Eldred weighs merger reconsideration with Narrowsburg
Eldred School Advisory Committee urged the board to pull out of a merger timetable with Narrowsburg and revisit recentralization plans. The report called for continued study of expansion options and more thorough consultation, amid internal dissent over a May 24 anti merger resolution and dispute over who speaks for the committee.
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Eldred
Narrowsburg
Arthur Bolton
Boards of Education
Bolton
Stephen H. Barnes
Minisink Ford
Barnes
William Schneider
Mongaup
Donald J. Hunt
Glen Spey
Western Sullivan Auto
Hunt
Schneider
Daniel Hickey
Orange and Rockland Utility Co
Lake Devenogue
Two Hazel Educators Retire After Decades at Pine Island
Hazel Brozdowski will retire after 36 years and Hazel Noonan after 33 years at Pine Island Elementary School this term. They are pictured examining Field Day results with students and staff noting their long service.
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Hazel Brozdowski
Hazel Noonan
Pine Island Elementary School
Jeffersonville firemen elect president at annual meeting
Gordon Piper of Wurtsboro was elected president of the Sullivan County Firemens Association at the group's annual meeting. Officers named include John Ebert North Branch first vice president Edward DeCamp Smallwood second vice president Gerald Mootz Callicoon Center third vice president William Harris Pond Eddy secretary Michael Diamond Wurtsboro treasurer Willard Schop Monticello three year law committee term Robert Burns Liberty to fill the late C P Stanton's unexpired term Wurtsboro hosting the annual firemen field day and parade September 30.
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Jeffersonville
Gordon Piper
Wurtsboro
Sullivan County Firemens Association
John Ebert
North Branch
Edward DeCamp
Smallwood
Gerald Mootz
Callicoon Center
William Harris
Pond Eddy
Michael Diamond
Willard Schop
Monticello
Robert Burns
Liberty
C.P. Stanton
Association
Chester teachers seek contract investigation
The Chester Teachers Association asked NYSTA to investigate ongoing contract negotiations in the Union Free District. President Clement Navitsky alleges board attorney Milton Herman made statements that could threaten an unfair labor charge and said teachers were asked to accept a two year contract at an open meeting.
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Chester
Navitsky
Herman
Teachers Association
NYSTA
Edward Stoddard
Rabbis Seek Program to Help Soviet Jews
The Central Conference on American Rabbis urged action to aid Soviet Jews at its eighth annual convention. It proposed publishing Yevtushenko's poem Rabi Yar and backing a Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof for Russia.
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Liberty
Central Conference On American Rabbis
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Russia
Orange County audit finds 1971 surplus but 950k welfare borrowing questioned
A private Harvey Bennett audit for Orange County credits a 1971 general fund surplus of 2 million but notes the county technically did not need to borrow 950000 to cover welfare costs. The report urges merging social services with the general fund, though officials defend the split to protect other departments.
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Goshen
Orange County
Harvey Bennett
New Rochelle
Social Service
Social Services Department
General Fund
Raymond C. Schwarz
Schwarz
David B. Kielson
Kielson
Orange
Orange County Community College
OCCC
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