Democrats and Republicans duel over Rensselaer County charter plan
About 50 people heard Hoosick Falls Democrats discuss a proposed county charter backing an appointed county manager and a professional medical examiner. Opponents questioned costs and timing, while Republicans opposed the plan, criticizing its June 8 special election and alleging partisan manipulation.
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Rensselaer County
Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Democratic County Committee
Leo Hope
Joseph Berlant
Hoosick Falls
Democratic Committee
Hoosick
Democratic Party
Hope
Hoosick Women’s Republican Club
Hoosick Republican Committee
Church Street
Raymond Sick
Troy
Republican Committee
Edward Wielkind
John A. Murphy
James A. Brahan
Hoosick Flls
Charter Committee
Sick
County Youth Notes Busy Month Ahead and Events
May is busy for 4 H programs with a Conservation Day in Sunderland led by Wynn Metcalfe and a committee including Jim White and John Page. Teen Leaders Conference registrations due by 5 p.m. tomorrow for June 23 25 at UVM. Saturday features tractor safety at Fred Stone Farm Manchester and the Light Horse Field Day at UVM Weybridge plus an Honorary Society meeting in Burlington. Sunday May 23 Nimble Thimbles 4 H Club East Arlington holds a fashion and baby show at Bailey Hall with 24 babies competing for king and queen. Open to the public.
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William C
Snow County
AVM
Bennington County
Ondawa
Sunderland
Wynn Metcalfe
Jim White
John Page
Frank Lamb
Mauhs and Myself
Larry Pratt
Robert Rudd
John DeVito
University of Vermont
Fred Stone Farm
Manchester
University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farms
Weybridge
Burlington
East Arlington
Bailey Hall
Shaftsbury Fire Auxiliary to Hold 7:30 Tonight Work Bee
Shaftsbury Fire Department Auxiliary will host a 7:30 p.m. work bee at the firehouse to prepare for the Christmas in July sale. Members should bring materials and join a smorgasbord dinner Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, sponsored by the Finance Committee with Mr Harwood as chairman.
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Shaftsbury Fire Department
First United Methodist Church
Ctor Harwood
BCRPC shifts meeting site for budget talk in Manchester
The Bennington County Regional Planning Commission moves its budget discussion to Manchester due to state budget cuts. The 7:30 p.m. meeting in the elementary school cafeteria covers pay-to-pollute legislation, officer elections, and a vote on funding a water quality survey led by John Ungar. A $2,500 grant funds initial study work, or funds return to the federal government. The commission plans three student hires for a June start on an economic handbook of Ben County.
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Arlington
Bennington County Regional Planning Commission
Manchester
BCRPC
William Bingham
Rutland County
John Ungar
John Simson
Ben County
Grange names run for sewing and queen contest
Miss Sharon Snow of Sunderland, Mt Equinox and Ethan Allen Pomona Granges, placed first runnerup in Randolph Center on May 16 in the Grange Agriculture queen contest. She is a University of Vermont 1970 graduate and now teaches home economics. Ethan Allen sewing winners: Class A Mrs Grace McGaughey Bennington sewed for Taconic Grange Shaftsbury, non member. Class B Sheila Pinsonneault non member sewing for Taconic Grange, sponsored by Mrs Richard Hunt. Class C Janice Gould Mt Equinox Grange member.
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Sharon Snow
Burton Snow Sr
Sunderland
Mt. Equinox Grange
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange
Randolph Center
Snow
University of Vermont
Hazel Hogan
Two youths hurt in fall from open van in Hoosick Falls
HOOSICK FALLS N Y Two youths were injured when they fell from an open Volkswagen van on Mechanic Street last night. Paul Luke 17 and Robert Brott 16 were taken to hospital with Luke later moved to Albany Medical Center in fair condition. The van driven by Michele Nealon 17 carried two other youths none injured. Village police continue investigation.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Paul Luke
Tate Road
Robert Brott
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Brott
Luke
Albany Medical Center
Mechanic Street
Brett
Michele Nealon
River Street
Miss Nealon
Mara Theresa Rogers
Manchester selectmen spar over BCRPC ties and headlines
Manchester officials clashed as Selectman Clyde Bryant Jr. pushed to nominate Chairman Ralph Fleming Jr. to the Bennington County Regional Planning Commission, while Fleming objected citing state overreach. Townspeople debated BCRPC expansion and a planned tour of a Skyline Mobile plant in Pennsylvania as officials sparred.
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Manchester
Clyde Bryant Jr
Ralph Fleming Jr
Bryant
Fleming
Bennington County
BCRPC
Regional Commission
Jim Gall
Commission
Commission’s Attention.’ Gall Pointed Out the Bcrpc
Oakley Porter
Porter
Skyline
Pennsylvania
Prospect School and Wilmington Team for Teacher Training
The Wilmington School District and The Prospect School in North Bennington will offer a joint elementary education training program under the Education Professions Development Act. Up to four trainees will be accepted in the 1971 72 year with state certification upon completion. Applications due May 24 requiring interview references and college transcripts.
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Wilmington
Prospect School
North Bennington
Education Professions Development Act
EPDA
Vermont State Department of Education
Manchester plan snafu draws critical exchange
A state environmental official criticized Bennington Regional Planning Commission Director John Simson over Act 250 and the Coca Cola plant rejection in Manchester. The dispute centers on route 7 plans and town zoning versus town plan maps, with Manchester officials seeking explanations from highway officials about Route 7.
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Manchester
Brattleboro
Bennington
Simson
Senecal
Manchester Selectmen
Oakley K. Porter
Vermont
John T. Gray
Highway Department
Porter
Cadoret Pleads Guilty in Colfax Mountain Murder Case
David J. Cadoret 24 of Hoosick Falls pleaded guilty to the Aug 29 murder of his former girlfriend Mary Michele Herring 21 of Hoosick Falls. He will be sentenced May 28 by Washington County Judge Julian V. Orton for the shooting on Colfax Mountain, with Herring's body found near a quarry in Rensselaer County.
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Fort Edward
N.Y
David J. Cadoret
Hoosick Falls
Cadoret
Mary Michele Herring
Washington County
Julian V. Orton
Colfax Mountain
Jackson
Miss Herring
Rensselaer County
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Arlington Memorial High School
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George Breen
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State Agency For Development and Community Affairs
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