Hoosick Falls district eyes tax rise as towns report increases
Hoosick Falls Central School District towns show higher taxes despite last year’s declines. Rates per thousand range from 42.68 to 88.00 with increases led by three towns. Total levy sits at 305,000 with variances tied to assessed values and exemptions. District average true tax rate is 13.32 per thousand versus state 16.70.
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Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Board of Education
Hoosick
Pittstown
Grafton
Petersburg
White Creek
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Union
New York Telephone Co
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Arlington Community Club street fair a huge success
Arlington trustees praise the 30th annual street fair as a huge success after raising 1400 for the town. Philip Linde won an outdoor cooker, Mrs Charles Canfield a blender, Miss Georgianna Leake a bicycle, and Dr Lewis Stevenson a transistor radio. Mrs May Andrew is improving at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a light shock last week.
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Arlington Community Club
Philip Linde
Charles Canfield
Georgianna Leake
Lewis Stevenson
May Andrew
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Victory in 68 Emphasized At District 32 GOP Meeting
A District 32 GOP session at the Pownal Center Fire House featured candidates to the General Assembly Ira Whitney Porter Farwell and Harvey Carter Jr. plus five for Bennington County senator Salvatore Santarcangelo Madeline Harwood James Louns bury T Garry Buckley and Tracy Kenyon. They discussed gun control taxes education and county state issues while Rep Whitney warned about confiscation risks in a national crisis. Whitingham will host the next meeting September 3 at 8 p.m.
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Pownal
District 32 Gop
Pownal Center
James W. Lounsbury
John Armstrong
District 32
John Pool
Sanford Plumb
Jennifer Rounds
General Assembly
Ira Whitney
Stamford
Porter Farwell
Wilmington
Harvey Carter Jr
Bennington County
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Bennington
Madeline B. Harwood
Manchester
Whitney
Harwood
Miami
Fla
GOP
Platform Committee
Santarcangelo
Lounsbury
Buckley
Racing Commission
Kenyon
House of Representatives
G. William Hamilton
John Bett
Whitingham
Whitingham School
Vacation Bible School Week at Pownal Center Church
The Pownal Center Community Church will host Vacation Bible School Aug 26–30 directed by Mrs. Kenneth Gile and Larry Ellis with the theme Exploring God's Word. Sessions run 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. daily for children ages three to 13, featuring Bible study games songs handicrafts and refreshments. John Beverly of East Nassau N Y will speak at North Pownal Congregational Church 10 15 a.m. service Sunday, with a 4 p.m. meeting by a Chicago Board of Missions representative. Firefighters responded to a barn destroyed by lightning on the Everett Gardner farm Carpenter Hill after 6 p.m. Tuesday. Chief Charles Betit led the Pownal Center Fire Department on scene for hours.
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Pownal Center Community Church
Kenneth Gile
Larry Ellis
God
John Beverly
East Nassau
N.Y
North Pownal Congregational Church
Board of Missions
Chicago
Ill
Board of Trustees
Everett Gardner
Carpenter Hill
Pownal Center
Charles Betit
Dorset Film Draws Large Audience at Summer Meeting
The Dorset Historical Society hosted a crowded event at Dorset Elementary School featuring the Williamsburg production Colonial Naturalist. Artists and scientists admired its portraits of 18th century recorder Mark Catesby, while Dorset-made 19th century products complemented the program. Proceeds fund a local museum endowment.
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Dorset
Dorset Historical Society
Williamsburg
Mark Catesby
America
Eugene Bond
Bennington County
Fay
John E. Fay
Opening school registration set for Aug 29 at Manchester MICHAEL MILLER
School opening notice outlines one day for student registration on August 29 in the Given Wing multipurpose room. Seniors 9:30, juniors 10:30, sophomores 1, freshmen 2, with a photographer, laminated ID cards, and early guidance contacts. Castledon and Castleton State College lists noted for fall honors with dean and president’s lists.
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E.H. Henry
Castleton
Castleton State College
Anne Jolly Lourie
West Rupert
Lucy S. Brennan
West Pawlet
Stephen Earley
Bennington
Daisy M. Greene
Pawlet
Helen G. Howard
Shaftsbury
Patricia Dimick
Brattleboro
North Bennington
Victoria's House opens at Dorset Playhouse in top form
Fred Carmichael's Victoria's Housepremieres at Dorset Playhouse, with Patricia Carmichael directing and Judith Page Murray designing the setting. A large Caravan Theatre cast including Elizabeth Franz, Lucie Woolson, Warren Knowlton, Janette Gautier, Jill Geiger, Mark Suben and Joan Wikler delivers suspenseful British manor drama set at turn of the century.
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Victoria's House
Fred Carmichael
Caravan Theatre
Dorset Playhouse
Patricia Carmichael
Judith Page Murray
Jane Neufeld
Stephens Mark Suben Winnie Jill Geiger
Mrs. Case
Joan Wikler
Margaret St. James
Lucie Woolson
William Scott Warren Knowlton
Neil Bannister
Victoria Bannister
Elizabeth Franz
Charles Axton
Charles Dickens
Jane Leighton Janette Gautier
Dorset
Mr. Carmichael
Victoria’s House
Elisabeth Bergner
Spooks
Warren Knowlton
Janette Gautier
Jill Geiger
Mark Suben
David Boorstin
Darlene Viall
Diana Greenwood
J. P. Murray
Ringheiser
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