Library faces year end deficit due to energy costs in Scarsdale
Scarsdale Library Fund may exceed budget by up to 19500 as fuel and power costs rise after the new wing opened. To offset the gap, the Library Board cuts book purchases, halts new equipment, and freezes staff hiring while considering shorter hours.
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Scarsdale Library Fund
Library
the Inquirer
Dorothy Griffin
Scarsdale Library Board
Library Board
Scott Room
Popham
Overhill
Christie Place
Chase and
Woodland Place
Garth Road
Con Ed
New York Telephone
Con Edison
Harwood Court
Recreation Appointment Makes Scarsdale History
Kathleen Curtis of New Rochelle is named Scarsdale's new recreation supervisor, the first woman in the role in the village. The 22 year old brings experience from Amherst and Bedford Massachusetts recreation departments and the Concord Hotel in the Catskills.
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Amherst
Bedford
Massachusetts
Concord
Catskills
Kathleen Curtis
New Rochelle
University of Massachusetts In
Foreign Film Series Opens with Battle of Algiers
The Scarsdale Public Library hosts a Tuesday screening of Battle of Algiers on January 13 at 8 p.m. in the Scott Program Room. Admission is free. capacity is 200. The Friends of the Scarsdale Library sponsor the first of six foreign films, with dates through March 16 featuring titles from France, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Japan, and more.
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Algiers
Scarsdale Public Library
Friends of the Scarsdale Library
France
Benedict A. Leerburger Jr
The
Village battles Sunday closing law with two Shopwell stores
Scarsdale seeks to force two Daitch Shopwell supermarkets to close Sundays under New York General Business Law. Police issued summonses on November 2 and the prior three Sundays, yet the Heathcote Five Corners and East Parkway locations continued Sunday business. Judge John M. Friedman dismissed charges, citing uneven statewide enforcement and a prior Erie County decision.
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New York
Scarsdale
Daitch Shopwell
Heathcote Five Corners
East Parkway
John M. Friedman
Friedman
State Court of Appeals
Erie County
Westchester
A&p
Lowell Tooley
John Galloway
Galloway
Jay Rosengarden
Daitch Shopwells
Sunday openings spark Scarsdale legal clash over shopwells
Early 1975 push to extend Sunday hours prompts summonses against Daitch Shopwell stores in Scarsdale. Village officials and Judge Friedman clash over enforcement as Daitch argues constitutional concerns while Shopwells press competition from other towns with Sundays openings. Local attorney Rosengarden notes stores stay open in several communities.
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Friedman
Rosengarden
Court of Appeals
Daitch
Westchester
Scarsdale
Police Urge Neighbor Alerts After Seven Backdoor Burglaries
In Scarsdale police report a string of backdoor break ins around Christmas to January 5. Acting Police Chief Rocco Di Renno asks residents to watch for unusual activity and aid in monitoring backyards and rear entrances. Neighbors on Woods Lane plan continuous alerts for each other and report suspicious activity. Diamonds, cash, and jewelry were taken from several homes. one home on Meadow Road was ransacked with a damaged safe.
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Scarsdale
Rocco DiRenno
di Renno
Sane
Woods Lane
Purdy
Southwoods Lane
Kenneth Verrimont
Motko
Meadow Road
Theodore Raul
Candidates Announced For School Committee
The Administrative Committee announced 36 candidates for the School Board Nominating Committee. Balloting is Tuesday January 27 from 2 to 9 p.m. at the Junior High School. Units A, B, E and F elect two representatives for three-year terms. Unit C elects four representatives with varied terms. Unit D elects three representatives. Read the full list of candidates by unit and contact Sylvia Romberg at 723-0306 for more details.
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Kenneth Batchelor
Mamaroneck
Batchelor
Elmsford
Margulas
Marcia Osborn
Susan Walker
John Citron
Peggy Friedman
Carl Pforzheimer III
Beth Stern
Eva Agoston
Herbert Bartling
Stanley Epstein
John Hawkins
Mary Lehr
Robert Perkins
Daniel Sheehy Jr
Roberta Tomback
Ida Trager
Catherine Ware
Bette Albert
Frances Galloway
Helene Greenberg
Mary-Carol Miller
Donald Newman
Sanford Schlesinger
Patricia Stimpson
Carol Vanecek
John Bendheim
Joan Kennedy
Toby Nussbaum
Kenneth Weiser
Estelle Ballinger
Max Kahn
Rita Kashner
Sandra Kassalow
Sylvia Romberg
Travel and Football Talks Among Sunday Recreation Highlights
Scarsdale Sunday Recreation Program launches first session January 7 at high school with a film by Fred McMurray a talk by Allie Sherman on enjoying football and a travel presentation by Jane Weiller. Admission 25 cents. registrations open for art bicycle bridge cooking guitar yoga and more.
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Scarsdale
Fred McMurray
New York Giant
Allie Sherman
Jane Weiller
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Publisher's Notebook
Consolidated Edison
Area Paving Co
Popham Road
Popham - Chase Road
Village Hall
Victor Cordy
Cordy
Postal Report
John Clifford
Adolph Zorzo
Clifford
Kathy
Miss Curtis
Berger
Heathcote Road
Berger Photos
Prns
Francois Truffaut
Ingmar Bergman
Shopwells
Scarsdale Chamber of Commerce
Unit A
Martin Bowen
Robert Gelfman
Richard Mark
Jerrold
Hartsdale Travel Agency
Littl Red Riding Hood
Ann Hirsch
Waste Department
Martin Luther King Jr
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