Arlington farm museum opens with weekend festivities
Arlington hosts a two day Bicentennial farm museum opening featuring artifacts from Vermont’s sheep era. events include harness snaps unveiling by John Burgess, flag presentation to Mildred Fersh, Green Mountain Singers, magic show by The Great Brendini, Old Time Fiddlers, and multiple dance and movie segments. continuous Bandwagon films run into the evening with audience.
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Arlington A. Oe
Arlington Area
John S. Burgess
Mildred Fersh
Sunderland
Board Selectmen
Gertrude Willis Bell
Green Mountain Singers
Joan Bort
Pat Dupree
Arlene Heiland
Ellen Wilcox
Brendini
Debbie Mattison
Kim Andrews
Dale Bahan
Colleen Brown
Jennifer Clark
Dean Brown
John Davis
Gayle Paustian
Kendy Trachie
Kevin
Sue Walsh
Beverly
Michael
Stephen Zimmer
Senior Awards honor Hoosick Falls leaders and volunteers
Nellie Wright named Senior Citizen of the Year at the sixth annual Senior Awards Banquet in Hoosick Falls. Second place went to James Hewson, with Bertha Hoag and Ethel Bates as runners up. 162 attendees heard remarks by local officials including County Executive William Murphy. Memorial Day Parade plans were announced for May 30 with Mable Hewitt as speaker and Legion involvement.
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Nellie Wright
Berlin
Rensselaer County
Hoosick Area Senior Center
Bertha Hoag
Walloomsac
Ethel Bates
Schaghticoke
James Hewson
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Petersburg
Hoosick Area
William Stephenson
Hoosick
Raymond Calhoun
Donald Bogardus
Wright
Hoosac School
Hill Road
South Street
Hoosick Cemetery
Hoosick Firehouse
Barre Alliance asks PSB to bar GMP political activity
The Barre Alliance filed a petition with the Public Service Board asking a general order to define political activity by a utility and prohibit it. Barre Alliance leaders accuse Green Mountain Power of using its leverage to influence political outcomes and candidates, citing the GMP stockholders meeting address. The move follows GMP's failed campaign against a Barre public power study ballot proposal aimed at considering city control of GMP properties for cheaper electricity.
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Reilly
GMP
Barre
Flag of enormous size to grace Verrazano Narrows Bridge
Len Silverfine and Pierre Leduc form the Great American Flag Co to unfurl a 193 by 366 foot flag weighing 1.5 tons from New York's Verrazano Narrows Bridge as a bicentennial celebration. The idea stems from a Warren, Vermont, resident with initial plans for a Fourth of July parade float.
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Burlington
UPI
Warren
Len Silverfine
University of Vermont
Pierre Leduc
Montreal
Great American Flag Co
Silverfine
New York
Verrazano Narrows Bridge
Verrazano Bridge
New York Harbor
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Senate intelligence oversight panel to oversee all federal ops
Senator Robert Stafford states the 15 member committee will be active yet not frequently in headlines. The group will oversee all intelligence gathering and fund programs, aiming to handle highly sensitive matters with discretion.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Robert Stafford
R-Vt
Senate Intelligence Oversight Committee
Stafford
Burlington
WVMIT
Vermont grants funds for juvenile foster placements
MONTPELIER The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration approved an 89,136 grant to the Vermont Department of Corrections to place local juveniles in foster homes as an alternative to Weeks School detention. The grant number is 76-ED-01-0011 and details are available from the Governor's Commission on the Administration of Justice Public Information Office in Montpelier.
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Montpelier
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Vermont Department of Corrections
Weeks School
LEAA
Richard W. Velde
Hindu temple planned for former Albany residence
In Albany a family home at 488 Albany Shaker Road is being remodeled into a Hindu temple to serve about 70 of the area’s roughly 200 Hindu families. Most residents are professionals who immigrated after 1965, aiming to preserve culture and religion for children.
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Albany
Albany-Shaker Road
India
Guyana
U.S
Berkshire youth injured at work in Peter J. Schweitzer division
Lee Berkshire reports Michael Jones an 18 year old newly employed worker was injured when his right arm was caught in a paper machine at Kimberly Clark Corp in Pittsfield. He was in good condition at Berkshire Medical Center after 10 p.m. Wednesday. Company spokesmen said the accident is under investigation and did not disclose details or safety procedures. In Williamstown Lima Hamilton, after a decade as director of the Clark Art Institute, will step down in June. Hamilton, Yale educated, noted for program growth and author of five books, recently received the Wilbur L Cross medal.
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Lee
Housatonic
Berkshire Medical Center
Pittsfield
Peter J. Schweitzer
Kimberly-Clark Corp
Michael Jones
Lee Ambulance Service
Williamstown
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Lima Hamilton
Yale
Clark Institute
Hamilton
Wilbur L. Cross
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Tammy Webster
Renee Weeks
Laura Williams
Tammy Wright
Angela Young
David Bort
Donald Brown
Harry Hayden
Fraisher Mears
Robin Wilcox
Arlington Memorial High School Singers
Joseph Godfrey
Phil Elwell
Owens Corning
Fiberglas
Andersen Windows
LIL Red
Trey
Dimension Lumber
Greenberg's
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Main St
BenniNgton
H. Greenberg
Main Street
the Banner
Bates
Hoosac Valley
Robert Jenson
John Gorman
Richard Reifsnyder
Anton Beza
Pittstown
Howard Hills
Valley Falls
Mable Hewitt
Howard Cox
Watson White
Joel Miller
All Saints Episcopal Church
St. Mark’s of
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Madkour
Monthru
Thurs
Bari
Vermont
Troy
William A. O’neil
Troy Corporation
James R. Reilly
Campus Inn
River St
Hendrick Hudson
Broadway
U.S. Supreme Court
Broderick
Catholic Relief Services
National Catholic Bishops ’ Conference
New York City
Edwin B. Broderick
Down In
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Hamilton Steps
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