Hoosick Falls Schedules Budget Cuts to Balance Funds
Hoosick Falls Central School Board at a special session trimmed $26,000 from the next year’s budget after state aid for the district is projected $26,000 lower than estimated. Superintendent Philip Leonard outlined cuts across adult education, bus routes, banquets, supplies, and equipment while preserving core programs. Title I funds totaling $49,995 were allocated for salaries of reading teachers and aides, including St. Mary's Academy.
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St. Mary’s Academy
Referral service for seniors offered by Bennington Office on Aging
The Office on Aging via the Information and Referral Service helps residents 60 and over in Bennington County with daily living and personal problems. Since 1973 the service has operated to answer questions and make referrals, with July marking formal expansion under federal guidelines. Call 442-3487 or 362-2930 for help.
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North Shire
Five men held after disturbance in Falls
Hoosick Falls village police withheld names of six to seven men involved in a 4 a.m. disturbance on Church Main and Willard streets. A brawl followed as officers responded, with two motorcycles and a pickup truck involved. The July 30 village court hearing will decide charges. Church services resume July 27 at Jermain Methodist Church.
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Willard Street
Griffin
New York State
Vermont
New York
William Fitzpatrick
Jermain Methodist Church
Vermont Crime Rise Tied to Recession In Burlington Report
Police chief Richard Beaulieu links Burlington rise in crimes involving money to the recession. Theft up 26.7 percent, housebreaks over 55 percent, auto merchandise theft 138 percent, counterfeit money 800 percent, and a 500 percent jump in an unidentified category. Arson up nearly 50 percent, while assaults and other major crimes stay level.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont
Richard Beaulieu
Beaulieu
Vermont party caucus day set for Sept 17
Vermont officials from the Democratic, Republican and Liberty Union parties announce September 17 as town caucus day to select delegates. State law requires caucuses between September 10 and 30, chosen to avoid religious holidays. Conservative party not yet an official state party.
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Martha Abbot
Conservative Party
Rensselaer County clinic to close this fall at Samaritan Hospital
The Rensselaer County Health Department will phase out the family planning clinic at Samaritan Hospital in Troy by late fall due to workload, staff control conflicts, and lack of malpractice insurance. Most of the five staff will move on, with Planned Parenthood Albany planning a Troy branch.
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Troy
Rensselaer County Health Department
Samaritan Hospital
Joyce Middlebrook
Public Health
Pittsfield ABCC hearings target 85 retailers and three wholesalers
The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission concluded hearings on charges against about 85 beverage retailers and three Pittsfield wholesalers Mohawk Beverages Inc Kelly Dietrich Inc and Girardi Distributors Pittsfield Athol. The commission plans a decision within a week with potential stiffer penalties for wholesalers amid inducement claims through beer vending equipment and installment payback schemes.
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State Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission
Mohawk Beverages Inc
Kelly-Dietrich Inc
Girardi Distributors
Athol
ABCC
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