Parish merger blocked by petition in Mechanicville
More than 900 parishioners sign a petition to block the merger of Mechanicville's Assumption and St. Paul parishes. The Albany Diocese says the petition will be weighed, with Rev. Howard Hubbard noting the matter requires input from both sides and is not decided by voting.
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Mechanicville
Albany
Assumption Parish
St. Paul’s
Howard Hubbard
Assumption
Father Hubbard
The
Times Record
Fire district accepts bids for new Quaker Springs firehouse
The Quaker Springs Fire District board approved Glens Falls Insulating Co. for general construction at 986 100 and Dwyer Plumbing and Heating for sanitary and for heating and ventilating at 5 604 and 9 019 plus Martin Rogers for electrical at 9 200 totaling 990 013. The project will be funded by a 100 000 bond issue approved in 1976 with remaining funds covering engineers lawyers and insurance.
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Schuylerville
Board of Fire Commissioners
Quaker Springs
Glens Falls
Dwyer Plumbing and Heating
Dwyer Plumbing
Martin Rogers
Fred Vines
Emily Dieffenbach Leads Eastern Star Installation at Schuylerville
Mrs Emily Dieffenbach was installed as matron and Kenneth Savage as patron of Star of the Hudson Chapter 228 Eastern Star at the Masonic Temple. Other officers included Mrs Bessie Bingham as associate matron and Edward Purinton as associate patron with a roster of secretaries marshals warders and trustees. Previously installed were Alexander Purinton and Clayton Vanderwerker as trustees.
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Schuylerville
Emily Dieffenbach
Kenneth Savage
Star of the Hudson
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Bessie Bingham
Edward Purinton
Olive Jackson
Lorraine Martinovich
Regina Hopkins
Ethel Line
Helen Loomis
Linda
Alexander Purinton
Clayton Vanderwerker
Three escape fire at Charlton house
Three young men Randy Wolfe Royce Wolfe and John Mechanic escaped unharmed from a blaze at a one and a half story Charlton house on Cook Road. Fire Chief Robert Cromie said the fire caused extensive damage with smoke and water throughout the building. no injuries were reported. Fire crews from West Chariton Chariton Rock City Falls Burnt Hills and Galway responded and stayed about five and a half hours.
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Charlton
Cook Road
William Smith
Robert Cromie
Harmony Corners
Randy
Cromie
West Chariton
Chariton
Rock City Falls
Burnt Hills
Galway
Readers questions on currency stories and dolls
Sunday edition advisory page asks readers to mail questions on topics from silver certificates to two dollar bills and doll collecting. It notes inquiries about Hauptmann books and lists local doll hospitals and stores with contact details for further information.
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George
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Tricia Richards
Belgrade St
Pleasantéale
Troy
Peacock Shop
R. D
Averill Park
Patricia Wagner
Shenendehowa Board Awards Phone System Contract
Shenendehowa school board voted to buy phone equipment from TeleResources of Ballston Lake, the lowest bidder, to replace Bell Telephone rentals. The $105,000 project should save over $180,000 over ten years, with payments of $50,000 yearly for two years and $8,000 the final year. The change would cut Bell charges from about $52,000 to $19,000 annually after installation in July.
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Clifton Park
Shenendehowa
Bell Telephone
Ballston Lake
Bernon Chamberlin
Rensselaer
TeleResources
Executone of Albany, Inc
United Tel Communications
Schhool
Major narcotics crackdown arrests seven in Capital District
Seven people were arrested Thursday morning after search warrants in Sand Lake Schodack and North Greenbush. Investigators seized marijuana hallucinogens amphetamines and cocaine with a street value around 110000. All were arraigned and remanded to jail as part of a joint East Greenbush Brunswick and Loudonville narcotics investigation. The probe aims to halt major suppliers in the Tri City area with more arrests expected.
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East Greenbush
Capital District
BCI
Sand Lake
Schodack
North Greenbush
Inv
Michael Keane
Keane
Daniel Warner
Pershing Ave
Troy RD
Patrick Maney
Rensselaer County
Brunswick
Loudonville
State Police
Albany
Tri-City
Hoosick Falls Poll on Civil Service Unionization
The Times Record conducted a random survey of 35 Hoosick Falls households. Thirteen had no opinion, three were union members and declined comment, two were unfamiliar with the plan, fourteen did not answer, two hung up, and one child fetched his mother and did not return.
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The
Times Record
Hoosick Falls
Revolutionary War historian highlights continental soldier life
Robert Mulligan, assistant curator and Brigade of the American Revolution member, spoke to Hoosick Township gathering about common soldiers in 1775 76. He described uniforms equipment rations and health issues noting inflation and discipline. The Brigade plans to appear at the Bennington anniversary Aug 13 14 at Walloomsac with 200 soldiers and crafts.
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Peepee Falls
Robert Milligan
Hoosick Township
Mulligan
Division of Historic Service
New York State
Brigade of the
New England
Washington
Bennington
Battlefield Park
Walloomsac
Robert Mulligan
Christina Stevens
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