Story hour at Solomon Wright Library trains theme
Pownal story hour runs from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Solomon Wright Library with a trains theme. Children aged four to ten are invited. library hours extend to noon. Sunday worship at North Pownal Congregational Church features a sermon on The Beatitudes and a junior sermon Cain. Sunday school at 9 a.m. Church cabinet meets Monday at 7 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Church.
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Solomon Wright Library
North Pownal Congregational Church
Matthew
Cain
Earle Church
Peat grows as new energy option for Maine farmer
In Palermo Maine Mark Katz a peat farmer plans to heat his home with peat from his 100 acre bog saying peat could be a cost effective heating source. Officials from Maine Energy Resource caution peat is not viable for broad use due to low energy density and transport costs. Peat is mined in Penobscot Centerville and Jamesport with about 3000 tons produced yearly, mostly shipped out of state.
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Palermo
Maine
UPI
Mark Katz
United States
Washington County
Katz
Deer Hill Farms
University of Maine At
Maine Office of Energy Resource
Gary Daubin
Dick Darling
Daubin
Penobscot
Centerville
Jamesport
Beloved worker's tombstone to bear beer song epitaph
Norman Batalon, a Seekonk construction foreman, asked for the line There ain t no beer in heaven carved on his grave marker. His wife Marie sought the epitaph at Charles G Morse Granite Co in North Attleboro for the Center Cemetery in Wrentham Massachusetts. The couple shared the joke at home and with friends, reflecting his simple, family centered life.
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Wrentham
Mass
UPI
Norman Batalon
Marie
J.L. Marshall & Sons Inc
Seekonk
Jeffrey Davis
Park Foreman
Davis
Department of Public Works
Everett Skinner Jr
Skinner
Board of Selectmen
George Smith
Morse
Moonie case moves to court in New Hampshire
In Manchester an 18 year old Unification Church member Jana Kieffer and her mother Gloria Kieffer Paradis are ordered by Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge William Dunfey to appear next month to determine if Jana should be returned to her father. The petition from Jana’s father Donald Keiffer alleges she was spirited away and brainwashed. An arrest warrant will issue if they fail to appear.
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Manchester
N.H
UPI
Unification Church
Hillsborough County
William Dunfey
Jana Kieffer
Gloria Kieffer
Paradis
Jana
Dunfey
Sun Myung Moon
New Hampshire
Ernest Plack
Nashua
Hopkins Forest deer permits available at Williams College
The Williams College Center for Environmental Studies invites applications for Hopkins Memorial Forest deer hunting permits. Only 100 permits will be issued with resident priority until November 1, then first come first served. The forest will host up to 100 hunters December 5 to 10 with a $5 fee and mandatory regulations and population questionnaire.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College Center For Environmental Studies
Hopkins Memorial Forest
Hopkins Forest
Bridal gown fund-raiser set by Manchester seniors
The Northshire Senior Center in Manchester Center hosts a fall fundraiser themed Bridal Fashions of Today and Yesteryear at Manchester Elementary School on Sept 24. A supper at 8 pm precedes a gown show featuring 22 outfits from 1780 to 1880 and on loan from Bridal Fair in Bennington, with 34 door prizes and raffle items. Tickets are limited. reservations via 362-3608.
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Manchester
Northshire Senior Center
Manchester Center
Yesteryear
Josephine Laroque
Frederick Duckett
St. Pierre
France
Helen Pearson
Pat Dowling
Bennington
Cindi
Lori MacDonald
Karoline Wallace
East Dorset
Louise Piekarski
Peru
Marcie Smith
Tina Allen
Dorset
Rene
Cornelia Zobel
Judy Meier
Vermont Bar Association elects new president amid saturation warning
Rutland attorney James Haugh becomes Vermont Bar Association president succeeding Clark Gravel of Burlington. Gravel warned the state has nearly reached the saturation point for lawyers, with major firms receiving more than 200 applications while openings are scarce.
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Fairlee
UPI
Rutland
James Haugh
Vermont Bar Association
Clark Gravel
Burlington
Gravel
Troy man pushes code change after nephews drown in pool
In Troy New York a man seeks an amendment to the city building code after his 4 and 6 year old nephews drowned in an unused pool at a fire damaged home on Second Avenue. Police traced blue paint from Fifth Avenue to the church where the boys were last seen. The home owner says emptying the pool would cause collapse while officials say the pool and four foot fence meet code. The case pits safety concerns against structural issues as an insurance settlement unfolds.
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Troy
Robert
Wayne Speenburgh
Second Ave
Fifth Avenue
St. Basil’s Church
Second Avenue
Spec Conners
Anthony Spano
Spano
Eviction Dilemma in Berkshire Apartment Dispute
In North Adams a health board faces eviction action for an unidentified resident living since Aug. 15 in a crumbling 21 High St. unit with no heat or hot water and limited windows. Landlords Stanley and Gladys Trzcinski of East Hartford, Conn. say they offered a renovated second-floor apartment in September. the woman refuses to leave despite pet violations and a filed complaint. Separately Pittsfield secures a $30,293 federal and state grant to launch a high school based solar energy vocational program. The three-year course will start with sophomores, limit enrollment to 21 students, and hire a new instructor with equipment purchases.
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North Adams
Health Board
High St
John R. Taft
Stanley J
Gladys J. Trzcinski
East Hartford
Conn
Pittsfield
Commonwealth
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