MACOS course debated as pagan influence in East Greenbush
Albany The MACOS Man: A Course of Study in East Greenbush faces a petition from two parents seeking an alternative or ban. Heritage Foundation lawyer Sandor Balogh and Louise Curdey argue the course promotes a pagan value system. The Education Commissioner will take at least a month to decide after briefs, with the students kept out pending resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macos Foes
Education Chief
East Greenbush
Pagan
Albany
Ewald B. Nyquist
James MacKrell
James T. McKenna
Washington, D.C
Heritage Foundation
Sandor Balogh
Louise Curdey
Robert Stone
Stone
State Education Department
McKenna
Nyquist
MacKrell
Readers' Hotline letters span taxes to Bicentennial notes
A Prairie Star column recaps reader queries on hotlines billing motel overcharges and hotel courtesy fixes, Troy chair makers from 1862, and a note on Bicentennial parade floats. It also covers a school case debate on religion in public education with East Greenbush officials and parents challenging a course as secular humanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. McInerney
Cambridge
Troy
Seymour Chair Co
Troy, N.Y
Balogh
Mac Krell
Hudson Valley Community College
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Gambling suspects arrested across several Albany area police districts
Thirty one residents faced gambling charges after a three month probe by Albany Troy and New York State police. Arrests occurred at 13 Albany sites five in Troy and one in Bethlehem and Cohoes. Most suspects arraigned with varied charges and pleas. one fined $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Troy
Cohoes
Colonie
Bethlehem
Kyran Molloy
New York
Dennis M. Sullivan
2Nd Ave
Carl Perrota
6Th St
Mechanicville
Louis J. Massino
Delaified Dr
Sullivan
Wilkins Ave
Paul Cosmo Vumbaco
Leisureville Apts
Peter Frank DeMarco
Marie Sarah Wood
Henry Ave
Wood
Rensselaer County Police Report Multiple Crimes
Police report arrest for third degree assault involving Louis Shorts Jr. and a Friday purse theft later traced to two runaways. A tire slashing at Rensselaer High School afflicted William Caviero. Shirley Traynham faces petty larceny charges after Denbys Pyramid Mall theft. arraignment set before Wilton justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
Louis Shorts Jr
South St
Rensselaer City
Shorts
Leonard Shorts
Rensselaer Police Report Multiple Auto Accidents Injuries
Police report a series of incidents in Rensselaer including a 13-year-old boy treated after bicycle crash at 920 Broadway, a Syracuse man injured at Penn Central station, a fall into a well at 102 Third Ave, and several two car crashes on Columbia Aiken and Washington streets with no or minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Anderson
U.S
Washington, D.C
Betsy Ross
Rensselaer
Joseph Reynolds
Washington St
Memorial Hospital
Broadway
Charles Burgess
Syracuse
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Penn Central
Burgess
Donald Pratt
Third Ave
Columbia and Aiken
Stephen Bennedetto
Columbia St
Columbia
Aiken
John J. Murtaugh
Sherwood Ave
Dorothy G. Thomas
Main Ave
Washington
Frank M. Affrunti
Virginia B. Knauf
Timothy Muller
Glen St
Deyo elected Clinton Heights fire chief for 12th term
John Deyo headed an unopposed slate to win his 12th one year term as chief of the Clinton Heights Fire Department. He was joined by Lemmie Getz as first assistant chief Theodore Mulberry as second assistant and Frank Fialo as third assistant chief all for second terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Greenbush
John Deyo
Clinton Heights
Brune Hose Co
Deyo
Lemmie Getz
Theodore Mulberry
Frank Fialo
Rensselaer Man Wins $500 Prize at Albany Show
James F. Yanni of 2 Indiana Ave Rensselaer won the grand prize at the Home and Garden Show held Sunday night at the Washington Avenue Armory Albany. He will receive $500 in merchandise from items displayed at the show. His wife said the couple were very surprised by the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
James F. Yanni
Indiana Ave
Washington Avenue Armory
Albany
Cook Park Hosts Fourth Working Dog Fun Match
The Mohawk Valley Siberian Husky Club will host the fourth annual Working Dog fun Match at Cook Park on May 2 starting at noon. Don Pagano says the event features handling and breed competitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohawk Valley
Siberian Husky Club
Don Pagano
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IRS
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H. Irving Moore
Jessup
Alexander
Edward H. Duran
Hotline
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W.e.b.jr
HOT Line
Margaret Borden
E.L.S. of
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W.H
Lansingburgh
Our
State and
Seventh
Youth Organization of
Green Island
YOGI
Fred Clickner
Barbara DeMento
East Greenbush School
Edward Szade
James Piscitella
Adams St
Rocco A. DeBonis
1St St
Jerry J. Riggione
4Th St
Shirley Mae Spingle
Brady Ave
Raymond Matthew Conley
Elmhurst Ave
Sally Irene Szczepkowski
Elk St
Kerry Alan Thompson
Dominick LaPoint
Kenosha St
Henry Seymore
Orange St
John Joseph Gregory
Essex St
Jerry John Gaul
Clifford Road
Stanley ‘Paul Zalstein
Myrtle Ave
John W. VanWie
Watervliet Ave
William Collins
Joseph James Cadembach
Washington Ave
Charles Edward Mutch
Colt Rd
Salvatore, Nastasi
King Ave
Paul Roth
Maxwell Rd
Schenectady
Joseph Anthony Natale
Hudson Ave
James Robert Bouchey
Mountain St
Mary Delores Bouchey
Mike McMahon
Rensselaer County
Donna M. Fabre
Pine St
Thruway
Fabre
Fourth Avenue
East Street
Price Chopper
William R. Caviero
Fifth Ave
Rensselaer High School
South Glens Falls
Arbor Hill
Shirley Traynham
Lark Drive
Denby's
Thomas Tiarno
Traynham
W. Murray
Wilton Town
Keith Todd
Reynolds
Washington Street
Yanni
Cook Park
Colonte
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