Village seeks town action on dog problem and celebrations
Hoosick Falls trustees debated shifting dog control to the town, proposing a kennel plan and licensing fee steps while noting licensing enforcement gaps. They awarded a fuel oil bid, discussed the Horicon Newspapers sale, approved a two week highway shutdown in July, and planned activities for the 200th bicentennial including a time capsule and park use on July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Flame Gas Service
Peoples Gas & Oil
Millington and LaPorte
Horicon
Center Street
Bogardus
Nicholas Mahoney
Highway Department
Village Cerk
Douglas Hudson
Gerald Solomon
State Department of Transportation
High Street
River Street
Boston and Maine Railroad
B&m
N.Y
William Johnston
Bicentennial Committee
Cottrell and Gaillard plan Hoosick Falls bandstand
Hoosick Falls Community Band managers Cortland Cottrell and William Gaillard will present plans for a new bandstand at a special Village Board meeting. If approved, a public hearing will occur June 24 prior to final action. The project, financed by the band, would replace the ground arrangement to improve sound, safety, and audience visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Cottrell and Gaillard
Donald Bogardus
Cottrell
Gaillard
Honorable mention in Vermont Grange Sewing Contest 1976
Wanda Caler, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bruce Caler of Carbona Circle Arlington, earned an honorable mention in Class B of the Vermont State Grange Sewing Contest. She has been a 4-H member for five years with West Arlington Juniors 4-H Club, participates in sewing projects, and belongs to Girl Scout Cadet Troop 295. She unicycles, supports East Arlington Federated Church Cribbery, and works as a Giit newspaper salesman and substitute Bennington Banner delivery girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Caler
Bruce D. Caler
Carbona Circle
Arlington
Wanda
West Arlington
East Arlington Federated Church Cribbery
Giit
Bennington Banner
Man booked for DWI after crash near Hoosick Falls
A two car Route 22 crash near the Top Hat Restaurant in North Hoosick at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday led to Malcolm Sprague of Eagle Bridge being charged with driving while intoxicated after suffering head lacerations. Passenger David Pierce of Cambridge had a possible broken shoulder. Both were treated at Mary McClellan Hospital. The other driver, Scott Drummond of Cambridge, was not injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Top Hat
North Hoosick
Malcolm Sprague
Eagle Bridge
B. Chomycz
Center Brunswick
David Pierce
Cambridge
Sprague
Mary McClellan Hospital
Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad
Scott Drummond
Vermont Act 250 bypass raised by Environmental Board
Waterbury officials say state and local governments bypass Act 250, exposing 61 development permits over six years and arguing for legislative fixes. In Huntington Gorge, Burlington man Michael Chicoine, 21, drowns prompting renewed no swimming warnings. In Montpelier, Vermont State Employees Association and state reach a three year contract for 5500 non management workers with seniority, leave, and shop stewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
UPI
Environmental Board
Vermont
Schuyler Jackson
Kenneth Senecal
Jackson
Senecal
Richmond
Michael Chicoine
Burlington
Huntington Gorge
Chicoine
St. Michael's College
VSEA
New York school budgets vote defeats and wins
In New York on Wednesday two school budgets failed while two nearby towns approved. Lansingburgh rejected 1056 to 817, a 10 percent tax rise risk. Averill Park’s 6.2 million budget was narrowly defeated, 6.8 percent tax boost looms. East Greenbush passed with 1294 to 789, a 2.1 percent rise. Schodack Central saw four items fail though the overall budget passed. the football program was defeated and some non teaching staff were cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Lansingburgh
Averill Park
East Greenbush
Schodack Central School
Prisoner Hangs Self in Rensselaer Jail
A 23-year-old prisoner, Richard F. Middleton of Troy, hanged himself at 6:30 a.m. in the Rensselaer County Jail. He had been sentenced days earlier to one year for petty larceny and unlawful trespass. Undersheriff Nowik recalled Middleton as a cooperative inmate who played basketball and posed no problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Rensselaer County
Richard F. Middleton
Benedict A. Nowik
Berkshire police chase ends with 12 charges against two Pittsfield men
Kenneth Hart and his brother Glenn Hart were arrested after a high speed chase through North Adams in a stolen Mercedes Benz. Police fired warning shots as the vehicle was pursued. A 15-year-old juvenile is also charged. Hart faces accusations including attempting to run down officers and stealing a BMW from Great Barrington. In Great Barrington clergy petitioned selectmen to hold a public hearing on Sunday horse racing before the Barrington Fair opens in September, with opposition led by Rev Canon A. Pierce Middleton and several clergy members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banking and Insurance Department
Bernard Sanders
Burlington
John Franco
Barre
North Adams
Pittsfield
Kenneth Hart
MCA
Glenn
Lake Onota Village
Pitt
West Stockbridge
Great Barrington
Barrington Fair
St. James Episcopal Church
Canon A. Pierce Middleton
Sheffield
Egremont
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William Benkoski
Helene Thompson
John Malloy
Lawrence Malloy
Paul
Silver Spring
Playhouse Nursery
Marilyn Douglas
H. Greenberg Incorporated
Bennington
Ardware
Hiodls
ING Electrical
Walker
Central
Manchester
Main St
Richville Rd
Zio
Man
Arlington, Vt
Thomas
State
New York
Down In
Berkshire
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