Barnet plant to close in Rensselaer jeopardizing 75 jobs
The 80 year old William Barnet and Son Inc fiber reprocessing plant on Forbes Avenue plans to cease operations this fall because of economic conditions and loss of fire insurance. About 75 local jobs may be affected with southern plants not expanding. Union talks and state officials weighed tax, transport costs, and environmental factors in the decision.
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Rensselaer
William Barnet and Son Inc
Forbes Avenue
Vern Lamp
South
North
South Carolina
Lamp
Textiles Local 964
Ray O'Connell
Commerce Department
Barnet
Troy man named Cooperative agent appointment in Albany County
Thomas Gallagher of Troy is named Albany County Cooperative Extension Agent in the Agricultural Division with duties in farm management field crops and dairy programming. He previously sold agricultural supplies and served as a meat inspector in western New York for four years.
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Voorheesville
Thomas Gallagher
Troy
Albany County Cooperative Extension
Gallagher
Knaggs Brothers Farm Service
New York
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Home tips and reader questions on finances and home pests
A column outlines paying ahead for credit, meter date disclosures on quarterly bills, and local appliance repair options. It also shares a reader tip for removing a wasp nest with boiling water and provides instructions to obtain Extension Bulletin No. 728 on controlling small animals in homes and gardens.
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Frank P. Campbell
Troy
Margaret Cushing
Watervliet
State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Schodack Central begins 1976-77 with full day sessions
Schodack Central Schools will start the 1976-77 year September 8 with a full day session for students at all three schools due to a new state law. Bus schedules will be the same as last year. A September 1 recycling event at the high school runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Labor Day weekend prompted the change. Community interest courses include yoga watercolor pottery student art and stained glass with start dates from September to January.
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Schodack Schools
Schodack Central Schools
Schodack Central Council On the Arts
David Siver
Maple Hill High School
Judy Powers
Terry Mullady
Eileen VanDort
BOCES
State approves Rensselaer Youth Bureau plan
New York State Division for Youth formally approves the Rensselaer Youth Bureau after a spring submission. Connie Reilly, named director by Mayor Joseph P. Mink, said the state confirmed the approval in a call with Division for Youth coordinator Joseph Petrosino. The bureau could receive up to 90 percent of administrative costs, with state funds supporting salaries and travel. Existing programs like Youth Employment Service and Teen Counseling Service may be funded or expanded under the new authority.
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Rensselaer
New York State
Connie Reilly
Joseph Petrosino
Division For
State
Youth Bureau
Petrosino
Youth Employment Service
Teen Counseling Service
East Greenbush expands outdoor education and staff moves
East Greenbush School Board approved a two day outdoor education program for sixth graders and maintained a one day fifth grade program while exploring a four day sixth grade option. The board appointed three new teachers and rejected a bid for snow removal.
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East Greenbush
Two Hospitalized After Grafton Route 2 Crash
State Police at Brunswick said two people were hospitalized after a one car accident on Route 2 in Grafton. Susan Walker nineteen of Rutland was driving a car owned by Charles Osgood of Bennington when the vehicle left the road and overturned in a ditch. Both were taken to Samaritan Hospital for treatment. Walker received tickets for driving without a license and imprudent speed. Osgood was cited for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate his car.
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Grafton
Brunswick
Susan Walker
Rutland
Charles Osgood
Bennington
Walker
Osgood
Samaritan Hospital
East Greenbush Police Make Multiple Arrests This Week
East Greenbush police charged three teenagers and one adult in separate incidents over the past week. Elizabeth LaBombard of Albany was arrested for petit larceny at Price Chopper with items worth 19.05 dollars seized. Other youths aged 13 16 and 15 faced vandalism trespassing and escape charges in incidents on Alpine Village Hudson Avenue and a juvenile facility. Police also reported scattered vandalism including four cars damaged with stolen seats tires and a chaise lounge, plus four bicycles stolen during the period.
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East Greenbush
Elizabeth LaBombard
Sheridan Ave
Albany
LaBombard
Price Chopper
Columbia Turnpike
Patrick Maney
Alpine Village
Horizon View Drive
Hudson Avenue
Polce
Gilligan Road
Bumstead Subaru
Spencertown Man Dies in Fiery Route 203 Crash
William Mesick, 33, of Spencertown died from burns and head injuries after his car left Route 203 in Austerlitz and struck a pole. The vehicle caught fire, wires sprawled across the car, and troopers from New Lebanon and the coroner investigated.
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Austerlitz
William Mesick
Mesick
Spencertown
Carl Jensen
New Lebanon
Gray Film Atelier_offers screenwriting unit in Hoosick Falls
Gray Film Atelier offers a screenwriting unit taught by Paul Gray for area residents. Classes meet Saturdays at Caffe Lena in Saratoga starting Sept 25, with practical instruction in producing directing cinematography and editing. Credits may transfer to home institutions. 10 week terms have a fee. Contact Judy Reynolds or the Atelier Box 70 Hoosick Falls NY 12090.
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Hoosick Falls
Gray Film Atelier
Paul Gray
Saratoga
Gray
Atelier
Bennington College
Judy Reynolds
The
Box 70
N.Y
Public card party set for Friday at St Luke's Church
A public card party is scheduled for Friday at 7 30 p m at St Luke's Episcopal Church in Mechanicville.
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St. Luke’s
Mechanicville
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Man Escapes Hospital Then Recaptured in Glens Falls
Owen Anderson, under observation for menacing his daughter with a knife, escaped Glens Falls State Hospital on Monday and was recaptured Wednesday after police from Hudson Falls Glens Falls state police and Queensbury traced him to Henry Hudson Town Houses in Glens Falls. He was arraigned on reckless endangerment charges and jailed without bail pending family court trial.
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Glens Falls
Hudson Falls
Glens Falls State Hospital
Owen Anderson
Rudy Stautner
Anderson
Henry Hudson
Clary
Paul Brown
Washington County
Salem
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O'Connell
North Carolina
William Barnet
James van Vorst
Rensselaer Businessmen's Association
Association
Barnet Firm
Fort Crailo
van Vorst
Joseph P. Mink
Firm
Mink
Times Record
Clarence Ross
Trinity Methodist Church
13Th Street
E.A. Forman
Munro Court
J.H.A
Power Company
Frank Sherry
Bradford
W.t.grant
Ray
Troy-Schenectady Rd
Latham
Joyce Zakrzewski
Schodack
Peggy White
Trinity Lutheran Church
Nina Pitcher
Sharon Siegel
Maple Hill School
Bobbie Gershman
Sacred Heart Church
Thelma Canonica
Cathy Whiston
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer Youth Bureau
By Roger Brigham
Mary Clancy
Martha Eberle
Regena Tardugno
Clancy
Robert Niemitalo
Donald Schlegel
Niemitalo
Edward Szade
Rapid Snow Removal Service
Rapid Snow Removal
Ulation
Columbia High School
Clinton Heights Administration Center
Spencertow
Claverack
Gray Atelier
John St
State Police
Queensbury
Hudson Falls Police Department
James Clary
Hudson Falls Police
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