Highland Falls approves 3.9 million school bond for new high school
Highland Falls Central School District voters pass a 3.9 million bond to fund a 1,000-pupil high school with cafeteria and athletic fields. Despite 39 percent opposition to construction, the measure gains approval with 616 yes of 1,057. Local tax impact set by Duncan and O Hearn as state and federal aid cover most of the cost.
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Highland Falls
Highland Falls Central School District
William F. Duncan
Duncan
Miliary Academy
Bloomingburg Children Crowned NY State Junior Grange Royals
Nancy Roe and Raymond Cramer, both from Bloomingburg, were named prince and princess of the New York State Junior Grange after finals in Cazenovia. They defeated contestants from nine state regions. Nancy is the daughter of Joseph B. Roe Jr. and Mrs. Roe, Raymond the son of Harry Cramer and Mrs. Cramer.
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Nancy Roe
Raymond Cramer
New York State
Junior Grange
Cazenovia
Nancy
Joseph B. Roe, Jr
Bloomingburg
Raymond
Harry Cramer
Officials push state on hazardous Quickway hill conditions
In Albany today MOI official Ralph Meyer R-Thompson Seymour Krieger executive secretary of the Catskill Resort Association and other area leaders will press the State Department of Transportation on the Quickway hill at Bridgeville. They cite three deaths this year and many injuries as evidence of a slippery surface and unsafe highway design. Greenberg and others threaten petitions to remove state engineer Joseph Federicks, calling Sullivan County roads a disgrace. Also, Hawley Pa high school honors three seniors for graduation speeches.
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Ralph Meyer
R-Thompson
State Department of Transportation
Albany
Bridgeville
Meyer
Seymour Krieger
Catskill Resort Association
Rock Hill Business Association
Monticello
Krieger
Leon Greenberg
Joseph Federicks
Sullivan’ County
Federicks
Greenberg
Sullivan County
New York State
Orange County
Cecoane Ys Senter
Methodist minister retires after 46 years
The Rev. W. Stanley Risch, former pastor of Orange and Sullivan County Methodist Churches, retired after 46 years in the ministry. An open house at the Kenoza Lake Fire House honored him, noting earlier service in Pine Bush and Kia County and his rise from a seventh grade dropout to completed high school through night study.
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Kenoza Lake
W. Stanley Risch
Orange
Sullivan County
Risch
Educ
Pine Bush
Walker Valley
Ceachps
Bullville
Bieratstree Methodist
New York Methodist Conference
Ramapo Valley
Orange County
Injured truck driver critical in Monticello accident
William Brock 44 of Wyckoff New Jersey remains in intensive care with critical injuries after being ejected from his tractor-trailer when it struck a rock embankment on the Bridgeville hill of the Quickway. The tractor and tanker careened into a mall area before stopping. Three persons have died on the scene this year.
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Quickway
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Aysy
Delaware Valley High School
Westfall Township
Pike County
Melissa Burdick
Stuart Hirsch
Edward Chuprevich
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