Arlington Bicentennial events and local club activities
Arlington town updates include official bicentennial town status after notice from the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration and a March 10 committee meeting at West Arlington Community House. Other items cover a fund raising Tupperware party by East Arlington 4 H Club this Saturday at Bailey Hall and the Arlington Lions Club variety show March 15 16 at Arlington Memorial High School with a Charleston Contest and a $10 costume prize. Also noted are Vic Klibos’ return to his shoe repair shop after rib fractures and a Snowmobile Club meeting March 11 at the firehouse.
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Pipers
Peppermint Pipers
Pittsford
Arlington Lions Club
Arlington Memorial High School
Amy Stroffeleno
Arlington
Citizens 4+H Club of
East Arlington
Bailey Hall
Arlington Rescue Squad
Fire Department
Girl Scouts
Chorale
Boy Scouts
Battenkill Grange
HFCS board wrestles with Latin courses
Hoosick Falls Central School district debates dropping Latin from the curriculum after next year. Supt. Leonard reported 36 of 140 eighth graders will take French, 13 Latin. board will review the schedule in May and may hire a part time Latin teacher if enrollments decline.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Board of Education
Hoosick Falls Central School
Philip Leonard
Leonard
St. Mary’s Academy
Hoosac School
HFCS
Margaret Farrara
Eagle Bridge
New York State
Julia Barber
Farrara
Mount St. Vincent
New Northern Conference Football League formed in upstate New York
Hoosick Falls School Supt Philip Leonard and football coach Kenneth Baker attended a meeting in Ford Edward where the constitution for the 12‑team Northern Conference was adopted. Divisions include Cambridge Greenwich Hoosick Falls Schuylerville St Peter's Saratoga Stillwater in the south and Corinth Fort Edward Granville St Mary's Hudson Falls Queensbury Whitehall in the north. A champion will be crowned in each division with a league final and an all star game. Separately a press conference will discuss rural public transportation and the RECAP bus line operated by CEO with potential funding cuts after June 30. Attendees include CEO representatives, Supervisor Raymond Calhoun and Mayor Richard Severson.
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Philip Leonard
Kenneth Baker
Hoosick Falls
Ford Edward
Cambridge
Greenwich
Schuylerville
St. Peter’s
Saratoga
Stillwater
Corinth
Fort Edward
Granville
St. Mary’s
Hudson Falls
Queensbury
Whitehall
Edward Granka
Rensselaer County Commission On Economic Opportunity
Senior Citizens
Raymond Calhoun
Richard A. Severson
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Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
United States
North Adams Skating Rink Announces Week's Schedule Changes
At North Adams Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink officials say daily public skate remains unchanged for March 10 to 16. Notable updates include new Troy Cyclones hockey, Drury PE program times, Hoosac School hockey removal, and specific slots for North Berkshire Midget Bantam and Christmas Brook Figure Skating Club events.
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North Adams
Mass
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Troy Cyclones
North Berkshire
Christmas Brook
Drury
State officials press Blue Cross to curb hospital admissions
At a Vermont New Hampshire hearing Blue Cross and Blue Shield faced calls to limit admissions. Health Commissioner Robbins urged doctors to reduce costly hospital stays while Blue Cross said they cannot directly control admissions. Separately Wayne Carlson, 27, received six to ten years for kidnapping after prior jail escapes.
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Burlington
UPI
Anthony Robbins
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Robbins
Insurance Commissioners of
Vermont
New Hampshire
Leo Klinger
Wayne Carlson
Edmonton
Alta
Carlson
Chittenden Court
Patrick Leahy
Vermont Shoreline Zoning Bill Advances to Governor
The Vermont House approved a compromise shoreland zoning bill and sent it to Gov. Salmon for signature. It mandates municipalities to zone shorelands by 1976 but imposes no penalties for noncompliance and requires the Agency of Environmental Conservation to report annually on progress to the next two legislative sessions.
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Montpelier
UPI
Salmon
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Vermont
St Albans mayor calls recount after close loss
In St Albans Mayor Mervin Kaye a Republican seeking a third term asked for a recount after losing by 22 votes to Democrat Joseph Montcalm. A second recount request came from Colchester where defeated incumbent Selectman Harold Waterstradt lost to Richard Derry by 6 votes 467-461.
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ST. Albans
UPI
Mervin Kaye
Kaye
Joseph Montcalm
Colchester
Harold Waterstradt
Richard Derry
Senate panel approves uniform tenant landlord code
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a uniform tenant landlord code outlining duties of tenants and landlords. It sets deposit guidelines and collection methods for damages by either party and moves to a Senate floor vote Friday.
Vermont traffic deaths drop in early year
Vermont reports 18 deaths in January February down from 29 in the same period last year per the Motor Vehicle Department. The decline marks a notable improvement in road safety as authorities monitor trends and enforce traffic laws.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
State Motor Vehicle Department
Albany Ends Sunday Gas Benefit For Lawmakers
Under public pressure the New York state legislature and Department of Transportation canceled a Sunday gas purchase arrangement for lawmakers revealed by a wire service. About 50 senators and representatives used it. The Thruway Authority said stations would open Sundays starting this week, angering many in Albany's outer counties during an election year.
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Albany
Department of Transportation
State Thruway Authority
Extra fuel still in limbo in Rensselaer County
Troy officials report only 150000 gallons of 300000 promised extra gasoline have arrived since the Feb 20 pledge. Energy Coordinator Donald Savage blames poor communication and fragmented bureaucracies at state and county levels for the delay and uneven distribution to local suppliers.
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Troy
Rensselaer
Donald Savage
Berkshire Business Leaders oppose Penn Central line cuts
Pittsfield witnesses including business people and union leaders testified at an Interstate Commerce Commission preliminary hearing against abandoning Penn Central railroad tracks from Pittsfield to Adams and from Lee to Canaan. ICC Judge Bamford said the session is a preliminary hearing with more hearings planned over the next 16 months on a local basis, covering the New England region and a DOT report proposing 1400 miles of track eliminations nationwide, including 475 in Massachusetts.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Interstate Commerce Commission
Penn Central
Adams
Lee
Canaan
Conn
ICC
Robert Bamford
Department of Transportation
New England
Massachusetts
Bamford
GE Protest Over Police Radio Bid In Pittsfield
General Electric charged it was excluded from competitive bidding on a large part of Pittsfield's $179000 police radio system. GE said specifications favored Motorola and the city communications team denied the accusation. This marks GE's second bid protest in months.
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Pittsfield
General Electric Co
Motorola Corporation
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Jill Coley
Wanda Caler
Philip Jenny
Susan
Sandy Colehammer
Lori
Liana Snow
Kenessa Hunt
Debbie Jennings
Deanna Putnam
Wendy Carlson
Elaine Clayton
Princess Crawford
Vic Klibos
Arlington Snowmobile Club
VICE
Bennington
West Arlington
Sandgate
Kay Weeks
West Arlington Jrs
Grange Hall
Edith Beaumont
Fordham University
Iowa College
Mary Liegey
New York City
Helen Lewandowski
Hunter College
Texaco
Mobil
Uhidds
Main
Bennington, Vt
Finast
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
KRAFT
Jar
North Adams Skating Rink
New York
Berkshire
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