Bi Olliver wowed Middletown kids at McCarey’s Confectionery
National yo-yo champion Bi Oliver staged a neighborhood contest drawing about 100 children and naming top local yo-yo champions Nicky Valentine 13 Jeff Harrington 11 Andy Ritter 12 and Thomas Smith 13 all of Middletown in a lively Thursday event captured by a Record photo.
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McCarey
Nicky Valentine
Jeff Harrington
Andy Ritter
Thomas Smith
Middletown
Laurel Hill project eyed to add 564 pupils to district
Minisink Valley School Board reviewed Laurel Hill, a 1012 unit planned development by Eugene Fullam and Alan Wolpert. The plan includes garden apartments town houses and single family homes, promising about 725000 in yearly tax revenue. Development would unfold over seven years with no site shown for a new elementary school, sparking talk of reserving land for a 500 pupil school.
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South Centerville
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Laurel Hill
Eugene Fullam
Alan Wolpert
Edward Mitchell
Reginald Kierstead
Kierstead
Town Planning Board
Wolpert
Fullam
Fired Port teachers await ruling in Goshen PERB hearing
In Goshen Orange County The two day PERB hearing on the Port Jervis Teachers Association action after a 10 day October strike concluded Thursday. Attorneys for the association and the Port Jervis School Board presented their cases and await PERB examiner Howard Rubenstein's ruling within two months after briefs. Port Jervis teachers president John Alfano testified that the strike was necessary and justifiable, citing extreme provocation. The PERB proceeding is separate from contempt charges for not obeying a State Supreme Court Order to end the strike.
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State Public Employment Relations Board
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Port Jervis
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State Supreme Court
Middletown Aldermen Set Bond Sale and Reappointment
The Middletown Common Council will decide Monday night on selling 1.3 billion dollars in serial bonds and notes. In a Thursday conference, aldermen also received Mayor Jerome Markovits's recommendation to reappoint W. Saxton Hubbard as commissioner of assessment and taxation for six years beginning Oct. 1.
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Middletown
Jerome Markovits
W. Saxton Hubbard
119 School Budgets Defeated Statewide This Year
Albany counts 119 defeated budgets so far with one month left of voting. State education officials note the total trails the 1969 record of 137 and cite districts including Delaware Valley Calicoon Roscoe Livingston Manor Ellenville Chester and Warwick Valley as recent defeats.
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State Education Department
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Roscoe
Livingston Manor School
Ellenville
Chester
Warwick Valley
Chester School Board approves austerity budget vote
Chester voters rejected the proposed 1.38 million budget 429 to 188. The board 4-1 approved austerity measures to cut funds including textbooks, transportation, and arts, with one new member Cyr’l Lattimer opposing but signaling a return to voters. John Greco vowed to seek separate votes on budget items. Public dispute followed as board president Paras criticized voters.
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Lattimer
Greco
Arthur N. Paras
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State Education Department
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