Fire damages Phil's Dairy Bar in Hoosick Falls
A kitchen ventilator motor short sparked a blaze at Phil's Dairy Bar on River Road across from Hoosick Falls Central School. Fire Chief Merritt Smith said the building suffered extensive smoke and water damage after 18 firefighters from Hoosick and mutual aid from North Hoosick fought the flames. No one was in the building. Owner Bruce Baker, operating since June after purchasing from Philip Lanoue, expects reconstruction with reopening hoped by April 1.
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Phil
River Road
Merritt Smith
Hoosick
Smith
North
Florida
Bruce Baker
Lanoue
Baker
Hoosick Falls Central School
Open house honors Legus Hunt 4th birthday in Hoosick Falls
An open house is set for Sunday March 7 from 2 to 4 p m at Hoosick Falls Baptist Church hall to honor Legus Hunt on his 4th birthday with a brief tribute at 3 p m Friends and relatives from Hoosick Falls are invited Also noted Brian Harrison son of Mrs Joan Harrison and the late Dr Harry Harrison of Richmond Avenue was named to the deans list at Williams College where he is a sophomore in a
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Hoosick Falls Baptist Church
Legus Hunt
Brian Harrison
Joan Harrison
Harry Harrison
Richmond Avenue
Williams College
Pownal Civic Meetings And Balloting Schedule
The North Pownal Volunteer Fire Department meets at 7 tonight at the firehouse. The Pownal Fire Protective Association meets at 7. Town Meeting is at 7 30 tonight at Pownal Elementary School with balloting Tuesday at Town Hall from 10 am to 7 pm. Reservations open for Wednesday noon Senior Citizens luncheon.
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North Pownal
The
Pownal
Pownal Community Notices and Local Events Snapshot
Pownal Baptist Church requires 24 hour advance notice by calling Rose Mattison. East Pownal Volunteer Fire Department meets at 7 30 p m at the firehouse. Bicentennial Committee holds a food sale Tuesday at 10 a m at the town office. Solomon Wright Library open Tuesday and Thursday 7 to 9 p m and Saturday 10 a m to noon. Pownal Center Community Church Youth Fellowship not meeting this week. Pownal Fire Auxiliary meets Tuesday at 8 p m at the firehouse. Political ad promotes pre med program of studies. A 1974 Hoosick Falls Central School graduate is on the Williams Varsity Basketball team. Mr and Mrs Harold Prebble and Mr and Mrs Rudolph Marshall of Hoosick returned from a three week Sarasota Fla vacation. Over 100 attended the 48th annual George Washington Birthday dinner dance Feb 21 at Hoosick Grange Hall, sponsored by Van Rensselaer Lodge F and AM. A ham dinner was served by the Crusader Class of Hoosick Baptist Church. Milton Leight gave the guest speech, followed by Cortland Cottrell orchestra for dancing.
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van Rensselaer Lodge F & AM
Hoosick Baptist Church
Milton Leight
Cortland Cottrell
Chair Fire Breaks Out at Main Street Office
Hoosick Falls Fire Department was called at 7:40 a.m. Saturday to a second floor apartment at 25 Main St near the George Dougherty law office. A chair cushion caught fire and was discarded from a rear window. Only smoke damage was reported.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Main St
George Dougherty Law Office
Dorset Library Adds About Forty New Books for Winter
Dorset Village Public Library shelves gain roughly 40 new titles across fiction non fiction and mystery. Notable works include The Adams Chronicle and Men Women and Dogs by James Thurber. The batch also features Russia the People and the Power and The Russians by Hedrick Smith for contrast with American culture.
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Marion Flynn
Dorset
Dorset Village
Adams Chronicle
James Thurber
Washington
Robert G. Kaiser
Russia
Moscow
Washington Post
Kaiser
Hedrick Smith
New York Times
Israel
Adams
Jack Shepherd
Channel 13
Diane Lucas
Zaire
Mable Hoffman
Arlington Weekly Community Calendar Highlights
Arlington events list includes Town Meeting at the high school Monday at 7 30 p.m. VFW Auxiliary meetings, Well Baby Clinic, Chorale rehearsal, AA meetings, Grange and FOE Auxiliary sessions across Manchester and West Arlington. Thursday features Bingo, Legion meeting, and a Sew with Stripes program at St Marg ary Mary Hall.
