Hoosick Falls wins HUD funds for water project
Hoosick Falls officials announced a 100000 HUD grant for water system improvements funded from a 1976 Community Development block grant plus prior 1975 funds. Plans include repairing the water tank and pipe work on Mechanic Street, with additional anti recession funds aiding village equipment. The meeting also approved demolition bids, rezoned land near Classic Dress Shop, warned of traffic hazards, and scheduled elections and town business.
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Hoosick Falls
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Donald Bogardus
State Health Department
Mechanic Street
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis hear tour of old downtown
Mable Hewitt, a Hoosick Falls resident and genealogist, led a house by house tour of downtown as it appeared at the turn of the century. She noted establishments including the First Phoenix Hotel the People's Bank and Trust and Sam's Army and Navy Store. She recalled the 1827 incorporation with 35 houses 200 residents and $100 000 valuation. The trolley ran 1895 to 1927 from Hoosick Falls to Bennington. The cemetery moved to Maple Grove Cemetery and Grandma Moses' father in law lived on Main Street. She recalled the Municipal Building burning and being torn down. Hewitt noted the 1952 125th anniversary and hopes for a 150th celebration this year.
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Hewitt
Hoosick
Pittstown
Kiwanians
Hoosick Falls
First Phoenix
People’s Bank and Trust
Patiie
Chevrolet
Walker Street
Bart
Sam’s Army and Navy
Bennington
Main Street
William Murphy
Mrs. Hewitt
Grandma Moses
Hoosick Falls Housing Authority Limits Saturday Subsidy Applications
Hoosick Falls NY The Town of Hoosick Housing Authority will not accept general public rental subsidy applications this Saturday only invitational filings from residents who previously expressed interest. Applications open next Saturday Jan 22 with office hours 10 am to 2 pm at the Town Clerk's Office. The program funded by 000,000 from HUD under Section 8 aids about 50 area families over five years.
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Hoosick Falls
Town of Hoosick
Housing Authority
Hoosick
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rail group to meet on Erie Canal and canal era
Mohawk and Hudson Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will meet Saturday at the Crossroads Restaurant in Latham to discuss the early Erie Canal and the Delaware and Hudson Canal. Dorothy Sanderson will speak on canal construction and railway development, with a film Canawater to be shown. John Gould will present slides of the canal taken for an RPI course. Lunch precedes the program and reservations are required.
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Marilyn Douglas
John
Church Streets
Douglas
Erie Canal
Delaware and Hudson ‘Canal
Mohawk and Hudson
National Railway Historical Society
Crossroads
Latham
Canalway
John Gould
East Greenbush
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
C. L. Ballard
Poestenkill
Mechanicville board blamed for lost funds say association
Leo Riley of the Halfmoon Taxpayer's Association accuses the Mechanicville School Board of fault in funding efforts and criticizes Superintendent Donald Kearns and board member Dr. Paul Loatman. He calls for resignations and questions the district's handling of federal and state grants including a rejected 1.466 million public works request.
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Mechanicville
Halfmoon Taxpayer’s Association
Leo Riley
Riley
Paul Loatman
Donald Kearns
Taxpayer's Association
Love of the Steam Locomotive program at Schuylerville Library
Friends of the Schuylerville Public Library host a free program titled The Love of the Steam Locomotive at 1 p.m. January 19 in the Schuylerville Methodist Church Hall. Guest speaker Richard L. Walker from Castleton on Hudson will present with color slides.
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Schuylerville — Friends of the
Murdered Athens man found. car found abandoned
State Police report a 23 year old Athens man Robert J. Flanders was found shot on Canniff Road in Greene County. His gold 1966 Falcon was later found abandoned on a Catskill road at night. No suspects named and police declined to comment on car involvement.
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Cairo
Athens
Greene County
Catskill
Leeds
Robert J. Flanders
Canniff Road
State Police
Joseph Valicenti
Valicenti
Flanders
New cars readily available says area auto dealer
Irwin Cooley president of Cooley Volkswagen in North Greenbush says new cars are obtainable in the Troy area and counters a Times Record report of three to six week delays. He notes delays only for special colors or equipment and that lots are not empty, with many dealers holding about a 60 day inventory.
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Area Auto
Troy Area
Irwin Cooley
Cooley Volkswagen
North Greenbush
Times Record
Cooley
Carey seeks federal aid after Philmont mill fire
Gov. Hugh Carey asked federal Disaster Assistance Administration for aid to Philmont residents and businesses after a massive fire destroyed a 19th century mill used by X-Toal Corp to make rubber items. Damage exceeds a million dollars. 20+ residents evacuated. A former inspector claimed he was fired for saying the mill was a fire hazard before X-Tyal began operations.
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Albany, N.Y
Hugh Carey
Columbia County
Philmont
X-Toal Corp
Philip Finkle
X-Tyal
Carey
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Small Business Administration
Hoosick Falls Fire Chief Warns of Rescue and Gear Gaps
Hoosick Falls Fire Chief Thomas McMartin warns that a third floor fire could endanger residents due to a 35 foot ladder limited to top-floor rescues in a two story building. He urges new equipment and notes aging 50 foot ladder and 1939 truck stored away. The village plans a new firehouse with storage, but funding remains uncertain.
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Hoosick Falls
Thomas McMartin
McMartin
the Times Record
Donald Bogardus
Board
Bogardus
Francis Murphy
Murphy
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State Department of Audit and Control
Department of Public Workers
Dodge Industries
Noble and Wood
Broadway
Rensselaer
Troy
McMahon
Mike
Old Hoosick Falls
Hoosick ‘Falls
Mable Hewitt
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Town of
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Wilder Avenue
Berlant
Dorothy Sanderson
Ellenville
Delaware and Hudson
Mechanicville Board
Mechanicville Board of Education
Richard L. Walker
Castleton On - Hudson
Walker
Wildwood, N.J
Philmont Village
Darlene Ward
Walter Cronin
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