Follies ball and bell concert lead Hoosick Falls July 4 plan
Hoosick Falls has bicentennial events with a Bicentennial Ball on July 1 at Hoosac School, a Follies preview at the Community Center, open houses, a Torchlight Parade and fireworks, a grand parade on July 4, and a Concert of Bells from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Wood Memorial Park. The Hoosick Township Historical Society votes to sponsor an armory exhibit over the weekend featuring local artists and crafts.
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Edith Beaumont
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
Historical Society
Dorothy
Ferrence
Joseph Holloway
Hoosac School
Jack Halstead
Andrew Kipp
Hoosick Falls Health Center
Wood Memorial Park
Gunnar Schonbeck
Armory
Pownal Community Meetings and Youth Baseball Schedule
Local groups set evening meetings at firehouses and town offices including Pownal Fire Protective Association East Pownal Volunteer Fire Department Bicentennial Committee and Planning Commission plus Cub Scout Den Two and a Diane Zangari home gathering. Little Baseball League slate lists Red Sox Astros Mets Expos Yankees games this week. Mississippi Melody will be staged Thursday at 7 30 p m at Pownal Elementary with sixth graders in cast. Pownal Elementary School band concert Sunday at 5 p m at the school. School Thursday performance at 1 30 p m.
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Cub
Diane Zangari
Little Baseball League
Red Sox
Astros
Mets
Expos
Yankees
Pownal
Bernard Bisson
Fran Snyder
Fire destroys Hoosick Junction home in North Hoosick
A Saturday afternoon blaze of undetermined origin gutted a two story wood frame home at Hoosick Junction, leaving Mr and Mrs Dale Metcalf and family homeless. Firefighters fought the fire for 4.5 hours as crews from North Hoosick Hoosick Falls and Hoosick departments responded. Blasts heard were from bullets inside the house while the Metcalf family spent Saturday night with friends in Pownal.
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North Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosick Junction
Dale Metcalf
Aaron Burdick
Burdick
Charlene Metcalf
Metcalfs
Edward J. Flynn
North Hoosick Fire Department
North Hoosick Department
Metcalf
Pownal
Spring School Show at Shadowbrook Stables Highlights Local Riders
About 100 riders competed at Shadowbrook Riding Stables in Pownal for the Spring School Show. Kris Sprague won leadline with Patti Thorndike second, while Eileen Fedary led the walk trot equitation and Ann Fedary led the short Stirrup classes. Multiple riders earned blue ribbons across 26 classes including maiden, novice, open, adult and junior division events, with Peg Aedjian, Artic Fury, Shadowbrook participants, and Judy Robare among top winners. Judging was by Stuart Holbrook. secretaries were Marge Pratt and Marge Bottesi. ring master Pam Winston.
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Pownal
Shadowbrook
Kris Sprague
Patti Thorndike
Katy Graeser
Eileen Fedary
Tracy Vincent
Chris Graeser
Ann Fedary
Jeff Peterson
Cynthia Chapman
Leslie Carpino
Kathy Bottesi
Dana Widen
Gayle Rogers
Jaqui Chapman
Fran Borman
Sue Postle
Ann Hastings
Melaney Fuchs
Tina Rowe
Dorothy Briggs
Judy Robare
Charlotte Scullin
Meloney Fuchs
Purple Haze
Dawn
Peg Aedjian
Kim Alice
Mary Snow
Debbie Salavantis
Artic Fury
Sue Gershin
Shadow
Missy
B.J. Geisler
Penny
Copper Holiday
Bonnie Greulich
Lucky
Bonnie
Stuart Holbrook
Palmer, Mass
Marge Pratt
Marge Bottesi
Pam Winston
Vermont paid over thirty thousand in brokers commissions
The state has paid more than 32000 in brokers commissions since July to E F Hutton & Co Inc of South Burlington. Harlan Sylvester, Burlington executive vice president, is a key figure for Stella Hackel in the Democratic gubernatorial bid. He says his advisory role and political work pose no conflict of interest and that any commissions are shared with brokers or donated to charity. The payments cover investments for the State Teachers Retirement Fund and the Vermont State Employees Retirement Fund.
20th Vermont Dairy Festival Draws Thousands at Enosburg Falls
The 20th annual Vermont Dairy Festival, described as the biggest and best yet by chairman Darrel Kennison, drew several thousand attendees. Political figures, including major Vermont candidates, participated in the event. A milking contest between Republican rivals Richard Snelling and William Craig saw Craig win by producing two and a half glasses of milk to Snelling's one in a one minute milking round.
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Enosburg Falls
UPI
Vermont
Darrel Kennison
Richard Snelling
William Craig
Craig
Snelling
Thomas seeks fifth term as Vermont secretary of state
GOP Secretary of State Richard Thomas announces re election bid for a fifth term at 39 and stands unchallenged for now. Democrat Banking and Insurance Commissioner James Guest is expected to join the race soon. Meanwhile Bernard Sanders of Burlington confirms bid for Liberty Union governor nomination.
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Sanders
U.S. Senate
Vermont counties debate sheriff services after court ruling
Hyde Park UPI reports 10 Lamoille County towns meet Tuesday to address sheriff department funding after the Vermont Supreme Court found some expenditures illegal in a Stowe lawsuit over a county tax assessment. The case goes back for review, with final decisions possibly at town meetings.
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Hyde Park
UPI
Lamoille County
Sheriff’s Department
Vermont Supreme Court
Stowe
Supreme Court
Drowned Man in Kent Pond Canoe Accident
Steven Gregus aged 25 from Astoria New York drowned when the canoe he shared with a companion capsized on Kent Pond during the weekend. The companion swam to shore. the other man's identity was not released by state police.
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Sherburne
UPI
Steven Gregus
Astoria
N.Y
Gregus
Kent Pond
Blood smeared porches spark New York vandalism trail
A bizarre incident in Troy shows a blood trail from 1107th Street to the 112th Street bridge, with three bloody K marks at the Tully home. Neighbors refuse interviews, mum about motive as police investigate. In Loudonville a rubbish fire damages temple basement and mattresses. cause undetermined.
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Troy
Joseph Tully
1107Th St
112Th St
Tullys
Tully
Loudonville
Hindu Temple Society
Steve Wisely
Wisely
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