Engineers propose sewer plant expansion to board
At a Hoosick Falls public hearing Peter Kent and Paul Sanborn outlined a modification to the sewer system to meet NPDES discharge limits and handle infiltration and inflow. They favor plant upgrades with a sand bed filter costing 150000 dollars, plus 50000 for improvements. federal funds cover 75 percent, state 12 percent, village pays 25000. The plan projects plant adequacy to 2000 with population 4100. Wood Flong Corp wastewater may be metered. EPA review pending. HRB CEPA observer Margaret LeStage will report to HRB CEPA.
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Hoosick, N.Y
Peter Kent
Paul Sanborn
Peter Kent Engineers
Hoosick Falls
Sanborn
NPDES
Hoosie River
Kent
Kent and
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Arlington Blood Bank Seeks Older Donors
Arlington Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit on Wednesday November 9 at St Margaret Marys Church parish hall Route 7 from 1 to 6 pm. Donors over 65 require physician approval within the prior 14 days. Co chairs Ingrid Hirsch and Betty Tynan urge older donors to help meet November quota and note devotion of seniors. A former regular donor quips about aging and giving blood. Also reported: Rita Harrington now home after surgery at Putnam Memorial Hospital and a Wendell Prescott wedding at Jermain United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Richard Mellerup.
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Arlington
Red Cross
Ingrid Hirsch
Betty Tynan
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Richard Mellerup
Wendell- Prescott
Jermain United Methodist Church
Burlington House Demolition Plan Faces Permit Hurdle
The Environmental Board ruled that Medical Center Hospital must secure a land-use permit before demolishing the Bishop's House in Burlington to make way for a parking lot. The 125-year-old structure faced preservation battles as hearings proceed via the District Four Environmental Commission. Vermont Abenaki Tribal Council criticizes Gov. Snelling over alleged political maneuvering amid disputes on federal aid and tribal population figures.
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Burlington
UPI
State Environmental Board
Medical Center Hospital
District Four Environmental Commission
Vermont seeks to discard unsold Bicentennial guidebooks
Vermont moves to distribute 36,000 free guidebooks with plans for 16,000 to 17,000 more to schools parks and chambers of commerce. The 65,000 unsold volumes came from a contract with publisher Peter Jennison who reported a loss of about 25,000 dollars on the project tied to the 200th birthday celebrations.
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Taftsville
Jennison
Burlington civil defense plan for nuclear evacuees outlined
State and federal officials met with Burlington Mayor Gordon Paquette to draft a civil defense plan evacuating about 83,000 residents from the greater Burlington area to St. Albans in Franklin County if a nuclear attack occurs. Officials said Burlington and Plattsburgh areas are among 400 potential primary targets.
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Burlington
UPI
St. Albans
Franklin County
Gordon Paquette
Plattsburgh
N.Y
Springfield approves bonds for hydroelectric project
Selectmen signed papers authorizing 2 million dollars in bonds to fund early work on a municipal hydroelectric system. The First National Bank of Boston handles the bond issue as voters again backed the 58 million plan after the state Supreme Court invalidated the initial 1975 Town Meeting approval. A Nov. 7 peacemaking meeting with Cavendish officials is set amid Cavendish opposition to condemning several hundred acres for a reservoir.
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Springfield
UPI
Selectmen
First National Bank of Boston
State Supreme Court
Cavendish
Berkowitz trial venue may shift over pretrial press
Albany DA seeks copies of all Times Union stories about David Berkowitz to aid possible pretrial publicity change for his trial. Brooklyn DA says requests statewide were confidential and no decision yet from Berkowitz's defense team on relocating the trial. Schenectady police and FBI hunt a middle aged gunman who robbed Mohawk National Bank and fled in a stolen car. The thief is described as about 5 foot 10, pudgy face, hazel eyes, glasses, dark brown hair, weighing around 200 pounds.
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Albany
King’s County District Attorney’s Office
David R
Sam’’ Berkowitz
Times-Union
New York City
Brooklyn
Andrew Palin
Berkowitz
Schenectady
FBI
Mohawk National Bank
Union and
Barrett Streets
Clinton Street
Sprague Electric to halt Hoosic River discharges
In Berkshire County Sprague Electric faces water pollution rulings after years of dispute with regulators over silt. Final hookup to the Hoosac district system will occur within a week, but the company must stop dumping mud into the river by Jan 1 and redirect to sewers. Officials question the plan as district plants balk at receiving the sediment. Commissioner A Kelly Hooks will address the issue at the next meeting. In Pittsfield, Donald Shaker, 49, is sentenced to two years for embezzling $100,000 from clients and forging signatures on settlement checks. His lawyer cites gambling debts. Shaker resigns from the state bar, not yet acted on.
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North Adams
Sprague Electric Co
Hoosic River
Hoosac
Division of Water Pollution Control
Sprague
A. Kelly Hooks
Pittsfield
Donald Shaker
Shaker
Berkshire Superior Court
Saker
State Bar
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Hoosick Area
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Senior Citizen’s Center
Guy Barber
Adolph Marker
Helen Garvie
Josephine Ballou
Caroline Wallace
Roy Draper
Wood Flong Corporation
Wood Flong
Margaret LeStage
The
Hoosic River Basin
John Cross
West Arlington
East Arlington
St. James Episcopal Church
John Brush
Adelaide Ross
Pawlet
Cross
John Neil
Salem
John
Mechanicsville
Vivian
Yvonne Dorr
Janet Keough
Chris Keough
Mrs. Cross
Janet
Roy Ross
Arlington Blood Bank
Eleanor Niles
Rita Harrington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Steetta Coy
Moore
Moore's Regal
Bennington
H. Greenberg & Son
Curran
Adams
Mass
Calandre
Paco Rabanné
Niehale
Main Street
Bennington, Vermont
Vermont
Abenakis
Snelling
New York
Sam
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