Hoosick imposes leash rule and dog warden powers
Hoosick Falls authorizes Dog Warden William Benkoski to seize stray and unlicensed dogs between sunset and sunrise. Pets not confined may be held five days for redemption, after which they may be sold or destroyed. Police report a Manchester accident, and board actions include district consolidation for voting, recreation supervisor candidates, and a gravel contract bid.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
William Benkoski
Town of
Joan Rogers
Leo McGuire
Michelle Restino
Civil Service
Town Youth Commission
Misses Softball League
Raymond Calhoun
League
William E. Dailey Co
Shaftsbury
Alternative elementary school plan gains local momentum
North Shire parents form a 10 member board to explore an alternative school for ages five to 12 with a target pupil teacher ratio of 15 to 1 and about 1000 dollars annual tuition. About 30 residents from eight towns attended meetings with six towns represented on the board. Organizers say work is earnest but unlikely to start this fall.
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Manchester
North Shire
Lucinda Brown
Sunderland
Vermont farms shrink in number yet boost production
A preliminary 1974 federal agricultural census shows Vermont has fewer farms than in 1969, but production rose by over 63 million dollars. Acreage fell 13 percent from 1969 to 1974, with 6,200 farms occupying 28 percent of the land. Average farm size slipped from 333 to 327 acres while value per acre doubled from 220 to 439 dollars, lifting the average farm value from 73,000 to 143,000 dollars. Cattle farming declined while pig and hog production increased.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Vermont
Vermont approves $9.6 million whey plant in Georgia
The District 5 Environmental Commission issued a permit under Act 250 for the Whey Pollution Abatement Authority to build a whey processing plant in Georgia Vermont. The project faces 10 conditions. An Emergency Board bond issue to finance the plant was approved.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
District 5 Environmental Commission
Franklin County
Georgia
Emergency Board
GE Opposes Hudson PCB Cleanup Penalty Plan
GE filed a brief Tuesday rejecting New York environmental plans to force cleanup of PCBs in the Hudson River and to impose a $7 million fine. The state estimates cleanup could cost $20 million, while GE says discharges complied with permit. The Hudson remains closed to commercial fishing due to pollution. In Troy, City Manager John P. Buckley was charged with ignoring a city council resolution to study Lansingburgh police force. Norma Fatone accused Buckley of noncompliance.
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Montpelier
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Berlin
John A.S. McGlennon
EPA
Albany — General Electric Co
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Hudson River
State Department
Hudson
Fort Edward
Hudson Falls
Troy
John P. Buckley
Lansingburgh
City Council
Norma Fatone
Buckley
Hit and run in Berkshire seeks MGB driver
Police search for a burnt orange MGB convertible with a black top driven by a white woman in her early 20s after a 19 year old Lenox man, Louis Rubenstein, was struck and killed on the Berkshire Spur of the New York State Thruway during heavy rain. The vehicle left via Taconic interchange then onto the Spur and may have headed toward the Massachusetts Turnpike.
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LENOX
Berkshire
New York State
Louis Rubenstein
Taconic State Parkway
Canaan
Massachusetts Turnpike
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Burr and Burton Seminary
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Story Town
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Pownal
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Selectmen
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Swezey
Factory Point National Bank
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New Hampshire
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Powers
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Roundhouse
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