Hoosick Falls District budgets $2.87 million for 1976 77
Hoosick Falls Central School District approves a $2,870,190 budget for 1976 77 an increase of 2.5 percent or about $70,000 over last year. Tax levy rises by $97,000 amid revenue shortfalls and unequalized rates. Superintendent Philip Leonard estimates Hoosick town rate up about $20 per $1000 assessment. others await state equalization figures. Revenue projections show state aid at $1,964,500 with utilities and fringe benefits driving costs. The budget funds a summer music program for about 150 students. enrollment trends show kindergarten shifts. The public vote is June 22 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium.
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Edith Beaumont
Philip Leonard
Hoosick
Leonard
Ron Peretti
New York State Teachers Union
Hartland voters reject open land tax alternatives
Hartland residents rejected by 301 to 146 four open space taxation plans prepared with regional help. Alternative 3 led with tax stabilization for all open land via 10 year contracts, with repayment if developed early. other plans varied by area and percentage relief.
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Hartland
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Ottauquechee
Densmore Hill
Hoosick Falls Board of Education candidates named
Three petitions firm for two open seats on Hoosick Falls Central School Board. Incumbent Donald Sutton seeks re election in West Hoosick unopposed. D Benedict Niles seeks re election in White Creek and faces challenger Mary Granning. Election on June 22 from 2 to 8 pm at the school before the annual district meeting at 8.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Board of Education
Hoosick Falls Central School
Donald Sutton
West Hoosick
D. Benedict Niles
White Creek
Dewey McCart
Mary Granning
Commencement speaker named for Burr and Burton ceremony
Robert C. Brewster, Burr and Burton Seminary president, named David S. Bigelow of J.S. Case Company as this year’s graduation speaker. Bigelow, a 1949 Burr and Burton alum, Navy veteran, and executive with Case, and son of Landgrove residents, will address the class Sunday June 13 at 3 p.m. on the Seminary Athletic Field, weather permitting in the Manchester Elementary School gym.
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Manchester
Robert C. Brewster
Burr and Burton Seminary Board of Trustees
David S. Bigelow
J.S. Case Company
J.I. Case
Tenneco
Racine
Wis
Bigelow
Burr and Burton
Mr. Henry
United States Naval Academy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Chicago
Case
Massey-Ferguson
Motores Perkins
Massey- Ferguson
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Landgrove
Seminary
BBS Spring Concert Set at Manchester Church
Burr and Burton Seminary presents its annual spring concert on Wednesday June 2 at 8 p.m. at the Congregational Church parish house in Manchester. The program features choral works including The Dream is America I Hear A Voice A-Prayin and I Believe in Music along with band pieces Stars and Stripes Forever The Original Dixieland Concerto The Entertainer and more. Admission is free.
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Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Congregational Church
America
Mac Davis
North Bennington thrift shop pleads for donations and
North Bennington Thrift Shop manager Kay Luce reports generous response last week with many items donated but more sought, especially furniture, toys, puzzles. Items unsold go to the Veterans Home and Bennington Opportunity Council. Featured items include jewelry, work clothes, men's pants, shirts, jackets, a planter, a dress form, and a double bed with mattress. Hours are Wednesday to Friday 1 to 5 pm and Saturday 10 am to 4 pm. Edward Loveland of North Bennington celebrated a birthday at 7 pm May 22 at North Bennington firehouse hosted by wife, children, Phyllis Ruggles, with Dailey Co. colleagues from South Shaftsbury. The King Bakery of Cambridge, NY made the cake. a purse of money was given.
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North Bennington
Kay Luce
Edward Loveland
Dailey Co
South Shaftsbury
Phyllis Ruggles
King Bakery
Cambridge, N.Y
Loveland
Dorset Museum Opens Season With Saturday Welcome
Dorset Historical Museum on the green begins summer season this Saturday June 5 from 3 to 5 p.m. Hosts include Peg and Nick Smith Lucille Beach Dorothy Gilbert Jess Bond and Gene Bond with Lucille Beach and Marion Longacre aiding. New acquisitions will be displayed periodically. Also notes firemen's auxiliary meets tonight at 7 30 and Mark Boutin graduates from Hyde Park culinary institute.
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Dorset
the Green
Peg
Nick Smith
Lucille Beach
Dorothy L. Gilbert
Jess
Gene Bond
Marion Longacre
Peg Smith
Bill
Betty Heinz
Russ
Dorothy Weston
Pownal boards meet. zoning hearing on variance request
The Pownal School Board meets Tuesday June 1 at 7 p.m. The Pownal Baptist Church Choir rehearses at 6 30 p.m. with a 7 30 prayer meeting. The Board of Selectmen meets Thursday at 5 p.m. and the Zoning Board of Adjustment meets Thursday at 7 p.m. to consider a variance for a storage shed at Reverend Kenneth Schwebel's residence. Arlington Sunderland Girl Scout unit plans May Muster May 22 and Memorial Day parade May 30 with line up at 12 30 p.m. at School Street. Fly ups and bridging June 3 at Bailey Hall. Green Mtn. Park Race Track seeks four new stalls. hearing at Town Office. Michael David Greene, son of Clement and Mrs. Greene Jr., recently graduated from combat engineering at Fort Leonard Wood, married to Penny Bouplon, now stationed in El Paso. They invite friends to 9413 Montrose Ave., Apt. 7, Montrose Apts., El Paso TX 79925.
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Zoning Board of Adjustment
Kenneth Schwebel
Arlington
Arlington - Sunderland
Vermont Girl Scout Council
New Haven
Virginia Woodcock
Jackie LaBatt
Amelia Lawrence
Nathalie Caler
School Street
Bailey Hall
Green Mtn. Park Race Track
Michael David Greene
Clement Greene Jr
Eagle Street
Shaftsbury
Ft. Leonard Wood
Penny Bouplon
el Paso
Tex
Ft. Bless
Montrose Ave
Montrose Apts
Apt
ZBA Grants One Year Kennel Fence Permit in Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Zoning Board approved a provisional one year fence permit for a dog kennel for Jon and Linda Kenyon of Route 67 Sodom. Permit is non transferable and requires reapplication if kennel impacts arise. Board also approved a concrete block rear addition for the Bennington County Humane Society on Route 7 near Arlington. Carangio fence request withdrawn.
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Shaftsbury
Jon and
Linda Kenyon
The
Sodom
Colvin
Bennington County Humane Society
Route 7
Arlington Town Line
Greenwich Street
Dominick
Gayle Carangio
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Roseanne Henning
Vermont
BBS
Bennington
Adams Streets
Bennington, Vermont
Nancy Hess
Sugar Bush
Hale Mountain Fish and Game Club
Girl Scout Cadette Troop 63
Lori Williams
Karen Scarey
Sherry Robinson
Teen Scarey
Didi Waters
Dawn West
Firemen’s Auxiliary
Mark Edward Boutin
Emile Boutin
Culinary Institute of
Hyde Park, N.Y
Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
Pownal
Pownal Baptist Church
Board of Selectmen
Girl Scout News
ZBA
Edwin A. Colvin
Tran
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