Cambridge school board studies new textbook policy
Cambridge Central School Board tabled formation of a new textbook selection policy. Teachers seek greater input and plan to present suggestions at the January meeting. The policy would allow reviews by faculty, administration, board, students and parents before adoption. The board approved a dance extension to 1 am, denied a junior high attendance change, and approved borrowing 28730 for two buses.
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Cambridge
Cambridge Central School Board
George Brown
Brown
Hoosick Falls Central School
Cambridge Central School
Hoosick Falls Police Report Two Vehicle Crashes and Arrest
Hoosick Falls police logged a Wednesday morning crash when a car driven by Jeffrey A. Nason struck a village dump truck on Mechanic Street. One village employee, Edwin Schneider, was injured and taken to hospital. A second collision at Willow and First Streets injured a passenger. another arrest for petty larceny was recorded.
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Shoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls
Jeffrey A. Nason
Dundee Avenue
Village
Mechanic Street
Madison
Edwin Schneider
William Sushuskas
Schneider
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Nason
Elsie J. Nason
Daniel J. Merrills
Walter L. Gates
Bovey Ave
Elfrieds McGuire
River St
Merrills
Willow
First Streets
Beverly A. Gates
School bus seat belts opposed by Hoosick Falls officials
Hoosick Falls officials oppose mandating seat belts on school buses citing safety records and practicality. They note winter driving dangers, bus efficiency concerns, and costs for additional buses and supervision, arguing belts won’t improve the district’s strong accident record.
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Brown
Hemstreet Park Fire Destroys Unoccupied River Road House
A house on River Road just south of Hemstreet Park was largely burned early Wednesday. The unoccupied home owned by Mrs. Hugh Bryan sustained about $25,000 in damage. Firefighters from Hemstreet Park plus Mechanicville Waterford and Hillcrest fought the blaze for about five hours with no injuries. cause under investigation.
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Hemstreet Park
River Road
Rensselaer County
Hugh Bryan
Mechanicville Waterford
Hillcrest
Ed Doughney
Rick Celeste
Colonie man sentenced to six years in sodomy case
Michael J. Reagan of Latham received up to six years in prison after pleading guilty to second degree sodomy over an August incident at a Colonie home while babysitting a six year old. Albany County Court Judge John J. Clyne imposed the term.
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Albany
Colonie
Michael J. Reagan
Oxford Drive
Latham
Albany County District Attorney's Office
Reagan
Albany County
John J. Clyne
Search for school teacher continues in the Berkshires
In North Adams Massachusetts police and volunteers search the Berkshire Hills near Mt Williams Reservoir for missing Wareham teacher Carol Ann Todd believed murdered though her body remains unfound. About three dozen volunteers aided by state police used helicopters and four wheel drive vehicles. Todd disappeared December 12 after a bloodstained hotel room scene. The case echoes two prior unsolved slayings of local young women in Windsor and Florida Massachusetts.
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North Adams
Mass
Berkshire Hills
Falmouth
Carol Ann Todd
Mt. Williams Reservoir
Williamstown
Miss Todd
Eileen Gilooly
Cynthia Krizack
Windsor
Kim M. Benoit
Florida
Here
Wareham
Lynn M. Clark
North Adams State College
North Adams Sheraton Inn
Kidnapper in Albany County gets life with 25 year minimum
William F. Yarosz of Pompano Beach Florida was sentenced as a persistent offender for second degree kidnapping of 21 year old Suzanne Parot in Watervliet. The case ended in a high speed chase and car crash injuring Parot with severe leg injuries.
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Albany
Pompano Beach Fla
Watervliet
William F. Yarosz
John J. Clyne
Yarosz
Suzanne Parot
13Th Street
Broadway
Waterford
Miss Parot
Two Men Die In One Car Crash In Vermont
In North Pownal Vermont early today two Massachusetts men died in a single vehicle collision on Route 346. Dixon J. Goodrow 37 of Williamstown Mass died at the scene from massive head injuries and Edward J. Conti 45 of North Adams Mass died from chest injuries.
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Pownal
Massachussetts
Massachussetts State Police
Dixon J. Goodrow
Williamstown, Mass
Arthur Farris
Edward J. Conti
North Adams
Mass
North Pownel
Merry Burdick
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Essex
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Mechanicville District Public Library
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Harold Kenney
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