Petersburg tackles Hubbard road matter and old Dayfoot Creek
Petersburg NY town board accepted a new town road off Old Maxon Road to aid Hubbard in gaining utility service, while denying liability for an old Dayfoot Creek road. They also set budget matters, youth program funding, and a garage plan for the ambulance. Executive session followed.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Maxon Road
Dayfoot Creek
New York State Electric and Gas
Mason Hubbard
Hubbard
Clarence Hewitt
Old East Hollow
Earl Stevens
Hewitt
Youth Commission
Commission
Pearl Wallach
Snyder
Joan Watrous
Watrous
Barbara Snyder
Allis-Chalmers
Stevens
Kingsley Arms, Inc
Schaghticoke
County Planning Board
Rensselaer
Pattison
Sarah Larson enters 9th year at child care center
Manchester news notes Sarah Larson Day School enters its ninth year led by director David Ahern. The center, started in 1968 and donated a Highland Avenue facility in 1971 by Sarah Larson, serves working and certain nonworking families with 35 local children, 18 of them preschoolers. It employs five teachers plus staff, uses a sliding fee scale with state subsidies, and began a scholarship program in 1975.
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Maggie Bucholt
Manchester
Sarah Larson
David Ahern
Greater Manchester
Ahern
Highland Avenue
Arlington
Sunderland
Dorset
Londonderry
Danby
Center
Ford
Vermont
Sarah Larson Day School
Ed Sargent
Manchester Fair Grounds
Hoosick Falls board to vote on teacher contract
Hoosick Falls Central School Board will meet Tuesday night at 8 p.m. to ratify this year’s teacher contract after teachers approved the pact yesterday morning. The meeting aims to finalize the contract before September 15, the first pay day for teachers. Details will be released after the meeting.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central School
Birth control lowers HFCS kindergarten enrollment in Hoosick NY
In Hoosick Falls Central School, birth control effects shrink kindergarten to 92 students and total K 6 enrollment to 877, down 61 from last year, while high school enrollment rises to 811 with 1,688 total students. Principal Kasmer Stempek warns of potential future job cuts if trends continue.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central School
Kasmer J. Stempek
Stempek
William C. Waterhouse
Waterhouse
Burglaries Hit Local Legion and Shops Over Weekend
Manchester police report $30 to $40 in quarters stolen from the American Legion Hall on Highland Avenue during Sept 6 and 7 after a window was smashed. Other weekend break-ins include Walker's Bicycle Shop with $3 missing, Bovey's Laundry denting machine stolen, and Montgomery Ward where four CB radios valued at $400 were taken.
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Manchester
American Legion Hall
Highland Avenue
Walker
Bovey
Montgomery Ward
Historic Shaftsbury home eyed for commercial use
Shaftsbury Zoning Board of Adjustment will discuss converting the Munro Hawkins house on Route 7, north of the former Red Barn Restaurant, to commercial use. The Ed Hawkins place once owned by Jules Olitsky and now by Bennington College is for sale.
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Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Zoning Board of Adjustment
Cole Hall
Munro- Hawkins
Ed Hawkins
Red Barn
Jules Olitsky
Bennington College
Bennington historic house seeks zoning variance, taxes due
Shaftsbury Town Treasurer Clinton McDonald reminds residents poll taxes are due by September 15. Bennington realtor Breard Hawks seeks a variance for a house from 1807, now in commercial zoning, proposing six apartments and adding a gift shop and craft shop. The site is among 10 Bennington County properties on the National Historic Sites Register.
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Clinton McDonald
Bennington
Breard Hawks
College
Bennington County
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North Bennington
Thomas Veldman
Hfcs Board
Merck Forest
Manchester Wood Company
Orvis
Naomi Bowen
Vermont Regional Library System
Gerrit
Home Furniture Co
Li Ea Ca· Atvi
FDIC
Vmington, Vermont
HFCS
By Anne Eisenmenger
Legion
Munro-Hawkins
Olitsky
Herbert Wheaton Congdon
Guy Bailey
University of Vermont
The
Shaftsbury Historical Society
H. Greenberg Incorporated
Main Street
Theodore G. Chingos
Ferns
Long Trail Rd
Ofue
Fispmari
Main St
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