Fishing, teachers, fed funding, awards

The following excerpts from The Millerton News were compiled by Kathleen Spahn and Rhiannon Leo-Jameson of the North East-Millerton Library.

April 4, 1935

“Art” Terni announces prize fishing contest

A prize contest for the largest fish caught within twenty-five miles of Millerton has been announced by “Art” Terni. Rules of the contest provide that all fish must be caught with a rod and line and catches must be taken to Terni’s Store to be measured and weighed. The contest will close October 31.

The prizes offered: Speckled brook trout, Bill Vogt special fly rod No, 10; brown trout, English Stag Brand double tape fly line; rainbow trout, black bakelite trout reel; black bass, small mouth, Bill Vogt special bait casting rod No. 5; black bass, large mouth, Heddon bait casting reel; pickerel, 100 yards, blue ribbon bait casting line: lake trout, Bill Vogt trolling rod No. 5.

Millerton teachers returning next year

All faculty members of Millerton High School and the grades from the principal down have been re-engaged for another year, it was announced the first of the week by Elmer W. Simmons, president of the Board of Education. Mr. Simmons said that Principal Francis E. Wood and the entire staff of teachers have already signed their contracts.

Supervisors approve TERA road program

The Dutchess County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $240,000 TERA road program for the county at last Friday’s meeting. Democratic members of the Board who had previously opposed the program united with the Republican majority to pass the resolutions without a dissenting vote, appropriating $65,000 as the county’s share of the 1935 Temporary Emergency Relief program. The Democratic supervisors, acting without Minority Leader James A. Townsend who was away, held an informal conference before the voting took place.

Terni appointed Village Clerk

Stephen Terni was appointed Village Clerk at the organization meeting of the Village Board held Monday night. Mr. Terni succeeds John Shaughnasey who has held the office for the past eighteen years. No other changes were made in the personnel of the Board, Mayor Brewer and other incumbent officials whose terms expired this year having been reelected March 19.

April 1, 1976

Millerton still hot after Fed’s funds

The Village of Millerton continues to actively seek funds to help finance its water project, according to Mayor John Hermans.

The Village hopes to build a 30,000 gallon steel water tower to prevent pollution of its water system.

In mid-February, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) turned down the Village in its request for a $125,000 grant. The Village Board decided to reapply to HUD but “we were too late getting our reapplication in” said Hermans.

Hermans is soon to meet with David Edgerton of the Dutchess County Committee for Economic Opportunity and water project engineer Peter Andros to put together another application for HUD funds

DART-LOOP bus service discontinues Millerton route

Saturday, April 3, will be the last day that the regularly scheduled DART-LOOP bus service will be available to Millerton area residents. The route, which offered stops in Millerton and south along Routes 22 and 44 into Millbrook, will be discontinued due to insufficient patronage.

Although the regularly scheduled DART service will end, the DART dial-a-ride system will still provide transportation to and from the Millerton area for those people requiring such necessary services as medical visits, clinics, social services, unemployment services, educational facilities and work. This dial-a-ride bus service is available Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., but reservations are required and must be made 24 hours in advance. To make a reservation or obtain more information, call the DART office in Amenia at xxx-xxxx. DART (Dutchess Assisted Rural Transportation) began operation in 1973 as a service on-demand, door-to-door bus service operated by the Dutchess County Committee for Economic Opportunity, Inc. for the people of the Harlem Valley.

April 5, 2001

Millerton News snags two NYPA Awards

ALBANY - The Millerton News walked away with two awards in the prestigious Better Newspaper Contest at the New York Press Association’s annual convention held March 30 and 31 in Albany.

Compass, the News’s guide to arts and entertainment, won first place in its circulation category for coverage of the arts.

“Writers must grow out of the soil around this newspaper,” the judges wrote of Compass, published at The Lakeville Journal Company, which owns The Millerton News “Other newspapers have more articles and columns. Others have longer pieces and more calendar entries. But no newspaper in this group matches the writing of Compass.

“Its essays and articles beautifully complement the arts under discussion. This is thoughtful writing for a rich mix of community arts.”

The News also won second place honors for editorial writing in Division 1.

Of the three editorials submitted, the judges had high praise for one about the proposed sale of Sharon Hospital to Essent Healthcare, a for-profit company based in Tennessee.

“You bring up valid questions about the sale of Sharon Hospital and do a good job of holding off from jumping to conclusions,” the judges wrote of the editorial entitled, “Progress, Yes, But What Kind?”

Local organizations sponsor egg hunt

MILLERTON — The Millerton Fire Department, American Legion Post#178, and the Millerton Gun Club will sponsor the eighth annual Easter egg hunt Saturday, April 14, at 11 a.m. at the Millerton Gun Club.

Denise Flint handles anything, everything

MILLERTON — A former principal at Millerton Elementary School (MES) once introduced Denise Flint as “the school’s Band-Aid.” When asked why, he replied, “A Band-Aid — because she covers all.”

An employee at MES for nearly 14 years, Ms. Flint said, “Basically, I do cover all.” Ms. Flint spends the first half of every day assisting teachers, often working one-on-one with students. In the afternoon, she does a variety of things, such as monitor recess, complete clerical tasks, of fill in for absent teachers.

“Parents often dismiss elementary school as ‘playtime’; they don’t know that the kids are busy as beavers the second they step through that door,” said Ms. Flint.