North Shire Senior Center announces classes and events
Manchester seniors seek interest in rug braiding ceramics and needlework with weekly sessions. A state aging picnic at Killington Basin on September 25 departs from the center at 9 a.m. Bring lunch. beverages provided. Representatives will discuss ideas. Golf tournament on September 26 at Manchester Country Club. An October end of summer tag sale aims to raise funds with donated items. Center hours and contact 362-3608. transport available. Open to ages 55 plus.
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Manchester
Killington Basin
State Office On
Killington
Manchester Country Club
School Street
Manchester Center
Pownal Community Notices Outline Upcoming Events
Pownal Elementary School hosts a women's slimnastics class starting Oct 2 after postponement. P.T.G. Halloween party 6 to 9:30 pm at the school with donations urged. United Methodist Women meet Tuesday at 8 pm hosted by Mrs. Snow and Mrs. Bishop with refreshments. Lions Club social hour and meeting at Mt Anthony Country Club. United Methodist Church turkey supper set for Oct 18 with Mrs. Otis Dorman as chair. Donations asked for classes and events.
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Pownal
United Methodist
William Snow
Snow
Ralph Bishop
Arlington Arlington Club Sale and Community Notices
Arlington calendar lists Lions Club bulb and broom sales Monday and Tuesday evenings 6 to 9. Other events include American Legion Auxiliary meets, Arlington Fire Co. meeting, MAU field hockey, Enterprise Society chicken pie supper, Bat tenhill Grange social, and a clergy conference in Washington. Also notes Fisher Elementary School seeks old portable TV sets for classroom use and a 25th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Bernie M. Davis of Bennington with family guests and cake by Miss Degrenier.
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Lions Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Arlington Fire Co
Fire House
East Arlington
Arlington
MAU
Enterprise Society
Bailey Hall
Battenhill Grange
Grange Hall
West Arlington
Francis B. Flanagan
Arlington Lion Club
Vermont A.G. Cheney to seek re election in two year term cited
Vermont Attorney General Kimberly Cheney said he plans to run again next year, arguing a two year term is too short to meet his goals from last year s election. The Republican leader said he supports funding to continue the Lake Champlain pollution case against International Paper Co and New York to remove a sludge bed near Ticonderoga. He also intends to push laws limiting rock concerts and large land sales.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Kimberly Cheney
Cheney
International Paper Co
New York
Lake Champlain
Ticonderoga
N.Y
Supreme Court
Wcax TV
Vermont elderly meals program starts in Springfield
The first of Vermont’s new meals for the elderly program begins today in Springfield funded by the Older Americans Act. Additional programs are planned soon in Chittenden County central Vermont the Northeast Kingdom Orange County and Bennington County areas.
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Springfield
UPI
Vermont
Chittenden County
Northeast Kingdom
Orange County
Bennington County
Brooks Shot Dead At St Albans Residence
Howard Brooks aged 29 of St Albans was shot to death Sunday after 8 p.m. at the Gerald Ryan residence. State Police say Ryan aged 30 returned to his trailer to find Brooks there and was charged with aggravated assault.
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Fletcher
UPI
Howard Brooks
St. Albans
Gerald Ryan
Ryan
Brooks
Funeral for Walter McHugo Barre Democrat 1962
Funeral services are set for Tuesday for Walter McHugo 76 of Barre a former Democratic state representative in 1962. He died Sunday at Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin after a short illness.
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Barre
UPI
Walter McHugo
Central Vermont Medical Center
Berlin
Burk e 18 dies in U S 4 collision. truck driver injured
Mendon UPI reports 18 year old Thomas Burke of Bellows Falls was killed when his car collided with a truck on U S 4. Truck driver Clyde Leach, 48, was injured in the crash Saturday.
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Mendon
UPI
Thomas Burke
Bellows Falls
U.S. 4
Clyde Leach
Montpelier Attorney Named President of Vermont Historical Society
Montpelier attorney Thomas Conlon has been elected president of the Vermont Historical Society, the organization announced.
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Montpelier
UPI
Thomas Conlon
Vermont Historical Society
Albany Police Chief Blasts State Panel Over Corruption Allegations
Albany Police Chief Edward C. McArdle denounced the State Investigation Commission hearings as immoral and criticized former narcotics head Robert Byers as disruptive. Byers, once named Policeman of the Year, resigned in 1971 amid department dissatisfaction. Troy launches major housing code crackdown after new code adoption, issuing 57 violation notices with repairs underway or court actions pending. Blight spread risk noted as code aims to compel owner commitment to property.
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Albany
Edward C. McArdle
State Investigation Commission
Albany Police Department
McArdle
Robert Byers
Byers
Albany Kiwanis Club
Troy
Samuel P. Ciraulo
Ciraulo
Bears roam Berkshire streets in chase and escape
In Clarksburg a black mother bear and her three cubs returned to a backyard, prompting spectators to douse them with a fire hose. The bears moved through Tremont, Beacon and Wells avenues before climbing a maple tree on John W. Kiley’s front yard. Conservation officers arrived with a tranquilizer gun but the bears fled as night fell. In North Adams the Board of Health approved a $6,000 Visiting Nurses Association program for residents 60 and older, funded by Mayor Bianco and the city council, with free medical advice two days weekly at Ashland Park Apartments amid prior financial strain from unpaid welfare funding. In Beckett, UPIs reported the discovery of Jaroslaw Luchkan’s body, 37, of West Hartford, in a wrecked small plane near the Massachusetts Turnpike after the Cessna disappeared from Brainard Airport. The wreckage was located by a search plane over a hilly area.
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Clarksburg
Arlton Peck
Tremont Street
Beacon Street
Wells Avenue
John W. Kiley
William J. Kulish
Adams
Kulish
North Adams
Board of Health
Visiting Nurses Association
Joesph R. Bianco
Ashland Park
State Department of Public Welfare
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