Leonard tightens state aid figures for Hoosick Falls schools
Hoosick Falls officials face uncertain state aid as Albany negotiates a budget for the next fiscal year. Supt. Phil Leonard weighs two bills in the Assembly and Senate, and a gubernatorial compromise, to estimate tax rates and craft a budget by June 17. He warns a wrong estimate could raise taxes or leave surplus for the following year.
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Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Albany
HFCS
Phil Leonard
Senate
Assembly
Carey
Leonard
Pittstown
Grafton
Petersburg
Hoosick Falls
State Assembly
Hoosick Falls Student Earns Who's Who Honor
Hoosick Falls senior Mary Margaret Kennedy of St Marys Academy has been chosen for Who's Who Among High School Students. She is vice president of the senior class, former treasurer, Drama Club secretary, and active in French Glee Pep hockey and Sodality. She also serves on Prom Committee and yearbook staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Margaret Kennedy
St. Mary’s Academy
Miss Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Ball St
Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality
Burr and Burton Seminary approves near 1 million dollar capital plan
Manchester trustees endorsed a development program costing slightly under 1 million dollars for Burr and Burton Seminary. Don Powers outlined additions to the gym, a new cafeteria study area, library expansion, a parking lot, site upgrades, and playing fields with completion targeted for September 1977. Local fundraising to begin that summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Don Powers
Powers
Douglas Shaw
Richard Hayes
Arthur Groves
Carl Rice
Houghton Pearl
Groves
Prospect Street
Shaw
SUNY Plattsburgh graduate joins Putnam Memorial Hospital staff
Walloomsac Terri Cottrell recently earned a bachelor of science and has been accepted to the Putnam Memorial Hospital staff in Bennington. Over the weekend she hosted a friend at the Cottrell mansion. Guests included Mr and Mrs John OHare of Bennington Harry Kelly of Albany and Mrs Harvey Baker of Greenwich. Leon Eldred marked his 90th birthday visiting Mrs Roscoe Austin. Mary Ellen Hoag finished her first year at Cobleskill and will work at Adams Nursing Home in Williamstown. Catherine Green remains a patient at Smarttan Hospital in Troy. Mr and Mrs Gordon Hoag visited their sister Mrs Alice B Fitzgerald in Berlin. Mr and Mrs Paul Nasig and Mr and Mrs Hugo of Williamstown were Sunday guests of Mrs Oscar Stewart. Mr and Mrs Jim Hewson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. John Marbot David and Karen of Johnsonville visited Mr and Mrs Terry Hoag.
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Terri Cottrell
Suny At
Plattsburgh
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Cottrell
Aefjoun
John O’hare
Harry Kelly
Albany
Harvey Baker
Greenwich
Roscoe Austin
Grange Hosts Special Social in West Arlington
The Battenkill Grange in West Arlington will hold a special social Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Grange Hall. Youth committee runs the event to raise funds for sending children to a youth camp. The drive also collects Blue Stamps and cents off food coupons for the Allan Mears family after a fire. Stamps and coupons may be given to Roy Grofut Mildren Killmartin Ruth Sterns Shirley Matteson or other Granger members.
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Battenkill Grange
Grange Hall
West Arlington
Grange
Allan Mears
Roy Grofut
Mildren Killmartin
Ruth Sterns
Shirley Matteson
Battenkill
Doris Wright
Ruth Stearns
Roy Crofut
Any
Vermont utilities seek rate increases amid inflation pressures
CVPS and New England Telephone announce plans to file for general rate hikes with the Public Service Board. CVPS seeks a permanent 15 percent rise plus a temporary 12 percent option, aiming to add 5.9 million dollars in revenues. Allen Martin appointed to represent the PSB. The case follows a prior 32.4 percent hike at CVPS. The Vermont Supreme Court hears challenges to poll tax based license suspensions and their legality, amid broader tax-removal implications for voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Public Service Board
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Vermont Supreme Court
Vermont Legal Aid
High Court
Legal Aid
Motor Vehicle Department
Louis Reder
New England Telephone Co
CVPS
James Griffin
PSB
Martin Miller
St. Johnsbury
Allen Martin
Griffin
Telephone Company
Miller
Reder
Williams College Alumni Seminars On Reunion Weekend
Three seminars for Williams College alumni open to the public lecture discussion in Bronfman Science Center. Professors Katz Shelton and Taylor lead topics Russians as People Solar Energy and Politics of Religion vs Religion of Politics. Fees 15 each or 40 for all. spouses and faculty admitted free. Call Society of Alumni to register.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Michael R. Katz
John W. Shelton
Mark C. Taylor
Katz
Shelton
Taylor
Bronfman Science Center
Williams
Society of Alumni Office
Choir Rehearsal and Fire Dept Worknight Tonight
Pamela Blakeman notes choir rehearsal at North Pownal Congregational Church tonight at 6 30. Pownal Center Fire Department will meet at 7 30 tonight at their firehouse for a worknight.
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North Pownal Congregational Church
Pownal Center
Arlington Memorial High School Graduation News and Events
Arlington Memorial High School hosts Senior Ball and plans for baccalaureate on June 8 at 4 p.m. in the gym. Graduation is June 13 at 8 p.m. with Class of 1975 speakers. A final assembly follows at 8:30 a.m. June 13. Graduates listed. alumni banquet June 21 at Mount Anthony Country Club. Also notes flood hazard hearing June 10 and Battenkill Grangers charity events with bingo and maple syrup raffle.
