Craft Day Showcases Scrimshaw and Local Arts at Park-McCullough
North Bennington hosts the Fifth Annual Craft Demonstration Day on July weekend with 18 area craftspeople demonstrating ivory carving scrimshaw woodcarving bookbinding quilting and silkscreening. Highlights include Alexander Read’s ivory carving and demonstrations by Gillian Haven Ruth Pasquine and Howard Lewis plus two tree walks by Jim White. Tours run 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with $1.50 adult and 50 cent student admissions.
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Park-McCullough House Association
North Bennington
Stanley Baczek
Josephine Velon
Alexander Read
Peru
Ruth Pasquine
Green Mountain Arts Collaborative
Bennington
Vermont
Republic
Howard Lewis
Catamount Bow Hunters Archery Club
Nicki Steel
Jeanne McWaters
Big House
Jim White
White
Michigan
Hoosick Falls Students Enter Hudson Valley College Programs
Hoosick Falls senior Edward F. Maleady of 9 Third Street will enroll at Hudson Valley Community College in the fall to pursue a distribution management program after starring on Hoosick Falls Central School and St. Marys Academy basketball teams. Janet Davendonis, daughter of Walter and Mrs Davendonis of 5 Carr Street, also plans to enroll in a recreation leadership program at Hudson Valley Community College in the fall after her HFCS senior year.
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Edward F. Maleady
Edward Maleady
Third St
Hoosick Falls Central School
Hudson Valley Community College
St. Mary’s Academy
HFCS
Janet Davendonis
Walter Davendonis
Carr St
Vermont Board Rejects Essex High School Aid Request
The Vermont Education Board denied Essex Town School Board funding for a 5.2 million high school project marking a rare rejection under a new aid rule. Education Board Chairman Joan Hoff cited legislative intent and suggested merging with Essex Junction schools. A separate Burlington area note reports OCCSA cleared of fund misuse by a federal probe.
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Barton
UPI
Vermont
Orleans County
OCCSA
Orleans
Essex
Caledonia
FBI
Madeline Cartee
Rutland Sheriff Candidate Suspended From Police Job
Patrolman Michael Caulin, a sheriff candidate, was suspended five days by Police Chief Stuart Jenne who also seeks the post. Jenne cited three departmental rule violations for Caulin with no further details. The sheriff job vacated by J. Fred Carbine has led Gov. Salmon to name an acting successor.
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Rutland
UPI
Michael Caulin
Stuart Jenne
Jenne
Caulin
J. Fred Carbine
Thomas Salmon
Carbine
Art Center garden party adds color to fundraiser
At the Southern Vermont Art Center, volunteers from Weston Dorset Peru and Manchester decorate the former mansion for a garden party benefiting S.W.A.C. A Meyer Davis Orchestra provided music while four donated paintings auctioned for 575 dollars. Artist Robert Colwell spoke of an upcoming Middlebury show by Middlebury Artists Inc. on June 26.
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Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
S.W.A.C
George Gardiner
Weston
Dorset
Peru
Meyer Davis
Thomas R. Dibble
Robert Colwell
The
Middlebury Artists Inc
Colwell
Middlebury
Merck Forest Hosts Summer Botany Walk Series
The Merck Forest in Rupert invites summer botany walks led by resident botanist Ann Aldrich. The third walk is this Sunday June 27 at 2 p.m., starting at the barn near parking on Route 315, focusing on field flowers and ecological changes around a temporary pond.
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Rupert
Merck Forest
Ann Aldrich
Rupert Mountain
East Rupert
Child killed by dad's van in New Hampshire driveway
In Woodstock New Hampshire state police report a 184 month old girl, Sarah Foss, was struck and killed Wednesday by a van driven by her father Stephen Foss 33. The incident occurred in the family's driveway and the girl died on arrival at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover New Hampshire.
Swanton Considers Water Purchase From St Albans
Trustees of Swanton Vermont weigh buying water from St Albans. They may meet officials within 10 days to discuss feasibility and cost. Earlier this spring Swanton voters rejected a 990 million bond issue to fund a municipal water system.
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Swanton
UPI
Vermont
St. Albans
Welfare costs freeze clash in Albany as leaders balk
Troy officials report County Executives Association chairman William J Murphy blasted the legislature for failing to freeze welfare costs for counties. He said Albany leaders enacted social programs that threaten local governments with stagnation and refused to cover the cost difference next year versus this year. In Troy the Housing Authority seeks 357980 from HUD for modernization at three sites including detectors lighting elevators and roof repairs.
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Troy
Murphy
Albany
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Berkshire Renewal Plan Dies in North Adams Vote
North Adams officials refused to approve Quintus Development Corp plans linking a 120 unit urban renewal project to a two level shopping center under a five story indoor garage. NARA insisted on marketing success before any redev action.
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North Adams
Quintus
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Tray
Hamilton Beach
Harvest Gold
Bob Allen
Gillian Haver
Bennington College
Harold McGrath
Gerhard Gerlach
Shaftsbury
Haven
Lynn Hood-Scribner
Eid
Hoosick Falls
Federal
Art Center
Isabel Gwinn
Wien
Carrols
Aeek
LS Carrols
Merck
P.B.M
Home Furniture CO
Main ST
H. Greenberg Incorporated
Main Street
Dasewares
New York
Down In
Berkshire
Mayor
Joseph R. Bianco
Bianco
Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Michael S. Dukakis
Ernest H. Rosasco
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