Groveside Picnic Draws 40 Plus Residents and Former Residents
More than forty people tied to the Groveside School District in West Hoosick attended the 11th annual picnic at Ruth Olsen’s Groveside home. Prizes honored long residency, oldest and youngest attendees, with Mae Herrington and Bert Baker recognized as longest residents. Former teachers joined, and organizers noted Groveside’s district dissolution after school centralization.
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Hoosick Falls
Groveside
West Hoosick
Ruth Olsen
N. Clifford Cottrell
Perrin Cornell
Susan Cornell
David Cornell
Mae Herrington
Bert Baker
Crescent Manor
Pittstown
Johnsonville
Troy
R.D. Pittstown
R.D. Johnsonville
R.D. Hoosick Falls
Help column and community notices from The Times Record
Readers seek updates on Francesca James from All My Children and rumored romance with Peter White. Also notes on aluminum pull-off tab recycling by Soap Fan Watervliet and Capital District Travelers Aid efforts with brochures and hotline. Reports include home repair tips for damp basements, zucchini bread recipes, leather folders recycling for mass cards, and Nabisco apology over a metal washer in a cookie.
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Francesca James
Kitty
Peter White
Hoosick Falls Severson to Enter Priesthood
Former Hoosick Falls mayor Richard A. Severson will leave Friday to study philosophy in Cromwell Connecticut and then theology in Rome. A longtime community volunteer and Red Cross instructor, he has held mayor and trustee posts and led local scouting. He recently resigned from Domestic Finance Company in Albany to pursue the priesthood.
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Hoosick. Falls
Hoosick Falls
Richard A. Severson
Lyman St
Severson
Holy Apostle College
Cromwell
Conn
Rome
Italy
Pontificial College of St. Thomas Aquinas
Domestic Finance Company
Albany
Applications Open for Free or Reduced Lunch Program
Area districts begin distributing applications for free and reduced price lunches and milk. Families with income thresholds based on family size qualify for free meals or 10 cent lunches, with details available from local school officials.
Hoosick Falls Historical Society to discuss museum room
The Hoosick Township Historical Society will hold its season opener at 7:30 p.m. September 8 in the new museum room of Hoosick Falls Central School. Joseph Holloway will lead as president and outline the museum project, with members showing progress and remaining tasks. Community members may attend to learn about the town museum plans.
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Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Township
Joseph Holloway
River Street crossing reopens after B and M repairs
HOOSICK FALLS The River Street railroad crossing after days of closure for reconstruction by Boston and Maine Railroad crews is open to traffic. Repairs were completed Monday.
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Hoosick Falls
River Street
Boston & Maine Railroad
Rensselaer Man Faces Bridge Shooting Hearing
The Rensselaer preliminary hearing on Aug. 14 addressed Lawrence Ward 23 charged with four counts of reckless endangerment one count of fourth degree criminal mischief one count of resisting arrest and one count of third degree criminal possession of a stolen weapon. A grand jury decision or dismissal will follow after testimony concluded. Ward was wounded by police gunfire on the Dunn Memorial Bridge during the incident.
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Rensselaer — Rensselaer
Dunn Memorial Bridge
Lawrence Ward
Columbia St
Rensselaer
Ward
Carnival parade to highlight Shenendehowa festival
The 24th annual Shenendehowa community festival runs Sept 30 to Oct 1 on the Shenendehowa School Campus with rides, a parade at 11 a.m. Saturday, exhibits, and scholarships funded by the Shenendehowa PTSA and Jaycees projects. Local organizers Cathy Moon, Phyliss Ratte, and Judy Morley coordinate concessions and exhibits.
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Clifton Park
Shenendehowa Parents-Teachers-Students Association
PTSA
Shenendehowa School
Cathy Moon
Phyliss Ratte
Judy Morley
Two-Car Crash In Rain Injures Three In Hoosick
In heavy rain on Route 7 near Shaw's Garage Hoosick Falls Adolph Marker and Jesse Marker were treated and released from Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington Barbara Wescott suffered minor facial injuries and was not hospitalized Charles Church of Petersburg was driving the other car No tickets issued Randy Jones Colonie 22 released on bail to appear in town court this week
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Hoosick
Shaw
Brunswick
Adolph Marker
Box 58
Hoosick Falls
Jesse Marker
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Charles Church
RD 2
Petersburg
Barbara Wescott
Jones
Auto Thrill Show Opens Chatam County Fair Week
The 137th Columbia County Fair in Chatham opens Thursday with an Auto Thrill Show at the grandstand and six harness races. Senior Citizens Day offers free admission for 60 and over. youth receive free entry. Week schedule includes a Stoney Roberts demolition derby, volunteer firemen’s day, Western Horse Show, skydiving, a school girl queen coronation with Ken Delo, and an English Horse Show with a 4-H baby beer auction. A separate report notes Brian J. Reed was arrested for public lewdness in front of 21 Partition Street. his hearing was moved to Sept. 6 to secure a lawyer.
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Chatham
Stoney Roberts
Ken Delo
Rensselaer
Brian J. Reed
Third Street
Partition Street
Hoosick Falls teen injured in bicycle car crash
A 13 year old Hoosick Falls girl was in serious condition at Ellis Hospital after a bicycle collision with a car on High Street Monday afternoon. The driver was Norma A. Coolidge 45 of Route 1 Buskirk. No tickets issued pending investigation. Deputies seek suspects in Berlin school storage shed break in.
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Hoosick Falls
Ellis Hospital
Schenectady
High Street
Norma A. Coolidge
Route 1
Buskirk
Berlin — Rensselaer
Berlin Central School
School Street
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