Local riders take third at national Pony Club rally
The 22nd National Rally at Radnor Hunt Club Malvern Pa drew 170 Pony Clubbers from across the United States. Bennington Pony Club B team riders Jane Worthington Fortree Gwen Wisell The Rogue Renee Schurink Just aplain Spot Laurie La Roche Incompris and manager Chris Warner earned third place with strong dressage three clear stadium rounds and two clean cross country efforts. Jane Worthington earned an A test at Bennet College marking a first for Bennington.
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Radnor Hunt Club
Malvern
Radnor
United States
Colorado-New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Pony
Bennington Pony Club
Jane Worthington
Fortree
Gwen Wisell
Rogue
Renee Schurink
Aplain
Laurie la Roche
Incompris
Chris Warner
Bennington
Gwen
Renee
Laurie
Jane
Bennet College
Pony Club
Community notices from Pownal and North Pownal churches
Local groups advertise meetings and programs including Alcoholics Anonymous at the Pownal Recreational Community Center, Sunday School resume at North Pownal Congregational Church with Rally Day, and a sermon series on Forgetting God based on Jeremiah 18 15. Also listed are a youth workers workshop at First Baptist Bennington, Pownal United Methodist Church Sunday school staffing, openings in Pownal Preschool, and a hunter safety course at Pownal Center firehouse with contact details for registrations.
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North Pownal Congregational Church
God
Jeremiah
First Baptist Church
Bennington
Helen Church
North Pownal
Pownal
Pownal Center
William James
Vermont Conference on Social Concerns Changing Times Theme
The Vermont Conference on Social Concerns will meet Oct 7–8 at the Lake Morey Inn Fairlee with the theme Changing Times Threat or Challenge. Dr Armin Grams of the University of Vermont will give the banquet speech on Thursday on Quality Families for Changing Times. Reservations and nominations for awards are urged by Oct 7 and to Colin Ducolon Champlain Burlington.
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Vermont
Fairlee
Lake Morey Inn
Nevin Campi
Barre
Armin Grams
School of Home Economics
University of Vermont
Sue LaGasse
Vermont Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
St. Paul Street
Burlington
Colin Ducolon
Champlain
Ducolon
Harvest Bazaar in Hoosick Falls by First Baptist Church
The Women’s Society of the First Baptist Church plans a Harvest Bazaar on Saturday October 16 at Baptist Memorial Hall from 10 am to 4 pm. Items include dried arrangements aprons crafts books plants jewelry vegetables and snacks. Call Clara Edmans or Helen Brownell to contribute or volunteer. A semi annual rummage sale is set for Friday September 24 with items brought in on Thursday September 23.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Women’s Society of the First Baptist Church
Baptist Memorial Hall
Baptist Women
Clara Edmans
Helen Brownell
Baptist
Hoosick Falls Merchants Offer Senior Discounts
About 120 county merchants provide senior citizen discounts as listed in a Rensselaer County Department for the Aging booklet. Hoosick Falls shops taking part include The Charm Shop Shapiro's Store Ray's Radio Ben Franklin Store Don's Book Shop Brothers Sporting Goods Gardner's Garage Capano's Store Rudits Home Appliances Hoosick Valley Building and Restoration. The Elks Auxiliary hosts a Tag Sale this Sunday September 12 from 10 a.m. at River and Church streets near Mrs. Harold Doyle’s residence across from Stewart's Ice Cream.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Rensselaer County Department For the Aging
Charm Shop
Shapiro’s
Ray’s Radio
Ben Franklin
Don’s Book Shop
Brothers Sporting Goods
Gardner’s Garage
Capano’s
Rudits Home Appliances, Inc
Hoosick Valley Building and Restoration
Elks Auxiliary
River
Church Streets
Harold Doyle
Stewart
Hoosick Women’s Republican Club Food Sale and Meeting
The Hoosick Women’s Republican Club will hold its annual food sale on Friday September 17 at 10 a.m. at Ruditis Appliance Store on John Street. The first fall meeting will follow on Tuesday September 21 at 8 p.m. at the youth center on Church Street.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Women’s Republican Club
Ruditis
John Street
Church Street
Vermont AC LU Sues Over Trooper Harassment Probe
The Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union reports complaints of harassment by a state police car in central Vermont. Public Defender Stephen Elias called for Trooper Robert Goderre’s removal after he allegedly threatened Elias and others, while Public Safety Commissioner Edward Corcoran says an earlier probe found no wrongdoing. West Rutland judge upholds reinstatement of teacher John Fairchild, ordering back wages for a year.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
American Civil Liberties Union
Perpb
Lynn Heglund
Stephen Elias
Robert Goderre
Elias
West Rutland
Hilton Dier
Dier
John Fairchild
Fairchild
Vermont Federation of Teachers
Two Killed in Chester Pickup Crash and Tractor Accident
A head on collision on Vermont Route 103 killed Chad Stockman, 13 months, and left his mother Doreen Stockman, 20, and Joni Stockman, 18, in critical condition at a Hanover NH hospital. Mario Leslie, 27, of Putney, was in satisfactory condition. In a separate Chester accident, Norman Cole, in his 50s, died when his tractor overturned after hitting a stone wall while loading firewood.
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Chester
UPI
Chester Depot
Chad Stockman
Doreen Stockman
Mario Leslie
Putney
Man Killed by 'Ugly' Bull Near North Fairfield
Philip Montgomery aged 48 was mauled to death by a rampaging 2 year old Holstein bull recently retired after turning ugly. He went alone to locate the bull and did not return. His body was found in a field by two sons and two neighbors, pronounced dead from extensive head neck and chest injuries.
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North Fairfield
UPI
Philip Montgomery
Montgomery
Air New England to reinstate mid day Boston flight
Air New England will add an 11 20 a m flight to Boston in the fall schedule starting Sept 15 the origin city remains undecided between Burlington and the Barre Montpelier airport in Berlin Vermont. Dean Ayer 19 died from injuries after his sports car hit a camper at the Vt 14 and I 89 access road south Barre his mother Florence Ayer was in guarded condition.
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Montpelier
API
Air New England
Boston
Burlington
Berlin
Charles Miel
Miel
Barre- Montpelier
SUNY Albany faculty protests over a new research program
In Albany a counter press conference denounced a university plan to have faculty assist in public policy research for state and local government arguing it would cut classroom teaching without more budget. President Fields defended integration with existing programs as lawmakers voiced support. In Troy local merchants warned Uncle Sam Mall must start soon or downtown stores would vanish.
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Albany
State University At Albany
Emmett B. Fields
Fields
Troy
Leon Rubin
Mall
Broadway
Third Street
Rubin
Berkshire town sign ban upheld by state board
WILLIAMSTOWN The state Outdoor Advertising Board backed the town bylaws banning six off premise signs. After a Boston hearing the board rejected six permit applications from Howard Johnsons restaurant Treadway Williams Inn and other private billboard owners, due to local sign law violations.
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Williamstown
State Outdoor Advertising Board
Boston
Howard Johnson’s
Treadway Williams Inn
Pittsfield Cuts Tax Hike From 9.80 to 8.40
The mayor and City Council trimmed Pittsfield’s tax rate hike from 9.80 to 8.40 largely by trimming municipal raises. City officials said further reductions depend on timely federal aid.
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Pittsfield
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ACLU
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