Veterans Day Parade in Great Barrington Observed
About 59 members of the VFW and American Legion marched down Main Street in observance of Veterans Day. The parade ended with ceremonies at Town Hall and a wreath drop for seamen and Coast Guardsmen. Light participation and many stores closed reflected the holiday. A separate note records a resident urging a warning sign on Route 7 north of Monument Mountain after multiple accidents involving teenagers.
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Great Barrington
VFW
American Legion
Main Street
Town Hall
Searles Middle School
Housatonic River
Bridge Street
Selectmen
Monument Mountain
Michael C. Nardi
Brainard Avenue
Nardi
State Department of Public Works
Dogs Victims Of Hit And Run In Great Barrington
Dog Officer Berter B Moro reports four fatal hit and run incidents in recent weeks as four dogs were struck by cars whose drivers did not stop. Motorists are urged to notify the dog officer or police if a vehicle fails to stop after hitting a dog.
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Great Barrington
Berter B. Moro
Moro
Planning Board to Review Subdivision Regulations and Rezoning
GREAT BARRINGTON Planning Board meets at Town Hall to discuss subdivision controls and to consider rezoning Louis Levine’s Belcher Square property from residential to business. Last week’s meeting was postponed for lack of a quorum. A high school dance follows on Saturday from 8 to 11 p.m. at St Peter's Center with music by the Missing Links.
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Great Barrington
Planning Board
Louis Levine
Belcher Square
St.Peter’s Center
Break-in at Monument Mountain High School raises probe
Berkshire Hills High School was broken into just before 1 a.m. with minor damage. A window and door were broken, a wall safe dented, and a hole cut near the safe. Entry and exit used west-side windows. Lee state police assisted. investigation ongoing.
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Lee State Police
Housatonic PTA Names Group For Playground Plan
At a Housatonic PTA meeting a committee was formed with Berkshire Hills Regional School District and Great Barrington Park Committee to study installing playground equipment at the local grammar school. Members include PTA president Mrs. Clifford Perrault and principal Thomas Meade with James Peace and Joseph Arendale. A $600 appropriation was proposed, shared by PTA and the school department, to fund the equipment.
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Housatonic
PTA
Berkshire Hills
Great Barrington Park
Clifford Perrault
Thomas Meade
James Peace
Joseph Aberdale
Charles Castronova
Park Committee
J. Frank Lenaghan
Dewey School
Berks Hills School Deliberates Pact Talks and Dewey Report
Berkshire Hills Regional School Committee meets tomorrow at 8 PM in the High School to discuss a nine item agenda. A subcommittee report on negotiations and Supt Lane's update on Dewey School accompany notes on resignations hiring recommendations, mental health clinic, food services and a custodial contract. Lane will seek approval of a preliminary 1976 budget amid a deadlock with the Berkshire Hills Teachers Association over a $6450 salary offer for a starting bachelor’s level teacher.
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Great Barrington
Berkshire Hills
George P. Lane
Dewey
Monument Mountain Regional High School
Berkshire Hills Teachers Association
Francis X. Mackout
Mackout
Lane
Berkshire Children's Mental Health Clinic
Food Services
West Stockbridge
Veterans Day Observed by Regional High School Group
GREAT BARRINGTON The Monument Mountain Regional High School Band and Searles Girls Chorus led a Veterans Day program at Searles Middle School. The band played the National Anthem and a recessional, while the chorus performed Handel and other pieces. Three seventh graders spoke on Veterans Day history and its significance.
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Great Barrington
Monument Mountain
Searles
Searles Middle School
Handel
Marcelle
Jacob
Country
Sth-srade
David Galisa Snake
Gary Carver
Jeffrey Stevens
Biddy League Officials To Meet Sunday
Housatonic Emilio Pas setto calls a meeting for Sunday at 1 at the Community Center to organize officials for the Biddy Basketball League season. All adult sponsors coaches referees and others invited. No boys should attend. Registration for players will be held later.
