Butterflies Are Free Opens Weston Playhouse Season
The Weston Playhouse opened its new season with Butterflies Are Free by Leonard Gershe directed by Walter L Boughton. The comedy follows Don Baker a blind young man who falls for Jill Benson as his domineering mother watches. Despite lightweight material the cast delivers with energy and moments of charm, aided by Dana Hibbard Georgia Wyeth and Charlie Holmes in key roles.
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Leonard Gershe
Weston Playhouse
Walter L. Boughton
den Baker
Chariie Holmes
Jill Benson Dane Bbbard
Mrs. Baker
Georgia Wyeth
Ralph Austin
Robert Carrick
Don Baker
Scarsdale
Lower East Side
New York
Jill
Mother
Don
Dana Hibbard
Jill Benson
Charlie Holmes
Hat
Falls board approves limited parking plan
Hoosick Falls village officials vote to limit parking on McCaffrey Street to the east side after a tied roll call. Mayor casts deciding vote as trustees split. neighbor survey shows one objection. Board tables broader requests until village attorney returns.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
McCaffrey
Baker, Schneider and Hyde
Wheeler, Cutler
Ins. Mfg. Co
Hall Street
John Street
Church Street
Hoosick Falls notices and campus news
Hoosick Falls area residents and students are listed in recent college and school notes. Virginia L Cuddihy joined Rosary Hill College’s dean’s list, and Keith Buck’s Douglas Eighmey Memorial Award was shared with his brother Kevin and earlier with John Arnold. Maria College grads include William Green, Mary Reynolds, and Shirley Surdam. Hoosick Falls Central School seniors prep for August Regents exams. An annual church chicken barbecue date shifts to July 16 with proceeds aiding church camps and repairs. First Baptist and Presbyterian Union services begin, rotating between churches through August. Four local students earn Cortland dean’s list honors. LeMoyne College graduate John J Sennett earns a philosophy degree.
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Douglas Eightey
Maria College
Albany
William Green
North Hoosick
Mary A. Reynolds
Wilder Ave
Shirley Surdam
Bovie Hill Road
The
First Baptist Church
John Elliott
Clayton Sherman
Raymond Calhoun
Cooperstown
Sandusky
N.Y
Presbyterian and
Baptist
Hoosick Falls
Baptist Church
Robert J. Springer
State University College At
Marine Cpl Christie Reports for Duty at New London Base
North Bennington resident Marine Cpl Christopher C Christie husband of Deborah A Christie has reported for duty at the New London Naval Submarine Base in Connecticut per local notice.
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Christopher C. Christie
Deborah A
Christie
North Street
North Bennington
New London, Conn
Shaftsbury School Board Keeps Budget, Voters Back Plan
Shaftsbury Massachusetts voters approve a $622,344 school district budget, a $100 raise for board members, and a hot lunch program despite a disputed new wing. Incumbent Wilbur Fiske wins reelection as the district withholds about $78,000 for the contractor and architect over building deficiencies.
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Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Robert Sugarman
Joseph Crossman
Crossman
Arlington T's Tiggers Softball Delayed By Rain
Arlington high school schedules a 1 p.m. Saturday softball game between the Arlington T's and the Tiggers after a rain delay. Crossman notes most funds are one time, the lunch program aims to be self supporting, and a new school addition includes forty thousand dollars for kitchen equipment. State aid is cut in half this year to thirty thousand eight hundred nineteen dollars, about five percent of the budget, prompting board lament but no change.
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Crossman
Sugarman
Julian Goodrich
Burlington
Mary Moriarty
Goodrich
Moriarty
Fiske
Arlington
Arlington “T’s
Tiggers
Shaftsbury
Irving Adler
Manchester Day Care Center Faces Updates and Staffing Shifts
The Manchester Day Care Center announces a facelift ongoing with painting and cleaning led by board members and mothers this week. New staff include Michael Levine Debra Blair and Emily Domina while longtime head teacher Pat Malone departs for Winston Prouty Center. Dorothea Webber named new head teacher. The center posts a four day closure July 4 to July 7 with holiday childcare options and invites volunteers and parents to participate in meetings and activities.
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Barbara Duffany
Ann D’andrea
Sunni Breen
Linda Gobbi
Linda Drunsic
Natalie McIntyre
Michael Levine
Debra Blair
Emily Domina
Pat Malone
Winston Prouty Center
Brattleboro
Pat
Dorothea Webber
Dorothea
Natalie
Mary McBride
Mary Ricard
Mary
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Gestetner
E.P. Gowdy, Inc
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Pittsfield
Mass
Joseph LaMagdeleine
First Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Dodge Industries
Virginia L. Cuddihy
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East Hoosick
Rosary Hill College
Edith Beaumont
Rosary Hill
Hoosick Falls Central School
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Berkshire Plaza
North Adams, Mass
Elemont
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Pioneer Chain Saws
Manchester
Laurel Faraci
Main ST
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Triple ‘‘S
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Bankamericard
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