Falls trustees note action on firehouse custodians in Hoosick Falls
At the Tuesday meeting the village board heard that Custodians at the firehouse were still serving as volunteer firemen in violation of a prior decision. The board warned they may be discharged if dual duties continue and directed legal research on applicable laws. The panel also approved $1,600 extra for a town hall architect to design two buildings for federal funds.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Village Board
Thomas McMartin
McMartin
Bogardus
Ralph Sternberg
New Town Hall
Building Committee
Francis Murphy
Murphy
Dick Ketchum
The
Country Journal
Ketchum
Kirby Hollow
Dorset
Squires
Board of Selectmen
Isabel Cutler
Pea Street
Squiers
Mettowee
Manchester Rotary plans penny auction
Manchester Rotary Club president Paul Turin announces a Penny Auction Sale set for October 9 at Manchester Elementary School. The two fold plan includes family fun and a chance to win one of 200 prizes while raising funds for community projects and past donations like scholarships. Members will seek prize donations from local businesses and professionals in the next 10 days.
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Manchester
Paul Turin
Manchester Rotary Club
Turin
Rotary Club
Dorset Faces Flood Aid Procedures After Belle’s Damages
Dorset officials report effects from Hurricane Belle linger with landslides and washed roads. Town uses Rutland Flood Disaster Office to gauge eligibility for federal aid while awaiting engineering surveys. Funds totaling 67,000 are earmarked for debris removal highway and bridge repairs as clean-up begins and hearings planned.
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Joan Colgan
Dorset
Belle
Vernon Squires
Dorset Selectmen’s Monthly
Rutland
Squires
Corps of Engineers
Departments of Water Resources
Fish and Games Department
Shaftsbury School Board to Meet September 20
The Shaftsbury School Board will meet Sept. 20 at 7 30 p m. in the district office where the principal will discuss enrollment forms emergency information and general forms and will introduce Jeff Clawson to attendees.
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Shaftsbury
Jeff Clawson
Pownal Groups Schedule Evening Activities
Pownal United Methodist Church hosts choir rehearsal at 7 30 tonight. Pownal Center Fire Department holds a worknight at 7 30 at the firehouse. A hunter safety course runs five weeks from Sept 21 6 30 to 8 30 p m Tuesdays for ages 10 and up. Enrollment limited call William James at 823 5122 evenings by Sept 20. If interest allows a second course after the first. Patches for last year attendees available at the firehouse with a prior certificate.
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Pownal Center
William James
Vermont Yankee Restores Power After Shutdown
Vermont Yankee nuclear plant resumes output around 8 a.m. after a week-long unscheduled shutdown caused by a vibration in a small generator. Spokesman Thomas Hurcomb said power was fed into the New England grid several hours later. The plant’s return follows the brief outage and a restart of generation.
Newport voters approve firehouse addition and turf arena defeat
Newport residents vote 814 to 421 to fund a 90000 addition to the firehouse with 25000 from revenue sharing. A 955 to 237 measure defeated the 650000 civic arena project. Sewage contract with Derby rejected 657 to 569. Springfield PSB hearing set for Sept 28 on a 54 million municipal hydro project and public notice concerns.
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Newport
UPI
Derby
Springfield
Vermont Public Service Board
Thomas Hurcomb
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
PSB
Springfield approves 3.65 million school budget
Springfield residents approved a 3.65 million dollar school budget for the next fiscal year by a 1393 to 730 vote, the fourth public weighing of the issue after earlier proposals to fund 4.1 million and 3.8 million were defeated. East Middlebury rejects sewer link with Middlebury system after 51 to 29 vote, citing study concerns about river pollution.
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Springfield
UPI
East Middlebury
Middlebury
Governor Carey Visits Prisons Urges Reform in New York
Gov Hugh Carey toured two New York State prisons and said conditions had not improved since the 1971 Attica uprising. He criticized rhetoric of rehabilitation, while backing Corrections Commissioner Benjamin Ward and his push for prison reform.
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Albany
New York State
Hugh Carey
Attica
Carey
Benjamin Ward
Ward
Martino Challenges Pattison to Debates on Key Issues
Clifton Park Republican Joseph A. Martino challenged incumbent Edward W. Pattison to debates on gun control expansion of the federal government defense spending economy amnesty welfare and criminal justice reform. Pattison suggested debates could start after Oct. 3 when Congress recesses. A Conservative challenger, James E. DeYoung Jr. of Glens Falls, will also be on the November ballot after finishing second in the Republican primary.
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Clifton * Park
Joseph A. Martino
Edward W. Pattison
Pattison
Congress
Martino
James E. DeYoung Jr
Glens Falls
DeYoung
Bubriski Narrowly Trails McBride in Berkshire Primary
Dagmar E Bubriski trailing incumbent State Rep Anthony P McBride by 98 votes in the Berkshire district with 1279 to 1377, weighing a recount. Bubriski, activist and Berkshire Sampler columnist, criticized McBride for 30 percent absence in recent roll calls. McBride dismisses it as unlikely to reflect performance.
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Williamstown
Dagmar E. Bubriski
Anthony P. McBride
Adams
Bubriski
McBride
Berkshire Sampler
Bubinski
North Adams Hospital Announces Employee Vaccination Program
North Adams Regional Hospital will offer a vaccination program to employees. Hospital administrator George Serrigo notes trustees approved the plan at the August 28 meeting. The vaccine will be supplied by the federal Department of Public Health.
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Boston
Mass
UPI
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State of
Vermont
Agriculture and Health Departments
EPA
John McGlennon
Vermont Department of Agriculture
McGlennon
North Adams
North Adams Regional Hospital
George Serrigo
Federal Department of Public Health
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Lynn Holton
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Stewart Scott
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Don Kellogg
Black & Decker
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Caulie
GE Electric
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Rio
Pownal
Pamela Blakeman
Pownal United Methodist Church
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