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Arlington Memorial High School
Edward Clark
Sandgate
Mount Anthony Country Club
Melanie Grace Andrews
Daniel Fleming Blackmer
Bonnie Elizabeth Brown
James B. Brown
Mark Francis Burke
Llewellyn McGee Carrington
Brian Christiansen
Michael Thomas Wade Carrow
Princess Maria Sue Crawford
Brian Charles Galusha
Kevin Rand Hall
Christopher Brian Hawley
Donella Mae Holton
Donald Bernardson
Victor Charles Humphrey
Diane Marie King
Geraldine Grace Knox
Louis Kurt Kraeutler
David Allen Laskey
Kathleen Eva Leslie
Melinda Lee Mason
Douglas James Mattison
Karin Marie Militzer
Sheila Mae Moffitt
Brenda Wade Nicholson
Randy George Novotny
Steven Howard Perry
Brenda Mary Reed
Thomas David Rice
Ayessa
Charmion Roches
Frances Lydia Skidmore
Richard Brian Sallisky
Margaret Frances Secoy
Judith Anne Smith
Stephen Joseph Szabo, Jr
Kathleen Mary Thompson
Edward Ray Waite
Maxwell Harold Walsh
Virginia Frances Woodcock
Deborah Lynn Wright
Steven Robert Wright
Christopher Karl Wuersliy
HVCC Announces Degree Candidates From Local Region
Three area students at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York are candidates this year for degrees and certificates. Truman R. Southworth of Bennington, Charles W. Hakes of Berlin, and Margaret M. Nolan of Eagle Bridge are listed as degree candidates.
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Hudson Valley Community College
Troy
N.Y
Truman R. Southworth
Bennington
Charles W. Hakes
Berlin
Margaret M. Nolan
Eagle Bridge
Charity Weekend raises funds for MS at North Adams
North Adams Massachusetts Nearly $1400 was raised during a two day Charity Weekend at North Adams State College sponsored by the Student Government Association. The event featured a walk-a-thon ride-a-thon swim-a-thon and dance-a-thon with sponsors pledging per lap hour or mile. Laurie Bailie SGA coordinator said $1375.59 was realized for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Forty percent will go to national research while the rest funds wheelchairs Amigo Chairs walkers bath equipment and a foyer lift for Berkshire County patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
North Adams State College
Student Government Association
Laurie Bailie
SGA
Accidents in the Falls Reported by Village Police
Hoosick Falls police logged several accidents last week. On June 1 a parked car on John Street owned by Lillian Spendiff was struck by an unknown vehicle, likely a truck, causing windshield hood and post damage. Later June 1 Beatrice Kilburn and Hennah Gavagan collided during a U turn on Church Street with Kilburn cited for improper driving. On June 4 John Labanowski backed into Walter Young near Home Savings Bank, causing minor damage to both vehicles. William Chapones investigated.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Lillian Spendiff
Hoosick
John Street
William Chapones
Gavagan
Ms. Kilburn
Ms. Gavagan
Kilburn
John Griffin
Main Street
Elm
John Labanowski
Davis Street
Walter Young
River Street
Labanowski
Home Savings Bank
Young
Manchester village joins flood program
Manchester village trustees voted to join the federal flood insurance program and appeal the HUD flood hazard map. The six buildings along the Battenkill East Bank are disputed as the land rises sharply. The village plans interim zoning rules and a public hearing after the July annual meeting. A porcupine climbs a beech tree near the Long Trail is noted in a separate item.
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Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Manchester
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Battenkill
County Regional Commission
BCRC
Burke
Stamford
Vermont Agency Revises Endangered Species List
The Vermont Environmental Agency plans a hearing on revisions to its endangered wildlife list. It would remove several species including the moose and add others such as the bald eagle, the Eastern cougar and the Canadian lynx, cutting total protected species from 73 to 65.
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Bennington Banner
By Nathan Bachrach
Nathan Bachrach
Glens Falls Council of Churches
Kennedy
Adirondack College
Mary Kennedy
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Leon Eldred
Mary Ellen Hoag
SUNY
Cobleskill
the Adams
Catherine Green
Smarttan Hospital
Mrs Gordon Hoag
Alice B. Fitzgerald
Paul Nasig
Hugo 1
Williamstown, Mass
Oscar Stewart
Jim Hewson
John Marbot
David
Karen
Johnsonville
Terry Hoag
RCA
Kile
Cpke N’ Lyice Bennington’s Health Food Center
North ST. Benn
Sunderland School Board
Sunderland
Rupert School Board
Rupert School
The
Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
Arlington
Helene Thompson
Bruce R. Mears D.V.N
Sandra
University of Illinois
Philip Mears
Illinois
Chicago
Beatrice M. Kilburn
Turnpike Road
Hennah
Church Street
Erhshire
Manchester Village
Gregory G. Burke
Northside Drive
PEPSI
Benn
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Mrs. Benton
First Bank and Trust Company
Barre, Bellows Falls
Brattleboro
Castleton, Chester
Rutland
FDIC
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