New NY Pesticide Rules Require Farm Licenses and Tests
The New York Environmental Conservation Commission unveiled rules requiring commercial applicators to be licensed with a $15 annual fee and private applicators to pay $15 for a three year period. Applicants must pass two written exams a core test on handling safety and a technical exam for their planned use. Homeowners are barred from restricted pesticides. Some farm leaders say amendments make the rules workable and acceptable after initial opposition.
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Albany
N.Y
State Environmental Conservation Commission
Peter A.A. Berle
DEC
Albany County Health cuts clinics amid budget squeeze
Health Commissioner Dr. John J. A. Lyons cut back clinics in Albany Ravena and Watervliet citing a $132000 reduction over 1976. The finance chair Harold Joyce said the department may receive needed funds if a transfer proves necessary and emphasized preserving services.
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Albany
Albany County
John J. A. Lyons
Ravena
Watervliet
Joyce
Dr. Lyons
Lyons
Health Department
Cohoes
Albany County approves bond sale and consultant contract
The Albany County Legislature finance committee approved a plan to sell about 17 million dollars in bonds and to hire First Boston Corporation as bonding consultant to prepare a prospectus at a cost not to exceed 35 thousand dollars. The panel also authorized paying former clerk Joseph Yavonditte up to 7,500 dollars to advise the county attorney at 48.07 dollars per day.
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Albany
Albany County
Edward Stack
Stack
First Boston Corporation
Joseph Yavonditte
Robert Lyman
Yavonditte
Crozier Philippi Associates
YWCA
Court House
Hoosick Falls teen invited to Carter inauguration
Jennifer Hoag a 14 year old Hoosick Falls student received a presidential inauguration invitation after writing to Jimmy Carter. She plans to frame the memento rather than attend the January 20 ceremony. Other local notes include hospital recoveries and county budget actions in Albany and Mechanicville church elections.
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Jennifer Hoag
George Hoag
Groveside
West Hoosick
Hoosick Falls Central School
Washington, D.C
Jennifer
Jimmy Carter
Carnevale of the Church of the Assumption Feb 19 in Mechanicville
The 10th annual Carnevale of the Church of the Assumption in Mechanicville will be held Feb 19 in the church hall at 8 p.m. Honorary chair Rev Michael Sullivan. chair Sylvester Fusco. co chair Margaret Marotta. MC Michael Ennello. Tickets available from listed organizers. dinner at 9 and dancing 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Prizes for costumes and groups.
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Mechanicville
Church of the Assumption
Michael Sullivan
Church of Assumption
Sylvester Fusco
Margaret Marotta
Michael Ennello
Anna Siciliano
Jo Notto
Eugene LeClaire Sr
Amelia Izzo
Peggy D’aloia
Gloria Verdicchio
Mary Patterson
Stillwater
Lansing Road
Five year old Shiner boy still in hospital after Schodack trailer fire
Amanda Shiner 7 underwent a skin graft at Boston Shriner's Burn Hospital after a December trailer fire killed Katy Shiner. Theodore 5 remains in Albany Medical Center in an oxygen tent recovering from smoke inhalation. The family has moved to Castleton while donors fundraise and plan a home purchase.
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Amanda Shiner
Boston
Lape Road
Schodack
Amanda
Theodore Shiner
Katy
Elaine Shiner
Albany Medical Center
Theordore Shiner
Shiner
Timothy
Shiners
Castleton
Brady
Broadway, Rensselaer
Ely
Theodore, Jr
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Ithaca and Troy Dairy Days and Craft Workshops Schedule
A weekly schedule lists Needlepoint workshops at Hope 7 and Tamarac Center, Dairy Products and Baked Custard demonstrations at Senior Citizens sites in Troy, Souther Tier, Hoosick Falls, plus Vegetables Protein classes, Pot Pie demos, and a clothing project leader training at the Tamarac Project Center. Cooperative Extension in New York State and Rensselaer County offer equal opportunities.
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Hope 7
East Side Neighborhood Center
Senior Citizen
Troy Masonic Temple
Cornell
Morrison Hall
Ithaca
Tamare Plaza
Route 2
Cropseyville
Senior Citizens
Troy Kennedy
Rensselaer Senior Citizen Nutrition
Tamarac Project Center
New York State
Rensselaer County
Neighbors press buffer plan for Wolf Road Superblock
About 100 Newtonville residents urged a green space buffer and park along the 1,089 acre Wolf Road Superblock. Planners proposed 199 acres of retail near 97 acres of office and 23 acres of duplex zoning, while residents pushed for a park to separate commerce from homes.
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Newtonville
Town Hall
Wolf Road
Wolf, Sand Creek
Osborne
Albany Shaker Roads
Brizzell
Pat Wertman
The
Superblockbusters
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Claverack
New York
Hotaling
Colonie
Harold Joyce
James J. Coyne
Him
Said
South Mall
Stack Said
Comptroller
Hoosick Falls
Carter
Edie Beaumont
River Street
Nancy Male
Abbott Street
Cambridge
Burlington
Medical Center of
Vermont
St. Paul the Apostle Altar Society
Theresa Laurenzo
Julia Cook
Joan Starks
Phyllis Hanna
Margaret Flanagan
Laura DuBois
Rose Corrigan
Francis X. Campbell
Altar Society
Society For Information
Carnevale
Arthur Patterson
Patterson
Sacred Heart Church
Rensselaer
Boston Shriner's Burn Hospital
Shriner's Hospital
Newell Thomas
Mrs. Ely
Ahern
TMNC
Sixth Avenue
Troy
William Brizzell
Tim Sheldon
Sheldon
Albany - Shaker Road
Sand Creek Road
Wertmann
Superblock
Rita Weiss
Zoning Board of Appeals
Weiss
Planning Board
South Colonie
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