Arlington museum seeks period mannequins and stove
Arlington Area Museum seeks mannikins a trundle bed and an old kitchen stove for exhibits. Items may be loaned or donated and insured while in care. The committee discussed coordinating with the Arlington Chamber of Commerce on a local information booth and noted upcoming events and restoration grants.
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Arlington Museum
Gerald Raftery
Arlington
Arlington Area Museum of Farm and Home
Arlington Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Joan Farrell
Bea Mattison
Cairman Hugh Johnston
Historic Preservation Committee
Selectman
Bob Lindsay
Chamber of Progress formed in Hoosick Falls
The Greater Hoosick Association adopts the Chamber of Progress name to reflect its community development goals. Plans for a River Street bridge flower display, expanded flag and flower boxes downtown, and a new ecology center accompany ongoing beautification projects and a village park cleanup. A bikeway plan near 42 acres of abandoned railroad bed is explored with village officials, while membership drives and spring events loom.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Greater Hoosick Association
Chamber of Progress
Herb Loretan
Chamber of Commerce
Loretan
Mike Rider
GHA
River Street
Pepi Noble
Jack Burke
Fire Department
Mike Mahoney
Peg Loretan
Sybil Armstrong
Lew Ruby
Bennington
State Department of Parks and Recreation
Rolf Sternberg
Boston & Maine Railroad
GHA Bikeway Committee
Elks
Arlington Calendar and Community Notices
Arlington calendar lists Tuesday rehearsals AA meeting Red Cross bloodmobile and gym show for AMHS Scholarship Fund plus Lenten Bible study. Thursday features American Legion officers pre nomination and Bingo at Fisher School. Saturday Bingo at Grange Hall. Also noting Mount Snow Development Corp payment, ski season remarks, local honors, and a Waterfowl banquet notice in Greenwich New York with details for reservations and dedication to Phil Dustin.
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Arlington Chorale
Bailey Hall
St. Margaret Mary Hall
Red Cross
AMHS
Edward Clark
American Legion Post
Legion Rooms
Fisher School
Arlington Fire Co
Grange Hall
West Arlington
Battenhill Grange
Greenwich
N.Y
Waterfowl Improvement Association
Wallie’s
Joe Myers
Cambridge
Phil Dustin
WIA
Bill Roden
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
Ed Kehoe
Vermont
Sandgate Bicentennial Committee to Organize in Town Hall
The Sandgate Bicentennial Committee led by Mrs. Elizabeth Markey will meet in the town hall on Thursday April 1 at 730 PM to organize. Tentative projects include cemetery restoration a local craft festival and collecting and framing old photos for the town hall and town clerk office.
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Sandgate
Elizabeth Markey
Vermont colleges raise in state tuition amid deficit
Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees approved a $50 in state tuition for the 1976 77 year after the legislature declined more funding leaving a $940000 deficit. Chancellor William Craig warned layoffs could occur. Out of state tuition was raised by 150 per year earlier. Vermont legislature adjourned after voting a $167 million deficit budget with reported $500000 imbalance and a potential bond rating impact.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees
State College
State Colleges
William Craig
Salmon
Alden to formally declare bid for Vermont lieutenant governor
Sen John Alden a Windsor County Democrat and former Republican will announce his candidacy for lieutenant governor on April 8. At 41 he chairs the General and Military Affairs Committee and has three Senate terms. He is state co chair of Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign and first Democrat to declare for the post held by Lt Gov Brian Burns who seeks the governorship.
Vermont Milk Board to weigh price policy changes
Under pressure from border stores, the Vermont Milk Control Board plans to consider altering the state price ceiling for milk. Shopkeepers along the Connecticut Valley say the current ceiling disadvantages them against New Hampshire retailers selling milk cheaper. The board will also review its direct farm milk pricing structure.
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Montpelier
UPI
New Hampshire
Vermont Milk Control Board
Connecticut Valley
Vermont merchants face Sunday blue law changes
Vermont Gov Thomas Salmon signed a bill restructuring the Sunday blue laws on the session's final day. Large chains with over 500000 in gross receipts must close while smaller stores may stay open, reshaping retail Sunday hours across the state.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Thomas Salmon
City council to revisit field house tax dispute in Troy
Troy city government again considers adding the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute field house and three Little League fields to tax rolls after a June moratorium. The Democratic minority proposes a blue ribbon panel to review fire and police department administration. County officials seek renewal of a 90316 lead paint control grant begun in 1974 to locate homes with lead paint and pursue federal funding.
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Troy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
John P. Buckley
Rensselaer County
Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Public Health probes Berkshire nutrition illness case in North Adams
A state Health Department investigator arrived Friday to determine the cause of illness among several elderly nutrition program participants in Berkshire. Michael Weiner will observe food prep and transport, while no pathogenic bacteria were found in samples sent to the Amherst lab. City sanitarian George Heisler provided the samples, which DeGregorio called fantastic and the food in excellent condition. Adams Police Chief John Tarsa reports on a vandalism incident at his Valley Street home, noting damage seems limited to windows and that he will not file a report, saying he can handle it himself.
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North Adams
State Department of Public Health
Michael Weiner
Food and Drug Division
State Laboratory
Amherst
Fred DeGregorio
George Heisler
DeGregorio
ADAMS
Valley Street
John Tarsa
Tarsa
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Amy Stroffoleno
Readsboro
Readsboro Baptist Church
Roger Hanson
Arlington Memorial High School
Ethan Allen
Remember Baker
Daniel Shays
George Russell
Arlington Community House
Edith Beaumont
Helene Thompson
Peter C. van Alstine II
Peter C. van Alstine
Camden, Me
H.W
Mr. Snow
DOVER
Mount Snow Development Corp
Alan D. Fleischman
Mount Snow
Fleischman
Snow Lake Lodge
Mount Snow Country Club
Arlington Selectmen
Town Hall
Chittenden
Nancy Tschorn
Vermont Department of Highways
Sandgate Town Hall
Sandgate Listers
Sandgate Selectmen
The
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Judson Brown
Alden
New York
Down In
Berkshire
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