Lee School Board Recognizes LEA as Speaking for Administrators
The Lee School Committee recognizes the Lee Education Association as the bargaining agent for five Lee school administrators. A closed meeting will address grievances raised in a January 7 letter, with no salary motions at that time. The supervisors cited concerns over bargaining in bad faith and the committee’s proposed salary range.
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Sod Benk Siiime Bureau School Board
Lea
LEE
Lee Education Association
Joseph C. Savery
Savery
School Dismissals Set for Curriculum Study Sessions
A committee voted to dismiss Grades 1–12 students early twice monthly so teachers can work on curriculum improvement. The program runs on an experimental basis this year starting next month, with St. Marys School teachers joining. High school dismissal at 1 47 p m and elementary at 1 35 p m. sessions run 2 to 4. attendance for teachers is compulsory. If successful, trials may move to weekly meetings.
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LEE
Maurice J. Boulanger
St. Mary's School
Boulanger
Hinsdale Fire District seeks nominations for 7 offices
Nominations for Fire District offices in Hinsdale must be written to acting clerk David A. Pelkey by Jan. 30. Annual meeting and elections set for Feb. 6 with posts including clerk treasurer tax collector auditor water commissioner prudential committeeman and moderator. Water commissioner and prudential committeeman terms are three years others one year. In Dalton area, boxing team signups for Grades 2-7 at Kittredge School due Feb. 19 with Bruce Drosin at the Youth Center. Boxing classes held Tuesdays at 6:30. Movie tonight at 6:30 at the center is At War With the Army. Arnold Buckley award nominations for civic leadership to Charles J. DeAngelus.
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Hinsdale
David A. Pelkey
Prudential
Water
Kittredge School
Dalton
Bruce Drosein
Arnold Buckley
Lions Club
Charles J. DeAngelus
Planning Board
Sturtevant
Carlo Fusini
Finance Board Estimates Tax Hike At Four or Five Dollars
Dalton voters may see a four to five dollar tax increase if Finance Committee recommendations pass at the annual town meeting. The 1970 budget totals 2,568,402, up 260,667 from last year, with education taking 63.7 percent of the budget at 1,543,873. The committee notes this relies on estimated receipts of 200,000 and Chapter 70 aid of 316,607, with a possible 30,000 transfer from available funds to lower the levy. The expected levy would rise to about 1,748,402 on a 32.35 million assessed valuation, lifting the tax rate from 50 to 54 or 55 per thousand. Pack 41 den leaders’ meeting is set for 7:30 tonight at the Community House.
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Dalton
Finance Committee
Department of Corporations and Taxation
Lawrence J. Haworth Jr
Veterans’ Service
Hartford
Medill Bair
Board of Education
Elisha C. Freedman
Ory
Loss of Water Forces Center School Closing
A broken water main underlies Center School, forcing its closure. Fire district crews shut off the valve and repair work continues, with heating possible but no sanitary facilities. School expects to resume Monday.
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Dalton
Center School
Denis 3. Thiquette
West Stockbridge Girl Scouts Cookie Sale Opens
West Stockbridge Troop 474 will begin cookie orders this week under Mrs. John W. Whitehead II. Sales start Saturday at 9 and run through February 7 with deliveries April 2 to 11. Two scouts per shift, until 4 p.m., to avoid street danger after dark.
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West Stockbridge
John W. Whitehead II
Dalton Town to vote on sixteen thousand budgeted special articles
Finance Board's half dozen special articles include 1969 unpaid bills and water line work with Pittsfield, plus retirement, sewer master plan, veterans overdraft, and building code prep. Of 22 articles, two carry no-action recommendations. Voters scheduled February 17 for a total proposed budget of 2 578 402 dollars.
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Dalton
Finance Committee
Pittsfield
Dalton Division Road
Williams Street
Mabel Tower
Veterans’ Service
Oak Street
Town Garage Plan Fails To Win Sufficient Votes
Windsor voters turnout in 15 below zero weather backed an $18,000 plan for a new town garage but failed to reach the two thirds requirement after an 18-11 vote in its favor. Opponents cited site and zoning concerns near Route 9 and the school water supply as the key issues.
