Christmas dance planned by GHA for Hoosick Rescue Squad
The Greater Hoosick Association maps a Your Father's Mustache Dance for December 6 at the State armory to benefit the Hoosick Rescue Squad. The event will feature The Old Wazoo Good Time Band of Albany. Other projects include cost-saving downtown Christmas decorations and a bike-path initiative in East Hoosick with potential county help on speed limits.
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Edith Beaumont
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Greater Hoosick Association
GHA
Town of
Donald
Peppi’’ Noble
Elks
Sybil Armstrong
Boston & Maine
Stephen Ingraham
Grange condemns broad new federal dredge regulations
National Grange Master John W. Scott voices strong opposition to interim final dredge and fill rules by the Army Corps of Engineers under section 404. He argues the rules overexpand navigable waters scope, threaten property rights, and conflict with presidential aims to cut government reach.
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Washington
National Grange
John W. Scott
The
Scott
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Department of Justice
Congress
Sand shed debate stalls in Shaftsbury selectmen meeting
Shaftsbury selectmen hear road foreman Harrington’s sand shed plan may fade as Buxbaum cites cost and complaints. Cemetery concerns arise over sand storage and winter vehicle space. The panel delays final decision until next Monday after discussions with Altobell and Cross.
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Sheilah Miller
Shaftsbury
Kenny Harrington
Sanford Buxbaum
Buxbaum
Selectman
Harrington
Dailey’s
Altobell
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Earl
Peter Cross
Cross
Cemetery Commission
Alvan Lawrence
Bernard
Bruce Knapp
Young chef graduates from Culinary Institute in Hyde Park
Mark Edward Boutin, son of Mr and Mrs Emile Boutin, returns for his final year at the Culinary Institute in Hyde Park New York and will graduate in mid May as a licensed chef. Cub Scout Pack 331 organizational meeting set for tonight at 7 at the school, not Cole Hall as previously reported.
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Mark Edward Boutin
Emile Boutin
Culinary Institute
Hyde Park
N.Y
Young Boutin
Cole Hall
Hoosick Falls Police Active With Accidents And arrests
Tyler Stratton 17 of 25 Ball Street Hoosick Falls arrested on Thursday for driving an unregistered motorcycle and being an unlicensed operator. Robert Meyer 19 of 205 County Street Bennington fined in village court on two charges after Sept 12 arrest. A two car crash on High Street caused extensive damage. Hazel Springer hospitalized with neck injuries. Window broken at Shapiro's Department Store with $400 damage. Retirement dinner honors George W. Chatfield of Wood Flong Corp after 36 years. wife Ruth also retiring as Cheney Library librarian. Timed talk at Hoosick Township Historical Society on clocks. American Legion Auxiliary meeting and Chinese Auction planned. new secretary to replace Barbara Browe.
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Tyler Stratton
Ball Street
Hoosick Falls
Robert Meyer
County Street
Bennington
High Street
Lois Springer
Abbott Street
William Douglas
Eldredge Street
Springer
Munsell Street
Douglas
Hazel Springer
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Haynes Garage
Charles Shapiro
Shapiro’s Department Store
Church Street
Shapiro
George W. Chatfield
Wood Flong Corporation
VFW
Chatfield
Wood
Flong
Alfred Rowley
Ruth Chatfield
Cheney Public Library
Chatfields
Tennessee
Hoosick Falls Health Center
Grand Lodge
New York
American Legion Auxiliary
Bessie Cutler
First Street
Barbara Browe
Helen Bakaitis
Doris Auering
Helen Jones
Helen Fabiano
Angeline Carelli
Vermont Republicans oppose tax hikes as Salmon seeks new sales tax
The Republican State Committee planned to oppose any plan to raise Vermont taxes while Gov. Salmon pushes to increase the sales tax to meet a fiscal crisis. Lawmakers adjourned a two week session to study the finances. State GOP Chairman Walter Kennedy called a tax hike unlikely.
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Montpelier
UPI
Republican State Committee
Vermont
Thomas Salmon
GOP
Walter Kennedy
Republicans Schedule Two Meetings On State Platform
Sen. Alfred Beauchamp said the Republican State Platform Committee will meet in South Burlington on Oct 1 and in Rutland on Oct 29. Public sessions at Holiday Inns begin at 7 30 p.m. with the committee meeting at 4 30 p.m. The events aim to gather public views on platform issues.
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Montpelier
UPI
Republican State Platform Committee
Alfred Beauchamp
Rutland County
Burlington
Rutland
Beauchamp
Captain charged in Lake Champlain ferry grounding
Coast Guard served charges Monday on Capt. David Gelinas of Lake Champlain Transportation Co. in the August grounding of the ferry Valcour near Port Kent New York. A hearing is set for August 14. No injuries were reported among 115 passengers but the vessel suffered severe damage.
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Gelinas
Union meetings planned at Rutland Hospital amid labor drive
Rutland union organizers of the Service Empleados International Union plan meetings next Thursday to urge workers to unionize. Hospital Administrator John Richwagen says employees already got an eight percent raise and do not need a union. In Winooski Regina A. Rathe, 75, died after being hit by a car on Vermont 15 driven by Janice A. Huenke, 29, as she crossed traffic. Rathe died at Vermont Medical Center about an hour after the crash.
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Rutland
UPI
Rutland Hospital
Service Employes International Union
John Richwagen
Winooski
Regina A. Rathe
Vermont 15
Obscenity statute reform plan eyed by Troy council
New York Troy council Monday considered a series of novel suggestions to reform obscenity statutes. Councilman John H. Sweeney Jr. urged public hearings to align local rules with varying community standards and Supreme Court guidance. The issue has sparked months of debate about an adult bookstore, with a meeting set for Thursday featuring both supporters and a Baptist minister.
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Troy
John H. Sweeney Jr
U.S. Supreme Court
Pittsfield man charged in kidnapping and rape case
James W. Sheridan, 23, of Pittsfield, was charged with kidnapping rape attempted murder and related offenses after allegedly forcing a 21-year-old Lee woman from her car near Laurel Lake Saturday night. Police impounded his 1973 Corvette used in the crimes. The woman received emergency treatment and was released. Sheridan was denied bail and ordered held at the House of Correction.
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Lee
Pittsfield
Laurel Lake
James W. Sheridan
Sheridan
House of Correction
Two Drury High School Students Face Bomb Scares Charges
Two girls aged 14 and 15 were charged with causing two bomb scares at Drury High School last week after police apprehended them Monday morning. They face pending court action and will be suspended for a week, according to principal Steven J. Drotter. The first scare occurred Wednesday at lunch, evacuating the entire school, followed by a second scare on Friday.
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North Adams
Drury High School
Drury
Steven J. Drotter
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