Hoosick Falls Eyes 1977 HUD Grants For Housing Upgrades
Village board hears plans for a 1977 third community development block grant with $650,000 regionally available. Projects include water system improvements, home improvement rebates up to 50 percent, and demolition of abandoned homes, prioritizing low income housing and health and safety.
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Hoosick Falls
Peter Kent
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Kent
Petersburg meetings and events scheduled for Thursday
The Petersburg Youth Commission resumes meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Hall. The Town Board also convenes Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the same hall. A Word of Life TV special Let Freedom Ring airs today at 9 p.m. on Channel 13 and Sunday at 5 p.m. on Channel 6 featuring Christine Hewitt Wurtzen. The senior youth bowling leaves Petersburg Baptist Church Saturday at 2 20 p.m. The Christmas program at Petersburg Baptist Church is set for December 19 with candlelight service on December 24 and New Year’s Eve service on December 31. Community notes invite help and resource requests to The Times Record.
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Petersburg Youth Commission
Veterans Memorial Hall
Word of Life
Freedom
Christine Hewitt Wurtzen
Earle Hewitt
Petersburg Baptist Church
Missing perfume sampler refund issue prompts hot line note
A reader from Saratoga Springs reports paying $2 for perfume sampler sets ordered Oct 3, 1975 through Family Weekly. Despite letters, acknowledgments, and promises, no samplers arrived. Copies of canceled checks are enclosed as proof of payment. The Hot Line notes complex company structures and address changes hindered action.
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Family Weekly
Hotline column helps readers seek hard to find parts
Frank Sherry and readers share requests for rubber orthotics, Meyers snow plow parts, Varikrom paint, dry Kasco dog food, vacuum bags for a Bradford upright, and supplier tips. Steve Brittain of All Brand Appliances offers bag replacement aid in Troy if customers bring their old bag or machine.
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Kasco
Bradford
W.t.grant
A. Steve Brittain
Fourth St
Troy
Hoosick Falls VFW Auxiliary Plans Meetings and Events
Hoosick Falls VFW Auxiliary sets regular meeting Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the VFW hall on School Street. Christmas party on Dec 18 at 7 30 p.m. reservations due by Sunday with listed contacts. Other local items include memorial service at Hoosick Falls Elks Club, Christmas festival at Hoosick Falls Baptist Church, Lions Club Christmas tree sale, Kiwanis honors for Arthur Moseley, and Neighbor Night by Embury and Centenary United Methodist Women with reservations needed.
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VFW
School Street
Helen Bakaitis
Doris Kalinowski
Tina Kenney
Florence Webster
Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks
Gerald
Kiwanis
Arthur Moseley
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club
David Berlant
Moseley
William Johnston
Citizen’s Service Committee
Howard Haynes
Embury United Methodist
Centenary United Methodist
Corinna Fairbanks
Laura Dunbar
Plant owner blocks raises amid union talks at Catamount plant
Hoosick Falls employees of Specialty Insulation, a Catamount unit, receive a letter delaying a planned December 1 salary review. Robert Wagner, Catamount president, honors union recognition with Local 46 and says raises must be bargained through negotiations, not issued unilaterally.
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Hoosick Falls
Specialty Insulation
Catamount Manufacturing
Robert Wagner
Catamount
Wagner
United Rubber Workers Local 46
Three historic sites eyed for National Register in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Township Historical Society may propose three local sites for the National Register of Historic Places. The Octagon House, the Maclachlan home, and the former State Line house would be reviewed after owner approvals. The Simon Fraser marker arrival is delayed until spring.
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Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Township
Maclachlan
Hoosick
State Line
Walloomsac
Simon Fraser
East Hoosick
Berlin camp stove fire extinguished in 9 30 p m blaze
The Berlin Mountains camp caught fire Monday evening when a stove overheated. Alfred P. Gorman Jr of Troy escaped unharmed. Fire dept kept flames from spreading from the living room but heavy smoke and water damage covered the building. Deputy Eric Dahl reported no firefighter injuries.
