Town Board warns on subdivision legality for home buyers
Chatham officials urge lawyers to verify subdivisions meet town rules to avoid faulty titles. Construction of 15 homes proceeds in a subdivision alleged noncompliant with water sewer road and drainage standards. Sydney Smith testifies in Troy that Riverview Apartments assessment spiked from 225000 to 775000 as political punishment after a dispute with county GOP chair. Albany approves Walkin clinics offering care in storefronts to relieve hospital clinics.
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Chatham
Troy
Sidney Smith
State Investigation Commission
SIC
Riverview
Smith
Joseph Casey
Rensselaer County Republican
Duanesburg Justice Refuses To Reveal Carnival Truck Crash Details
Duanesburg town justice Harry Jones declined to disclose the disposition of four traffic counts against the carnival truck driver after the Route 7 crash. He said Duanesburg prefers not to publish such matters, while acknowledging arraignment records are public property.
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Duanesburg
Schenectady County
Harry Jones
Primitive Massachusetts site reveals 2000–1500 B.C. peoples
Archaeologists led by John Blank of UMass report excavations in Franklin County uncover stone projectile points hammer stones and talc soapstone fragments indicating a migratory hunter gatherer group with no pottery or developed culture or religion.
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Gill
Franklin County
John Blank
University of Massachusetts
Blank
Construction Worker Killed by 13,000-Volt Line Shock
Eugene Scranton 37 of Indian Orchard died after a metal shaft he guided into a test bore touched a 13,000 volt power line at the Multicolor Corp plant site. Fellow worker Donald Moody 21 of Chicopee remained in fair condition with severe shock.
Multiple Connecticut items mix ivy and Civil War trunk
News briefs report decorative ivy on Town Hall removed after poison ivy found on walls. Army Ordnance advises Civil War memorabilia trunk in Connecticut capitol rotunda be tested after dangerous powder found. UConn names law student Walter Marcus to board, amid student protests. State lawmakers fail to override veto keeping Sunday liquor closing at 11 pm for two more years.
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Hartford
Army Ordnance
State Capitol
State Historical Society
John N. Dempsey
Ft. Devens
Mass
Connecticut
Multiple train derailment disrupts services near Hoosac Tunnel
Six cars derailed of a 120 car Boston and Maine freight near the Hoosac Tunnel. No injuries. Some cars damaged and lines torn down. Cable TV outage for an hour cut coverage of an all star baseball game. New England Telephone plans a 1.5 million dollar expansion over 18 months in North Adams. The utility seeks rate hikes up to 1 per month for residents and 3 for most businesses to fund underground work and automatic number identification in Williamstown. Birth records note Leontina Petka born January 12 1913 in Utica NY. later details indicate prisoner exchange context.
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North Adams
Boston & Maine
Hoosac
New England Telephone Co
Hardkd P. Brennan
State Department of Public Utilities
Brennen
Williamstown
Morris, Cohen
Lowick
Fish
Lng Ng
Leontina Petka
Utica
N.Y
Lee Academy Summer Use May Violate Zoning Code
Community concerns over Lee Academy's summer use as a fresh air center for underprivileged city children spurred reviews by the Planning Board Board of Health and Selectmen. Officials weighed zoning status and sanitary permits while noting prior health standards and pending inspections during a Brooklyn group’s two week sessions.
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Lee Academy
LEE
Planning Board
Board of Health
the Selectmen
James Nolan
Laurel Street
Selectmen
the Eagle
Edward F. Murray
J. Peter Scolfer
Gordon Turnbull
Turnbull
Department of Health
Paul A. Morse
Murray
Andre W. Jaouen
Philip C. Feltman
Clifton, NJ
Brownsville
Brooklyn
N.Y
Mrs Dupont Receives Letter From Astronaut Armstrong
Mrs. Dupont of 15 Laurel Ave. received a letter from astronaut Neil A. Armstrong replying to her letter urging the U.S. flag be placed on the moon rather than the United Nations flag. Armstrong dated June 16 saying Congress favored the U.S. flag and it would be placed on the lunar surface if the landing attempt succeeds this summer. He later faced the flag on the moon during the televised broadcast.
