Monday May 20, 2013
May 20
50 years ago today
POWNAL. Vt. -- Carl Fowler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fowler of Skiparee Ranch, received the Empire Farmer Award for Future Farmers of America at the 38th annual Convention of FFA chapters held at the Cato-Meridian New York Central School over the weekend.
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Monday May 20, 2013 PORTLAND, Maine -- Red tide monitoring is going high-tech with a robotic "laboratory in a can."
A garbage can-size canister was deployed in late April in the ocean waters off southern Maine to collect and transmit data about toxin-producing algae blooms, known as red tides, that show up in the Gulf of Maine each spring.
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Monday May 20, 2013
RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont company that makes hard cider is suing a Vermont coffee company for trademark infringement over the use of the word "woodchuck."
Vermont Hard Cider Co. filed a complaint against Woodchuck Coffee Roasters in U.S. District Court last week seeking an unspecified financial award and an injunction preventing further trademark infringement
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Saturday May 18, 2013
NORTH ADAMS -- Edward Jones Financial Advisor Walter Lother is hosting a free presentation titled "Social Security: Your Questions Answered" at 10 a.m., on Tuesday, May 21, at North Adams Public Library on Church Street.
For more information, call the library at 413-662-3133 or visit www.
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Saturday May 18, 2013
WILLIAMSTOWN -- The Drury High School band will hold a fundraiser on Monday, May 20, at Desperado’s Mexican Restaurant, 246 Main St., during which 15 percent of sales at the restaurant will go to the band.
Music will be provided by the Drury Jazz Band from 5 to 8 p.
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Saturday May 18, 2013
CHESHIRE -- The Hoosac Valley High School Softball team will sponsor a spaghetti supper from 4 to 7 p.m., on Saturday, May 18, at St. Mary's Church, 159 Church St. Tickets can be purchased from any player or at the door. The cost is $7/$5.
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Saturday May 18, 2013
CHESHIRE -- The Cheshire Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Saturday, May 18, at Sheds N Stuff on Route 8.
The club will offer for sale annuals, perennials and vegetable plants as well as specials from their own gardens. Proceeds from the sale benefit scholarships for local students.
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Saturday May 18, 2013
Courtney Keating, daughter of Bill Keating of Lanesborough and Sally Keating of North Adams, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester at the University of New England in Maine. Dean’s list requires a grade point average of 3.30 or better.
A 2012 graduate of Drury High School in North Adams, Keating is majoring in medical biology.
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Saturday May 18, 2013
NORTH ADAMS -- A 19-year-old Adams man who allegedly fled police on a motorcycle this week was charged with traffic violations in city court Friday.
Christopher Hayes of Howland Avenue was arraigned in Northern Berkshire District Court on Friday for failing to stop for police, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration, operating
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Saturday May 18, 2013 Young members of a royal family or a herd of wild animals? Who are these youngsters and where was the photo taken? What was the year? Please email any information to mysteryphoto@thetranscript.com or call our Mystery Photo line at 413-663-3741, ext. 222.
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Saturday May 18, 2013
May 18
50 years ago today
ADAMS -- Michael Pliska, son of Walter Pliska of 38 Randall St., a sophomore in electrical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., was honored in the final ROTC review of the year. He received the Troy Savings Bank award as the sophomore in Naval ROTC with the highest proficiency in naval weapons.
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ADAMS - Northern Berkshire officials talked local biking opportunities and Ashuwillticook Rail Trail history and future Thursday at the Visitors Center in recognition of Bay State Bike Week.
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CHESHIRE -- After a year hiatus while the new middle and high school building was under construction, Hoosac Valley Middle & High School held its 10th career fair on Thursday. More than 50 business representatives participated.
Initiated by the Hoosac Valley School Council, the event is now coordinated by Regina Hill, a logistics specialist at Specialty Minerals Inc.
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Friday May 17, 2013
May 17
50 years ago today
WILLIAMSTOWN -- Two members of the faculty of the Mt. Greylock Regional High School were elected officers of the Berkshire section of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England at the annual dinner meeting Thursday in Pittsfield.
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NORTH ADAMS -- A press release in Wednesday's Transcript for Saturday's "Zumba for a Cure, Dancing in the Street" event listed an incorrect time for the Northern Berkshire Relay for Life fundraiser.
The event takes place from 4 to 5:30 p.m., and will shut down Main Street as hundreds of dancers take part.
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No one seemed to know anything about this Mystery Photo, so we went to the microfilm files. The caption read: Best friends, Krystal Rolnick, 10, and Allison Naumann-Danforth, 10, head for the sky on a mini-trampoline in a yard on Latham Street in Williamstown. The photo originally ran March 6, 1997.
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