Property owners oppose Battenkill river recreational designation
More than 200 residents filled a Shushan firehouse to protest the plan designating 8.1 miles of the Battenkill west of the Vermont line as recreational and 3.1 miles to Rexleigh as scenic. DEC's Monroe said opposition ran 98 percent. Final recommendation to Reid and a possible public hearing will follow.
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Shushan
N.Y
Battenkill River
Vermont
Rexleigh
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
DEC
Thomas Monroe
Citizens Advisory Committee
Battenkill
Odgen Reid
Department
Reid
New York General Assembly
Gerald
B. Solomon
New York
Solomon
Monroe
Adirondack Park
Lady Bird Johnson
Citizen Advisory Committee
Pownal Community Groups Hold Meetings Across Town
Local notices list several gatherings including the Pownal Fire Protective Association at 7 tonight, East Pownal Volunteer Fire Department at 7 30, and church youth groups at the Pownal Center Community Church. Other items include speakers at Hoosick Township Historical Society and Hoosick Falls Kiwanis, plus church events, library hours, and Easter activities.
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Pownal
East Pownal
Landlord Tenant Rights Discussed At Wednesday Meeting
Hoosick Falls residents are invited to a public meeting at 7 30 PM Wednesday at the State Armory on Church Street. Attorney Rolf Sternberg will lead a discussion on landlord tenant rights under New York law including safety duties, welfare provisions, habitability, rent deposits, and compliance, with a Q and A for landlords and tenants.
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Stuart Lamb
State University of New York At
Cobleskill
Hoosick Township
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
State Armory
Church Street
New York State
Dorset Meeting Seeks Focus on Education Basics
Last Wednesday night at Dorset Elementary School a group of parents teachers administrators and board members gathered to discuss returning to the basics in education. The session moderated by Rev Green covered vocabulary comprehension spelling pronunciation grammar and the role of television in child development with ECRI readings cited as influential.
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Pownal
The
Child Development Service
Dorset
Green
Helen Mach
Ethna Reid
Exemplary
Center For Reading Improvement
ECRI
Salt Lake City
Windham Sophomores Plan Radiothon to Raise 4500
Windham College sophomores Greg Reichman and Kevin Swan launch a live radio fund drive on WVUS FM 88.9 starting Friday April 2 at 7 p m. They vow to stay on air until the 4 500 goal is met and will post hourly totals. The station airs folk rock classical music and news from Windham College with Noel McDonald directing the 7 p m news. Interviews are tentatively planned with
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Putney
Windham College
Wvus-Fm
Greg Reichman
Windham
Kevin Swan
WVUS
Ballantine
Noel McDonald
Reichman
Tucker Chapter 38 meeting April 1 at North Bennington Masonic Temple
Tucker Chapter 38 CES holds its annual meeting April 1 at 8 p.m. in the North Bennington Masonic Temple with reports and officer elections for the year starting May 1. Dues notices go to Mrs. Anna Caracciola, secretary, in Bennington. Call 387 4615 for radiothon or Windham fund drive info at the college. ARLINGTON fire crews extinguished a small roadside blaze at 3:30 a.m. on Route 7 beneath Cole's Shell. an opossum was found roasted nearby.
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Tucker Chapter 38
CES
Masonic Temple
North Bennington
Anna Caracciola
Bennington
Windham
Arlington
Arlington Volunteer Fire Co
Route 7
Watercolors and the art of self defense
Nationally known watercolorist Bud Shackelford demonstrated his painting style at Vermont College on March 26 mixing aggressive brushwork with karate yells. He created a harbor scene from improvised tools, discussed his career from Disney work to awards, and sold a seaside painting for $75 to a spectator.
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Shackelford
Dumbo the Elephant
Walt Disney Film Productions
Vermont College
Fisher Elementary Broadcasting Station on Cable TV
FEBS stands for Fisher Elementary Broadcasting Station created by Ellen Ahern and Edward Kraeutler’s fifth grade class at Fisher. The group produced a news broadcast with national local and school news plus commercials and a rendition of Truth or Consequences. George Stroffoleno was head cameraman after visits to WRGB and WIEN for inspiration.
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Arlington
FEBS
Channel 5
Fisher Elementary Broadcasting
Fisher
Ellen Ahern
Edward Kraeutler
George Stroffoleno
Beame warns suburbs won’t solve urban crisis
New York Mayor Abraham Beame told the Yale Political Union that shifting population and economic activity to the suburbs would create new cities with the same old problems. He urged rebuilding urban centers to preserve mass transit, cultural institutions, and urban assets.
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New Haven
Beame
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Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club
Leo Fairbanks
Pownal Baptist Church
Rose Mattison
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First Baptist Church
Main Street
Solomon Wright
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
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Joy Green
Sheila Ledbetter
Newsweek
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Mach
Edward Houlihan
Landgrove
Walfside
Battenhill
Trout Unlimited
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Wien
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North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
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Ernest H. Javery
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