Concord Chorale rises from living rooms to national stage
In Concord New Hampshire the local chorale formed in 1969 after crowds filled living rooms. Now 65 singers rehearse weekly under conductor Phyllis Isaacson and have been invited to perform in Chicago for a national music educators conference. The program features David Epstein settings of Carl Sandburg Chicago poems.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Phyllis Isaacson
Concord Chorale
Chorale
Chicago
David Epstein
Carl Sandburg
Harriet Ward
Concord Music Club
Autumn Weekend at Hancock Shaker Village Draws Back to 19th Century
Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield Massachusetts hosts the first Autumn Weekend on October 15 and 16. Visitors experience 19th century farming crafts cooking cider pressing quilting and candle dipping with hand powered machinery demonstrations and Shaker music and dance each afternoon. The event runs 10 am to 4 30 pm and invites participation to learn how Shakers prepared for winter while embracing the motto hands to work and hearts to God. A separate note highlights local chorale rehearsals and a North Bennington Home Demonstration Group meeting on October 13 with Diane Lamb presenting.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Berkshires
Hancock
U.S. Route 20
Villagers Home
North Bennington
Diane Lamb
Fern picker Theodore Chingos Eyes Harvest Through October
Fern picker Theodore Chingos stands at his barn entrance with crates of ferns ready for Albany storage. Assisted by his son George, he has run a New York flower market business for over 30 years and notes erratic harvests as demand declines for ferns used mainly by caterers.
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Theodore Chingos
Harbour Road
Albany
Chingos
George
New York City
Avenue of the Americas
Woodford
Pete Lacakes
I Love New York Fall Festival Draws 100000
Gov. Hugh Carey led the I Love New York Fall Festival at the Empire State Mall in Albany drawing about 100000 visitors. Attendees sampled New York wines and crafts, enjoyed varied music, and observed the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in a weather-shifted concert. Street vendors offered ham burgers and hot dogs as crowds explored state-made goods and chatted with officials.
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New York
South Mall
Richard J. Meislin
N.Y
Times News
Albany
New York State
Hugh Carey
Empire State Mall
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Andre Kostelanetz
Murphy proposes fire center for county training site
Rensselaer County Executive William Murphy asks the legislature to approve buying the Wynantskill Fire Training Site to convert it into a county fire training center. The four acre site, sold by Wynantskill Fire District voters on Oct. 4, costs $5,000 with $100,000 earmarked in the budget to establish two centers as prototypes for future countywide use.
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Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer County
William Murphy
Wynantskill
Wynantskill Fire District
Brownington man killed in Route 5 crash near Coventry
A head on collision on Route 5 left Byron Liberty 31 of Brownington dead. Anya Prime 19 of Bristol and passenger Kathi Burt 19 of Bristol were critically injured. Benjamin Booth Jr. 50 of Coventry suffered a broken leg and forehead bruises and was hospitalized.
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Coventry
UPI
Byron Liberty
Brownington
Anya Prime
Bristol
Ms. Prime
Kathi Burt
Medical Center Hospital
Burlington
Benjamin Booth Jr
Vermont DES taps Ryan as legal counsel in Montpelier
Michael Ryan 33 of Rutland named legal counsel for Vermont Department of Employment Security to replace David Wilson who moved to social welfare. Edwin Milkey of Brattleboro will become assistant chief of field operations for Vermont Job Service supervising the four southern offices. In Middlebury, Joseph Neubert named diplomat in residence for the current school year, lecturing as a State Department official and Middlebury faculty member. In Wallingford, police recover six more sticks of dynamite stolen July 4, with some still missing. Attorney General Diamond announces two new assistant attorneys general: Michael Gadue of Winooski joins civil division and Elizabeth Rome to civil rights. Gadue replaces Richard Finn who heads new Vermont Transportation Agency division.
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Brattleboro
Southern
Middlebury
UPI
Europe
Soviet Union
State Department
Middlebury College
Joseph Neubert
Foreign Service
Vermont
Foreign Service Institute
Office of Academic Affairs
Neubert
Wallingford
White Pigment Corp
South Wallingford
Blair brothers arrested after bar fight in Troy
Police in Troy arrested William Blair 20 and Edward Blair 21 after a bar fight at Blair's Tavern on First Street where windows were broken and officers were assaulted. A third brother, Thomas M. Blair 18, later appeared on a burglary warrant related to a $180 theft at a nearby luncheonette.
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Troy — City
Blair
First St
William Blair
Washington Place
Edward Blair
Central Station
Thomas M. Blair
Troy
Berkshire City Seeks Funds for Water Turbidity Testing
Mayor Bianco asks the City Council to pay sanitarian George L. Heisler to test Berkshire’s three surface water supplies for turbidity and other contaminants under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Turbidity testing is required seven days a week, with weekend and holiday work covered by compensation.
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North Adams
Joseph R. Bianco
George L. Heisler
Board of Health
Heisler
Local man charged in pay phone fraud device use
FBI arrested 32 year old Joseph Middleton in Springfield last Wednesday on fraud by wire charges for using a red box to imitate coin deposits at a pay phone and trigger long distance calls.
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OTIS
FBI
Joseph Middleton
Springfield
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Mrs. Isaacson
Southeastern Massachusetts University
New Hampshire Youth Orchestra
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Genye Mulberry Square Productions
Pete
Fern Picker
Tues
Burt Reynolds
Sally Field
Jackie Gleason
Nument Plaza Shopping Center
Paramount Picture
Buford Pusser
BO Swenson
Bennington
Carey
Pownal
Pownal Center
North Pownal
East Pownal
Solomon Wright
Pownal Elementary
Mary Anne Krupsak
Schlitz
Miller’s
Schlitz Company
Miss Krupsak
Jim Tully
Tully
Windham
John
Susan Osman
Catskill
Four Chimneys
Bennington, Vermont
Murphy
Walt
Disney
Central
Florida
Vermont Transit Tours
State Insurance Department
Niskayuna
Route
Robert C. Fagel
Down In
Berkshire
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