Petersburg votes for re assessment in 1977 fiscal year
Petersburg Town Board decided to pursue and fund a full reassessment of all property for 1977 after requests from the Petersburg Concerned Taxpayers Group. The group had demanded equalized assessments and threatened court action. The board will discuss cost estimates at the upcoming meeting. Richard Weaver of PCTG planned to meet next Thursday to consider further steps.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Petersburg Town Board
Petersburg Concerned Taxpayers’ Group
PCTG
Shirley Snyder
Joan Wattrous
Warren Hempstead
Hempstead
Richard Weaver
Taxpayers
Shaftsbury Seeks Seventh Grade Return Feasibility
Shaftsbury School Board accepted a petition signed by about 135 voters to keep seventh graders in the elementary school for 1976-77 if cost stays under 5000 dollars. The move, led by Rep. Edwin Colvin, will be a warning article for the Sept. 8 meeting alongside budget and board election items.
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Shaftsbury
Mt. Anthony
Edwin Colvin
John Williams
Wilbur Fiske
Colvin
Williams
Fiske
Anthony
White Creek weighs wetlands act and film plans
White Creek town board meets at 7:30 p.m. to consider a local ordinance on state wetlands and discuss a movie filming in town. Supervisor James Nolan notes possible loss of regulatory rights to Washington County or New York. session also covers traffic help for filming and the Algrow Mandeville closure impacting about 180 jobs in Cambridge.
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White Creek
N.Y
James Nolan
Washington County
State of New York
Maria Lauer
Cambridge
Algrow-Mandeville
Nolan
State Department of Commerce
Asgrow
Bovie Hill Road
Crowley
John Mahar
Quacilman
John Gildea
Hoosick
Calhoun
Rensselaer County
Manchester Sunderland eye federal works fund
Manchester and Sunderland school boards weigh about 10 million dollars in federal public works funds under the new jobs bill. Manchester eyes gym roof replacement at about 15000 dollars and plans for a gym storage area and remodeling. Sunderland considers repairs to the elementary school amid a related lawsuit.
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Manchester
Sunderland
Russ Garland
U.S. Economic Development Administration
Burlington
Benjamin Stein
Dorset-Sunderland
Burr and Burton Seminary
Wilcox Brothers Dairy
Wilcox
Friends of Hildene to discuss Beckwith estate preservation
The Friends of Hildene will meet Thursday at 7:30 PM in the Manchester town office building. They will review a draft statement of purpose for preserving the Beckwith estate as a Lincoln memorial and consider possible funding sources. The meeting is open to all interested persons.
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Manchester
Friends of Hildene
Beckwith
Children’s Caravan Visits Shaftsbury Elementary School
The Vermont Department of Libraries Children’s Caravan will visit Shaftsbury Elementary School on Thursday at 10 a.m. The puppet show based on the African tale Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears will entertain all children in the learning center where new books and a bicentennial exhibit will also be on display.
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Shaftsbury
Vermont Department of Libraries
Hoosick residents threaten suit over road abandon claim
Hoosick residents on Stewart Road and landowners along the road between Johnson Hill Road and Route 67 warned the town board they may sue to force maintenance and town acceptance of the road. They argue it was never legally abandoned, while a second issue concerns urging the state to redesign the Bovie Hill Road and Route 22 intersection to ease turning and speed concerns.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Stewart Road
Johnson Hill Road
Hoosick Falls- Walloomsac
Raymond Calhoun
Lawrence Murphy
John Hudelson
Niagara-Mohawk Power Company
Oliver Shaw
Johnson Hill
George Doughety
Stewart
Huderson
Calhoun
Lambert
Shaw
Harold Crowley
Bovie Hill Road
Crowley
Murphy
Unionization Debate at Falls Village Board Meeting
HOOSICK FALLS N Y The village board meets at 7 30 pm in the village clerk s office to conduct August business hear reports on Church Street road repair and from the Industrial Committee The board may discuss in executive session the employes request to unionize under the CSEA but likely will take no action He says he is studying labor statutes and consulting outside counsel to decide the village stance on the unionization request
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Church Street
Civil Service Employes Association
CSEA
Ralph Sternberg
Sternberg
Public hearing on parking rules canceled in Manchester
The town cancels tonight’s public hearing on proposed parking bylaw amendments pending publication of the zoning changes. Residents vent road complaints and discuss state highway talks as officials weigh wetlands ordinance steps to avoid losing local control by September 1.
White Creek 4H members seek advance fair ride tickets
White Creek 4H members and others may contact Jane Perry for advance tickets for rides at the Washington County Fair, and Mrs. Howard Robinson for entry blanks and tags. O0- The Pownal Senior Citizens will hold their weekly luncheon Wednesday at noon at their center in Pownal Center. Reservations for the meal must be made one week in advance by calling Rose Mattison at 823- 722. O0- The Pownal United Methodist Church will hold its annual peach supper Thursday at the church. Serving will begin at 5:30 p.m. The Pownal Center Citizen's will hold a social tonight at 7 at their center in Pownal Center.
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Jane Perry
Washington County Fair
Howard Robinson
Pownal
Pownal Center
Rose Mattison
Citizen’s
Connecticut braces as Belle mimics 1938 hurricane path
Hartford officials compare Hurricane Belle’s projected track to the 1938 storm that killed 700 and left 63,000 homeless across New York and New England. Emergency leaders monitor satellite data, stock supplies, and prepare while noting memories of past devastation.
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Juan Tamayo
Hartford
Con
UPI
State Armory
Belle
Connecticut
Red Cross
New York
New England
Manauso
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Lexington
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