HRBCEPA forms four local chapters to boost river effort
HRBCEPA Inc. at a directors meeting voted to create four chapters in North Adams Adams Cheshire Clarksburg Stamford Hancock Williamstown Pownal Bennington North Bennington Shaftsbury Woodford and Hoosick Falls The chapters will elect two directors each to HRBCEPA board forming an eight member nominating panel plus staff to nominate three at large directors The move aims to localize volunteer work fund raising and problem reporting while preserving the river basin focus Also noted were remarks on longtime supporter Brooks and Williams College ties to conservation efforts and a push to clean up the Hoosic River Basin
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Williamstown
Mass
Hrbcepa, Inc
Hoosick River Basin Citizens Environmental Protection Inc
Hrbcepa
North Adams
Adams
Cheshire
Clarksburg
Stamford
Hancock
Pownal
Bennington
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Woodford
North Hoosick
Hoosick
Learned
Williams College
Brooks
Berkshire
Williams Outing Club
Sheep Hill
Williams
India
Bee Hill Road
Hoosic
Bee Hill
Hrbcepa Board of
Reo
Memorial Day Parade Unites North Bennington Shaftsbury
North Bennington and Shaftsbury join forces for Memorial Day parade on Monday May 26 forming at 8 30 a m at North Bennington School with a 9 a m start led by a Veterans of Foreign Wars color guard and Gold Star mothers. Participants invited include Boy and Girl Scouts Little League schoolchildren and local fire departments.
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North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Francis “Bud” Lauzon
Church Street
Lauzon
Little League
Veterans’ of Foreign Wars
Gold Star
Vermont Tech graduates parade marks neighborhood youths
One hundred twenty of the 142 Vermont Technical College seniors for the associate degree on May 24 are Vermont residents. Nine are from Bennington Manchester area including Lois Cooper Kenneth Dougherty Joseph LaCroix Harry Plue Donald Roy John Haugsrud and Mt Anthony band. They parade along Church Bank Hawks Main streets to Bank Square for memorials then return to school. Blue Bank Street youths graduate and head to military service soon. Harry graduates in electric electronics and ships to Orlando for Navy basic training. David to Parris Island for Marine basic training. Jean Ellen Sausville of North Bennington earns a BS in education summa cum laude from UVM.
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Randolph
Vermont Technical College
Vermont
Bennington-Manchester
Lois Cooper
West Pawlet
Kenneth P. Dougherty
West Rupert
Joseph E. LaCroix
Bennington
Harry K. Plue
North Bennington
Donald J. Roy
Pownal
John N. Haugsrud
Arlington
Mt. Anthony Band
Church Street
Bank Street
Bank
Hawks Avenue
Main Street
Main
Bank Square
West
Blue Boys
North
Harry
Orlando
Fla
David
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Parris Island
S.C
Jean Ellen Sausville
Hal and
Peg Sausville
University of Vermont
Pownal notices include choir rehearse and fire department meeting
The North Pownal Congregational Church choir will rehearse tonight at 6 30 at the church. Tonight at 7 30 the Pownal Center Fire Department will meet at their firehouse for a worknight. The East Pownal Fire Auxiliary plant sale on South Stream Road last Saturday was very successful. Members thank contributors from within and beyond the department.
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North Pownal
Pownal Center
East Pownal
South Stream Road
15 year old cellist to perform with VSO in Arlington
Frances Rowell a 15 year old Craftsbury Academy student will be the featured soloist with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra at Arlington Memorial High School on Saturday May 24 at 4 30 p m. She will play the first movement of Haydns C major Cello Concerto. Rowell has six years of cello study and is a student of David Wells. The youth concert conducted by Efrain Guigui includes works by Beethoven Dvorak Berlioz Saint Saens and Tchaikovsky. Joe Godfrey will narrate. Admission is free to the open rehearsal at 12 30 p m and tickets to the concerts cost 3 50 for adults 1 75 for students.
