Dorset Antique Fair draws dealers from New England area
One hundred thirty four antiques dealers sign up for the biennial Dorset Antiques Fair to be held on Saturday July 9. Most come from New England with some from Ohio and Virginia. The event on Church Street features dealer wares, food stands, a Treasure Chest fundraiser, and parking is free. Entrance is $1.50. Betty Forbes, longtime antiques fair organizer, leads the effort with local arrangements overseen by Mrs. Robert Sheridan and Frank Gregory as treasurer.
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Dorset
New England
Ohio
Virginia
Church Street
Manchester
Dorset Village
Harriet Bryant
Nicholas Miller
Warren Murray
Rhys Evans
Betty Forbes
East Hartford
Conn
Robert Sheridan
Frank Gregory
Pownal church sales and services schedule update
The Women's Fellowship continues its rummage sale on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the church lawn with items like clothing toys records books and household goods still available. The Pownal Lions Club auction is Saturday at 11 a.m. at the North Pownal Firehouse. Sunday worship at 10 15 a.m. features a sermon We Remember from Matthew 5 44 and a junior sermon A Civic Creed with invitations to ex servicemen and military groups. Sunday School is at 9 a.m. The Methodist Youth Fellowship meets Sunday 5 to 7 p.m. at the Pownal United Methodist Church.
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Women’s Fellowship of the
Pownal Center Community Church
Pownal
North Pownal
Gold Star
The
DAR
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Guard
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Pownal United
Arvilla the farmer documented by Marton in Cambridge
WMHT will air Arvilla on June 5 at 8 30 p m. The 63 year old Cambridge N Y farmer lives with 22 Jerseys and Guernseys and fights to keep her herd and home while facing inflation and low milk prices. Arvilla Groesbeck recalls a sheltered past, a farm purchase and years of struggle. Michael Marton spent two years filming her story in barns and fields.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Arvilla
WMHT
Michael Marton
Martin
Buskirk
Eagle Bridge
Joe Robertson
Cambridge
America
Jerseys
Guernseys
Arvilla Groesbeck
George
Marton
Thomas Murphy Celebrated by Bertha Hoag’s Angels
The 81st birthday of Thomas Murphy was celebrated with coffee and cake at a gathering of Bertha Hoag’s 686 7282 Angels. Tom is a regular member of the group which donates surgical pads to Hoosick Falls Health Center.
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Bertha Hoag
Thomas Murphy
Bertha
Angels
Tom
Hoosick Falls Health Center
Buckley defends Senate energy panel as fair
Vermont Lt Gov Buckley says criticism of the Senate energy committee makeup is unfounded noting Democrats have held at least 20 influential appointments despite being outnumbered 21 to nine. He says past and future treatment will mirror GOP control.
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Buckley
Teen Driver Arrested After Route 2 Crash in New York
A 19-year-old Troy teen, F.T. Redcross Jr., was arrested for driving while intoxicated after his pickup overturned on Route 2. Four passengers were thrown from the truck, with two injured. A 16-year-old girl sustained serious head injuries and was taken to St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. five others were treated and released at a Troy hospital. The driver was unhurt.
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Grafton
Troy
Route 2
F.T. Redcross Jr
St. Peter’s Hospital
Albany
Albany approves anti kiddie porn bill with long penalties
The New York State Assembly approved a bill by 120 to 10 that would levy up to 15 year sentences for creating or selling child pornography involving persons under 16. Supporters say it clamps down on exploitation and crime, while opponents argue existing laws already cover the offenses.
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Albany
State Assembly
North Adams teen in Todd case arraigned on drug charges
Police identified 19 year old John J Singer as a suspect in the Carol Ann Todd missing person case. At arraignment Judge Frank W Cimini ordered $50000 bail on a marijuana and cocaine possession with intent to sell charge after Singer denied public defender.
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Pittsfield
North Adams
Falmouth
Carol Ann Todd
John J. Singer
Frank W. Cimini
Commonwealth
Cimini
Singer
William R. Flynn
Todd
Sheraton
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Joan Colgan
Pownals
Michael Marton and
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Chittenden
I.D
Master Charge
Walloomsac
Tinast
Vermont
Vida Loans
Industry Park Montpelier
UPI
North
Springfield
Vermont Industrial Development Authority
VIDA
Precision Valley Development Corp
Federal Economic Development Administration
Vermont Water Resources Department
Montpelier
VPI
Velan Valve Corp
Williston
Rossignol Co
Colchester
Stafford
Robert Stafford
Vermont Republican
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Congress
Corps of Engineers
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
O’brien
Co-Op
East Montpelier
Washington Electric Cooperative
Orange County
Robert O’brien
Burlington
Burlington International
Thomas Schmidt
Federal Trade Commission
Schmidt
FTC
New York
Down In
Berkshire
Howard Street
Chapel
Berkshire County
Howard St
Ralph Packard
Packard
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