School Board Trims 200000 From Budget
The Board of Education approves cuts totaling about 200000 to offset higher employee benefits and salaries. Nine professional positions are eliminated, two elementary jobs drop due to enrollment, three sixth grade foreign language posts vanish, and the T V coordinator is removed. Additional deletions hit high school English and physical education, nurse teacher duties, replacements, and substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Jackson Browning
John R. Menke
Fact Finder Appointed In Board-Teacher Impasse
The School Board announces Jonas Silver, attorney of North Merrick, as a Taylor Law fact-finder for the board teacher dispute. Silver will study the situation, interview parties, report findings, and offer nonbinding recommendations, leading to a possible third step and a public hearing before a final binding decision if impasse remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas Silver
Public Employees Relation Board
Silver
North Merrick
L.L
Public Employees Relations Board
New York State Board of Mediators
American Arbitration Association
Federal Conciliation and Labor Panels
Scarsdale Teachers Association
Volunteer Ambulance Corps To Use Flashing Green Lights
Green courtesy lights will be fitted on select volunteer ambulance cars to speed response times during emergencies. Officials say the lights, similar to blue volunteer fireman lamps, require compliance with traffic laws and will be used only on active calls. Green lights are designated for private volunteer ambulance members under New York law effective April 1, 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Radenberg
New York State Volunteer Ambulance & First Aid
New York
Scarsdale Lifts Anti Litter Campaign To Curb refuse dumping
Scarsdale officials push an anti litter campaign during Earth Week to stop dumping in vacant lots. The Anti Litter Ordinance bans throwing litter in public places and fines up to 250 dollars.
Write-in for Peace hosts David Truong Saturday
David Truong son of Truong Dinh Dzu will host the Write-in for Peace on Saturday April 17 from 1 to 3 PM at the Friends Meeting House on Popham Road. He urges release of Vietnamese political prisoners and favors a coalition government for South Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Truong
Truong Dinh Dzu
South Vietnam
Scarsdale Appeal For Peace
Friends Meeting House
Popham Road
Vietnam
Truong
Indochina
Rotary
Kiwanis
Lion
Rotary International
North Vietnam
NLF
Dzu
Village beautifies downtown with pansies for 50th anniversary
The Village plants pansies in tree beds downtown funded by a gift from Scarsdale National Bank marking its 50th anniversary. The funds support beautification and will be used for seasonal plantings as the year progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale National Bank
Weekend leaf drop at Crossway disposal area opens April 17
The Crossway Disposal and Reclaiming Area will be open Saturdays and Sundays from 12 noon to 3 p.m. for leaves starting April 17. Branches under 3 inches in diameter may be deposited if tied in bundles not larger than 18 inches in diameter, for Village residents only. Garbage or non combustible waste will not be accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Walters
Frank Ferdon
Friends of the Parks
Autenrieth Road
Popham
Tooley
Free compost giveaway promotes Earth Day in Scarsdale
Mayor Darrow urges Scarsdale residents to pick up free village compost labeled black gold on Saturday April 17 at Village Hall the new swimming pool parking area or the Boy and Girl Scout Houses on Wayside Lane. The program pots leaves into nutrient rich soil as a recycling effort by the Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Hall
Darrow
Scarsdale
Highway Department
Peace March to End the War Planned for April 24
A Peace March set for Saturday April 24 will assemble on the Ellipse near the Washington Monument then march along Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol. Sponsored by 26 Congress members, labor and peace groups, clergy, veterans, and civic organizations, with Westchester Peace Council coordinating bus and train details and limited plane reservations from White Plains. Contact 723-7808 for reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Monument
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Mass Assembly
Congress
Scarsdale Appeal For Peace
Westchester Peace Council
White Plains
Scarsdale
Demuth Nominated to United States Oval Academy
Congressman Odgen R. Reid nominates Scarsdale high school senior Dennis A. Demuth for appointment to the United States Oval Academy class entering July 1971. Dennis is son of Harold and Mrs. Demuth of One Elmdorf Drive and earned varsity letters in lacrosse and football plus the Tom Dean Memorial Award for high character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odgen R. Reid
Scarsdale
United States Oval Academy
Dennis A. Demuth
Scarsdale High School
Harold Demuth
Elmdorf Drive
Dennis
Tom Dean
Silberman to Speak at Scarsdale Library Meeting
Charles E. Silberman author of Crisis in the Classroom will speak May 19 at Scarsdale High School auditorium during the Friends of the Scarsdale Library annual meeting. His address highlights the suburban classroom crisis and follows awards including a John Dewey Award and a National Fellowship Award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silberman
Charles E. Silberman
Scarsdale High School
Friends of the Scarsdale Library
Highest Court Affirms Scarsdale Zoning Laws
Scarsdale wins after the Court of Appeals upholds the village zoning regulations in a case involving Mrs. Ethel Work who sought to build on subdivided property. The decision reinforces that a variance cannot be granted if caused by actions of the owner and clarifies the village’s stance on potential down zoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Ethel Work
Walworth Avenue
Zoning Board of Appeals
State Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Murray Hill
Heathcote Road
Scarsdale Board Hears Budget Talk With Few Speakers
The Village budget for 1971 72 faces a $1.11 per thousand tax rise to 31.20 and a total of 4 582 000 with operations up 314 188 while capital debt service drops 50 000. residents discuss Parks Library and open space, ratables, and housing plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Joseph Walters
League
Richard Wells
Bernard Atwood
Walters
Lowell Tooley
Tooley
Albany
Village Club
Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department
Weinberg
Scarsdale
Wells
Michaelian backs Westchester recycling conference May 11
County Executive Edwin G Michaelian expresses strong support for the First Annual Westchester Recycling Conference set for Tuesday May 11 1971 at the White Plains Hotel. The event gathers municipal county and business leaders for a day of meetings and workshops to promote recycling efforts countywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin G Michaelian
Westchester
White Plains
Michaelian
Rodney H. Irwin
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Hartsdale
Wendy Newirth
Egg Harbor
N.J
Bunny Kathleen Flagg
Newirth
J. Henry Neale
Bunny Ann Clarke
Charles Yatto
Bunny Carol Kiernan
Karas Photo
Earth Week
Village Sanitation Department
Sanitation Department
Jerry Philips
Demuth
Annapolis
Board
Robert Ostrow
Montrose Road
Fair Housing Committee
Greater
Ostrow
Urban Development Corporation
Richard Darrow
James J Brancato, Inc
Mineola
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