Phase of NY Route 7 near completion safety focus
The first phase of reconstruction on NY Route 7 between Troy and the Vermont line is about finished, with two more weeks expected. Contractors Callan and Industries will finish this 3.75 mile segment from Spicer West Hoosick Road to Pittstown, while a second phase 4.15 miles from Raymertown to Route 278 is ongoing. Safety features include 44 feet total width with 12 foot lanes and 10 foot shoulders, delineators, new guard rails, and trees planted along the route. The contract price is $1,886,967.40.
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William C. Brown
Hoosick
N.Y
Potter Hill
Pittstown
Hoosick Falls
Troy
Vermont Line
Spicer
West Hoosick
New York States Department of Transportation
Brown
Callanand Industries
South Bethlehem
Raymertown
Brunswick
Boyntonville
Troy Hill
Pownal area church events and bake sale planned
The Pownal United Methodist Church choir meets tonight at 7 30 at the church. The Pownal Center Fire Department holds a 7 30 worknight at the firehouse. North Pownal Fire Auxiliary sponsors a sale with tag items baked goods and handmade items Saturday Sept 27 at the North Pownal firehouse starting 10 a m. A bicentennial afghan will be awarded via a benefit. The church hosts its annual turkey supper Thursday Oct 16 at the church hall serving from 5 30 p m.
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Pownal
Pownal Center
North Pownal
Public meeting on community projects in Hoosick Elks club
The Greater Hoosick Association invites residents to a 7:30 PM public meeting at the Elks clubhouse to discuss three proposed projects. Peppi Noble leads downtown Christmas decorations and will present plans, Liz Decker reports on a fundraising dance for the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad, and Sybil Armstrong heads a bicycle path proposal with a presentation planned.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Greater Hoosick Association
Elks
GHA
Peppi Noble
Liz Decker
Town of
Marketing copy for VIP policy promises relief
A promotional note offers a VIP policy to transform a bad break into usable relief. It urges readers to call today for complete details and terms of the plan.
Vermont bill on mobile homes faces strong pushback
Ronald Van Buren, Colchester Planning Commission chair, told the House Natural Resources Committee that removing zoning restrictions on mobile homes would be disastrous. Vermont law currently lets towns require mobile homes in designated parks, a policy criticized as discriminatory toward low income homeowners. The committee weighs changes amid a broad rewrite of planning and zoning laws.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Colchester
Green Mountain Power stock sale set for December vote
Green Mountain Power announces stockholder consideration on December 5 for proposed out-of-state nuclear plant investments Millstone No 3 Pilgrim No 2 and Seabrook Units 1 and 2 The board has approved the sale but requires a two thirds stockholder tally For approval the company would recoup about 2.7 million invested representing 1.2 to 1.6 percent ownership in the projects.
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Burlington
UPI
Green Mountain Power Corp
Millstone No
Connecticut
Pilgrim No
Massachusetts
Seabrook
New Hampshire
Green Mountain
Stewart elected chair of Vermont retirement system board
Robert B. Stewart executive director of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns was chosen chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Municipal Employes Retirement System. The system serves nearly 1,000 employees in 275 towns and districts, with eleven retirees since it began last July.
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Montpelier
UPI
Robert B. Stewart
Vermont League of Cities and Towns
Troy parent suit over Troy bus spending dismissed
New York state Education Commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist dismissed a challenge by Robert M. Delaney to alterations in the Enlarged City School District of Troy bus program costing 885000. Nyquist found no reason to intervene state records show proper policy adoption and budget handling.
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Troy
Ewald B. Nyquist
Robert M. Delaney
Nyquist
Respondent
Brown given final chance to repay $30,000 to bank
Rensselaer County Court judge ultimatum to Roland C. Brown after guilty plea to second degree larceny. He must pay Marine Midland Bank $30,000 within a week or face seven years in prison. Brown says restitution is difficult but he is trying, while selling Massachusetts property to raise funds.
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Rutland
UPI
Gerald Max Ryan
Bonnie Lee King
Lawrance Juaire
Ryan
Rutland County Superior Court
Fletcher
Vermont
Wynn Underwood
Troy
Rensselaer
Roland C. Brown
Marine Midland Bank
Brown
Massachusetts
Bianco taps former foe as campaign manager in Berkshire
In North Adams Mayor Joseph Bianco names John B. DeRosa a re election campaign manager while recalling a past feud over fluoridation and DeRosa’s earlier chairmanship of the Health Board. Bianco seeks a fourth two year term amid disputes over sewage dumping and public health policy.
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North Adams
Joseph R. Bianco
John B. DeRosa
Bianco
DeRosa
City Health Board
Denne Canaror Ae
Hoosic River
Vekosa
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Harwood Hill
Bennington, Vt
Metropolitan Life
New York, N.Y
Quebec Northfield
Thomas Salmon
Quebec
Norwich University
Benedict Arnold
Canada
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