Manchester to get federal money for townlift on Routes 11 and 30
Manchester plans a $4,000 grant under a historic preservation proposal to sponsor an architects contest for Route 11 and 30 upgrades termed operation townlift. Gregory Burke of BCRC says the state may add $1,000 in kind services, with a public meeting December 5 and plans to award three prize-winning proposals to improve access and traffic flow.
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Investigation continues into Sullivan shooting in New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department investigates the hunting accident that killed William Sullivan, a former FBI official. He was shot at 243 feet away by hunter Robert Daniels, 22, who mistook him for a deer. Daniels faced no charges at this time.
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N.H
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Mason Butterfield
Fish and Game Department
Butterfield
Robert Daniels
Lisbon
Daniels
FBI
Sugar Hill
Pownal Center Names Graham as New Interim Pastor
The Rev. Charles N. Graham has been chosen as interim pastor of Pownal Center Community Church. A United Methodist minister on leave, he succeeds Rev. Mary Burton-Beinecke who left to teach at Southern Vermont College. Graham, a Bennington native, holds a BA from Barberville College and a Master of Divinity from Methodist Theological School in Ohio. He was ordained November 19, 1987, in Westerville, Ohio, and has served in Kentucky, Ohio, New York, and Vermont. He has been active in youth work, church committees, Boy Scouts, and is a Royal Arch Mason serving Mt. Anthony Lodge 13 F&AM chaplain. The Sunday School will meet at 11 a.m. and a welcome coffee hour follows after church.
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Barberville
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Ohio
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Westerville
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Pamela Hill
Sullivan the spy FBI veteran with New England roots
James W. Healion portrays Bill Sullivan, a sharp minded FBI deputy to J Edgar Hoover, famed for espionage skill and stubborn humor. A lifelong New Englander, he kept a dry, homespun wit about small town slyness and a grocer’s theft tale from his White Mountains days.
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Hartford
Conn
UPI
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J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
New Hampshire
Sullivan
Connecticut
White Mountains
Berlin Turnpike
Plane Search Continues for Missing Three in Northeast
An air search for a missing private plane with three men aboard continued in New York and Maine as officials waited for fog to lift before dispatching aircraft in Vermont and New Hampshire. Search coordinator Lt. Col. Reward posted.
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Reward posted for missing Washington correspondent in New Hampshire
An $1,000 reward is offered for information on Lawrence Fernsworth, 86, Washington correspondent for the Johnson City Press Chronicle and Maryville- Alcoa Daily Times, missing since Oct 26 after a morning walk in Warner New Hampshire. The report also covers a separate aviation search in New York Maine and Vermont areas for a red and white Cessna 180 with three aboard believed to be hunting near Jay Peak.
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UPI
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New Hampshire
Carl A. Jones
Johnson City
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N.H
Herman Boll
New York Civil Air Patrol
Oswego County
Fulton
N.Y
Maine
New York
Roger Brown
Arthur Mellone
Francis Tetro
Petersburg N Y supervisor race ends in tie
Petersburg N Y voters produced a 301 to 301 tie for town supervisor with a recount set for 2 30 this afternoon at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections in Troy. The tally covers all machine ballots and undisputed absentees for Democrats Neil Manchester and Republican Ray Dunnigan. Several sealed absentee ballots may decide the contest. if not, a special election is likely. Manchester and Dunnigan suggested a coin flip, but officials barred it.
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N.Y
Rensselaer County Board of Elections
Troy
Board of Elections
Neil Manchester
Ray Dunnigan
Manchester
Dunnigan
Muzzle loading turkey shoot delights crowds at Peter Matteson Tavern Museum
The first annual fall muzzle loading turkey shoot at the Peter Matteson Tavern Museum drew about 200 shooters and spectators despite soggy ground. Winners included Jon Abts Arlington John Skinner Manchester and Robert Vanderkar Manchester Center, with matches featuring caplock and flintlock rifles and a black powder pistol event.
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Peter Matteson Tavern
Jon Abts
Arlington
John Skinner
Manchester
Robert Vanderkar
Manchester Center
Betty Rowden
Greenwich
N.Y
Peter Cook
Bennington Museum
Chuck Longtin
Bennington
Bill Burger
Warren Rowden
Peter Matteson Tavern Museum
Pownal Men Face Berkshire Grand Jury
Two Pownal Vermont men were bound over to a Berkshire County grand jury on drug charges after a Northern Berkshire District Court hearing. Peter T. Baker and Arthur J. Shepard Jr. faced counts including conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana, possession with intent to distribute, and sales of controlled substances. Bail was reduced to 2500 each, with remaining balance via recognizance. Police seized cocaine, marijuana, and LSD from the Redwood Motel raid following an undercover sale attempt. Both men are to answer similar charges in Bennington and Berkshire courts.
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Mass
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Berkshire County
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Berkshire District Court
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Arthur J. Shepard Jr
Oak Drive
Massachusetts
Vermont
Shepard
Baker
Bennington District Court
Redwood Motel
Berkshire County Grand Jury
Washington County council backs arts funding and preservation projects
The Washington County Council on Historic Preservation asked Gov. Carey to continue New York Council on the Arts funding and urged support for small restoration efforts in the county. It praised Union Cemetery Association for the Fort Edward entrance arch and the Whitehall Times Building owner for facade restoration, stressing use of proper materials and craft.
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N.Y
Washington County Council On Historic Preservation
Hugh Carey
New York Council On the Arts
Washington County
Council On Historic Preservation
Union Cemetery Association
Whitehall Times
Marine Pvt Hurley reports for duty at Camp Lejeune
Marine Pvt Marc A. Hurley, son of Mr and Mrs Norman E Hurley Sr of Lime Hill Road North Pownal, has reported for duty with the Second Marine Division at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune North Carolina. Hurley joined the Marine Corps in June 1977.
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Norman E. Hurley Sr
Lime Hill Road
North Pownal
Second Marine Division
Marine Corps Base
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Hurley
Marine Corps
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