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Housatonic
Emilio Passetto
Library Observes Youth and Book Week at Ramsdell
Ramsdell Public Library will mark National Children's Book Week with a display of new fiction and nonfiction for children youths and adults. Books stay on exhibit and may be checked out. a Christmas program with the school is planned for Dec 17 at 7 30 in the Community Center with PYA providing refreshments chaired by Mrs Robert Boland.
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Housatonic
Ramsdell Public Library
Startling
PYA
Robert Boland
Dalton TV Cable Under Fire Over Service Quality
Dalton selectmen hear a petition with 27 names complaining of deteriorating cable signal and maintenance. Residents urge investigation as calls to the company yield excuses and no upgrades. Company manager says Dalton lacks some Pittsfield channels due to FCC rules and that extensions await federal action.
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Dalton
Pittsfield - Dalton
TV Cable
Pittsfield
Zdon
John W. Bartels
Selectmen
Federal Communications Commission
New York City
WOR
WPIX
WNBC
Derek White
The
Eagle This
FCC
Albany
Derek
Federal Regulatary Agency
Acton
Central Berkshire Open House Tomorrow at Junior High
Open house at Dalton Junior High School will run from 2 to 4 PM and again from 7 PM onward tomorrow. Principal Francis G. Driscoll cites rising enrollment prompting format changes, with afternoon conferences and a form for those unable to attend. The evening session aims to inform parents about programs and services and foster parent-teacher familiarity.
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Central Berkshire
Dalton
Dalton Junior High School
Francis G. Driscoll
Cost Estimates To Be Given on Building Plan
Cost estimates for four separate proposals for new school facilities in the Central Berkshire Regional District will be presented at tonight's meeting at 7. Paul Lieneck of Hayes, Lieneck & Smith of Fitchburg will present the figures at the junior high school building subcommittee session.
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Dalton
Berkshire
Paul Lieneck
Hayes, Lieneck & Smith
Fitchburg
Dalton High and Junior High Girls Practice and Swim News
The Dalton entries cover schedules for the high school girls basketball practices on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 3:30 to 5, with junior high sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30 to 5. Swimming tests for children are planned next week with parent observation. Registration for spring swimming lessons opens Monday, Nov 24 at 1:30, with sessions running March 31 to June 5. Lifesaving classes begin Friday, Nov 21 and recur weekly Fridays from 7 p.m. Open to ages 15 with a notebook and a small charge for the instruction book. lectures in the Community House TV room. instructors certified by the Red Cross.
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Dalton
Red Cross
Milne Associates Opens Furniture Plant in New Lebanon
New Lebanon New York Milne Associates Ltd plans a grand opening Saturday from noon to 6 PM at the former Tilden property converted into a furniture factory and salesroom. Prizes include a color television Polaroid camera two coffee tables and more. A contest to name a new playpen kit offers a free dinner for two at Mario's Restaurant. Renovations along Route 20 include teardown of three houses and plans for two front trick-veneered buildings housing a pharmacy and a bank with a third attached Colonial style structure behind.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Don T Milne Associates, Ltd
Tilden
Mario's
Route 20
Tilden Co
Time
Milne’s
Milne
Taylor-Jamestown
Jamestown
Lebanon Valley
Milne Company
One Car Crash Injures Three Vi. Residents
Three Charlotte Vi. residents were injured in a Saturday one car crash in East Chatham. Mrs. Meri Lee Chairman, 23, fractured ribs. her husband Bruce, 74, has chin lacerations. Robert O. Flegenheimer, 35, suffers a dislocated hip and knee and nose cuts. They were taken to Columbia Memorial Hospital by Chatham Rescue Squad. Friday event noted in New Lebanon.
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Hudson
N.Y
Charlotte
East Chatham
Columbia Memorial Hospital
Meri Lee
Bruce
Robert O. Flegenheimer
Chatham Rescue
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