Road to Little Rhody Cemetery gains passable status
In Shaftsbury town a gravel program covers the Little Rhody Cemetery road with five loads. Two more loads expected, officials estimate under $300. The North Shaftsbury Community Club, largely elderly ladies, cleaned tombs and prepared topsoil for reseeding. Will Cross supplies topsoil and brush clearing. Elm Street work may start today, weather permitting, with a sand shed planned by the town garage for about $600. Hoosac School opens its 87th year with eight foreign students and ten-day participants joining a diverse turnout at Home Farm reception.
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Sheilar Miller
Shaftsbury
Rhode Island
North Shaftsbury
Harrington
Elm Street
Buxbaum
Selectmen
Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosac
H. Ashton Crosby Jr
Home Farm
Iran
Greece
Denmark
Switzerland
Thailand
Italy
United States
Falls Court Report Details Drug Store Break-In Attempts
Village police reported two failed entries at Thorpe's Drug Store on John Street last week. Pry marks were found on a back door during attempts on Sept 13 and Sept 17. Thorpe's was previously burglarized in August with drugs and cash stolen. Other incidents include arrests of Bryce Brancheau in toxic driving and Sally Godfrey for licenses, plus a one car crash on Hill Road injuring Robert M. Bartlett.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Thorpe
John Street
Ruditis Home
John St
Hoosac
Ruditis
Bryce Brancheau
Osasso
Mich
Elm Street
William Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Sally Godfrey
North Hoosick
Hill Road
Robert M. Bartlett
Hoosick Falls Rescue Squad Auction Set for Oct 3
Hoosick Falls Rescue Squad to hold annual auction Oct 3 at 6 pm at the squad HQ on First Street to raise $12,000 for a down payment on a new rescue truck. Donations, volunteer bidders, and coin card collections are urged, with canvassing by squad members Oct 13 and coin boxes at local stores and the Hoosick Bank.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
Rescue Squad
First Street
Philomene Pratt
Jerome Wright Real Estate Agency
Second Street
Joan Rogers
Peg Davendanis
Shirley Howard
Town of
Main Street
Alfred Ferramini
Joan Green
Joan Hoffman
Ruth Brenenstuhl
Diana Corbett
Mary Morin
Gladys Knapp
West Hoosick
Bovie Hill
Wilson Hill
Joan Clancy
Hill Road
William French
North Hoosick
Cobble Hill
Grace Sullivan
Wallomsac
Leroy Martin
Buskirk
Eagle Bridge
Norman Bent
River Road
John Griffin
Potter Hill
Babcock Lake
Thomas Nugent
North Petersburg
Royal Howard
East Hoosick
Fox Hollow
Henry French
North Hoosick Road
Johnson Hill
Arnold Jones
Breese Hollow
Petersburg Junction
Kathryn Thurber
McCullough Library
Jogger in Underwear Tells Brattleboro Police He Was Just Jogging
Police responded to a Friday night complaint in Brattleboro. The visitor from Birmingham Alabama explained he was only jogging in his underwear. Officers advised him to dress properly for the weather and for neighbors due to frostbite risk and public nExposure.
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Brattleboro
UPI
Birmingham
Ala
Former Mass official urges humane, community oriented corrections
Former Massachusetts Corrections Commissioner John Boone urges reforms to make imprisonment more humane and community oriented. He criticizes Vermont for sending corrigable inmates to federal prisons outside the state after Windsor’s 167 year old state prison closed earlier this summer.
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Burlington
UPI
Massachusetts
John Boone
Boone
Vermont
Windsor
Rutland School Board Members Plead Not Guilty in Open Meeting Case
Five members of the West Rutland School Board denied charges they violated Vermont's right to know law by failing to issue public notice of a June 30 executive session. They entered innocent pleas at arraignment in Vermont District Court.
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Rutland
UPI
West Rutland School Board
Vermont
Rutland County
John Liccardi
Lost hunter found safe after two days in woods
Brian Gray, 23, was reported in good condition after spending two days lost while hunting near Newport. State police said he left for a hunting trip Saturday, was reported missing Sunday by his wife, and was found returning home safely Monday after a search by police, friends, and relatives.
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Newport
UPI
Brian Gray
Gray
Noted physician dies in Montpelier
Services are set Wednesday for Dr. W. Douglas Lindsay a prominent Montpelier physician who practiced there since 1937 He died Monday at 72 while working in his office Lindsay former chairman of the state Mental Health Board and served as a consultant to the federal Social Security Administration and the state Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Avon man named Windsor town manager at 27
Windsor selects Avon Assistant Town Manager Douglas Delano to lead Windsor replacing William Blaisdell who left after 19 years. Delano, 27, will earn 13442 annually while Blaisdell earned 15050 at dismissal announced by the Board of Selectmen.
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Windsor
UPI
Avon, Conn
Avon
Douglas Delano
Windsor Board of Selectmen
Delano
William Blaisdell
Board of Selectmen
Blaisdell
Selectmen
Mediation Set For Troy Schools Talks Amid Optimism
A state appointed mediator will meet the two Troy school sides for a second time Wednesday in contract talks. Lansingburgh Teachers Association president Ernest J. Weldon says optimism remains but more sessions may be needed. Teachers, three weeks back at work, have held informational picketing and did not rule out a strike. Disputes center on salaries extra duties snow days and coaching pay.
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Troy
Lansingburgh Teachers Association
Ernest J. Weldon
Jail blaze suit halted by immunity ruling
Troy Rensselaer County is immune from damages in a March 1974 jail fire. A $1 million lawsuit by Gregory Travis’s father accuses county negligence for flammable mattresses in cells. The DA report says Travis started the fire to gain attention and possibly be moved to a state mental hospital.
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Troy
Rensselaer
State Supreme Court
Gregory Travis
Travis
State Mental Hospital
Berkshire crime ends in life term for Cadwell murder
Calvin T. Cadwell was sentenced to life in prison after a Saturday conviction for first degree murder of a four year old boy. The child's mother Judith P. Gerwaski, who planned to marry Cadwell, received up to seven years for being an accessory. Judge Walter H. McLaughlin called the battered child syndrome a serious issue and praised the case for reaching the courts.
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Pittsfield
Calvin T. Cadwell
Judith P. Gerwaski
Cadwell
County House of Correction
Gerwaski
Walter H. McLaughlin
Commonwealth
Weekend Burglaries and Vandalism Reported in Williamstown
Williamstown police report a weekend of thefts including burglaries at Captain's Table Restaurant and Country Pedlar Barn. Losses include beer wine liquor stereo equipment cash 75, plants a gold shirt license plate a golf club and vandalism to a soda machine at separate locations.
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Williamstown
Captain’s Table
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