Williams College service council recruits 70 students
The Lehman Service Council at Williams College held a biannual recruitment meeting attracting seventy students who pledged to support seven community action programs. The council, founded by Williams students, funds transportation to enable participation in Williamstown, North Adams, and Bennington projects.
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Williamstown
Mass
Lehman Service Council
Williams College
LSC
North Adams
Bennington
John Berringer
Williams
North Hampton
Pittsfield
Putnam Memorial Hospital
United Counseling Service
Sweetbrook
Berkshire Farm For
Hoosick Falls board rejects boosters lottery plan
Hoosick Falls Central School Board, at its first meeting since school began, disapproved a Booster Club plan to sponsor a lottery outside the school with drawings at games. Enrollment totals: 1762 students, elementary 963, high school 799. Policy on jersey retention kept, insurance proposed for board members discussed, audit accepted, and cross country with 16 athletes approved to continue. Records access guidelines set under new Truth in Information law with 50 cent per sheet copies.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Board of Education
Hoosick Falls Central School
Phillip Leonard
Supt
Leonard
Elihu Geraghty
McKearins Insurance
School Board
Central School
Hoosick Grange installs new officers and plans eventful year
Hoosick Grange recently installed officers including Wesley Hall master David Cornell overseer and Mrs Wilfred Knapp lecturer. The exhibit won second at the Schaghticoke Fair and the meeting featured a program on A New Beginning with poems a movie and a bees discussion. Booster Night is set for Sept 27 with Granges from nearby counties invited.
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Hoosick Grange
Gordon Sherman
Cheryl Wortz
Ralph Bonesteel
Barbara Bonesteel
Marshall
Russell Jones
Wesley
Kathy Prebble
Grange
N. Clifford Cottrell
Legislative Committee
Cornell
Ralph Philpott
Denmark
Carleton Philpott
David Cornell
Mable Hewitt
Wesley Hall
Rensselaer County
Bennington
Shaftsbury
West Arlington
Vermont
Pleasant Valley
Washington County
Friends of Grange
Knapp
Court Notes From Town Justice Docket
Court notes before Town Justice John Mahar list defendants from various towns with violations and fines including Donald Hale driving with one plate five dollars Norman LaValley double line fifteen dollars Elizabeth Ellis unlicensed operator unconditional discharge and unsafe tire five dollars Joseph Green Jr leaving scene reduced to failure to keep right twenty five dollars Christopher Cooley unsafe tire five dollars and unlicensed operator twenty dollars Edward C Ball passing stop sign ten dollars Kenneth Anders inadequate muffler five dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Ball
Rome
Kenneth Anders
Schaghticoke
Evening classes fill Ethan Allen Community College fall lineup
Registration for the fall term at Ethan Allen Community College runs through September 23, with enrollment already above last year’s fall numbers. Vocational courses draw the heaviest demand, including Bookkeeping, Typing, Meatcutting, Cooking, Forestry, Auto Mechanics, and a popular Personality Theories and Counseling Techniques taught by Alan Prager on Monday evenings at the Bennington Tutorial Center. Liberal arts offerings include an American history course by Steve Brown emphasizing era feeling over chronology. For details contact 310 Bonnet St or call 362-3588.
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Manchester
Ethan Allen Community College
Alan Prager
Bennington
Bonnet St
Call
Vermont Republicans consider housing plank on mortgage rates
Attorney General Kimberly B. Cheney proposed a housing plank urging a variable rate approach. He favors allowing banks to charge up to 10 percent while the ceiling would drop as other rates fall, arguing current usury limits hinder mortgage access. The convention will vote on the platform Saturday in Montpelier.
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Cheney
Montpelier
Budget cuts looming for Vermont Education Department
Deputy Education Commissioner Alan Weiss warns the Vermont Education Department may face an additional $82,000 cut if the state fails to secure its allocated funds. He notes the department may implement personnel cuts, reduce operating costs, and trim programs if needed, marking the first postallocation budget cut in 20 years after a $90,000 reduction last month. Weiss advocates preplanning amid weak state finances. Weeks School Superintendent Hugh Wallace resigns to lead a New York Division of Youth Services school in Warwick, NY, citing higher pay and pursuit of a doctorate. resignation effective Oct. 1.
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State Administration
Robert Wilson
Wallace
New York Area
Vermont House candidates seek voluntary campaign spending cap
Republican James Jeffords and Democrat Francis Cain propose a $25,000 limit for each candidate in Vermont's lone House race. Both are in debt as they enter the general election, Cain short by about $1,500 and Jeffords at least $4,100, yet they doubt they can raise the cap.
Albany Police Officers Union wins right to AFL-CIO affiliation
Albany police win the right to affiliate with AFL-CIO Council 66 by a 3-1 margin after balloting at Division I HQ. Executive director Nicholas F. Pinto said contract proposals are being prepared and negotiations with the city could start by Oct. 15. He stressed officers need substantial pay raises to catch up with the cost of living.
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Albany
Council 66
American Federation of State
Nicholas F. Pinto
Albany Police Officers Union
Local social roundups in Hoosick Falls area events
Walloomsac residents Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hoag hosted guests in Rock City Falls. Hoosick Falls Health Center Auxiliary held a Sept. 12 dinner in New Ashford to kick off fall meetings. A St Louis visitor enjoyed a two week vacation with relatives. Various local families hosted and attended gatherings at Cobble Hill and other area locations, with multiple birthdays and visits noted.
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Jim Hoag
Gordon Hoag
Ralph Phillips
Rock City Falls
Hoosick Falls Health Center
the Springs
New Ashford
Mass
Cobble Hill
Edwin Lennon
Warren Gooding
Hoosick Falls
Annie Lippert
Pauline Cathcart
Frank Kostenblatt
North Hoosick
George Wolfrum
Edward LaFortune Jr
Julie Ann
Melrose
Marry Ellen
SUNY
Cobleskill
Mike Toole
Richard Lasser
Laura
Fred Luke
Gordon Fricke
Governor Wilson rejects Ford amnesty plan in Saratoga
Gov. Malcolm Wilson spoke at a Wednesday press conference in Saratoga Springs rejecting President Ford's conditional amnesty for Vietnam era evaders. He alleged Democratic bosses conspired to back Rep. Hugh Carey for governor and criticized Ford's Nixon pardon as troubling and counterproductive for national unity.
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Saratoga Springs
Malcolm Wilson
Ford
Hugh Carey
Howard Samuels
State
Democratic Committee
Wilson
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Berkshire School Board Upholds Residency Rule for Aides
The Berkshire school committee on Tuesday reaffirmed a three year policy that professional qualifications take precedence over residency in hiring teacher aides. Supt Maurice J Boulanger announced Arlene Cocks of Cheshire and Patricia Ann Silen of Pittsfield as chosen aides due to their certified teaching credentials. The dissenting member raised a question about hiring locals, but the 3-1 vote kept the rule in force.
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Lee
Maurice J. Boulanger
Arlene Cocks
Cheshire
Patricia Ann Silen
Pittsfield
Joseph C. Savery
William F. Tyer Jr
Lenox New School enrollment falls short of aims
The Lenox New School for grades 9 to 12 reports 60 students after day one of classes, 23 fewer than last year. Headmaster Archie M. Quarrier cited high tuition at 4700 dollars and the weak economy as reasons, with 17 girls enrolled and all students from areas east of the Mississippi River. NSAL is in its second year after a 1973 merger of Bradenton Lenox School and Litchfield Preparatory School.
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Lenox
Archie M. Quarrier
Quarrier
Mississippi River
Berkshire County
NSAL
Bradentown-Lenox
Litchfield, Conn
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