Hoosick Falls adopts 1976 town budget with tax rise
The Hoosick Falls town board sets a 1976 budget with a townwide tax rate near 22.50 per 1000, up 2.60 from 19.90. Outside village residents pay 29 per 1000 for highways and lights, down from 30.50 due to lower highway costs minus a 9,000 rights charge. Total budget 326,569.50. estimated revenues 153,600. unexpended balance 24,027.52. net amount to raise by taxation 148,941.98, up 8,741.98 from last year.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
Department of Audit and Control
West Hoosick
North Hoosick
Buskirk
Clam peddler arrested in Hoosick Falls NY
John K. Blake of 74 West 92nd Street New York City was arrested by Hoosick Falls Village Police at 10 25 pm Saturday on a charge of peddling without a license under village ordinance. Blake was selling clams in the village and charged on two counts peddling without a license and disorderly conduct in court. He appeared before Justice John A Mahar and was committed to Rensselaer County Jail in lieu of $100 bail pending his reap.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
John K. Blake
West 92Nd Street
New York City
Blake
John A. Mahar
Rensselaer County
Hoosick Falls Birthday Courtesy for Caroline Carey
Hoosick Falls resident Caroline Carey now at Crescent Manor Nursing Home in Bennington will celebrate her 81st birthday Sunday November 16. Friends and relatives in the area are asked to send cards. A Tuesday night court appearance resulted in a conviction on two charges and fines totaling $100. Village police investigate a burglary at the Community Center on Church Street with cash taken from a football machine and attempts at other machines. The break was reported by custodian William Bogardus. Police also respond to vandalism at Specialty Insulation Mfg on Center Street, with several windows broken over the weekend and reported Tuesday morning.
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Caroline Carey
Hoosick
Crescent Manor
Bennington
Church Street
Herb Loretan
Rudits
William Bogardus
Center Street
Specialty Insulation Mfg. Company
Middlebury Observatory to host public moon eclipse viewing
Middlebury College Observatory will open to the public on Tuesday for a total lunar eclipse visible in the area. The 10 inch telescope and two smaller instruments will be available from 4 30 p m to after 9 p m weather permitting. The eclipse is expected 5 03 to 5 44 p m with partial phase until about 7 08. Hart and Markowicz will explain events and point their telescopes to Mars and Jupiter with a running commentary. refreshments served.
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Middlebury
Middlebury College Observatory
P. Frank Winkler
the College Observatory
Hart and
Markowicz
Mars
Jupiter
Ethan Allen Introduces Ongoing Registration and Independent Study
Ethan Allen College in Manchester announces two new programs to help Bennington County residents. Ongoing Registration lets classes start anytime four students agree, with a qualified instructor. Independent Study offers flexible, contract based courses for rapid or self paced learning, with testing and progress checks by mutual agreement. Questions to the college at 362-3588.
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Manchester
Ethan Allen College
Bennington County
Ethan Allen
Soup kitchen to open in Pittsfield
The Pittsfield Christian Center will open a soup kitchen next Monday to help those without food amid rising unemployment. Rev. Richard J. Coleman notes visitors include young and old who have not eaten in days. Soup milk and sandwiches will be offered with a 25 cent donation, aided by the Pittsfield Area Council of Church of Christ Congregational’s social action committee and local charities.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Coleman
Pittsfield Area
Arlington Garden Club Meeti ng at Mrs O'Dea Home
The Arlington Garden Club holds its November 18 gathering at the home of Mrs. Arthur J. O'Dea with a Christmas Dove Ideas demonstration by Mrs. Violet Day. Meeting starts at 2 p.m. Hostesses include Mrs. Donald Kendall II and others. Arlington Country Variety Store on Route 7 advertises hunting needs and extended hours on Nov 14 and 19.
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Arlington Garden Club
Arthur J. O’dea
Violet Day
Donald Kendall II
Wallace Bennard
George Brewer
J. Penfield Loyd
Burton Immen
Arlington
ADV
Miracle call back saves St Johnsbury House auction
Barre attorney Joseph Palmisano canceled Friday's auction of the century old St Johnsbury House after community pressure to raise a $25,000 security deposit. Palmisano said several substantial locals indicated the entire hotel property would soon be sold to a new operator despite not furnishing the deposit.
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ST. Johnsbury
UPI
Barre
Joseph Palmisano
St. Johnsbury House
Charles Marro
Palmisano
Vermont House sticks with Miller Formula for school aid
The House Education Committee ended its study of state education aid by deciding not to change the Miller Formula. Several proposals were tabled or rejected, with some members planning formal dissent. Special counsel Jonathan Brownell said alternatives remain viable but more data is needed before scrapping the formula, likely keeping it through the 1976 legislative session.
Leahy attacks Ford on senior needs at RSVP dinner
UPI reports Senator Patrick Leahy criticizes the Ford administration for neglecting 21 million seniors. He urges rolling back oil product prices and cutting corporate profits rather than limiting Social Security increases. Also notes a rock slide on I-89 near Montpelier closing a northbound lane for two hours with no injuries. A Bradford VT woman dies from injuries after a Tuesday horse accident at Mary Hitchcock Hospital.
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Burlington
Montpelier
UPI
Here
Middlesex
State Highway Department
Hanover
N.H
Bradford
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Robert Jay
OTB effort in Rensselaer County withdrawn amid doubt
In Troy the chief sponsor pulled the OTB bill from the Legislature as opponents prevail. County voter defeat on a proposed constitutional amendment to broaden nonprofit gambling rights is seen as a public referendum on OTB. A police suit seeks to restore compensatory time for veterans on Memorial and Veterans Day, arguing state law overrides local contracts.
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Troy
Rensselaer
OTB
Thomas G. Cholakis
Police Benevolent and Protective Association
John J. Givney Jr
Pittsfield Abortion Amendment Vote Draws Critical Response
Right To Choose accuses Pittsfield City Council of broad implications from last week’s vote approving a constitutional abortion ban. Spokeswoman Susan Poulin argues the resolution’s wording signals the council’s stance against capital punishment and potential restraints on contraception and wartime service, citing the phrase all human life is sacred and born and unborn must be protected.
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Pittsfield
Susan Poulin
Poulin
Baird to Speak in Berkshires on Abortion Debate
Pro abortion advocate William Baird of Long Island returns to the Berkshires for a series of talks to press liberalization of abortion laws. He will speak tonight at North Adams State College at 8, Sunday at 10 at Pittsfield Unitarian Church, and next Tuesday at 7:30 at Williams College. He plans to meet Pittsfield Mayor Evan S. Dobelle and challenged five anti abortionists to debate him. one councilman declined and a priest would not attend.
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Pittsfield
William Baird
Long Island
Berkshires
Baird
North Adams State College
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Pownal United Methodist Church
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H. Greenberg
Sansa
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Soup Kitchen
Helene Thompson
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New York
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