Primary Day in Old Salem House of the Seven Gables
Isabel Gwinn guides a winter visit through Salem’s Essex Institute and surrounding historic houses. She notes the Ward and Gardner Pingree houses with McIntire carvings, a quiet Lyceum Pub where Bell telephoned Watson, and ends near polling sites with low turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Gwinn
Salem
Mass
Essex Institute
Essex Street
Institute
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Perry McIntosh
Birmingham
Ala
Ward
Gardner-Pingree
The
Samuel McIntire
McIntire
Com
Pany
Lyceum
Alexander Graham Bell
Mr. Watson
Boston
Museum
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Girl Scout Week Observed Across Vermont District 12
National Girl Scout Week March 7 13 involves over 8000 girls and 1300 adults in Vermont. In District 12 Bennington County troops operate in Dorset Rupert Manchester Arlington Sunderland Shaftsbury North Bennington Bennington Pownal Readsboro. Activities promote character leadership and service with troop displays in stores and church visits. Events include Mother and Daughter Tea in Arlington Sunderland March 14 and a Manchester gathering March 10. Cookies arrive March 16 funding camps equipment and campships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Bennington County
Dorset
Rupert
Manchester
Arlington
Sunderland
Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Bennington
Pownal
Readsboro
East Arlington
Arlington Country
West Arlington Country Store
Arlington-Sunderland
Vermont Girl Scout Council
Inmate ignites clothing at Rensselaer jail blaze
Troy police and fire crews responded to a midnight fire at the Rensselaer County Jail. An unidentified inmate sparked bed clothing in a cellblock in what officials say may have been an attempted self harm. Three inmates were hospitalized for smoke inhalation but later returned to custody. A preliminary report has been sent to the state corrections department as investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer County
Ben A. Nowik
Hoosick Falls
New York State Department of Corrections
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Walloomsac families Harold Prebble and H Rudolph Marshall enjoyed a Florida month. SUNY Cobleskill hosts Coleen Guiden Sandra Hoag week. St Marys Smorgasbord article lists Mendelssohn Club Quartet and others in a village board skit. Hoag family returns from Florida. Hoag family relatives visit in North Adams. Mark Hoag’s third birthday celebrated with cake and gifts. Bertha's Angels volunteers submit 153 pads for Hoosick Falls Health Center. Filler pads needed and bingo prize donations requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Mendelssohn Club
Donald Sutton
Hoosick Falls
Oakley Frost
Bennington
Robert Randeles
Slingerland
William Brunnell
Loudonville
John Jenuskevice
Harry Landry
Sutton
Richard Severson
Royal Howard
Tom Thurber
Matthew Downey
Bertha’s Angels
Hoosick Falls Health Center
Myrickview Village passes Act 250 approval near Dorset
Bennington District Environmental Commission found no major problems with Evans' ten unit cluster on Route 30 near Dorset Village. Act 250 permit pending Health Department approval. Swamp land preserved, 30 acres split, common wells, septic systems, may form a property owners association. Four year completion window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Garland
Dorset
Rhys Evans
Myrickview Village
Bennington
Dorset United Church
Myrickview
Dorset Fire Department
Evans
LaPrade
District Commission
Dorset School Board
Hoosick Falls Band Prepares For Annual Pops Concert
Hoosick Falls Central School Junior Band directed by William Gaillard will present its second annual pops concert on Wednesday March 10 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. The band grew from 52 to 72 members this year and the fundraiser will outfit new members with parade skirts blouses pants and shirts. Public invited and may purchase tickets at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
William Gaillard
Village and school board meetings scheduled in early March
The Village of North Bennington trustees meet March 8 at 6 p.m. at Depot offices with a program including songs and a silent film. Manchester School Board meets March 8 at 7 30 p.m. at Manchester Elementary. Dorset School Board holds a March 10 meeting at 7 30 p.m. at Dorset Elementary. Union District 23 has no special meeting on Friday March 12 at 7 30 p.m. at Currier Memorial School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Manchester School Board
Manchester
Dorset School Board
Dorset
Union District 23
Currier Memorial School
Bunker Hill Country Store opens in Hoosick Falls
Richard and Marge Marker open Bunker Hill Country Store on High Street Route 22 in Hoosick Falls with assistance from their five children. The family completed renovations, stocked 178 cases, hosted a 7 am opening, and awarded door prizes to local residents amid a nostalgic country store theme.
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Bunker Hill Country Store
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Richard Marker
Bunker Hill
High Street
Route 22
Richard
Marge Marker
West Hoosick
Cathy
Bennington College
Barbara
Richard Jr
Jimmy
David
Hoosick Falls Central School
Forrest Danforth
Bryce Real Estate Agency
Marge) Marker
Valerie Sutton
Agency
Richard Sr
Jimmy Marker
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House of the Seven Gables
Old Salem
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Harold Prebble
H. Rudolph Marshall
Florida
Coleen Guiden
Sandra Hoag
SUNY
Cobleskill
Ann Lauzon
Roscoe Austin
Mrs. Harvey Baker
Stanley Rimkunas
Patsy
Richard Cuddihy
Gabriel J. Crucetti
Jim Hoag Sr
Jim Hoag Jr
Gordon Hoag
Bruce Andrews
North Adams
Mark Hoag
Clarence Buckley
Anabelle Bott
Easton
John O’hare
John and
Edward Guiden
Alice Guiden
HFCS
Phoenix
Cherish
BRSA
Edith Beaumont
Fourth Ward
Anaie
Heather Scott
Gillespie Street
Mary Ellen Reveal
Griffin Avenue
Martha Hoffman
Main ST
Benningto Monthruthurs
Lal
Great Vermont Transit
Washington
Williamsburg
Mt. Vernon
Yorktown
Jamestown
New York
Radio City
Rockefeller Ctr
United Nations
Manhattan Island
Vermont Transit
Cold Spring RD
Williamstown
Hotpoint
H. Greenberg
Main Street
Bennington Plumbing
Electrical Lumber & Building Supplies
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