Merchants oppose Route 22 plan in Hoosick Falls
In Hoosick Falls New York downtown merchants and residents oppose Route 22 through Main Street and favor rerouting via Elm and Lower Classic. DOT officials promise study and potential repaving this summer with traffic engineering to assess through-truck routes and possible relocation timelines.
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Falls
Anne Eisenmenger
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
John Street
Main Street
High Street
State of
New York
State Department of Transportation
Rensselaer County Planning Bureau
Donald N. Geoffroy
DOT
Falls Group
Geoffroy
Donald Bogardus
Geoffrey
Elm Streets
Rolf Sternberg
Elm Street
Church Street
Donald Decker
Henry Bromirski
Main Street Home Saving Bank
Decker
Bromirski
Rolf
Bogardus
Clarence Fosdick
The
Elm
John
Main
Controversial sign ordinance hearing draws empty crowd
Manchester planning commission held an informational hearing on a proposed sign ordinance with few attendees. Chairperson Lattuga noted mixed responses to changes including eliminating nonconforming signs by June 1 1982 and debated the fast food definition. The next public hearing is scheduled for May 31 at Manchester Elementary School cafeteria.
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Manchester
Planning Commission
Eugene Lattuga
Lattuga
Henry Lambert
Commission
Ferdinand Bongartz
Truck cycle crash kills woman in Jackson New York
Darlene A. Granger 22 of Salem died Monday evening when her motorcycle collided head on with a truck on Route 22 at Jackson. The truck driver’s name was incomplete in the report.
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Jackson
N.Y
Darlene A. Granger
Salem
New York State
Ms. Granger
Shaftsbury considers extra pay for highway foreman amid Jeep update
Shaftsbury selectmen met Monday to review the town's 25 year old Yellow Bird jeep condition and held executive session over highway foreman Kenneth Harrington's request for another pay raise. The board had granted a 7 percent raise for highway and landfill staff at the May 16 meeting, retroactive to May 1. Harrington seeks an additional salary boost and asked to meet with the board in the last week.
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Shaftsbury
Kenneth Harrington
Shaftsbury Highway
Harrington
Creek board to pick White Creek highway superintendent
White Creek Town Board meets at 8 p.m. to select a successor to Leo Jeskie who resigned to join Cambridge as village highway superintendent. Board leaders oppose a wage hike while reviewing bids and a request for a $500 engine for the town's 1952 Yellow Bird jeep.
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White Creek
N.Y
Leo Jeskie
Jeskie
Cambridge
New principal for Fisher Elementary to be discussed
Arlington School Board meets at 4 30 p m Wednesday May 25 to discuss naming a new principal for Fisher Elementary, replacing Ira Manross who resigned to return to West Virginia. The session also reviews bids for field work by Hoosic Valley Asphalt Co and notes a possible non blacktop finish and unsealed road pending Vermont highway approval.
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Arlington
Fisher Elementary School
Arlington School Board
Ira Manross
West Virginia
Hoosic Valley Asphalt Co
Valley Falls
N.Y
Hoosic Valley Co
Vermont Highway Department
Dailey Co
Buxbaum
Dover
Hoosie Valley Co
Pittstown
New York
Vermont
Pownal club dinners and meetings noted in town items
The Pownal Lions Club meets at 6 30 tonight at Mount Anthony Country Club for a dinner meeting. The Pownal Senior Citizens club hosts a 7 30 social at their center with a Wednesday noon luncheon requiring reservations by calling Rose Mattison at 823 7282. In regional planning business, slides on Nantucket and Manchester signs spark discussion on landscape impact and pedestrian orientation, with plans for a sidewalk upgrade package and a revised landscaping proposal for Manchester Shopping Center. The planning board approves reopening an Act 250 hearing and, in zoning action, votes 6 1 to rezone parts of Richville Road to GR 2 for conditional light industry.
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Pownal
Gregory Burke
Bennington County Regional Planning Commission
Nantucket
Mass
Lambert
Manchester
New York
Connecticut
Springfield
Vermont
Bongartz
George
Joe) Heaslip Jr
Richville Road
Heaslip
Alphonse Schneider
Vermont Toy Craft Company
Madeline Warner
Louis Tuttle
Schneider
Planning Commission
Falls police arrest Michael Carver for DWI and address errors
Michael Carver, 26, of Belmar New Jersey, was arrested by Falls police at 12 15 a m on Mechanic Street and charged with driving while intoxicated failure to keep right and failure to change address. He is to appear in village court Wednesday.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Michael Carver
Belmar
N.J
Mechanic Street
Carver
Village Court
Shaftsbury School Board candidates due by May 30
Shaftsbury School Board sets May 30 deadline to file names for June 30 ballot. Additional nominations may be made from the floor at the annual meeting. Prospective three year term candidates must notify clerk Irving Adler by May 30. Board chairman is Joseph Crossman. Wilbur Fiske’s term is ending and he has not decided on a third term.
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Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury School Board
Irving Adler
Wilbur Fiske
Fiske
Joseph Crossman
Spring church sales and service schedule at local UM churches
The South Cambridge United Methodist Church hosts annual spring food, rummage and tag sales on Saturday May 28 from 9 30 a m to 3 p m. A combined circuit churches service is set for Sunday May 29 at 10 30 a m at North Hoosick United Methodist Church led by Rev Harry Burdess. Sunday school begins at 9 a m. Visits by Gertrude Aiken’s circle include Mrs Gregory Moon Lois A Virtue Paul Virtue Nels Jacobson Gerald Aiken and Irving Dick of Cambridge and West Hoosick.
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South Cambridge United Methodist Church
North Hoosick United Methodist Church
Harry Burdess
Gertrude Aiken
Gregory Moon
North Bennington
Lois A. Virtue
Paul Virtue
Coila
Nels Jacobson
Gerald Aiken
Cambridge
Irving Dick
West Hoosick
Hoosick Falls Students Enter Area Colleges
Hoosick Falls seniors from Hoosick Falls Central School plan college and program choices. Diane M. Waite will study business administration at SUNY Albany after serving as salutatorian and NHS member. John R. Blinstrub heads to Hudson Valley Community College for construction technology. George D. Colegrove Jr. to study data processing. Mark Davendonis enlists in the Air Force with basic training in San Antonio on June 27. Alan Church will pursue electrical technology at College in the fall. Robert Ogert will study liberal arts with math at State University College Plattsburgh.
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Diane M. Waite
Robert L. Waite
Wilder Ave
Hoosick Falls
Suny Albany
Miss Waite
John R. Blinstrub
Joseph R. Blinstrub
Mechanic Street Extension
Hudson Valley Community College
Blinstrub
Hoosick Falls Central School
Mark Davendonis
John E. Davendonis
Fourth St
United States Air Force
San Antonio
Texas
Davendonis
Alan Church
Lawrence Church
Petersburg
Church
Robert Ogert
John W. Ogert
White Creek
State University College
Plattsburgh
Ogert
Arlington High School playschool opens this Thursday
Arlington Memorial High School home economics classes will run a playschool for three and four year olds from Thursday to Thursday June 9. Sessions are Tuesday Thursday and Friday afternoons 12 30 to 1 45. Enrollment limited to 12 children and interested families are asked to call the high school.
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Arlington Memorial High School
Manchester selectmen to talk signs and noise
Manchester selectmen will meet tonight at 7 30 at the Town Office Building to discuss the proposed sign ordinance. Also on the agenda is a meeting with Roundhouse representatives as residents complain about noise. Joseph Solari of the Mountain View Diner will discuss plans for his new nightclub.
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Manchester
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