WSESU to reconsider superintendent contract tonight
Brattleboro officials will meet at 7 30 p m at Brattleboro Union High School Learning Center to revisit the January 3 decision extending Superintendent Melvin Mendelsohn s contract for three years amid questions of proper notice and legal timing. The board may rescind the vote and resubmit Mendelsohn s contract to be ratified at a March 15 to May 15 annual meeting.
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Brattleboro
Windham Southeast Supervisory Union School Board
Melvin Mendelsohn
Erma Puffer
WSESU
Brattleboro Union High School
Wsesu School Directors Voted “To Extend Supt. Mendelsohn
Mendelsohn
Supt. Mendelsohn
Charles R. Cummings
Marge Runnion
A. Shirley Tyler
M. Jerome Diamond
Supervisory Union School Boards
Diamond
John S. Burgess
Burgess
Montpelier
Peter Diamondstone
Zone change approved for light industry in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls village board approved a zoning change to allow light industry in the business zone at Miller's Super Market subject to zoning board of appeals approval. No one opposed at the public hearing. The meeting also covered bids for a new motor for the auxiliary pumping station, revenue sharing funds, daylight saving time adjustments for the highway crew, and notices about nonworking fire alarm boxes. Grievance day was set for Feb 19 with written notarized filings by Feb 12 preferred. Election planning noted with three trustees to be elected in March and inspectors to be appointed Jan 22.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Miller’s Super Market
Zoning Board of Appeals
Edward Saboski
Saboski
Severson
Charles Stowell
Highway Department
James Cutler
Fire Department
Cutler
Arthur Hyde
Commissioner of Public Works
The Last Wagon and Public Affairs on ETV Burlington
Next week on ETV Burlington Katie Lee hosts The Last Wagon Monday Jan 21 at 7 pm a nostalgic look at authentic American cowboy music. Also featured are Erica Wilson and Theonie Marks with a new cooking and embroidery program airing Jan 22. Washington Connection debuts Jan 23 with Watergate analysis.
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Burlington
Katie Lee
Hollywood
Nash
Billy Simon
Gail Gardner
Erica Wilson
Theonie
Erica
Washington Connection
Lou Harris
Haynes Johnson
The
Washington Post
PACT
Jim Lehrer
Peter Kaye
Tony Richardson
Joyce Bressler
Vermont Media Project
Dixie Good
People
Stanley Gutman
Vermont Alliance
Helen Harris
Pownal Board Schedules Budget and Regular Meetings
Pownal school board sets a budget meeting for Tuesday January 15 at 1 pm and a regular meeting on Saturday January 19 at 9 am at Pownal Elementary School. New Year's party by Pownal Valley Snowgoers at North Pownal firehouse featured Phoenix band from Greenwich NY with 50 couples dancing.
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Pownal
Linda Sheridan
Armstrong
Patterson
Kawasaki
Frazier
Pownal Elementary School
Wildlife Habitat Improvement Packets offered by NYDEC
Wynantskill residents can order WHIP packets from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Each $6 packet contains 100 plants, shrubs, and tree seedlings. three packet options exist with two suited to Rensselaer County. Order blanks: DEC Lands & Forests Catskill NY 12414. Trucking available via Rensselaer County SWCD for $1 per shrub packet or $2 per 1000 trees, with pickup in Poestenkill and Hoosick Falls. For questions call 283-4219.
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N.Y
Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Lands & Forests
Main St
Catskill
Saratoga
Rensselaer County Soil & Water Conservation District
Poestenkill
Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer County Swcd
Rensselaer County
North Adams students explore oral history
North Adams State College students under Dr. Mary Fuqua and Thomas Price study late eighteenth and early nineteenth century local history through taped recollections and written summaries. Projects cover sports, leisure at county fairs, Cheshire town history, and Pittsfield Police history, becoming part of the Hoosac Collection.
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North Adams
Mass
North Adams State College
Mary Fuqua
Thomas Price
Cheshire
Pittsfield
Fuqua
Vermont Senate to tackle anti discrimination banks bill
In Montpelier the Senate will review a bill barring sex based discrimination by banks and lenders after a House vote on a women's rights measure. Sponsored by Reps. Susan Webb and Louise Swainbank the bill prohibits discrimination and guarantees equal rights in installment buying. Also in Montpelier the Senate heard a proposal to create a state lottery for charities, while Rep. Emory Hebard pushed to raise the number of superior judges from six to seven to handle caseloads. Environmental concerns dominated by Martin Johnson as he warned lawmakers against weakening protections after veto overrides and questions on a land use plan. The House Natural Resources Committee backed a methane from waste study at $20,000 to be conducted by the University of Vermont with a possible pilot project. IBM executive James Richey of Essex Junction was named to head Gov Salmon’s Council of Economic Advisers with first meeting expected Friday.
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T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Vermont
Emory Hebard
R-Glover
Hebard
Fish and Game Department
Senate
Montpelier
UPI
House Natural Resources Committee
Sam Lloyd
D-Weston
University of Vermont
Schlanger Nominated as Vermont Finance Director
Montpelier United Press International reports Joel Schlanger deputy budget and management director has been nominated by the Salmon administration as the new state finance director, awaiting Senate approval.
Resignation of Schodack Police Chief Ends Controversy
Police Chief Frank Vasquez of Schodack resigns after months of allegations of improper conduct and brutality. He cleared his belongings from Town Hall on Wednesday and submitted his resignation to the town board on Thursday, which accepted it. Three to four applications for the job were reported, with a new chief to be hired in a few weeks. Vasquez had been suspended in October and charges dropped in December. Meanwhile in Troy, county Democrats seek a charter revision to scrutinize County Executive William J. Murphy’s powers, with concerns over appointment and veto authority.
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Schodack
Frank Vasquez
Vasquez
Julius van Ort
Troy
William J. Murphy
Joseph Manupella
Murphy
Berkshire Mayors condemns bypass vote and lobbying claims
Mayor Evan S. Dobelle criticized the council for not killing the Route 7 bypass and opponents charged unauthorized lobbying by the Transportation Advisory Group kept it alive. If the anti bypass petition had passed, the state would be urged to propose a better plan. An invitation only rally at Berkshire Community College follows a letter to defer action, amid charges of a plot to preserve the highway.
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Pittsfield
Evan S. Dobelle
Transportation Advisory Group
Mary L. Murphy
Dobelle
Berkshire Community College
North Adams Council appeals fluoridation study ruling
The North Adams city council voted 8 to 0 with one abstention to appeal a Berkshire Superior Court decision requiring the council to appropriate 2500 for a Board of Health fluoridation study. Board chair John DeRosa will seek funds to defend the appeal.
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North Adams
Berkshire Superior Court
Board of Health
Robert E. Parnaude
John DeRosa
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