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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1969
Page
15
Taconic High School nears completion with athletic fields and several facilities still unavailable for a year. Principal Paul R. Johann notes rising school spirit despite unease from students and staff in the unfinished building.
The High School Commission spent long hours planning Taconic High. Chairman Roger W. Wellington and James P. Reynolds, who retired as superintendent last summer, devoted 51 years to the project. Other current members include Charles W. Reagan Richard Cle ment Philip C. Ahern Roy F. Brown James R. Clary Thomas A. Edwards Peter G. Francese Joseph D. Poulin and Joseph S. Scelsi. Past members include Joseph J. LaCasse Peter R. Paladino Hubert H. Race James M. Richmann and Al Schwarz. Paid staff consisted of Robert S. Milne clerk of the works and Kathleen Walton secretary.
A compiled timeline chronicles decades of delay and planning hurdles in building Taconic High in Pittsfield. It covers consultant recommendations, site fights, bond votes, cost escalations, site changes, and the eventual opening by 1969, with multiple price tags and dates.
The Senate approved by unanimous vote a bill to standardize land acquisition policies across federal programs. Relocation payments advisory help and housing assistance would aid owners tenants and others displaced by condemnations. Tenants may receive up to 1300 dollars and owner occupiers in some cases qualify for aid beyond the acquisition payment, with small businesses under 10000 annual earnings eligible up to 5000 dollars.
Hancock Life Insurance announces over $20 million invested in Boston over 18 months to fund housing, minority business development, and job creation. Funds support Roxbury and North Dorchester projects including the first black-owned New England theater, Grove Hall stores, 400 low income housing units citywide, and a biracial Unity Bank & Trust stake. National efforts include school repairs in West Dallas and a Mississippian bottling plant to employ minority workers.
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