Pownal board reminded of law on notice and meetings
School Superintendent Catherine Corcoran reminded the Pownal School Board of Vermont's open meeting law requiring four hours' notice before meetings and two percent hours notice to each board member and to media outlets. The board then discussed bids for a new school addition financed by a $600,000 bond, with plans for May 25 bid-taking and possible May 11 or 17 meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geoffrey Chapman Pownal
Catherine Corcoran
Pownal School
Vermont
Miss Corcoran
Bernard Bisson
Julian Goodrich
Goodrich
Bisson
Oak Hill
South Pownal
Ard
C.W. Rounds
Grafton Lakes State Park beach opens after delays
Grafton Lakes State Park near Grafton New York aims to open July 15 for swimming picnicking and boating with a four acre beach and three acre underwater area. A six building complex includes locker rooms comfort stations a service building and a concession building. The park charges 1 per car 4 per bus and 2 per car with trailer with 25 cent locker fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Beaumont
Grafton
N.Y
Grafton Lakes State Park
Robert Perkins
Perkins
Mill Pond
Long Lake
Grafton Mountains
New York
Hoosick Falls Budget Hikes Tax Rate to Sixty Dollars
The Hoosick Falls village board approved a 1971-72 budget raising the tax rate to $60 per thousand and increasing the garbage fee from $10 to $20. The total budget is $434,464.23, with $181,042.56 to be raised by levy and $253,421.67 in anticipated revenues across general, water, and sewer funds. The board cites railroad losses, reduced aid, and snow removal costs as key drivers of the tax increase while noting future budget constraints and service delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Village of
B & M Railroad
State of New York
Highway Department
W S C S Meeting and Pleasant Valley Grange Report
The W S C S of the United Methodist church will meet May 6 at 7 30 p m at the Methodist parsonage in North Hoosick with Mrs Muller. Master Ernest Trinkle presided at Pleasant Valley grange on April 16 the deputies official visit. Deputies Corlew were present with Brother and Sister Corlew. The grange honored Belle Decker Vermont State Woman activity chair and Jennie Stewart Vermont State Junior Deputy. Deputy Corlew spoke on ritual and programs. The ladies degree team under Master Pearl Brownell conferred the third degree. The April Days program opened with an Easter egg hunt. Arbor Day poems and farm produce statistics were read by members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S.C.S
The
United Methodist Church
Methodist Parsonage
North Hoosick
Muller
Ernest Trinkle
Pleasant Valley Grange
Corlew
Grange
Belle Decker
Vermont
Jennie Stewart
Pearl Brownell
Duane Robinson
Trinkle
Rural Life
Centenary United Methodist Church
Greenwich
Junior Grange
Bottskill Grange
Beverly Borden
Duane
Mary Beth Robinson
Brownell
Rodney Brownell
Michelle
Burton Stannard
Billy
David English
Whitehall
Miss Doyle Remains Critical After Route 22 Crash
Hoosick Falls Miss Rita Doyle former village clerk of 20 years stays in critical condition at Mary McClellan Hospital after a midnight crash on Route 22 near Eagle Bridge. Her sister Miss Alice Doyle died at the hospital Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Rita Doyle
Waldron Avenue
Mary McClellan Hospital
Alice Doyle
Eagle Bridge
Hoosick Rescue Squad
Sonny
Walloomsac
Miss Doyle
Manchester boards tackles industry planning and recycling
Manchester selectmen discussed a Vermont Development Department site inquiry for a 10 acre Route 1130 property, potential non polluting assembly work and up to 200 local jobs. They also hear zoning changes for single residence districts to allow private nonprofit uses and municipal buildings, plus AIM Inc recycling plans in the old salt shed through September. The panel approved public waste burial, granted $5 to Miss Ella Clapper over a rabbit killed by a neighbor’s dog, and entered executive session on Rev Martin F Clancy’s resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Board of Selectmen
Fairgrounds
Fleming
Selectmen
New Jersey
Vermont
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Town Planning Commission
Oakley Porter
Porter
Sue Tenner
AIM, Inc
Albany
Green Up
Joe Newlin
Ella Clapper
Martin F. Clancy
Bennington-Rutland
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Pownal
Bennington
LEEES
Aiken Linia A
Sian E
County
Falls
Capital District Regional Planning Commission
U.S. Department of Interior
U.S
Carleton King
Saratoga
Department of Interior, Outdoor Recreation Bureau
Grafton Park
Park Commission
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Margaret Borden
State Fair
State Grange
Lake Placid
Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Finast
E Cive
Griffin Electric Co., Inc
Main St
Dial
Manchester Board
By Charles Bonenti
Evans
News & Office Equipment, Inc
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