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Armstrong
U.S
Lenox youths and others face court actions for speeding and theft
Lee District Court heard multiple cases including Ronald Coty 24 of Lenox fined 50 for his third speeding offense within a year and given one month to pay. Umberts Bona 18 of Columbia Street pleaded guilty to speeding with a charge reduced to endangering. Four youths injured in a June 27 one car crash as Bona reported traveling about 45 mph in a 30 mph zone. Thomas Cahalan 20 of Silver Street pleaded guilty to larceny under 100 dollars. case continued to August 29. Michael Smith 40 of Holyoke charged with operating after suspension and giving false information, released on 75 dollar bail to appear August 12. Police noted additional details and program eligibility considerations.
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LEE
Ronald R. Coty
Housatonic St
Lenox
Lee District Court
John J. Dwyer
Caty
Umberts Bona
Columbia Street
Bona
Summer Street
Atty
Henry M. Donahoe
Thomas B. Cahalan
Silver Street
John J. Boyne
Cahalan
Abby & Sons
Inec
Boyne
Michael Smith
Holyoke
Men's Town Golf League results in A and B divisions
In the Men's Town Golf League Thomas Tracy topped the A division with a 39. A three way tie for second included Francis Robitaille James Powers and Francis McCusker with 40s. In the B division Roy Saunders led with 41, followed by a second place tie of John Capelli and Val Baldi seratto with 42s, and third went to Alton Wells.
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Lee
Thomas Tracy
Francis Robitaille
James Powers
Francis McCusker
Roy Saunders
John Capelli
Val Baldiseratto
Alton Wells
Lenox Selectmen tax liquor license pause at El Club
Lenox officials ordered El Club on Walker Street to halt alcohol service until the transfer of the license from Vernon Lohnes to Paul R. Noetzel is approved by Boston and ratified by the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission. Meanwhile Senator Kennedy’s office apologized for a misaddressed letter to Selectman Pignatelli about federal cable TV restrictions.
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LENOX
Selectmen
Paul R. Noetzel
el Club,Inc
Walker Street
Lenox Dale
Boston
Noetzel
Vernon Lohnes
The
el Dorado, Inc
Alcoholic Beverages State Control Commission
Senox
John J. Pignatelli
Edward M. Kennedy
Joan J. Pignatelli
Miss Pignatelli
Pignatelli
Andrew Vitali Jr
Sen. Kennedy
Kennedy
Vandals Strike Town Dump In Lenox
Police report a gate was knocked down and a sign stolen from the town dump at the north end of Crystal Street last night before 8. Investigators are looking into the act. The sign and gate had been installed about three weeks earlier. Dump hours are 8 to 5 weekdays 8 to 1 Saturdays and closed Sundays. nonresidents are barred.
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Lenox
Crystal Street
Carl A. Bergan
Board of Health
Food Sale To Aid Beach House Fund
Kathy Weissbrod 15 of 160 New Lenox Road aided organizing a food sale granted a permit for Saturday at 9 30 at Lilac Park corner of Main Street and Sunset Avenue. Proceeds go to the new beach house. donations are still being accepted by the Youth Committee.
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Lenox
Lilac Park
Main Street
Sunset Avenue
Kathy Weissbrod
New Lenox Road
Lenox Memorial High School
New Beach House
Enthusiastic Fan Seized at Tanglewood
Carl E Law a 26 year old Montreal man pleaded guilty in Lee District Court to disturbing the peace after trying to storm the Contemporary Trends concert stage in Tanglewood. Police said he swung at deputies and was jailed overnight in a padded cell. the judge adjourned the case to August 29 for further disposition.
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LENOX
Tanglewood
Lee District Court
Stockbridge
William J. Obanhein
Carl E Law
Montreal
Obanhein
Law
John J. Dwyer
Dwyer
Examination Scheduled for Lee Water Department Post
LEE-Civil Service has scheduled an examination for Sept. to establish a qualified list for the superintendent of the Lee Water Department to replace retiree John McCarby. Salary ranges from 6877 to 7250 annually. Applicants need five years fulltime water or sewer construction or repair experience and one year in a professional engineering capacity. Application deadline is Monday August 18.
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LEE — Civil Service
Lee Water Department
John McCarby
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