Enthusiastic Falls merchants back downtown renewal effort
A Hoosick Falls gathering with two Rensselaer County planners discussed the downtown improvement study. John Street attorney Rolf Sternberg urged merchants to form an association and push for leadership, architectural standards, and a fundraising push to upgrade properties.
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Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Rensselaer County Planning Bureau
Falls
Howard Taub
John Johnson
John Street
Rolf Sternberg
Pepi Noble
Don
Sternberg
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls School Board to Seek Bus Purchase Approval
Hoosick Falls Central School Board voted to hold a district meeting on April 5 seeking taxpayer approval to buy a Station wagon and a 10d passenger bus for student transport. Superintendent Philip Leonard estimated costs at 15,000 to 16,000 dollars. The board granted tenure to Joan Perry. Executive session discussed teacher contract negotiation guidelines opening February 7.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Renewal plans for Hoosick Falls village progress debate
Arlington hosts open house for Prosper Deschenes 90th birthday at St. Margaret Mary's Parish Hall. Hale Co. former vp Deschenes honored. no gifts requested. Chamber seeks renewals. Feb 1 meeting open to all at Community Hall. Local leaders discuss leveraging federal funds, corporate support, and community effort to revitalize village. County planners study buildings, parking usage assessed, next public meeting planned. Participants include Taub Bogardus Loretan Verrastro Thorpe Patire Smith Griffing and Mondale Leahy receptions noted.
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Prosper Deschenes
St. Margaret Mary’s
Deschenes
Hale Co
Taub
John Street
Donald Bogardus
Bogardus
Sternberg
Hoosick Falls
Herb Loretan
Ruditis Home
Verrastro
Clark Thorpe
Thorpe
Arlington fire sinking fund dispute at town meeting
Arlington fire chief urged reinstating a $4,000 sinking fund for a town fire truck, arguing costs rise and trucks must be replaced every decade. Selectmen cited budget constraints, noting 1976 overspending on roads and winter upkeep, and said the fund could be restored next year. Fire company plans to petition to include the article if needed.
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Arlington
Harry Pickering Sr
Town Meeting
Selectman
Henry Breunich
Pickering
Fire Company
Peter
Paul
Dubois and
King of Randolph
Breunich
Novotny
Bennington Opportunity Council
Harry Pickering
Fred Grout
William Barry
West Arlington
Umbrella man theory echoes in Kennedy assassination talk
A Williams College audience heard claims that three shooters fired on Kennedy from different locations. The speaker, aided by architect R B Cutler, argued an umbrella man in Dealey Plaza triggered the fatal shots and urged further investigations linking CIA and FBI involvement to a military industrial complex cabal.
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Williamstown
Mass
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Williams College
CIA
FBI
Lee Harvey Oswald
R.B. Cutler
Manchester
Abraham Zapruder
Cutler
Kennedy
Warren
Dealey Plaza
Dallas
Texas School Book Depository
Oswald
Texas
John Connally
Cal-Tex
Depository
Cabal
Fidel Castro
Betts and Mirror Press
Danvers
Dorset Lumber Co withdraws Act 250 request after approval
Hal and Virginia Wilkins owners of Dorset Lumber Co withdraw their Act 250 application for a new Route 30 lumber mill. The project would have expanded production from 6000 to 10000 feet per shift and replaced an older mill on the property. The District Environmental Commission had given conditional approval two weeks earlier.
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Dorset
Hal
Virginia Wilkins
Dorset Lumber Company
The
District Environmental Commission
Pownal Baptist Church Prayer Meeting Tonight
Pamela Blakeman invites attendees to the Pownal Baptist Church for the weekly prayer meeting at 7 30 this evening at the church.
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The
Pownal Baptist Church
Shadowbrook Seminary to Become State Prison in Lenox
Gov. Michael S. Dukakis announced the former Shadowbrook Seminary in Lenox and three eastern Massachusetts facilities will be converted into state prisons. An emergency directive from outgoing Chief Justice Walter McLaughlin halted commitments to Walpole and Concord prisons for 30 days at the request of Corrections Commissioner Frank S. Hall as the state faces a housing shortfall.
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Shadowbrook Seminary
Lenox
Mass
Dukakis
Michael S. Dukakis
Shadowbrook
Massachusetts
Superior Court
Walter
Burr and Burton profile Philip F. Miller
Burr and Burton Seminary profiles Philip F. Miller a new English teacher and learning specialist for 10th and 11th grade with one on one math and reading support. Miller, a Greenwich Conn native, is married to Jill and has two daughters Jane and Alexandra. He previously worked at Greenwich Country Day and Bedford Rippowam and recently Sunderland Elementary. He belongs to Manchester Country Club and New York Yacht Club and is an experienced deep water sailor. The piece notes surrounding regional education and prison system expansion under Governor Dukakis with related property considerations for a former Jesuit seminary and its historic mansion context.
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Manchester
Philip F. Miller
Miller
Greenwich, Conn
Taft School
Watertown
Conn
Boston University
University of Miami
Seminary
Greenwich Country Day School
Bedford
Jill
Upland Downs
Jane
Alexandra
Manchester Country Club
New York Yacht
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Burr and Burton
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