Storms ignite fires and flood Hoosick Falls streets
Severe electrical storms battered Hoosick Falls tearing up roads and cutting power across all four wards. A barn on Rogers Avenue burned beyond salvage after a lightning strike, while a transformer fire damaged a home on Main Street. Bridges on Route 7 and Bair Road were washed out by a swollen tributary, with debris and downed wires complicating travel. Power was restored by morning and fire crews cleared hazards, including a high tension wire fire downtown.
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Anne Eisenmenger
Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosick Falls
Arthur R. Armstrong
Rogers Avenue
William F. Holbritter
Main Street
Holbritter
Brown’s Brook
Smitty
Bair Road
Merritt Smith
Bennington
Breese Hollow Road
North Hoosick
North Bennington
Harald Gardner
Niagara Mohawk
Karl-Lee
Church Street
Hoosick Fire Department
River Road
Route 7
Youth Employment Service struggles to find employers in Hoosick Falls
YES coordinators met to connect about 25 youths seeking summer work with local employers. Only one applicant requested an employer, so plans included teen car washes and a snackbar at the skating rink to create job opportunities.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
The
Youth Employment Service
YES
Robert D. Reinfort
Leo McGuire
McGuire
Arlington Youth Soccer opens with clinic for ages 8 to 16
Arlington Youth Soccer League led by John Werner will begin Saturday July 3 with a clinic at the school athletic fields for players aged 8 to 16. Juniors meet at 9 am seniors at 11 am. unregistered players may join with a parent and a dollar. Four junior teams and at least two senior teams expected. all participants guaranteed play. Donations sought for new T-shirts and balls. juniors use smaller sized balls. Booster sponsors include local businesses and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
John Werner
Werner
Bill and
Martha
Village school meeting at North Bennington gym
North Bennington residents will attend tonight's annual School Meeting at 7:30 in the school gym to consider and approve next year's elementary budget and elect district officers. School Board Chairman John Scarey seeks a new three year term with no opposition.
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North Bennington
John Scarey
Fourth festivities planned for airport
Shaftsbury and Bennington fire crews organize the Good Old Fashioned 4th of July at Bennington Airport starting 6 p.m. Sunday with pony rides, aircraft rides, raffles and bingo. Fire truck rides, music by Mt Anthony Stage Band, fudge booth, and a bicentennial themed program accompany food and games for families.
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Shaftsbury
Bennington
Southern Vermont Stock Horse Association
Eugene Kosche
Charles Becker
Bennington Aviation
Mt. Anthony
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Hale Mountain Fish and Game Club
Remington Rural Fire Dept
Bennington Rural
Bennington Vilage
North Bennington
State Police Auxiliary
Bennington County
Flood Brook bond issue voted down in Londonderry
Londonderry voters rejected a 125000 bond to expand Flood Brook Union School to ease overcrowding. By 213 to 225, the four towns Londonderry Langdrove Peru and Weston chose against the plan. If approved, the bond would have added three classrooms and other space and raised taxes 22.5 cents in year one.
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Londonderry
Flood Brook
Union School Board
Defendants in suit seem to be fewer
In a Bennington County Superior Court trial over the Sundersville Manchester School roof dispute, several roof material and installation firms appear no longer named as defendants. Attorney Arthur J. O'Dea led testimony on construction history from the early 1970s, with Speedspace Corp Longstreet Construction Co and Julian Goodrich Architects Inc among those facing breach of contract and neglect charges. Former Sunders and School Directors Margaret Farmer and Stuart Hill testified about discovery of structural defects in 1975. No end date for the trial is announced.
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Manchester
Sunderland
Arthur J. O’dea
Bennington County
Vermont Roofing Co. Inc
Philip Carey Co
Panacon Corp
Celotex Corp
William C. Hill
Speedspace Corp
Insurance Co. of
North America
Longstreet Construction Co
Julian Goodrich Architects Inc
Goodrich
Speedspace
California
Sunders
Margaret Farmer
Stuart Hill
O’dea
Goodrich and Longstreet
Insurance Co. of North America
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Hoosch Falls
Fourth and Elm Streets
Arthur Armstrong
George Hoag
Sharon Ann Towery
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Lee Stanley Fielding
Orvis Co
Vallie’s
deBrun Real Estate
Miles Lumber
Chippenhook Store
Dick’s Rubbish Removal
Cullinan
Wallingford
South Wallingford Grange Hall
Res
Bass
Main St
Joyce Rowley
Green Mountain Union High
Chester
Clever Crafts M Plaza Oiument & Soon Craft Supplies
Macrame
Adams
Vermont
Bennington, Vermont
Coats
Williamstown, Mass
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