Gorman Aims for Full Time Mayoral Post in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls candidates exchange views at Kiwanis luncheon with John P. Gorman pledging full time mayoral service and Donald E. Bogardus defending his record. They spar over a new municipal building site and the need for better relations between officials and village staff amidst ongoing downtown revitalization concerns.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
John P. Gorman
Donald E. Bogardus
Gorman
Bogardus
Wood Memorial Park
Exxon furnaces aid Marlboro College energy project
Marlboro College receives a donated multiple hearth furnace from Exxon Research and Exxon Company U S A. The unit delivers 1.2 million BTU per hour and can burn wood chips, aiding the college's energy self sufficiency goals as part of its environmental program. Students, led by Prof John Hayes, have piloted wood solar heating demos funded by NSF and plan a solar greenhouse project.
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Exxon
Marlboro
Ragle
National Science Foundation
Backpacker magazine to move editorial offices to Manchester
National publication Backpacker will relocate its art and editorial offices from Bedford Hills New York to Manchester, with the editorial department to be based there. Administrative staff remain in Bedford Hills. Move cited as due to editor’s long commute from Dorset. No firm opening date yet.
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Manchester
Bedford Hills
N.Y
Craig Evans
New York
Evans
Atwell
William Kemsley Jr
Weston
Kemsley Sr
Backpacker Books
New England
Pre-Election Dinner in Falls
The annual Democratic Village Pre Election Buffet and Dance will be held this Saturday March 5 at the VFW Hall in Hoosick Falls beginning at 730 p m Pete Roberto s Orchestra will provide the music Congressman Edward Pattison is expected to attend and other Democratic officials from Rensselaer County will be present Tickets are available from the candidates or from committee men
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
VFW Hall
Pete Roberto
Edward Pattison
Rensselaer County
EPA boosts phosphate ban in Vermont bill
Vermont legislation banning phosphate laundry detergents gains new support from a regional EPA office. Representative Henry Carse says EPA findings make bans feasible and essential for environmental and economic reasons amid Senate resistance and detergent lobby opposition.
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UPI
Vermont
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
Henry Carse
Hinseburg
EPA
Great Lakes
Carse
House
Senate
Senate Natural Resources Committee
Newport man beaten and robbed found along roadside
State troopers and local police investigated a Newport incident after James Robinson, 27, was beaten and robbed and dumped on a roadside. He was hospitalized late Tuesday night in Derby in stable condition with multiple head and body bruises.
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Newport
UPI
James Robinson
Derby
Vermont House panel backs 16.6 percent state employee raise
The Government Operations Committee approved Gov. Snelling's plan for a 16.6 percent pay hike for about 6,000 state workers, contingent on raising the work week from 37.5 to 40 hours. A $10.5 million pool will fund the raise, with allocation decisions pending. The Vermont State Employees Association opposes the measure.
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Montpelier
UPI
House
Richard Snelling
Vermont State Employees Association
Vermont lawmakers nix 10 cent call cut and probe lobbying fees
In Montpelier the House Commerce Committee killed a bill to halve the 20 cent state telephone rate and approved a ban on utilities charging customers for political and lobbying activities. It also backed eliminating automatic adjustment clauses for fuel and wholesale power costs. Separately, Vermont liquor store workers voted 53 to 45 for a separate bargaining unit, while 67 to 31 chose to stay with the Vermont State Employes Association. WSEA Director Robert Babcock Jr. hailed the result as a step toward a separate contract for liquor store staff. The VSEA represents about 6,000 state workers in various bargaining units.
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VSEA
Markin faces wetlands and dam violation suit in Williamstown
Berkshire piece reports the state attorney general will sue Karl E. Markin for building a 12 foot dam on Broad Brook at White Oaks without a notice of intent or state approval. Officials say the dam may be unsafe and violation charges reference Wetlands and Dams Acts. In Pittsfield, Berkshire County Commission opposes a separate district attorney office, citing a $50,000 annual cost for staffing per adviser Flynn.
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State Attorney General’s Office
Karl E. Markin
Dr. Markin
Broad Brook
White Oaks
The
Conservation Commission
State Department of Environmental Quality Engineering
Markin
Pittsfield
Berkshire County Commission
William R. Flynn
Berkshire County
Matthew J. Ryan
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Brooklyn
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Glens Falls
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New York City
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