Barrington Town Meeting Sets Vote on 2.15 Million Budget
GREAT BARRINGTON voters face a 2.152 million dollar town budget at tonight’s annual meeting 7:30 p m in Searles School auditorium with a 5.4 rise from last year and education sewer maintenance and insurance major drivers. The Berkshire Hills School District share rises to 1 448 363 dollars and Dutch elm disease control seeks 5 000. The agenda includes zoning bylaw revisions for mobile homes trailer parks and land fill areas plus changes to the Board of Appeals and a Massachusetts Electric donation plan for a riverfront town park. A road program 15 000 Chapter 90 funds and 7 400 for a three ton dump truck are proposed with a 2 175 parks budget cut.
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Great Barrington
Searles School
Berkshire Hills
Sanitation Department
A. John Tuller
Selectmen
Board of Appeals
Massachusetts Electric Co
Main Street State Road
Housatonic River
Southern Berkshire Power & Light Co
Division Street
Manville Street
West
Brainard
Benton Avenues
Highway Department
Parks Department
Waite
Westfield Valley
Knightville
Westfield Gauging Station
Westfield
Lions Donate Funds To Eye Research And Local Clinic
The Lions Club contributed 500 to the Massachusetts Eye Research Foundation and 150 to the orthoptic clinic in Springfield. Lawrence Hoar from New England Telephone discussed future telecoms. A damaged note mentions a Feb 28 game between the Harlem Wizards and the Thomas Memorials at Pittsfield Boys' Club.
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Great Barrington
Lions Club
Massachusetts Eye Research Foundation
Springfield
Lawrence Hoar
New England Telephone Co
Lions Clubs
Warlem Wizards
Lee
Pittsfield
See our complete all NEW Dr. Scholl's foot aid display
Bill's Pharmacy on Main Street announces a new Dr. Scholl's foot aid display. TV stamps advertisement showcases the latest foot care products and promotion details.
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Dr. Scholl
Bill's
Main Street
Eleven Town Offices Up For Election In Alford Today
Alford voters choose officials in a noon to 7 pm town election with contests for five offices. No candidate appears for town clerk though write in Margaret Lavalette seeks a three year term. Incumbents and six candidates seek selectman seats. Several positions are unopposed including tax collector assessor constable auditor and tree warden.
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Alford
William L. Chapin
Adrian Rudolph
Ralph Giroux
William Karmanik
Medeo Morandi
John Rood
John C. Dellea
David G. Germain
Margaret Lavalette
Marion M. Germain
Susan Kormanik
Giroux
Southern Berkshire
Robert I. Bright
Planning Board
Alice Pedwson
Kormanik
Everett F.drumm
William V. Seeley
Gustav J. Berkel Jr
Helen E. Payne
Louis G. Dellen
Town Budget Set for Annual Meeting Tonight in Alford
Voters will consider a 1970 budget of 47,766.26 plus 3,000 for a town truck and 6,000 for a tax map at tonight's town meeting. The Finance Committee's Article 4 covers 30 line items led by 36,390 for School District expenses and 8,000 for snow and ice removal. The warrant also asks to authorize 3,000 from machinery earnings to buy a new town truck, with the old one turned in, and to raise 4,000 for the tax map. Planning Board seeks funding for the map to aid assessors and planning. Snow removal remains a hot issue. Meeting starts at 7 at Town Hall.
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Alford
Finance Committee
Southern
Berkshire
Planning Board
Lawrence, Barton Win In Otis Selectman Election
Lawrence re-elected to a three year term with 184 votes including absentee ballots. He beat Ronald A. Loring 497 to 77. Edwin M. Dyer lost for Assessor to Samuel D. Barton 140 to 34. Two School Committee members elected were Robert A. Carrington and Richard J. Nobbe. Lorraine Ide defeated. Claire Hall won Planning Board seat 5 years. Moderator Clifford W. Clark reelected with 153 votes. town clerk Clifford A. Conover reelected with 151. Fred Lawrence and Ronald A. Loring top two in Selectman race.
