District to Improve Water Service Promises Fire Protection Boost
Stanford Heights and Baker Avenue areas are slated for enhanced water service under Colonie’s second Community Development Act plan. Fire Chief Thomas Sowek warns the Agway Petroleum plant across Morris Road, with 130,000 gallons of flammable liquids, will pose a major test for mutual aid pumpers from neighboring districts and the single hydrant nearby. Readings show water flow far below recommended levels at several points, complicating response to potential fires at Mohawk Mall and the Oswald Heck Developmental Center.
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Colonie
Cordell Road
Stanford Heights
Baker Avenue
Boght
Thomas Sowek
Morris Road
Mohawk Mall
Oswald D. Heck
Midway
Niskayuna
Fort Hunter
Carman
Sowek
Central Avenue
Cond Fire
Agway Petroleum Corp
Greg
Hot Line column offers reader help and fairness in disputes
Frank Sherry hosts a weekly Hot Line column in The Times Record Troy New York inviting readers to seek help or provide information on problems. Submissions should include name address and phone and will be answered after research, with no phone calls accepted.
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Times
Troy
N.Y
Helpful advice on address mixups and Elvis fan mail
Readers seek help with undelivered Handweavers Guild mail, a Hartford Farmington Avenue move, and three ZIPs. The column outlines verifying addresses, notes the guild’s reissue of membership card and magazine, and provides Elvis Presley contact options via Col. Parker and MGM Studios. It also explains local tax treatment of street assessments as property value increases and potential capital gains effects.
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Guild
Farmington Avenue
Hartford
Planning Board weighs revised site plan for Jolly Tiger
COLONIE The Planning Board discussed a revised site plan for a Jolly Tiger restaurant on Wade Road and Route 7 in Latham. The owner wants the building kept at the original location, but that would violate setback rules. a ZBA variance exists pending planning board approval. The boards must resolve the setback dispute, aided by three surrounding roads and intensified landscaping.
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Colonie
Town of Colonie
Boghosian
Wade Road
Route 7
Forts Ferry
Brittonkill District To Put McKinley School Up For Bid
BRITTONKILL The Center Brunswick School known as the McKinley School will be offered for sale by the Brunswick School District. Information on the sale and sale of district buses is available at the district business office. The board heard reports from principals including kindergarten changes under open court reading and a part time aide. Middle school plans include French contests in Saratoga and work experience volunteers for fifth graders. Supervising Principal Herbert Ford will join a legislative action committee to discuss the impact of proposed laws on local schools. A Heath Department letter urged minor sanitation recommendations which the board will implement.
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Brittonkill
Center Brunswick
McKinley
Brunwick
Lawrence Winberg
Adele Eger
Saratoga
Catholic Central
Herbert Ford
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County Heath Department
Averill Park Board Approves Lunch Policy
The Averill Park Central School District Board approved a federal guideline change in the school lunch program. Regularly priced 55 cent type A lunches will be available to eligible students for 10 cents, with 45 cents compensation per lunch and free lunches continuing for eligible pupils.
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Averill Park
Averill Park Central School District
John Zweig
Wood Sentenced Up To 25 Years In Albany Case
Thomas C. Wood, 36, of Albany, was found guilty January 12 of attacking a couple in a Bethlehem lovers lane. In Albany County Court Judge Arnold Proskin sentenced him to concurrent terms up to 25 years for attempted murder kidnapping and first degree robbery and 10 to 15 years for first degree assault. The Oct. 25, 1975 incident off Russell Road involved Mary Thomas and Michael Kutcher.
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Albany
Bethlehem
Thomas C. Wood
Collage Ave
Arnold Proskin
Wood
Russell Road
Mary Thomas
Michael Kutcher
Lafayette lecture on Lafayette’s life in Colonie Center
Veronica Henderson of Petersburg, historian and lecturer, will discuss how money from the Marquis de Lafayette aided the Continental Army and helped win the Revolutionary War. The 1:30 p.m. Thursday talk in the Colonie Room at Colonie Center is free to the public.
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Veronica Henderon
Petersburg
Marquis de Lafayette
Lafayette
Colonie Room
Colonie Center
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