Hoosick Falls Board Debates HUD Grant Reforms and Unequal Assessments
Hoosick Falls Village Board discussed three proposed amendments by engineer Peter Kent to the HUD Community Development Grant for rehabilitating substandard homes. The plan includes a $40,000 loan subsidy from the $87,000 grant, with $10,000 split into fifty $200 repairs grants administered by the Commission on Economic Opportunity, plus variable interest rates and potential reallocation if demand is low. The meeting also addressed real estate assessment inequities, sewer aid cuts, budget actions, bids for garbage service, and potential railroad bed negotiations with Boston and Maine.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Peter Kent
Rolf Sternberg
Kent
Commission On Economic Opportunity
Arlington 4-H Demonstration Day Draws Nearly 100 Youth
East Arlington hosted the Arlington Bennington County 4-H Demonstration Day at Federated Church last Saturday. About 100 4-H members from three East Arlington clubs demonstrated diverse topics from six-year-olds to teens, receiving hearty applause. Participants included Elaine Clayton, Gail Wright, Pam Cook, and others led by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crawford.
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Bennington County
Federated Church
East Arlington
Walter Crawford
Elaine Clayton
Gail Wright
Pam Cook
Pownal Gym Show Tonight Promises Local Talent
The fourth annual gymnastics exhibition at Pownal Elementary School gym starts at 7 with students from fourth to sixth grade under Gary Lamoureaux assisted by Jean Taylor and Margaret Garrison. Admission is free and a bake sale for the Gymnastics Club supports the event.
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Pownal
Gary Lamoureaux
Jean Taylor
Margaret Garrison
Hoosick Lions Glaucoma Clinic Adds Free Blood Pressure Checks
The Hoosick Falls Lions Club hosts its annual Glaucoma clinic at Hoosick Falls Central School on Saturday March 13 from 9 to 12. Free eye exams plus blood pressure checks will be offered under Dr. James Fitzgerald Jr. and with help from local nurses Lions members and their wives. Wade Hayden is clinic chairman. Those needing rides should call the school at 686 9492 during hours of operation.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
Manchester Town Clerk Notes 1976 Dog Licensing and Taxes
Manchester Town Clerk announces dog licensing for 1976 requiring rabies vaccination since Oct 1 1973 and filings for spayed dogs. Fees rise after April 1 from 2 and 6 to 3 and 9 dollars. A federal representative will be in town March 18. Seniors turning 65 by April 1 must contact Blanchard Stone to avoid poll tax. Listers mail property tax forms due April 20. Spring turkey season May 8-16 with beards permitted. applications require full details. Trout season opens April 10. get licenses early.
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Blanchard Stone
Listers
State Wildlife Lab
Roxbury
Vermont Health Board invites public to nuclear safety meeting
The Vermont Board of Health, in session March 1, invites the public to its March 18 meeting at 1:30 p.m. in Brattleboro Retreat to discuss nuclear safety and Vermont Yankee. The morning agenda includes a Safe Drinking Water Act presentation by Kenneth Stone and talks on pool regulation repeal and hospital services for low income residents. Four Brattleboro firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation during an apartment fire. they remain in satisfactory condition.
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Burlington
State Board of Health
Vermont
Brattlebor
UPI
Brattleboro
T. Howard Mattison
John Wheelden
Bernard Adams
Mark Robinson
New Hampshire
Vermont Seeks Greater State Role at Vermont Yankee Plant
Vermont official told NRC advisory panel that state citizens demand a larger role in regulating the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. A Vermont Health Department radiological engineer cited concerns over NRC control and urged expanded state authority.
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Washington
UPI
Vermont
75 year old woman found strangled in Lansingburgh
Luthera Giles, 75, was found nude and asphyxiated at her Second Avenue home in Lansingburgh after a neighbor failed to reach her by telephone. Police gave no comment on motive though robbery was suspected after a prior theft.
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Troy
Luthera Giles
Second Avenue
Lansingburgh
James V. Barrett
Rensselaer County
Lee High student held without bail in grandfather murder
Daniel A. Murray a 16 year old Lee High student is ordered held without bail at Westfield Detention Center after Lee District Court hearing. He will undergo psychiatric examinations as prosecutors seek adult trial. Case adjourned to March 25. Police cite crowbar used in the killing sent to state labs.
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LEE
Daniel A. Murray
Westfield Detention Center
Lee District Court
Westfield
Robert Donelan
Landlord Rent Fight Complicates Williamstown Court
Williams College owns the Williamstown District Court building and raised rent by 43 dollars monthly. County commissioners, in a 2-1 vote, refused to cover the hike, part of a broader drive to cut county spending and abolish part-time courts.
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Williamstown
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Watergate Fame
Williams College
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