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Arlington
Frances Rowell
Craftsbury Academy
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Arlington Memorial High School
Miss Rowell
Haydn
David Wells
Kinhaven
Weston
Manhattan School of Music
Vermont
Efrain Guigui
Beethoven
Dvorak
Berlioz
Saint-Saens
Tchaikovsky
Joe Godfrey
VSO
Guigui
Susan Stewart
Alvin Rogers
Lynda Hobson
Arlington Concert Committee
John deBrun
Vermont Council On the Arts
Martha Canfield Library
Wayside Country Store
Manchester
Whipples Pharmacy
Wilson Clothing
Bennington
Begonias Lecture At Berkshire Garden Center In May
Professor Gilbert Harlow of Union College will lecture on Begonias and Patio Plants with slide illustrations at the Berkshire Garden Center in Stockbridge May 28 at 8 p.m. The event is open to the public for a nominal fee, free for center members. Harlow, director of the George Landis Arboretum in Esperance, N.Y., specializes in tuberous begonias and has led nationwide tests for the Men’s Garden Club of America. Be-gonias on display each summer at the nonprofit botanic garden west of Stockbridge on Routes 102 and 183 come largely from his seedlings.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Gilbert Harlow
Union College
Berkshire Garden Center
Harlow
George Landis Arboretum
Esperance
N.Y
Men’s Garden Club of America
Botanic Garden
Vermont Supreme Court to review judge's response in ethics dispute
The Vermont Supreme Court meets to examine Rutland District Judge Edward G. McClallen Jr.'s lengthy reply to a critical letter by former Rutland County State's Attorney Robert S. Tepper, which raised 83 allegations as lawmakers debated his reappointment. Chief Justice Albert W. Barney declined to say how the court will proceed, noting the full court must decide. possible ethics issues could go to the Professional Conduct Board.
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State Supreme Court
McClallen
Supreme Court
Albert W. Barney
Professional Conduct Board
VSEA Chief Ouster Sought In Vermont Council Meeting
The Vermont State Employes Association 72 member council will meet in two weeks to consider removing Executive Director Garnet L. Harvey. President Terrence McCaig said the discussion will cover complaints about his performance and give Harvey a chance to respond. A petition with 22 signatures calling the special meeting exists, surpassing the 20 needed. A separate petition at Waterbury State Hospital reportedly has over 200 VSEA members.
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Harvey
State Hospital
Waterbury
VSEA
Vermont state workers union ponders unfair labor charge
Garnet L. Harvey of the Vermont State Employes Association says a rival union AFSCME may face an unfair labor practice charge. AFSCME recently represented Weeks School teachers at a State Employes Labor Relations Board hearing, which Harvey says was improper.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Garnet L. Harvey
Vermont State Employes Association
American Federation of State
Afscme
Weeks
State Employes Labor Relations Board
Harvey
Murphy accused of trying to seize control of HSORA
New York politics flare in Rensselaer County as County Executive William J. Murphy faces two Democratic legislators alleging attempt to take over the Health Service of Rensselaer County. Murphy counters he must have input while the agency, spending over 42000 yearly, faces funding gaps and unpaid staff. Meanwhile local housing authority accepts 886270 from HUD with a new model lease tying funds to modernization, hailed by some and called subtle blackmail by others. Gov Carey honors arts figures including the Rensselaer County Junior Museum for preserving a firehouse as part of a children program.
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Troy
William J. Murphy
Health Service
Rensselaer County
Murphy
HSORA
Joseph E. Harrigan
Robert A. Stierer
City Housing Authority
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
J. Robert Hayes
Irving D. Goldsberry
Authority
Albany
Hugh Carey
State Council On the Arts
Rensselaer County Junior Museum
Dalton man ordered to remove part of garage in zoning case
Leo Lepotakis found guilty in Central Berkshire District Court of violating town zoning bylaws for constructing a double garage and breezeway on Norwich Drive. Judge Frank Cimini ordered the structure cut back to conform, with no fine imposed. Selectman chair Bartels decried the ruling as a miscarriage of justice, citing town costs of about 3000 dollars.
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Dalton
Norwich Drive
Berkshire
Frank Cimini
Leo Lepotakis
Lepotakis
Selectman
John W. Bartels
Bartels
Gilbert F. Rudd
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