Feast Of Assumption Parade Lights Mechanicville Streets
Hundreds gathered in Mechanicville to witness the Feast of the Assumption procession from the Church of the Assumption to Viall Avenue with the Sodality girls leading and fireworks finale on Viall Avenue Hill drawing over 5 000 spectators. The event featured the Mechanicville City Band Doring's Band of Troy and the Mechanicville Stillwater Little League with chairs and booths along Viall Avenue. Masses at the church preceded the parade and sunny skies gave way to clouds as the fireworks closed the celebration.
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Mechanicville
Viall Avenue Hill
Church of the Assumption
Thomas Friello
Dominick Parente
Mechanicville City
the Sodality of the Parish
Blessed Mother
Doring
Band of Troy
Cornelius Shaughnessy
Mechanicville - Stillwater Little League
Edward Bochette
Henry Roy
Saratoga Avenue
Peter Clements
John Tironi
Anthony Festa
Salian
Viall Avenue
Capital Visitor Miss Teresa Farrell Meets Miss Katherine Dwyer
Miss Teresa Farrell of Washington DC visits Miss Katherine Dwyer at a residence off Saratoga Avenue to spend time together.
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Teresa Farrell
Washington, D.C
Katherine Dwyer
Saratoga Ave
Funeral Rites For Frederick A. Greenwood
The funeral of Frederick A. Greenwood was held yesterday from John P. Noonan Funeral Home and St Paul the Apostle Church. A High Mass was celebrated by Rev J Owen Barry OSA. Bearers included James Parente Michael Ennello Carl Colicchia Michael DiNallo Sr Sal Russo and Joseph DiDominick. Interment followed at St Pauls Cemetery with Father Barry presiding.
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Frederick A. Greenwood
John P. Noonan
St. Paul the Apostle’s Church
James Parente
Michael Ennello
Carl Colicchia
Michael DiNallo Sr
Sal Russo
Joseph DiDominick
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Father Barry
Education Program Completed in Mechanicville Schools
The Mechanicville City School System wrapped up summer programs under the Elementary-Secondary Education Act. Admin intern-in-charge Jack S. Tate praised the sessions held at the new high school for reading music art gymnastics and swimming. More than 150 students from grade 2 through junior high and entering high school participated, with kindergarteners attending two three week sessions at School 4. Field trips went to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Storytown and Hyde Art collection with outdoor sketching of local points of interest.
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Mechanicville
Jack S. Tate
Tate
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Springs
Storytown
Lake George
Hyde
Glens Falls
Withholds Decision In Coons Case
Frederick Coons 38 was held on 50 bail after a trial before City Judge Thomas E. Ryan. Officers testified he made obscene remarks during arrest and had been creating a disturbance. Judge reserved decision after defense motion to dismiss was denied.
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Frederick Coons
Mechanicville
Thomas E. Ryan
Coons
Ryan
Park Avenue
Central Avenue
Warwick
John Higgins
Wood
Higgins
W. Donald Carola
Saratoga County
G. W. Edlund
Ballston Spa
Edlund
Learn to Swim program enters final two weeks in Mechanicville
The Mechanicville Learn to Swim program at Alonzo's Pool enters its last two weeks under the Department of Public Safety and Welfare. Certificates were awarded to numerous beginners and advanced students. A third annual swim meet is set for Saturday Aug. 27 with registrations through the Public Safety office before Aug. 25. Winners receive gold cups medals and engraved plates.
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Mechanicville
Alonzo
South Main Street
The
Department of Public Safety and Welfare
Carrie Borghi
John Gorski
Ann Marie Zennaiter
Deborah Zennaite
Catherine Gargano
Wendy Struble
Dawn Struble
Kathleen Belfield
Elizabeth Santa Barbara
Rita Jean Filicoski
William Stockwell
Colleen DeCerce
John Samaniuk
Eugene LeClaire
Rita Gargano
Kathleen Pitcheralle
Joseph Rucinzki
Robert Sabatino
Diane Sweeney
Denise Borghi
Suzanne MacDonald
Karen McDonald
Robert Pozniakas
Marlene Taufato
Frank Pingelski
Janice de la Rosa
Kia Zurlo
Michele Zurlo
Michelle Crevelone
David MacDonald
Kevin Byrne
Paul MacDonald
Mary Rose McDonald
Joan M. O'Neil
Red Cross
Department of Public Safety Office
Record Newspapers
Saratogian
Main Street
Veteran Fire Aide Holohan Dies on 80th Birthday
Daniel J. Holohan longtime Mechanicville resident and veteran fireman died at his daughter's home on his 80th birthday after a long illness. He served with W. B. Neilson Hose Co No. 4, worked as a water plant inspector, clerk, and finance commissioner, and played for Mechanicville High School in 1904. He was a WWI veteran and active in local veterans groups. Survived by daughter Marion Claydon and son William, funeral set for early morning at St Paul the Apostle Church.
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Daniel J. Holohan
Mechanicville
Marion Claydon
Day
Rotterdam
Mr. Holohan
Ballston Spa
John and
Catherine Dempsey Holohan
Watervliet Arsenal
Buchdahl
Adella Webb Holohan
William E. Holohan
Beverly
Mass
T. L. Cassidy
Old Fort Cobblestone House Delayed Demolition In Mechanicville
Urban Renewal Agency granted a one week lease on the Fort cobblestone house after Mechanicville Historical Society pleaded for time. The group must file a letter of intent by Aug 24 and arrange a discussion with First Methodist Church which seeks the site for parking. A public hearing will follow the agency's final decision.
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Mechanicville
Mechanicville Historical Society
Historical Society
Bernd Forester
RPI School of Architecture
Frank de Loreenzo
Maurice “Rowes
James Rowan
The
John H. Connors
Constance Hosterman
Catherine Cookingham
Lois Brownell
State Board of Regents
Record
Long Climb Fatal at Boston Bunker Hill Monument
Francis Scaglione aged 48 from New York City collapsed and died after climbing 294 steps to the top of the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown on Monday.
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Boston
Francis Scaglione
East 184Th St
New York City
Bunker Hill Monument
Charlestown
Fall On Stairs Injures Woman In Mechanicville Home
Mrs. Mary Gagliardi, 75, of 28 Saratoga Ave Mechanicville, was in fairly good condition yesterday at Leonard Hospital with injuries from a fall at her home. Hospital attendants said she fell down a flight of stairs and sustained injuries to the left wrist and lower arm.
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Mary Gagliardi
Saratoga Ave
Mechanicville
Leonard Hospital
Student injured in bus strike on archeological dig
Thomas Milbury Aldred, 19, of Wappingers Falls New York, part of a group of 180 foreign students on an archeological dig in Winchester England, was seriously injured when hit by a bus Monday night. He was admitted to Winchester Hospital.
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Winchester
England
Thomas Milbury Aldred
Wappingers Falls
N.Y
Winchester Hospital
Rescue Squad Ambulance Takes Woman to Hospital
Rescue squad responders transported a woman by ambulance to a local hospital after an incident, with officials reporting she was stable upon arrival and undergoing evaluation.
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Mr. Greenwood
Heather Gear
Symphony
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