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Windsor
Selectmen
George Sturtevant
Surtevant
Menard
Peter Menard
Robbins Named Ride To Tax Collector
Windsor Dalton official appoints Joseph D Robbins deputy tax collector for 1970 to collect unpaid taxes including auto excises. Mrs Mervin Zink, the tax collector, announced the appointment. Paul Hoag named assistant fire chief by Chief Hugh Ferry.
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Windsor
Joseph D. Robbins
Dalton
Mervin Zink
Paul Hoag
Hugh Ferry
Derailed B&M freight cars disrupt line near Williamstown
Seventeen of fifty five Boston and Maine cars derailed yesterday afternoon in North Petersburg New York amid a second wreck in two weeks. No flammable contents were involved and traffic remained open on the double track as wrecking crews worked the scene. Two weeks earlier a 104 car B&M train had 29 cars derail.
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North Petersburg
N.Y
Boston & Maine
B&m
Williamstown
Mechanicville
3400 Acres Bought for Vermont Vacation-Home Plan
A Graton Mass attorney has purchased 3400 acres near Alpenwald Villages in Readsboro Vermont for a future vacation-homes development. Plans call for 600 to 2500 units plus a community center a golf course and a private ski area. Stamford officials work on zoning rules.
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Stamford
Graton
Mass
Atty
Frank J. Opie
Opie
Alpenwald Villages
Readsboro
Planned ski lodges eyed for Dutch Hill north face
About 20 ski lodges are planned for the north face of Dutch Hill in Heartwellville Vermont as part of a vacation development. Soil tests are underway to meet local health board standards amid an interim zoning rule requiring one acre plus lots despite no formal zoning board existing.
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Heartwellville
Dutch Hill
Local Health Board
State department opens Springfield regional office
Williamstown report notes the Department of Commerce and Development opens a regional office in Springfield to improve Western Massachusetts service. Commissioner Carroll P. Sheehan says the department will sponsor an airplane tour of Western Massachusetts ski areas for Boston media to promote tourism, with Gov. Sargent expected to ride. Officials will increase Berkshire County presence in the future.
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Williamstown
Massachusetts
State Department of Commerce and Development
Springfield
Carroll P. Sheehan
Berkshire Chamber of Commerce
Sheehan
Boston
Sargent
Berkshire County
UConn Trustees mull on campus winery in spring trial
Trustees met in Storrs and signaled amending the prohibition bylaw to permit a student operated Rathsheller on campus this spring. If drinking occurs the aim is to keep it on campus, said trustee Joseph Gill.
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Storrs
University of Connecticut
Uconn
Joseph Gill
East Longmeadow woman arraigned on larceny indictments
Mrs Virginia Craig 46 former teller and wife of an East Longmeadow police sergeant faced three larceny indictments in Superior Court last week in connection with alleged embezzlement of 28600 She pled not guilty before Judge Donald M Macaulay of Longmeadow. SPRINGFIELD AP The final 15 cars of a Boston and Albany freight train derailed late Thursday night spilling new cars onto Berkshire Avenue overpass No injuries were reported Workmen began removing freight cars in bitter cold The first derailed car sheared its top and scattered oleomargarine across the road The rest of the 64 car train continued to Framingham.
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East Longmeadow
Virginia Craig
Springfield
Five Cents Savings Bank
Craig
Donald M. Macaulay
Longmeadow
Boston & Albany
Berkshire Avenue
Oye Pass
Framingham
Gas cutback by Niagara Mohawk hits 15 industrial users
Niagara Mohawk informs about an indefinite gas service cutback affecting about 15 area industrial users. The shortage arises from supplier constraints amid sustained Northeast cold, not local system failure, marking the first such cutback in 20 years. Ford Motor Co on Green Island will halt operations with other plants planning shift changes.
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Albany
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Ford Motor Co
Green Island
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