Spring is the band playing in the Falls
Hoosick Falls Central School bands schedule a busy spring and early summer with concerts, parades, and competitions. The May 15 school concert features Junior director William Gaillard and Senior director H Luther Everly performing classical and period works. Both bands join Memorial Day parades and NYSSMA at Saratoga Springs on May 17, with additional events including May 18 parade, May 24 pop concert, May 28 Grange Hall appearance, and year-end Flag Day and graduation. The Hoosick Falls Community Band presents May 14 indoor concert in Central School auditorium and May 17 public concert sponsored by the Greater Hoosick Association, admission free.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central School
William Gaillard
J.S. Bach
H. Luther Everly
A. Borokin
Bach
G. Holst
America
Charles Ives
Shostakovich
Brighton Beach
William Latham
Hoosick
Grange Hall
Saratoga Springs
Central School
Park Band
Richard Wagner
Ballet Parisienne
Offenbach
Opn
Cole Porter
Greater Hoosick Association
Health dept plans office for Hoosick Falls seniors
The proposal to convert Millers Market into a shared office building housing the Rensselaer County Health Department and the Senior Citizens Center moves toward approval. Dems say the bill, backed by Joseph Manuepella, would centralize services, rent to the county, and repurpose empty storefronts benefiting Hoosick Falls seniors.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Rensselaer County Health Department
Senior Citizens Center
Mike Brewster
Democratic Party
Hoosick
Banner
Brewster
Tom Wysocki
Jim Nealon
North Hoosick
Joseph Manuepella
Rensselaer County
Millers Market
Health Department
Manuepella
Environmental agency seeks air monitoring funds
Arlington Bennington County Regional Commission reviews a grant request from the Agency of Environmental Conservation Division of Environmental Engineering for 195000 federal and 90000 state funds to run the Vermont fiscal 1976 Air Pollution Control Program. The division handles air quality reviews and abatement assurances. Comments are due by Wednesday. details from BCRC at 375-2576.
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Arlington
Bennington County
BCRC
Writers Gather in Middlebury for Vermont League Talk
About 50 readers attended a Middlebury session of the League of Vermont Writers on May 10. Ed Martin welcomed the group and invited them to the Breadloaf writers conference in August. Clyde Smith shared photo journalism experiences including early publishing odds and ends, while John Clagett advised biographical work and using microfilm archives. Faith Prior closed with memories of library access in Vergennes, early writing beginnings, and a 1947 Collier story sale for 750, noting limits on future projects.
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Middlebury
League of Vermont Writers
League
Ronald Reod
Middlebury College
Ed Martin
Breadloaf
West
Colorado
New Mexico
Clyde Smith
Orleans
Smith
Ford Times
John Clagett
Tommy Hitchcock
Tommy
Hollywood
London
Clagett
Faith Prior
Margery Sharp
Colliers
Chiselville bridge gets spring refurbishment in Sunderland
The 106 year old Chiselville covered bridge in Sunderland received a spring refresh last weekend by the Arlington Junior Rescue Squad. Volunteers replaced header boards raised head-room, repainted, and touched guard rails with support from Sunderland selectmen who supplied materials. Local leaders Joe Gawlik and Nick Monte supervised, with Cyril Hoyt providing scaffolding and traffic control during interior work.
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Sunderland
Chiselville
Arlington
East
Sunderland Selectmen
Foster Colvin
Jimmy Colvin
Brian Gawlik
Joseph Gawlik
Kathleen Holton
Bill Howell
Donna King
Ronald King
Kevin Mattison
Debbie Putnam
Mike Waite
Bob Young
Joe Gawlik
Nick Monte
Cyril Hoyt
Kenneth Mason
North Bennington trustees push police on wrong way driving
The North Bennington board of trustees condemned negligence by the Bennington Police Department over wrong way driving on Sage Street and illegal parking. They urged action, noting a lack of response from town officials. Also discussed were a health hazard on Water Street, the Haviland's Privilege entrance redesign, Lions Memorial Field shelter bids, and upcoming Memorial Day plans.
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Tim Powers
North
Phoebe Crosier
Saunders
Fox
Sage Street
Welling
Rep
Lawrence F. Powers
Georgia Stewart
Water Street
Powers
Village Planning Commission
Stewart
Health Department
Tim Smith
Planning Commission
Smith
Main
Prospect Streets
Haviland
Alain Mediere
Mission
Lions Memorial Field
Tom Bluto
The
Lions
North Bennington
Five in California streaking conspiracy suit filed
In Napa California five individuals face a civil damage suit alleging a conspiracy to streak at a party last year. Plaintiff Wilma Gardner says she was knocked over by a streaker and sustained a back injury.
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Napa
Calif
UPI
Wilma Gardner
Wilcox Wins OK to Open Route 30 Hobby Shop
Manchester resident Bernice F. Wilcox won unanimous approval from the zoning board to open a hobby shop in an existing Route 30 building opposite the Manchester Recreation Area. The permit restricts wares to hobby and handicraft items with no expansion or exterior changes, and limits signage and hours.
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Manchester
Bernice F. Wilcox
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Wilcox
John T. Carmody Jr
Gary Wilcox
Carmody
Robert Schmid
Elderhostel: Senior College Retreats Across New Hampshire
Elderhostel '75 offers seniors five day college campus stays for 50 dollars with room dining and no exams. At UNH 12 subjects include Bonsai canoeing sketching and windmills. Knowlton explains May 15 presentation in Manchester at the Seniors Hot Meals Program. New reservations phone 362-3950. Two aging services officials attended Mother's Day luncheon and enjoyed the event.
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Manchester
Marty Knowlton
Man Chester
Europe
New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire
Knowlton
State Office On
Hoosick Falls native awarded Vermont teaching fellowship
Edith Beaumont announces Robert Beaumont has won a graduate teaching fellowship at the University of Vermont, entering in September to pursue a masters in zoology. A 1970 Hoosick Falls Central School graduate with a 1974 BS in biology from Oneonta, he is the son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Beaumont of 34 River Street. A village board meeting is scheduled tonight at 7:30 in the village clerk's office.
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Robert Beaumont
University of Vermont
Hoosick Falls Central School
New York State University
Oneonta
Thomas Beaumont
River Street
Norman Smith to address retarded citizens group
James McKinnell of Proctor, Vermont Association for Retarded Citizens, announced that Norman Smith of South Burlington will be the keynote speaker at the annual meeting on May 31 at the Elks Club in Barre. A retired NASA engineer and prolific writer, Smith has long advocated for mentally retarded people and has spoken nationwide on the issue.
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Burlington
James McKinnell
Proctor
Vermont Association For Retarded Citizens
Norman Smith
South Burlington
Elks Club
Barre
Smith
Connecticut
NASA
Virginia Association For Retarded Citizens
Correction notice lists Pat and Joe Manoogian contact numbers
The Banner corrects a telephone number error for Pat and Joe Manoogian and provides two contacts 686-7862 and 686-7555 for information about their dog. The Southern Central Region for Retarded Citizens notes current roles as first vice president of the Vermont Association and second vice president of the Champlain Association. The Dorset Riders annual meeting is set for Wednesday May 21 at Dorset Elementary School, with the board of directors, public and parents expected to attend.
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Pat
Joe Manoogian
The
Vermont Association
Champlain Association
Dorset Rider’s
Dorset
Board of Directors
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