New York Doctors Shortage Spars Areas and City Garbage Vote
A state health survey shows Troy Rensselaer County has one physician per 65 Eyota with state average higher. three communities need action and Troy needs two doctors while Hoosick Falls and Sand Lake need one each. Troy City Council deadlocks on private trash pickup option amid $575,000 disposal cost this year. Lyons Estate in Claverack sold to Open Community School. former Lyons landmark becomes boarding school site for ages 6 to 10 after Walter Scott Foundation sale. About 1,100 bills remain for Gov Rockefeller to sign after extended session. 11 vetoes amid an influx of 3 day bills and a month for action.
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Rensselaer County
State Department of Health
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Hoosick Falls
Sand Lake
Adrian C. Gonyea
Rockefeller
Albany
Gov. Rockefeller
Amherst Faculty Form Peaceful Reform Group
A 33 member Amherst faculty group named Faculty Group for Academic Freedom opposes violence as a tactic for reforms at the University of Massachusetts. The group aims to deter extremism, curb intimidation, and maintain campus disputes without coercion.
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Amherst
University of Massachusetts
Academic Freedom
Connecticut lawmakers to consider doubling pay for legislators
A Connecticut Citizens Conference report urges raising legislator pay from 4000 per biennium to 8000 annually, plus a nonpartisan public information office and better ties between the assembly and towns, annual sessions, and a conflict of interest commission. Also notes a hot air balloon transatlantic flight in Tolland and a Long Island Sound oil spill endangering beaches near Branford.
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Assembly
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Tolland
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London Daily Mail
New York City
London
North Berkshire Bennington Trio Arrested for Robbery
Bennington residents Louis E. Boswell and his wife and Clifton J. Hayes were arrested at a roadblock near the New York line on Thursday charged with armed robbery. The roadblock followed a lounge robbery in North Hoosick, NY late Wednesday night.
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Louis E. Boswell
Clifton J. Hayes
New York State Line
North Bennington
North Hoosick
Library Exhibits Works of Mrs Lauzon in Lenox
Lenox Library hosts Lorraine M. Lauzon of Pittsfield in a show of paintings drawings and watercolors running through Thursday. She recently studied Mexican ruins and Indians and trained at the Art Institute of Boston with notable instructors.
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Lenox Library
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Pittsfield
Lauzon
Mexico
Art Institute of Boston
Stuart Henry
William Schultz
Joseph Jenny
Lenon Library
City Savings Bank
Berkshire Museum
Williams College
Miss Whitman Wins Dean's Award at Vernon Court College
Lenox Miss Sarah Whitman daughter of Rev and Mrs Robert S Whitman of Trinity Church Rectory receives Vernon Court Junior College dean's award and is named distinguished senior among 15. She holds a 3.86 year-to-date average, on Sigman Iota Society eligibility, on the dean's list, leads her dorm as president and scholarship chair, and plays varsity field hockey. Lenox High School class of 1944 reunion scheduled at Lenox House with two-thirds expected attendance.
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Robert
S. Whitman
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Vernon Court
Newport
Miss Whitman
Sigman Iota Society
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Lenox House
Bartholomew B. Casey
Honor Society Plans Installation at Lenox
Lenox Memorial High School chapter of the National Honor Society will induct members into the newly formed Lenox chapter at Immaculate Heart Seminary on Monday at 1. Raymond L. Trabold will speak. Selectmen drafted a letter to Henry Sontag seeking guidance on converting seasonal liquor licenses to annual licenses to support winter ski trade. They also voted to close Ore Bed Road for Life League baseball spectator safety and named two traverse jurors, Philip Bashara and Brig. Gen. Horace Harding.
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Lenox Memorial High School
National Honor Society
Immaculate Heart Seminary
Raymond L. Trabold
Henry Sontag
Secretary of State
Ore Bed Road
Traverse
Philip C. Bashara
Cliffwood St
Horace Harding
USA
Stockbridge Road
Mackey Awards Book Prize For Lenox Graduates
Lenox native architect LenoX Eugene J Mackey has offered a yearly book award and plaque for an outstanding Lenox Memorial High School graduate. The award honors his late father and supports literature music drama or graphic arts achievement. School leaders approved pending policy planning.
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Euugene J. Mackey
Mackey Jr
Lenox Memorial High School
Mackey
Raymond L. Trabold
Robert L. Plageman
Custodian Sought For Town Cump
Lenox Board of Health Chairman Carl A. Bergan says the board will hire a full time custodian for the town disposal area. Applicants must apply in writing to the Board of Health. Details available from any board member. Mrs. Manley T. Fairfield of 16 Reynolds St has returned from Newtonville New York.
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Lenox — Board of Health
Carl A. Bergan
Dr. Bergan
Board of Health
Manley T. Fairfield
Reynolds St
Newtonville
N.Y
Adams-Cheshire selects Keban as Hoosac Valley principal
Harold Keban 40, former principal of Liverpool high school, chosen by Adams-Cheshire Regional School Committee to lead the new Hoosac Valley High School at 17500 salary, effective July 1, starting at Adams Memorial High. Supt. Duval praised his qualifications. vote 3 to 1 amid brief executive session.
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Duval
Keban
Selectmen Association meeting debates state budget and welfare costs
H Bernard Monahan of the Massachusetts Selectmen’s Association Tax Study Commission told 104 town and city officials at a Berkshire County meeting that welfare costs belong in the local aid fund and that underestimation led to a $50 million deficit. Gov. Sargent may propose tax hikes on May 12, including a higher sales tax. Dbrowski criticizes rising costs while planning for regional planning and computer education for youths.
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Commonwealth
H. Bernard Monahan
Massachusetts Selectmen’s Association
Monahan
Rockland
Massachusetts Selectmen's Association
Berkshire County Selectmen’s Association
American Legion
Howard Wells
Monterey
John W. Bartels
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Thomas J. Callahan
BCSA
Sargent
Dabrowski
Karl Hekler
Berkshire Regional Planning Commission
Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission
New England Commission
BCC
Stanley Brown
Berkshire County Selectmen's Association
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