Manchester Board weighs reviving instrumental music program
Manchester Vermont board discussed reinstating instrumental music for 7th and 8th graders with interest shown at a summer program. Supt. Houlihan cited Dorset Elementary success and Burr and Burton sharing a teacher. Budget polling planned. language program discussed. New policies approved on school use, media, and controversial issues. Tuition raised to 1000. Several financial and staffing actions approved, including a new gym divider payment, liability insurance, and hiring decisions. Heating cost savings and a professional negotiator were noted. executive session led to Janice MacKinnon as 6th grade teacher and consideration of an admin assistant. Hot lunch program with Sunderland to continue.
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Betty Wilcyzinski
Southern Vermont Art Center
Edward Houlihan
Dorset
Charles Skiptunas
Burr and
Burton Seminary
Houlihan
Burr
Burton
Dorset Elementary
Skiptunas
Jennison Engineering
Abraham Madkour
Madkour
Janice MacKinnon
Lois Lewis
William Bowen
Sunderland
Hoosick Falls Village Meetings Rescheduled Amid Busy Agenda
Public notices reflect multiple Hoosick Falls events with delays due to trustee availability and weather. Executive session postponed, new week of Jan 21. Joint Efficiency Consolidation Commission re scheduled for Jan 16 at 8 PM in Church Street room. Regular village board meet Jan 22 at 7 30 PM. Credit Union annual meeting set Jan 27 at Taconic Park Restaurant Williamstown with dinner at 5 PM and social hour at 4 PM. Retired Eagles room New Year Dinner Jan 27 at 2 30 PM with roast beef, entertainment, and reservations. HFCS lists college acceptances led by Christopher Smith Cobleskill College in dairy cattle management.
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Werner Feibes
Town of
Hoosick
Village of
Hoosick Falls
Joint Efficiency Consolidation Commission
Village Board
Church St
Church Street
Severson
Wood Fong Employes Federal Credit Union
Taconic Park
Route 7
Williamstown
Mass
Eagles
First Street
Sadie Daniels
Mary Levine
Christopher Smith
Anne Cahall
White Creek
George Smith
Cambridge
Cobleskill Agricultural and Technical College
HFCS
Christopher
Colleges and libraries unite for adult study program
In Montpelier, the Community College of Vermont, Vermont Adult Basic Education, and multiple libraries collaborate to improve independent study resources for adults. Participating libraries include Brooks Memorial in Brattleboro, Rockingham Free Public in Bellows Falls, Springfield Town, St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Haskell Free Library in Derby Line, Aldrich Public in Barre, and Waterbury Public Library. The joint effort targets high school equivalency prep, CLEP recognition, ABE and CCV study access, and other continuing education needs. An advisory council from the partners will shape resources and procedures through June, with programs launching in July. Marian S. English of Montpelier is project director. Funds come from the U.S. Office of Education Bureau of Libraries and Educational Technology.
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Montpelier
Community College of Vermont
Vermont Adult Basic Education
ABE
CCV
Brooks Memorial Library
Brattleboro
Rockingham
Vermont
Marian S. English
Ms. English
Rutland Regional Library
Rutland City
Vermont State Colleges Library Consortium
Four Falls Scouts reach Eagle review in Glens Falls
Four members of Boy Scout Troop 64 in Hoosick Falls pass the Mohican Council Eagle Scout Board of Review at the Council Scout Center in Glens Falls. Applications head to National Council for final approval, with an Eagle Court of Honor planned later in February. Michael Monahan, Stephen Downey, Donald McCabe, and Richard Spink will be the 18th to 21st Troop 64 Eagles, with 41 area recipients since 1929 and 21 from this troop. All four have Jamboree experience and serve as Junior Assistant Scoutmasters. Transportation to the review was by Scoutmaster Richard A. Severson.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Boy Scout Troop
Mohican Council
Eagle Scout Board of Review
Council Scout Center
Glens Falls
National Council
Michael Monahan
James Monahan
Stephen Downey
Thomas J. Down
Morgan Percy
Peru OKs Bromley gas pumps for skiers service
Peru officials approved Bromley Mountain ski area plans to install underground tanks and gas pumps in the southern lower parking lot to sell gasoline. The decision followed concern over traffic and safety as cars line up, with Bromley stating capacity of several hundred cars and a 48.9 cent per gallon price for all-day or two half day tickets.
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Peru
Bromley
Stig Albertsson
Bob Paron
Londonderry
Manchester
Arthur Thorner
Magic Mountain Ski Area
Magic
Thorner
Stratton
Internal Revenue Service
Fight at baptism font in Syracuse church erupts
In Syracuse Sicily a fist fight broke out in front of the baptismal font at the Church of the Panthen as Angelo Bottaro arrived to be baptized. Three people including a policeman were injured and 15 others charged. The case followed a split between the infant's parents Melina Bottaro and Pasquale Bottaro after 15 days of marriage.
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Syracuse
Sicily
UPI
N H anti-highway group receives detailed Milford to Keene maps
The New Hampshire Department of Public Works and Highways handed over operational maps to the No East-West Highway Committee. The documents show a four-lane expressway from Milford to Keene with a connecting Route 9 interchange near Brattleboro. Committee filings claim plans exist for a Manchester area to Connecticut River expressway, despite officials saying only Dublin bypass planning exists. The maps, walls of data with penciled notations, will be reproduced for public access after photographs.
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Dublin
N.H
New Hampshire Department of Public Works and Highways
Milford
Keene
Highway Department
Brattleboro
Vermont
New York State
New Hampshire Highway Department
Manchester
Connecticut River
Concord
Milford- Amherst
New Hampshire
Temple
Dublin Lake
Mount Monadnock
Marlborough
Oslin
Vermont to enforce snowmobile laws statewide
Vermont public safety commissioner Edward Corcoran announced a new enforcement program, with sheriffs, auxiliary state police and state police patrolling to ensure compliance. Last year had about 36 000 registered machines and no fatalities. violations include no registration, highway riding, and private property use without permission.
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Montpelier
Edward W. Corcoran
Public Safety
Vermont
Robert S. Crossman
Cpl
Crossman
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Ormsby Hill Foundation
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Hoosick Falls Central School
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U.S. Office of Education
Bureau of Libraries and Educational Technology
Four Falls Scouts
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Richard A. Severson
Isabel Gwinn
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Peterborough
Cunningham Pond
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Hudson Valley Community College
Duncan Hines
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