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Berlin
Berlin Mountains
Rensselaer County
Alfred P. Gorman, Jr
Kinloch Ave
Troy
Eric Dahl
Heart group plans benefits in East Greenbush
Melvin Roads American Legion Post 1231 plans a dinner dance January 22 at Cordial Greens Country Club to raise funds for the American Heart Association. Chairman Larry Taylor targets 10 000 with proceeds supporting heart research.
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East Greenbush
Melvin Roads
American Legion
American Heart Association
Larry Taylor
Cordial Greens Country Club
Bruen Rescue Squad
Heart Fund
Taylor
Snowy Weekend Crashes In Hoosick Falls Cobble First Elm Streets
Hoosick Falls police report three accidents on ice and snow. Alvin Hunt's pickup hit a village plow at First and Elm after the plow ran the Elm Street stop sign. Corina and Billy Joe Hunt were treated for pain at Putnam Memorial Hospital.
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Hoosick Falls
Alvin W. Hunt
Elm St
Layton James
Davis St
First
Elm Streets
Elm Street
Hunt
Corina
Billy Joe Hunt
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Rensselaer Girl Wins Third in Cricket Magazine Contest
Eight year-old Dana Biondi of 2008 Tenth St in Rensselaer earned third prize in the five to eight year old category for her story Wulfa and the Wolf in Cricket Magazine. Winners and their works appear in the December issue. Cricket is published by Open Court Publishing Co La Salle Illinois.
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Rensselaer
Cricket Magazine
Dana Biondi
Tenth St
Wulfa and the Wolf
Open Court Publishing Company of
la Salle, Ill
Victim's Children's Fund Receives 316 Donations
Albany effort for Robert J. Hedderman and Margaret Byron children totals 8313 dollars from 316 gifts as of December tips. Fund started by Rev. Donald L. Starks. all proceeds go to education for five Hedderman children amid a $1000 reward offered by Downtown Albany merchants for the killers. Hedderman & Sons Church Goods Store owner at 50 Columbia St. in Albany.
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Albany
Donald L. Starks
St. Francis de Sales
Robert J. Hedderman
Margaret Byron
Starks
Hedderman
Robert J. Hedderman, Sr
Exchange St
West Albany
John F. Hedderman & Sons
Columbia St
Grafton PTO Hosts Fire Prevention Talk
The Grafton Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization will hold a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the school on fire prevention and safety. Grafton Fire Chief Everett Wagar will present the program and the public is invited.
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Grafton
PTO
Everett Wagar
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Rensselaer County Industrial Development Agency
Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act
Francis Murphy
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Wood Flong Corp
Oak Industries
Commission On Economic Opportunity
Petersburg
The
Petersburg Baptist
Times Record
N.Y
Mutual Benefit Savings and Loan Organization
Mrs. Harrison Bonesteel
M.D.M
Saratoga Springs
HOT Line
Frank Sherry
H.E.M
Hoesick Falls
Cooper's
Third St
Frank Radley Jr
Radley
Averill Park
E.R.S
Charles A. McInerney
Third St. Cohoes
Helen Price
Stillwater
Jonathan Burns
Springfield College
Springfield
Mass
Hoosick Falls Central School
Mount Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Burns Is the Son
Ruth Burns
River St
William E. Burns
Schwartz
Michael Brewster
Robert C. Harrington
William S. Bradley
Joseph A. Bradley
Stanley Rogers
William F. Rourke
Donald Pressler
Charles Newton
Arthur White
Harvid Trask
Joseph Naidl
Hoosick Falls Baptist Church
Santa Claus
Board of Christian Education of the Church
Town of
Burleigh
Christina Stevens
Rensselaer County Historical Society
Virginia Lavin
Hazel Avery
County Society
Bernard G. Stinner
Cambridge
Miss Stevens
George Peer
Heart Group
Thomas Harrington
Willow St
Nancy A. McCabe
Church Street
Harrington
McCabe
Harold G. Roberson
North Hoosick
Joseph Murray
Victim’s Childrens Fund
Father Starks
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