Mechanicville Dog Warden Seeks Leash Law Teeth
Mechanicville dog warden Fawn Floyd told the council she cannot issue tickets to owners for leash violations due to lack of authority from City Judge Vincent Pickett. Officials plan a meeting to grant ticket power and report back January 26. The council also authorized funding for aging services and a summer food program in city playgrounds.
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Fawn Floyd
Vincent Pickett
Public Safety
Floyd
Peter Enzien
Judge Pickett
Saratoga County Office of the Aging
Messore
U.S. Department of Agriculture
New York State
Education Department
Story hour program begins February at Shenendehowa Library
The Shenendehowa Free Library announces a winter pre school story program starting February 1 for eight weeks. Registration opens Monday for children aged three by August 31 1976. Sessions run Tuesdays at 10 15 am and 1 15 pm and Wednesdays at 10 15 am with Rita Lakes Christina Rock and Joyce Fifield leading.
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Shenendehowa
Rita Lakes
Christina Rock
Joyce Fifield
Doreen Canton
Italian American Fraternal Auxiliary to Honor Officers
Mechanicville reports the installation banquet for the Italian American Fraternal Auxiliary will be held January 28 at 8:30 p.m. at the Fraternal Hall on Viall Avenue to honor officers.
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Mechanicville
Viall Avenue
Mechanicville Democratic Women elect officers at party meeting
At a recent gathering in Mechanicville the group elected Carm Batchleder president Mae Del Viccio vice president Venita Parker secretary Joan Topetro treasurer Jackie Taglione sergeant of arms Stella Scer bo publicity officer and trustees Mary Moracco Alma Du Pris. The group will meet Friday at 7 30 p m at Mary Hmura 40 Burke Street to finalize plans for the postponed Christmas party. The Sons of Italy in Mechanicville announced its annual Italian Dinner for February 12 at 5 p m in the club rooms sponsored by the lodge and the Senior and Junior Dante Clubs. Tickets are available from club members. A nominating committee led by Richard D Alberto will present a new slate of officers January 20 and plans for the Communion Breakfast on Lent's first Sunday February 27.
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Carm Batchleder
Mae del Viccio
Venita Parker
Joan Topetro
Jackie Taglione
Stella Scerbo
Mary Moracco
Alma du Pris
Mechanicville
the Sons of Italy
Richard D'Alberto
Four hurt in Milton two car crash on Route 150
Four people were treated at area hospitals after a Sunday evening two car collision on Route 150 near Brookline Road. Jean Querback 20 and Melissa Capra 12 were admitted to Ellis Hospital with lacerations, Daniel Shatinan 23 to Saratoga Hospital with a compound leg fracture, and Harry Beninati 19 was treated and released for forehead lacerations. The accident occurred about 8 25 p.m. when Beninati fled north to avoid the Overback car. No summonses were issued and investigators continued. Deputies D Howard G Thompson R Paralle and W Bruce looked into it.
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Milton
Brookline Road
Ellis Hospital
Saratoga County
Harry F. Beninati
Old Schauber Hill
Ballston Lake
Saratoga Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Beninati
Route 50
D. Howard
G. Thompson
R. Paralle
W. Bruce
Car of Athens man in grisly Catskill find
State Police recovered the car of Robert J. Flanders 23 of Athens near Canniff Road in Greene County. Flanders body was found by passersby about 10 am Wednesday with police stating it likely lay there overnight. No suspects are named and police declined to comment on shootings inside the car.
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Athens
Greene County
Catskill
Leeds
Robert J. Flanders
Canniff Road
State Police
Joseph Valicenti
Valicenti
Flanders
Auto dealers deny car shortages in Troy area
Irwin Cooley of Cooley Volkswagen, former Troy Auto Dealers president, says area buyers can readily purchase new cars. He rejects The Times Record report of 3 to 6 week delays, noting some color or option delays may occur and that dealers source cars from other areas to maintain a 60 day inventory.
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Country
Shirley-Aydlett
Community Services Council
Shenendehowa
Troy Area
Irwin Cooley
Cooley Volkswagen
North Greenbush
Autodealers
Times Record
Cooley
Mechanicville Board Blamed Over Lost Funds
Mechanicville School Board blamed for failing to secure federal and state funds. Leo Riley of the Halfmoon Taxpayers Association urges new committees and calls for the board's resignation, criticizing the district's handling of a $1,466,000 public works grant rejection.
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Mechanicville Board
Mechanicville
Halfmoon Taxpayer's Association
Leo Riley
Riley
Paul Loatman
Donald Kearns
Taxpayer's Association
Shenendehowa Board Holds Phone Equipment Meeting
Shenendehowa School Board plans a 9 p.m. special meeting at Middle School A library to choose between renting Bell Telephone’s Dimension system or buying TeleResources equipment from Ballston Lake. The discussion follows a prior closed session on personnel matters.
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Clifton Park
Shenendehowa
Bell Telephone Company
TeleResources
Ballston Lake
Edwin Dunmire
Blind Galway woman dies in house fire
Annie Doohan, a blind resident, died from smoke inhalation after a morning fire at her two story Galway home. Firemen found her chair bound body on the first floor. police suspect the blaze began in a wood burning stove as the house was nearly destroyed. Walter Doohan was away in Saratoga Springs.
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Galway
Here
Annie Doohan
Smoke detector saves Stillwater family as home burns
Stillwater firefighters arrived as a one family two story home on Colonial Road was engulfed. Paul Benoit and his wife awakened by a smoke alarm at about 2 am woke their four children upstairs. Cause believed to have started on the second floor. investigation ongoing.
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Paul Benoit
Colonial Road
DeCota
The Love of the Steam Locomotive at Schuylerville Library
The Schuylerville Public Library hosts a program titled The Love of the Steam Locomotive at 1 p.m. on January 19 in the Methodist Church Hall. Richard L. Walker of Castleton on Hudson will speak with colored slides, sharing his railway interests and travels. The event is free and open to the public.
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Schuylerville
Richard L. Walker
Castleton On - Hudson
Walker
National Railway Historical Society
Wildwood, N.J
Mechanicville Train Service Could End This Year
Delaware & Hudson official warned Mechanicville and nearby towns that the Adirondack Amtrak line may be rerouted to Schenectady when a new station opens in October. Ridership from the Colonies Watervliet and Mechanicville would need a substantial rise to avert the change.
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Mechanicville
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
John Fascia
George E. Murphy
Amtrak
Adirondack
Schenectady
Watervliet
Murphy
Saratoga
Church Plans Parish Meeting In Schuylerville
Rev. James E. Toole of the Church of the Visitation announces an important parish meeting at 7 45 p.m. Monday with parish reports to be given. The Rosary Society will meet at 7 30 p.m. Thursday, Jan 20.
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Schuylerville
James E. Toole
Church of the Visitation
the Rosary Society of the Church
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