NE Coalition Nuclear Pollution Anniversary Party May 22
Brattleboro hosts the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution fifth anniversary with a May 22 reception at 6 30 p m and dinner at 7 30 p m at the Plantation Restaurant. Anthony Z Roisman will speak on a national moratorium and David R Inglis is guest of honor. Reservations by May 17.
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Brattleboro
New England Coalition On Nuclear Pollution
Anthony Z. Roisman
Washington, D.C
David Rittenhouse Inglis
Ambherst
New England Coalition
Diana Sidebotham
New England Coalition On Nuclear Pollution, Inc
Vermont
Pownal Seniors Open New Community Center
The Pownal Senior Citizens group held its first meeting in the new Senior Citizens Community Center, the former Pownal Center school, leased by the school board. Members renovated the building, installed new glass, painted walls, added curtains, cleaned grounds, and installed a donated kitchen sink and stove. About 30 members meet weekly for a turkey luncheon at noon with reservations required. Rose Mattison coordinates.
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Pownal
Senior Citizens Group
Senior Citizens Community Center
Pownal Center
Pownal Baptist Church
Rose Mattison
Connie Harrington
Bennington
Pownal Area
Historical Society plans exposition in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls members heard plans for a bicentennial exposition at the State Armory on Church Street with 21 booths to feature local industries. Admission 50 cents to defray costs. Exhibits will be arranged by Christina Stevens and a committee including Dorothy Ferrance Alyce Percy Debra Kelly Molly Kennedy. Volunteers to research Octagon House and 18th century Breese/Dugald Maclachlan sites.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Dorothy Ferrance
Dorothy Frier
Alyce Percy
Debra Kelly
Molly Kennedy
Walter A. Wood Machine Company
John Rowley
Phelps Warren
Hoosac School
River St
Dugald Maclachlans
Hoosick
Breese
Historical Society
Robert Raymond
Cambridge
Hoosic River
Eagle Bridge
Buskirk
Reynolds Tool and Die, Inc
North Hoosick
New York State Covered Bridge Association
National Society For Preservation of Covered Bridges
Shushan Covered Bridge Association
Mary Hamlin
Margaret Buffin
Vermont union drops plan to sue over pay raise
The Vermont State Employes Association, after legal advice, will not pursue a federal court challenge to a $10 weekly pay raise deemed inadequate. Trustees considered the suit but were warned it would likely fail on standing and constitutional questions. The group will instead focus on political action next year, compiling lawmakers records and holding candidates forums, while avoiding endorsements this year to avoid backfire.
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Babcock
VSEA
Essex Junction couple file class action against Dalkon Shield maker
Dorothy and David Birchmore sue A H Robins Co in Chittenden County Superior Court over the Dalkon Shield. The suit alleges marketing negligence and consumer fraud violations, seeks 115000 in damages per Vermont woman affected. Lawyer estimates 100 to 1000 women in the class. national cases exceed 600 individual suits.
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Burlington
UPI
Essex Junction
Dorothy
David Birchmore
Chittenden County
A.H. Robins Co
Birchmore
Vermont
Robert Manchester
Robins Co
Asbestos firm plans expansion in Morrisville
The Vermont Asbestos Group, an employer owned company, will build a new wallboard plant in Morrisville. The firm expects more than 60 new jobs by late fall and up to 140 within two years. VAG formed last year after GAF Corp. ceased mining in Lowell and workers bought the mine to keep jobs.
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Morrisville
UPI
Vermont Asbestos Group
GAF Corp
Lowell
City Manager Says Charter Weakest Link In New York
Troy city manager John P Buckley told a charter revision committee that the lack of a policy definition in the charter makes the manager council relationship weak. He urged a published list of dismissal reasons and public hearings. In Glenmont, Niagara Mohawk warned it faces $2 million yearly fuel costs due to a federal order, pushing the burden to consumers as it seeks permission to burn 2.6 percent sulfur oil after an EPA ruling for 2 percent sulfur content starting in August.
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Troy
John P. Buckley
Buckley
Special Commission On
Council
Glenmont
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Niagara Mohawk
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Pittsfield
Charles Triffle
Verdun
Flu Bug Was Going To Kill Me,” He Says. “It Was Hell.” Trifilo
Ford Administration
Williamstown approves first county wide environmental impact bylaws
In Williamstown at town meeting voters passed the county's first zoning rules requiring environmental impact statements for large projects and multifamily builds. Debates included calls of environmental roadblocks and comparisons to minor requirements by Sprague Electric. A local official argued the measures are substantial and procedural.
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Williamstown
John Schimmel III
Fred Windover
The
Sprague Electric Co
Sprague
Mickey Mouse League
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NE Coalition Nuclear Pollution
EACC
Manchester
Ethan Allen Community College
Peter Kasch
Ludlow
Kasch
Mass
Inglis
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
U.S
Argonne National Laboratory
National Committee For Nuclear Responsibility
By Pamblakeman
Pownal Center School
Delicatessen
Madkour
Chittenden
Chittenden People
George Jepson Bennington
Zin
New York
Down In
Berkshire
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