Manchester school redesign boosts pay and programs
Manchester directors approved a five percent raise for cafeteria workers and bus drivers. The district adopts continuous progress learning with consolidation of seventh and eighth grades and new triple-layout classroom groups across the building. Grades One to Three move to self paced reading and math with added electives for older students and improved senior high traffic flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bonenti
Manchester
Manchester Elementary School
Tes
Charles Skiptonas
Clifford 4B
Harwood
Dorset Selectmen Clash With Bike Club Over Time Trials
The Dorset Board of Selectmen addressed time trials on Route 30 Dorset est Road and Church Street after an May accident. Wendell Cram of the Yankee Peddlers Bicycle Club pledged safety compliance and moving start points off Church Street. He cited intimidation of riders by motorists and urged adherence to traffic laws. Time trials occur Thursdays at 7:30 PM in Dorset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gilbert Dorset
Dorset Village
Dorset Board of Selectmen
Dorset
James Lee
Wendell Cram
Yankee Peddlers Bicycle Club
Selectmen
Cram
Church Street
Dorset Church Yard
Dorsetest
Richard Stannard
Vernon Squiers
Squiers
District Environmental Commission
Roger Perry
Read Farm
East Dorset
Lee
Agency of Environmental Conservation
Black Rock Farms
Joel Allen
Allen
Manchester
Danby
Civil Defense
Last day to file for North Bennington School Board seat
Wednesday is the final filing day for a three year term on the North Bennington School Board. Incumbent John Searcy Jr. seeks re election and is challenged by Mrs. K H van der iC. The board will approve next year’s budget and discuss a teaching principal while executive sessions interview candidates for vacant posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
John Searcy Jr
K. H. van der Ic
Hoosick Falls Graduates Highlight Local Class of 1971
Hoosick Falls students graduate from Hudson Valley Community College and University of Wisconsin Stout. Michael Chapman earns liberal arts degree and dean's list honors before transferring to SUNY Oneonta. Robert Hall Jr. completes hotel and restaurant management BS at UW Stout and plans Chicago role. Jean Andrick earns associate in applied science at HVCC and serves in student government. Deborah Marchand graduates sociology BS from SUC Plattsburg. Donald St Hilaire prepares for Carnell Univ. College of Hotel Management with multiple honors. An unidentified man dies in a hardware store fire. Kimberly Allard earns HVCC recreational supervision program degree with dean's list. Children’s Day service planned at First United Church with Junior High leading worship and church picnic at Shields Pavilion.
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Michael Chapman
Lynn Chapman
Johnson Hill Road
Hudson Valley Community College
Viking
SUNY
Oneonta
Chapman
Hoosick Falls Central School
Robert
Jean Andrick
William Andrick
Eddy ‘Lace
Miss Andrick
APT
St. Mary's Academy
Deborah Marchand
Henry Marchand
High Street
SUC
Plattsburg
Miss Marchand
Alpha Delta Theta Sorority
Interfraternity Council
Adudent
Donald St. Hilaire
Main St
Carnnell University College of Hotel Management
St. Hilaire
New York State
Kimberly Allard
Richard Allard
River Street
HVCC
St. Mary’s Academy
First United Church, Presbyterian
Lucille Hine
Michele Shaw
William Johnston
Shield’s
Hedges Lake
Shield
Tager crafts school sculpture for Shaftsbury Elementary
Shaftsbury artist Aron Tager designs a semiabstract marble sculpture to be permanently placed at Shaftsbury Elementary School and usable as playground equipment. The $600 project invites local children to help in its creation under supervision and seeks half the funds from a Vermont Arts Council grant, with Shaftsbury residents and businesses urged to contribute the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Aron Tager
Tager
Sheftsbury
Vermont Council of the Arts
Pownal Church Choir Rehearsals and Bible Class Schedule
Pamela Blakeman of Pownal and Emerson Bates of Pownal Center are noted. Choirs meet at Pownal Baptist Church and North Pownal Congregational Church at 6 30 p m with teacher training at 7 30 p m. Emerson Bates is noted as a postoperative patient at Albany Medical Center.
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Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
Pownal Baptist Church
North Pownal Congregational Church
Emerson Bates
Pownal Center
Albany Medical Center
Shaftsbury faces vote on zoning residential to commercial
More than 50 residents fill Cole Hall to debate reclassifying Center Shaftsbury property from residential to commercial. The Rueges seek a July 12 vote to extend the zone to their front, arguing the current residential label harms them while town officials cite preserving Route 7’s character and prior commercial permissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Center Shaftsbury
Clifford Ruege
U.S. Route 7
William Sennett
Sennett
Shaftsbury Historical Society
Thomas Hall
Four Corners
Town Office Reopens Near River Valley Schoolhouse
Town Clerk Mildred Marchigiani announces the reopening of the Mountain Towns office at River Valley Schoolhouse by Wednesday. Starting tomorrow, all business will move to the regular town office with hours Wednesdays Thursdays and Fridays from 3 AM to 12 noon, and the home office will close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searsburg
Mildred Marchigiani
River Valley
North Bennington Parish Sodality Meeting Notice
North Bennington St. John the Baptist Sodality will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Parish Hall. Women of the parish are invited. Pete Lyons Barber Shop on Main Street will be closed until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John the Baptist Sodality
Pete Lyons
Main Street
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Zoning Board of Adjustment
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