Hoosick Falls talks: Leonard contests impasse claim
Hoosick Falls Superintendent Philip Leonard said negotiations with the Hoosick Falls Teachers Association are not at an impasse and offered to meet within three weeks to continue talks. HFTA chief negotiator Martin Leukhardt filed a declaration of impasse with PERB, seeking a mediator, after a board walkout over scheduling. Leonard cited progress and urged hiring a professional negotiator for the board, while Leukhardt called the impasse surprising and pressed for timely sessions.
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Hoosick, N.Y
Philip Leonard
Hoosick Falls Central School
Hoosick Falls
Martin W. Leukhardt
HFTA
New York State
Leukhardt
Leonard
HFSC
New York
PERB
Youth admits murder of Ellen Bindman
A 16 year old boy, awaiting trial as a juvenile, admitted in Hackensack that he strangled Ellen Bindman, Englewood math teacher and Dwight Morrow High School staffer. He faces multiple charges including a February 11 Englewood murder, abduction, attempted rape, and two burglaries. The defense cites schizophrenia and insanity.
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Ellen Bindman
Hackensack, N.J
Englewood
Bindman
Irving Adler
Shaftsbury
Dwight Morrow High School
Richard Newman
Hackensack
Bergen Record
Robert Latimer
Esther Perren
Dr. Latimer
Manchester Village annual meeting set for July 12
Manchester officials announce the annual Manchester Village meeting scheduled for July 12. The notice outlines meeting purposes and invites residents to attend, with expected discussion on village affairs and budget items.
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Manchester
Arlington Marine Lancer Corporal Cross Promoted at Camp Lejeune
Arlington Marine Lancer Corporal Anthony E. Cross, 20, son of Bernard E. Cross of East Arlington, earned a promotion while stationed at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. A 1973 Arlington Memorial High School graduate, he joined the Marine Corps in April 1974 following graduation.
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Marine Lancer
Anthony E. Cross
Bernard E. Cross
East Arlington
Marine Corps Base
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Arlington Memorial High School
Marine Corps
Swim lessons at Paran begin July 19 at Lake Paran
Lake Paran in North Bennington will host the second session of swim lessons starting Monday July 19 at the same times as the first session. On Thursday July 15 at 7 30 p m the Mt Anthony Union High School stage band will give a free concert at the lakeside shelter. Public invited.
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Lake Paran
North Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Lakeside Shelter
School boards schedule meetings in Dorset Manchester North Bennington
The Dorset School Board holds a regular meeting on Wednesday July 14 at 7 pm at Dorset Elementary School. The Manchester School Board has two meetings on July 12 and 13 both at 6 pm at the elementary school. The North Bennington School Board meets Thursday July 15 at 730 pm.
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Dorset School Board
Dorset
Manchester School Board
North Bennington
Manchester Non meeting approves tax stabilization plan
Town officials push tax stabilization to lure industry in Manchester Vermont. Voters will decide July 2 at a special Town Meeting on granting selectmen authority to negotiate 10 year stabilization contracts with new or expanding industries, requiring two thirds approval. If passed Manchester would join Shaftsbury as Bennington County towns with such power.
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Manchester
Bennington County
Shaftsbury
Eagle Square Manufacturing Co
Green Mountain
Vermont
Alumni Reunion Draws Local Families in Troy
White Creek families led by Mr and Mrs Everett Perry and others attended the Hoosick Falls High School alumni reunion in Troy Saturday. Visitors included Eric Raynor of Binghamton and Hugh MacArt Witsell's relative from Summerville. The Olsens of Newburgh joined at George Lobdell’s home while the Perry and Masten families spent the weekend with relatives in Indian Hills Schuylerville and Maine sites.
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Melissa Travis
Hoosick Falls
Eric Raynor
Binghamton, N.Y
Donald George
Hugh MacArt Witsell
Summerville
S.C
John Olsens
Newburgh, N.Y
George Lobdell
Olinia Perry
Indian Hills
N.Y
Theodore Weselak
Buffalo, N.Y
Maurice Perry
Bradford, N.H
James Perry
Bike tour from South Troy to Waterford on July 10
The Hudson-Mohawk Industrial Gateway sponsors a bicycle tour along the riverfront from South Troy to Waterford on Saturday July 10 starting at 10 a.m. from the Burden Iron Co. headquarters. Stops include Old Troy Dock Melville Park Pebbles Island State Park Cohoes Falls Riverside Park. Leader Bart Thibodeau notes historic industrial sites. Free event. riders provide bikes and lunch.
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Troy
N.Y
Hudson-Mohawk
South Troy
Waterford
Burden Iron Co
Polk St
Old Troy Dock
Melville Park
Lansingburgh
Pebbles Island State Park
Cohoes Falls
Riverside Park
Green Island
Driver killed as truck crashes on Route 2 in Petersburg
Massachusetts man Jay N. Hill, 39, of Indian Orchard, died when his westbound truck with brakes failing jackknifed, overturned, and plunged into a ravine on Route 2 east of Petersburg. The truck burned after a rear brake fire, injuring no one else. State police, Petersburg Fire and Rescue, and NYSP investigators responded.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Massachusetts
Jay N. Hill
Indian Orchard
Mass
Hill
Charles F. McCabe
Jay Sagurski
Thomas O’donnell
New York State Police Barracks
Brunswick
Hamilton seeks Bennington Windham seat in Vermont House
Wilmington resident W William Hamilton 43 announces bid for the Republican nomination to retake the Bennington Windham district seat he previously held in 1973 and 1974. He criticizes bureaucracy, calls for tax relief for farmers, lower energy costs, reform of school busing rules, and greater Deerfield Valley representation while advocating municipal electricity and limited utility regulation.
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Wilmington
G. William Hamilton
Bennington Windham
Vermont
House of Representatives
Williams
Hamilton
New York
Pwer
Springfield
Deerfield Valley
Deerfield Valley Chamber of Commerce
Republican Party
Windham County Republican Committee
Blair Academy
Brown University
Harriette
Susan
Taft
Angry Petersburg taxpayers push for town wide reevaluation
Petersburg taxpayers at Veterans Memorial Hall decried new property assessments as unequal and steep. Speakers, including Jim Weber, claimed dramatic increases, with some up 100 to 1590 percent on swamp and hill lands. The group seeks a full value reevaluation and may pursue legal action with town board plans for a follow up meeting.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Rensselaer County
Petersburg Taxpayers Association
Veterans Memorial Hall
Warren Hempstead
State Board of Equalization
Albany
Jim Weber
Berlin
Hempstead
Weber
Union
The
Taxpayers Association
Art Smith Jr
Dick Weaver
Night Dog Quarantine Widely Obeyed in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls police report a week-long night quarantine on dogs widely observed by owners. Dog warden William J. Benkoski says no dogs have been nabbed for breaking the rule and only rare violations occur when he finds an outdoors untied dog, with owners quickly bringing them inside.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
William J. Benkoski
Benkoski
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