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Otis — Selectman
Fret Lawrence
Lawrence
Ronald A. Loring
Edwin M. Dyer
Samuel D. Barton
Robert A. Carrington
Richard J. Nobbe
Lorraine Ide
Claire Hall
William H. Dyer
Geller
Clifford W. Clark
Clifford A. Conover
Town Meeting Appropriations Total $89,519
Peru voters approved a total of 89 519 in town meeting appropriations on Saturday listing items such as bridges highways civil defense fire fighting school maintenance police printing road maintenance streetlights and veterans services along with several local associations and services.
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Peru
Hinsdale Vol. Firemen's Assr
Veterans Service
Mainten
Aeason
HinsSafe
Firamen’s Assr
Westtfield River
Sprague Strike Vote Steams Up at North Adams
About 300 AFTE Local 101 members in North Adams vote unanimously to strike Sprague Electric if a satisfactory offer is not reached by the March 1 contract deadline. Local 200 IUE votes on authorization, while ICW seeks an election to replace IUE, amid stalled talks and questions about union support and job losses.
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North Adams
American Federation of Technical Engineers
AFTH
Sprague Electric Co
IUE
AFTE
International Association of Machinists
George H. Bateman
Sprague
TUE
Walter D. Wood
Condenser Workers Union
ICW
James Valelia
Clarksburg
Wood
Valotta
National Labor Relations ‘Board
Valeria
Minor Town Officers Named by Meeting at Pert Center
At Pert Center School the annual town meeting appointed minor town officers who do not require election by ballot. Appointments include William Avery, Tinkert R. Steele, Robert W. Torrey as fence viewers. Willard Hopkins, Rufus Denkelt Jr., Paul K. Steele Sr. as field drivers. David Freshler, Leland Russell, Dana Phelps as measurers of wood, bark and lumber.
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Peru
Pert Center School
Wiliam Avery
Tinkert R. Steele
Robert W. Torrey
Willard Hopkins
Rufus Denkelt Jr
Paul K. Steele Sr
David Freshler
Leland Russell
Dana Phelps
Woman Injured In Crash Near Belcher Square
Mrs. Kathleen T. Snyder 22 of South Main Street was reported in good condition at Fairview Hospital after a three car crash near Belcher Square. She was westbound on State Road at 1:30 a.m. when her car skidded into a parked vehicle owned by Rodney J. Ruane. A second car driven by Robert Edwin M. Dyer Magee, 43, struck the Snyder vehicle broadside. no other injuries were reported. The Snyder car was demolished.
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Amenia
N.Y
William Whittaker
North Plain Road
Great Barrington
Mass
Sharon (Corin
Ruth Whittaker
Kenneth Kerzner
Dover Plains
Anthony Maio
Palisades Park
N.J
Maio
Sharon Hospital
Whittaker
Kathleen T. Snyder
South Main Street
Fairview Hospital
Belcher Square
Snyder
State Road
Rodney J. Ruane
Humphrey Street
Samuel D. Barton
Robert Edwin M. Dyer Magee
Castle Street
Westfield watershed plan debated at Ludlow meeting
Richard A. Waite of the Westfield River Watershed Association urged cautious development of the Connecticut River Basin plan at Ludlow. He urged conservation, noted small town populations, declining agriculture, and supported flow augmentation via Knightville dam while warning that rising municipal and industrial needs threaten water resources.
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Middlefield
Connecticut River
Ludlow
Richard A. Waite
Westfield River Watershed Association
Waite
Knightville
Westfield
Massachusetts
Association
West
Connecticut Valley
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Life Magazine
Butch Cassidy
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Lions
Alfred Hood
Barton
Otis
Selectman
Fred Lawrence Ronald A. Loring
John Schweizer
Monterey
Howard J. Wells
Eagle
Wells
Joyce Meier
Town Meeting
Sue
Helen Cook
Westfield Valley Water
Yys
Claire Halt William H. Dyer
Aree Warsen
Erving A
A. Leland Smith
River Road
George D. Powell
Edward Robert M. Clark
Chamberlain
Great Barrington Savings Bank
Sheffield
Mobil Heating Oil
S&h
John B. Hull, Inc
Southern Berkshire Homes Dial
SMR
Burce Cordere Greeting Cards
Sillfelds, Keytainers
Fresh Filme
Sarricint
Bill
Main ST. Great Barrington
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