Arlington Considers Hiring Consulting Teachers
Arlington School Board discussed Louis Axt's plan to employ part time consulting teachers for mild learning disabilities and behavioral disorders. State funding covers 75 percent of salaries. board deferred a decision citing space, priority, and timing concerns amid an overall public works addition funding discussion.
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Arlington
Arlington School Board
Louis Axt
Axt
State Department of Education
University of Vermont
Towne
George Sleeman
Hershey Associates
Durham
N.H
Crow Hill Road
Geese Spotted Flying South Sunday Morning
A flock of geese was seen winging south on Sunday morning. Enoch Tollision has returned home from Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington after knee surgery. Friends held a surprise dinner party at the Dewey McCart home for Mrs. McCart's birthday.
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Enoch Tollision
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Dewey McCart
Mrs. McCart
Millington Retires as Wood Flong Corp President
Ralph B. Millington, longtime president of the Wood Flong Corp. in Hoosick Falls, N Y, retired after 31 years with the firm. A retirement luncheon at the Hoosick Falls Country Club marked the event, and a Ralph B. Millington Gold Tournament and Cup were established in his honor. Millington, a Pittsfield Mass native, will remain in Hoosick with his wife Margaret as the company seeks a successor.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Ralph B. Millington
Wood Flong Corp
Millington
Pittsfield
Mass
Hoosick
Wood Flong
Calvin Otto
Hoosick Falls Country Club
Otto
Robert L. Fish
Charles P. Cappellino
John Bo Kelleher
Margaret
Tokaj, Hungary: A famed wine region in Europe
United Press International notes Tokaj in northern Hungary stands as one of Europe's finest wine producing regions, recognized for its rich viticulture and historic vineyards. Local producers attract vintners and tourists seeking renowned dessert wines and regional specialties.
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Tokaj
Europe
Vermont GOP Ballot Fight Blocks Three Burlington Nominees
A Vermont Superior Court judge ruled three Republican nominees for Burlington's House seats cannot appear on the November ballot because their certificates of nomination lacked residence details and oath. The three, Margaret Garland, Constance Zolotas, and Martin Lamson, were caucus-nominated, not primary, and may force Democrats to run unopposed unless appealed. A separate Winooski suit challenges Davis-Bacon prevailing wage determinations as arbitrary and unconstitutional.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Hilton Dier
Frank Wagner
GOP
Margaret Garland
Constance Zolotas
Martin Lamson
Harry Montague
Winooski
U.S. District Court
Chittenden
U.S. Secretary of Labor
Train Derailment At Fair Haven Prompts Investigation
Delaware and Hudson Railroad officials say human error is unlikely the cause of a seven car derailment near Fair Haven. All seven cars damaged but not destroyed. track repairs completed about 300 feet. The train, en route from Whitehall New York to Rutland, was moving roughly five miles per hour when the derailment occurred Monday night. Officials say the incident remains under investigation with no damage estimate yet.
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Fair Haven
UPI
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
D&h
Rutland
Whitehall
N.Y
Burlington educator Charles Albright dies at 95
Charles Rogers Albright a pioneer in educational technology died Wednesday in a Burlington nursing home at age 95. He had served as director for educational services at the Motion Picture Association of America before moving to Vermont in 1957 and later worked as a consultant on educational technology to the Library of Congress. He helped establish statewide visual education facilities in several states and cities.
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Burlington
UPI
Charles Rogers Albright
Vermont
Albright
Motion Picture Association of America
Library of Congress
Drowning of Troy Woman Labeled Death by Own Action
The 85 year old Sarah Nicolson was found in the Hudson River Tuesday with no visible injuries. Medical examiner ruled the death an act of self harm though relatives doubt the conclusion citing her muscle disease and lack of jewelry or money as possible indicators of another cause.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Sarah Nicolson
Hudson River
Ms. Nicolsen
Ex-NY Lottery Head Sues Daily News for 7.3 Million
Jerry Bruno, former New York State lottery chief ousted for mismanagement, files in Albany County Court seeking 7.3 million dollars in damages from the New York Daily News. Lawyer Harry O. Lee alleges slanted reporting rendered Bruno unemployable.
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Albany
Jerry Bruno
New York State Lottery
New York Daily News
Bruno
The
Daily News
Harry O. Lee
Pittsfield mayor to resign for state environmental post
Evan S. Dobelle announced his resignation as mayor of Pittsfield to become state commissioner of environmental management. He, elected with a record majority, described the decision as torturous. Council president Paul E. Brindle III will serve as acting mayor starting Nov. 8. In Williamstown, sixty grade school students harvested 200 bushels of corn for Harvest of Hope, a joint project with three local churches and World Food Farm based in Stockbridge.
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Pittsfield
Evan S. Dobelle
Dobelle
Paul E. Brindle III
Kids
Williamstown
Route 7
Congregational
Harvest of Hope
Stockbridge
World Food Farm
Church World Service
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UVM
Sandy Walker
Doug Schink
William Towne
AMHS
Fisher
Ira Manross
CETA
United Counseling Services
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Theresa Masten
Granville
Poultney
Thomas Sullivan
James Hoag
Robert Lewsey
Maureen
Carol Frati
Suny At
Cobleskill
Mary Ellen Hoag
William Baldwin
Baldwin
Roscoe Austin
Harvey Baker
Greenwich
Guidens
Finast
Maine
New Hampshire
Derry
Nashua & Stratham
Lin
Tin
Finast Supermarkets
Eleanor Niles
Eisenmenger
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Church Street
RCA
T.V
Panasonic
Dolby
KODAK
Bennington _TVeSTEREO
Cameras
United Press International
Arbour
Baaninatan Vt
New York
News
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