Sprinkler outage blamed for Philmont factory fire damage
Fire chiefs say a nonworking sprinkler system at the X-Tyal rubber plant on Main Street contributed to the blaze that destroyed the factory two adjacent buildings and several shops. The system had been shut for repairs for one day for an insurance company. No serious injuries reported as crews battled near blizzard conditions and a salvage operation continued overnight.
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Philmont
Columbia County
Richard Morris
Morris
Philip Finkle
X - Tyal Corp
Rubber Company
Help Column Prompt Promptly Answers Readers
Community advice column from The Times Record invites readers to write in with questions seeking researched answers. Joanne Smith notes the column appears three times weekly and requests name address and phone for confidential inquiries.
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Times Record
Troy
N.Y
Vinyl sleeve damage from dry cleaning warning and tips
A reader asks how to fix brittle vinyl sleeves after dry cleaning. Experts say perchlorethylene damages vinyl. no home fix exists. Take the jacket to a reputable cleaner and discuss a specialist soaking solution. vinyl should be surface cleaned with soap and warm water.
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E. A
Stillwater
Eileen Tecza
Rensselaer County Cooperative Extension
Nassau Town Board to discuss snowplowing private driveways
Nassau Town Board meets at 8 p m at Nassau Town Hall Route 20 Supervisor Floyd Hitchcock will address the topic of snowplowing private driveways arguing the practice is illegal costs town money and created recent issues including a plow getting stuck on Tsatsawass Lake Road. Homeowners plan to attend concerned about the ruling.
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Nassau
Nassau Town Board
Nassau Town Hall
Floyd Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Tsatsawass Lake Road
Castleton School Program Praised By State Report
The Castleton Elementary School receives a strong evaluation from the State Education Department citing a supportive teacher climate a functioning kindergarten screening program low achiever intervention and adequate lunches. An art program recommendation for a regular art teacher is noted with budgetary implications.
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Castleton
State Education Department
Gerald J. Friends
Edward Leonard
Adeline Kreinhedar
Manning elected chairman of Rensselaer Youth Commission
Mary Manning was elected to a one year term as chairman of the Rensselaer City Youth Commission board of directors. She is secretary to the city chamber of commerce and succeeds Joseph Farley who did not seek reelection. Elizabeth Hallenbeck was named vice president and Rose Lossi secretary. The board meets January 25 at 7 30 p.m. at City Hall to plan new recreation programs.
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Rensselaer
Mary Manning
Rensselaer City Youth Commission Board of Directors
Manning
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Farley
Joseph Mink
Elizabeth Hallenbeck
Rose Lossi
Mink
Rensselaer Historical Society to Meet Monday
The Rensselaer City Hall on Broadway hosts the Historical Society meeting at 8 p.m. Monday. Rev. Peter D. Fehmer of St. Anthony on the Hudson will speak. The event is open to the public.
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Rensselaer
City of Rensselaer Historical Society
Rennselaer City Hall
Peter D. Fehmer
St. Anthony - On - the - Hudson
J.K. Fraser
East Greenbush man risks prison after probation violation
Richard LaMountain aged 19 of 259 Columbia Turnpike faces up to four years in prison after admitting he left Albany's Hospitality House program without permission while under five year probation for second degree assault. Judge Don G. Cholakis scheduled a January 13 sentencing and warned of prison if probation was violated.
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East Greenbush
Richard LaMountain
Columbia Turnpike
Rensselaer County
Don G. Cholakis
Corellis
LaMountain
Albany
Cholakis
Nassau Village treasurer resigns amid meeting changes
Nassau Village Treasurer Shirley Jensen resigned Tuesday night citing personal reasons. Village Clerk Margaret Van Deusen said her term runs to April 1 and she will be replaced temporarily by Van Deusen. Richard Salisbury was appointed to the zoning board of appeals, replacing Stephen Cooper who resigned. Theodore Devlin sought a zoning change to designate Homestead Hotel property wholly commercial on Route 20, with a public hearing to be scheduled. The board also reviewed Village Justice James Lamb’s 1977 records.
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Nassau
Shirley Jensen
Richard Salisbury
Stephen Cooper
Theodore Devlin
Homestead
Route 20
van Deusen
James Lamb
Two Albany Men Arrested in National Bank Robbery
Police say Nathaniel A. Marable and Thomas D. Braxton were arrested after a Colvin Avenue bank robbery in Albany. About $500 was taken, with all but a few dollars recovered. Suspects were to be arraigned on first degree robbery and grand larceny charges.
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Albany
National Commercial Bank and Trust Co
Frank Prior
Nathaniel A. Marable
First St
Thomas D. Braxton
Sheridan Ave
Colvin Avenue
Lorin Gurgan
Wayne Wood
Braxton
Sheridan Avenue
Marable
Broadway
Prior
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