Protective Association will meet at 7 tonight at the firehouse. The Pownal Pony Club held a pony show at Ellen Statin’s Jackson Cross Road home with multiple events and winners including Kathy LaCroix on Trigger and Willie Bettit on Pet.
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Trigger
Coleen Campbell
Sabotage
Colleen Campbell
Willie Bettit
George
Pet
Lisa Jelley
Thunder
Ellie Sweet
Taska
Jason Campbell
Doreen Koniar
Nancy Buck
Audiences rave at Hoosick Falls Benjamin Franklin musical
Hoosick Falls residents filled the Hoosac School dining hall for four performances of the Hoosick Bicentennial Committee benefit presentation of1776. Standing ovations followed each show as Calvin and Joanne Pedersen guided a large local cast led by Robert Crowley as John Adams and Mike Chapman as Benjamin Franklin. The production featured strong turns by Paul Ohman Edward Rutledge, Joe Godfrey Richard Henry Lee, Randall Krumm John Dickinson, and Phyllis Robinson as Abigail Adams with Martha Jefferson performed by Sheila Ogilvie. Local talent from Hoosick Falls, Arlington, Berlin, and surrounding towns joined in, with an orchestra including Joanne Pedersen and Lisa Pedersen.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Bicentennial Committee
Hoosac School
Calvin
Joanne Pedersen
Robert Crowley
John Adams
Mike Chapman
Benjarmin Franklin
Agnes Surra
Paul Ohman
Bennington
ZBA rejects Buss setback variance in Pownal hearing
The Pownal Zoning Board of Adjustment denied Gail Buss a variance to reduce rear setbacks from 40 to 6 feet and side setback from 30 to 6 feet for a contractor's trailer used as sleeping quarters. The vote was five to two after findings that the trailer could meet setbacks if placed elsewhere on the property. The decision may be appealed to county court. The board granted other permits, including a residential care home, and approved two other structures. The Planning Commission next meets August 19 to finalize related permit details.
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Zoning Board of Adjustment
Gail Buss
Ralph Bishop
E. Kenneth Brown
Board of Selectmen
Board of Adjustment
Planning Commission
Buss
Vermont lawmakers eyed for 1.5 million supplemental funds
Vermont Human Services Secretary Thomas Davis said he will seek 1.5 million dollars in supplemental funds from the 1976 legislature to cover rising welfare medical costs amid a Medicare cost surge. Oregon? No, Vermont.
County eyeing youth center for 14 to 18 in Manupella plan
Rensselaer County Legislature Chairman Joseph G. Manupella reviews a draft for a youth center serving ages 14 through 18. The project aims to educate, train and rehabilitate juvenile delinquents with on the job experience in auto mechanics, cosmetology, building trades and X ray tech careers, linking with schools Manpower probation departments and social agencies for referrals and seeking federal state funding.
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Troy
Rensselaer
Joseph G. Manupella
Manupella
Troy Officials Seek Ethics Probe Over City Manager Meeting
Commission secretary Frank Kramer and former chairman Steven Dworsky urge the city board of ethics to examine whether City Manager John P. Buckley violated the moral code by a secret Wednesday session with four Republican council candidates. Buckley says no wrong was done and defends openness with requests for time. Dworsky questions timing and registration for the meeting, noting it was held midweek and not logged with the city clerk.
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Troy
Buckley
Dworsky
Pittsfield Impasse Reached in Administrator Contract Talks
Pittsfield School Committee and Pittsfield Teachers Association declared an impasse in negotiations over a new contract for principals vice principals directors and other middle management personnel. A mediation session is set for 10 a.m. Tuesday with state mediator Joseph Curran in charge. The dispute centers on salary. Representatives declined further comment as both sides maintain the impasse. The PTA seeks a separate administrator contract because the Pittsfield Federation of Teachers now represents the teacher group.
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Pittsfield
Pittsfield Teachers Association
Joseph Curran
Massachusetts Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
PTA
Pittsfield Federation of Teachers
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