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Manchester
Community House
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Bailey Hall
St. Margaret Mary’s Hall
Battenhill Grange
Grange Hall
West Arlington
FOE
Eagle Rooms
Fisher School
Arlington Fire Co
Arlington American Legion Post 69
Legion Rooms
Bennington County
St. Margaret Mary Hall
Battenkill
Carter Praises Wallace in 1972 Letter Quote
A 1972 letter from Jimmy Carter to Lena Mae Dempsey, quoted in Harper's March 1976, states Carter praises Governor Wallace and notes close agreement with Senator Jackson on most issues. The remark frames Carter-Wallace alignment amid 1970s political dynamics.
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Wallace
Jackson
Carter
Lena Mae Dempsey
Harper’s Magazine
St James Church Seeks Restoration Funds in Arlington
Arlington area Bicentennial Committee omission left out St James Church among six applicants for matching funds to restore its steeple cornice removed for safety. The church, among Vermont’s oldest Episcopal congregations dating to before the Revolution, enhances the facade’s symmetry with the restoration effort.
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Arlington Area
St. James Church
Vermont
Vermont search for missing 9-year-old in swollen Winooski River
Volunteers, police, and firemen resumed the hunt for Gene Pelkey who vanished Saturday after falling into the icy Winooski River in Montpelier while playing with his brother Rickey, who was saved by a passer-by William Pryce. The boys are sons of Keith and Louise Black of Montpelier.
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William Pryce
Montpelier
Keith
Louise Black
Water plan on hold for Lake Champlain standards
Water Resources Department backs off tentative plan to lower water quality standards around Lake Champlain areas in Shelburne Albury Burlington Malletts Bay and South Burlington. Commissioner Gordon Pyper said the issue will be reconsidered later this year during the lake wide classifications review. Officials argued the move aligned standards with existing conditions rather than reducing water quality.
Moon meeting today with Burlington officials
Burlington officials prepared to meet with Unification Church leaders to address charges of brainwashing youths. Rep. Jane Gardner urged ordinances to oust the church, claiming to have rescued her daughter from its influence. Church leaders say any action would be unconstitutional. The church is led by Sun Myung Moon.
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Burlington
UPI
Unification Church
Jane Gardner
D-Arlington
Sun Nyung Moon
Motor Vehicles Announces Renewal Mailings and Deadlines
The Vermont Commissioner of Motor Vehicles says computerized renewal registrations for trucks motorcycles and trailers will be sent during the week of March 7. Transfers after March 7 will not receive pre printed renewals due to time constraints. The deadline to return 1976 renewals is April 30.
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Montpelier
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Troy A showdown nears over Hoosick Street bridge plan
In New York city council race pits opponents of the Hoosick Street bridge against the state Transportation Department and business backers. The 20 year proposal has spurred land purchases and relocations while environmental groups mobilize to oppose the project ahead of Thursday night council remarks. In Cohoes a 17 year old faced arraignment on assault and criminal mischief charges from a Rocky's Tavern brawl. Albany hospitals curb visits amid influenza surge, restricting access to only relatives or to the severely ill.
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Hoosick Street
State Transportation Department
Transportation Department
Cohoes
Devlin St
Thomas A. Romano
Manor Ave
Albany
Capital
Berkshire and North Adams Campaign Trails in Berkshire
Mayor Evan S. Dobelle plans a seven day campaign sprint for Carter in Florida before the March 9 primary while visiting his mother recently released from hospital. Indiana Senator Birch Bayh campaigns in North Adams with endorsements from Mayor Joseph Bianco and John Barrett III. A 7-year-old boy, Timothy Magnant, dies after a toboggan crash in Cheshire, struck by a maple tree near his home.
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Evan S. Dobelle
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Florida
Dobelle
Carter
North Adams
Indiana
Birch Bayh
Joseph R. Bianco
John Barrett III
Berkshire County
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Bayh
Cheshire
Timothy A. Magnant
Albert T. Magnant
Dean Street
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