IGA store expected in Millerton

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

October 18, 1934

Grange Will Act On TERA Wage Rates

The Dutchess County Pomona Grange tax committee will take formal action in the direction of TERA wage rate revisions at the next committee meeting to be held at the Washington Grange Hall, Millbrook, Nov. 10, it was announced Saturday by Thomas E. Cross, chairman. Mr. Cross stated that he did not believe the classification of workers under the TERA was satisfactory for conditions in the rural districts.

October 16, 1975

IGA Store Expected In Millerton

An IGA food store will soon open in the vacant A&P building in Millerton, according to local officials.

At last Thursday’s North East Town Board meeting, Supervisor Frank Perotti said, “They (IGA) are definitely coming… within the next month or so.” Perotti said the owners of the building, Arthur Fried of Staatsburg and Frank Rotunno and of Millbrook, are presently negotiating with representatives on the terms of the agreement. Perotti also said it was his understanding that IGA planned on resurfacing the parking lot.

Village Board member Dick Weinstein reported to the Board at its Oct. 8 meeting that Fried had told him “he (Fried) hoped to see action there by the first of November.”

Non-Paying Residents Face Water Shutoff

Millerton residents who fail to pay their water bill within 90 days will have their water supply shut off, as a result of a decision made by the Village Board at its Wednesday, Oct. meeting. The action takes effect immediately.

North East Budget Goes To Hearing

The total appropriation for the Town’s 1975-76 budget is proposed at $251,350 and the amount to be raised by taxes is proposed at $157,722. Proposed salaries for Town officials are $3,200 for Supervisor; $4000 for Town Clerk: $2,300 for one Town Justice and $2,000 for another; $1,000 for 4 Councilmen; and $10,600 for the Highway Superintendent.

October 19, 2000

Crossing Guard Crisis May be Resolved

The position of crossing guard is typical of many others in a small community. You never really know how much you miss it until you have to go without it.

Near the end of an interview with a reporter in the deli, Mr. Cawley spied a potential candidate for a replacement guard.

“Felix!” the mayor shouted as he ran out onto Main Street. The mayor re-entered the eatery with Felix Cora — a Main Street fixture who can often be seen working at the Thriftique.

“There’s a flag in the shed and I’ll see you in the morning,” the mayor said with a smile.

Hospital Price Tag Is $16.4 million

SHARON The lawyers for Sharon Hospital this week sent a definitive letter of agreement to the state of Connecticut detailing the proposed deal in which the non-profit hospital is to be acquired by Essent Healthcare, a for-profit company based in Nashville, Tenn.

The story is as Byzantine as ever. A summary of the proposed transaction, released Wednesday, states Essent is to pay $16,390,000 for Sharon Hospital, with adjustments, up or down, depending on the hospital’s net working capital (its assets minus its liabilities) at the time of the closing.

This floating figure is significant, because the hospital’s accounts are already being managed by an executive with ties to Essent.

The final sale figures are to be “adjusted” significantly downward subject to Essent’s assumption of certain hospital retiree health benefits, the summary states, and, presumably, upward for capital expenditures made by the hospital dating from April 7 of this year.