Cole seeks write-in bid for Windham District 1 seat
Former Vermont legislator Stratton Malvine Cole urges voters in Brookline Newfane Stratton Townshend Wardsboro Windham to write in her name as Democratic candidate for Windham District 1 in the September 14 primary. She cites flood damage and calls for flood control roads dams and state support for libraries transit and energy programs.
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Stratton
Malvine Cole
Vermont
Brookline
Newfane
Townshend
Wordsboro
Windham
Ms. Cole
General Assembly
Montpelier
Scott Skinner
U.S. Senate
Robert O’brien
Hoosick Falls Teachers Plan Meeting on Contract Provisions
HFTA president Donna Geers said the association will hold a meeting next Wednesday to explain and discuss provisions of the proposed teacher contract for the school year. A vote on the contract is set for Thursday. The agreement was reached July 13 after a stalemate in negotiations. Provisions remain confidential until ratified by both sides.
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Donna Geers
Hoosick Falls Teachers’ Association
HFTA
Board of Education
Vermonters Party
Forgery case ends with partial cash refunds in Hoosick Falls
Edwin G. Cruikshank, 39, convicted of forgery for cashing forged checks in Hoosick Falls. He stole blank checks from P&M Boiler Service and id from Peter C. Holmes, cashed eight checks and forged a ninth. About $1,100 in stolen funds was returned to victims. Cruikshank received 1.5 to three years at Dannemora.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Albany
Edwin G. Cruikshank
Dannemora
P&m Boiler Service
Peter C. Holmes
Church Street
Cruikshank
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Planned for Saturday Evening
Alcoholics Anonymous will hold a meeting at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Pownal Recreational Community Center.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Pownal
Hoosick Falls Central School Enrollment Forecast
Supt Philip Leonard predicts enrollment at Hoosick Falls Central School will be down from last year during the first week of classes. He notes smaller classes may ease crowding but fears reduced enrollment could cut state aid to HFCS.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central School
Philip Leonard
Central School
Leonard
HFCS
Seminar on Alcoholism Aimed at Women in Rutland Killington
A seminar on alcoholism and women sponsored by Rutland Regional Alcohol Council Inc and state agencies will be held September 21 at the Cortina Inn in Killington. Registration is 5 dollars for 9 am to 5 pm including lunch. Contact the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division in Montpelier or call 828 2721 for preregistration. A panel of Jan Clayton, Josie Couture, Jan DuPlain, and Frances Nye will lead a discussion from 10 to noon with afternoon workshops on topics including The Woman with an Alcoholic in the Family and Women and Alcoholics Anonymous.
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Rutland Regional Alcohol Council Inc
Vermont Governor’s Commission On the Status of Women
State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division
Cortina Inn
Killington
Alcohol
Montpelier
Jan Clayton
Josie Couture
The
Other Victims of Alcoholism, Inc
Jan DuPlain
National Council On Alcoholism
NCA
Frances Nye
Board of Civil Authority of Manchester
Reed
Perry Bouplon promoted to sergeant at Fort Devens
Perry Bouplon of Shaftsbury rises to sergeant in the U S Army after a West Point summer term as demolition instructor. He is stationed at Fort Devens Massachusetts as a specialist in combat engineering. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Carl Bouplon Sr and husband of Mariene Thomas of Pownal.
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Perry R. Bouplon
Shaftsbury
U.S. Army
West Point
Ft. Devens
Mass
Carl Bouplon Sr
Mariene Thomas
Pownal
Transportation bid set for handicapped transport services
Hoosick Falls Central School Board accepted Folmsbee Transport of Green Island to haul three handicapped children to special schools at 44.90 per day, an estimated 8100 dollar cost with 90 percent federal reimbursement. Other bids were 47.70 and 60.00. The move follows New York state law changes shifting transport duties to districts and requiring nearest appropriate schools when possible. Leonard plans to seek a state dispensation to allow continued Bennington schooling for one year.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Leonard
New York
Falls
Albany
Green Meadow
East Greenwich
Falls Area
Molly Stark
Bennington
State Department of Education
Salem
Vermont flood streams prompt cautious debris clearing
In southern Vermont, the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration warns debris blocked streams could fail again with heavy rains. Gov. Salmon urges clearing only where channels remain or are fully blocked to protect fishlife while damage estimates for flood recovery advance. Digital Equipment Corp eyes 180 acre site in South Burlington for future manufacturing, a move officials say could boost jobs.
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University of Vermont
Ball Mountain Brook
Vermont
West River Valley
Brattleboro
Manchester
Montpelier
UPI
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Thomas Salmon
SOUTH
UVM Bookstore Robbed. $54,000 Stolen in Burlington
Two masked men robbed the University of Vermont Campus bookstore, forcing an employee to open the safe between 8:30 and 8:55 p.m. Wednesday. About $54,000 in cash and checks were taken, and police investigated with the university insured against theft.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
Chittenden County
Francis Murray
UVM
Murray
Schaghticoke Fair Opens With Lipizzan Stallions
Schaghticoke hosts the annual fair opening featuring the Royal Lipizzan Stallions and a 4-H horse show along with rides games and exhibits. The Rensselaer County fair runs through Sept 7 with firemen contests and the New York State Lumberjack Championship on Monday. In Albany the corrections department denies receiving formal notification of a three day inmate strike at Great Meadow with a grievances list urging better medical care programs visits and reduced sentences.
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New York State
Vermont
Deerfield Valley
Schaghticoke
Rensselaer County
New York
Albany
Great Meadow
Comstock
D. Corrigan
Salmon death tied to infection at Holyoke ladder
In New Marlborough Berkshire county a large Atlantic salmon died after removal from the Hartsville Hatchery fish ladder. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expert Daniel C. Kimball cited lab findings of bacteria similar to pneumonia in humans, suggesting infection as the death cause. Monterey funds approved for Swann Lodge renovations and a winter youth environmental camp.
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New Marlborough
Holyoke
Daniel C. Kimball
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
West Virginia Forensic Laboratory
Hartsville Hatchery
Monterey
Swann Lodge
Beartown State Forest
State Department of Environmental Management
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Clara May Hemenway
Liberty Union
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Sarah Larson Day School
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Senior Citizens Center
Justices of the Peace
Madkour
Main ST
Monthru
Thurs
Ats
Manchester Road
Glen Road
Humane Society
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Satmroan
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St. Johnsbury
Lamoille County
Schaghticoke Fair
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