Free history window display tour in Mechanicville
Mechanicville invites residents to window shop for free history through July 4. Local groups showcase era artifacts in downtown stores including religious texts, an 1897 directory, Catholic Daughters essays, and Sons of Italy displays. The Project highlights industrial roots and ethnic heritage in a nod to the town’s mill and railroad past.
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Mechanicville
Pender
N. Main St
Catholic Daughters of America
Park Ave
Vogue
Sons of Italy
Dante
Standard Furniture
The
United States
Consumer Hotline and Local Window Displays Highlight Community Outreach
Reader letters praise consumer protection actions and local service centers for lawnmowers and home repairs. The column notes Mr Charles W Colson's book Born Again and requests his publisher's address, plus a feature on a mural and several shop window displays with community group sponsorships in Mechanicville.
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Dr. Schuller
Hour of Power
Charles Colson
Christ
Mr. Nixon
Charles W. Colson
Celeste Hill
Troy Public Library Reference Room
Chosen Books, Inc
Fleming H. Revell
Old Tappan
N.J
Semifinalists named for Cornword Puzzle No 1099
Cornword Puzzle No 1099 lists 33 semifinalists eligible by finding five key words. A jackpot of 2725 dollars awaits the winner, if any, with a Saturday announcement. Notable entrants include Arthur Abajian Troy Ambrose Albany Bendon Nep Boyko Carp Collette Cournoyer Denny Doin Dombroski Fehily Ford Hoy Jette Kettner Lansing Lory Marcus McHargs McConnell Ormsby Paluch Pearson Pelso Rowe Sanderson Shoemaker Sickles Small Smoke Tanchak Warner and others from Troy Mechanicville Watervliet Albany Wynantskill Cohoes Latham West Sand Lake.
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E. Doin
Troy
M. Dombroski
Watervliet
Francis Fehily
Mechanicville
L. Ford
F.M. Hoy
Charlotte Jette
West Sand Lake
Shenendehowa Board Elects Leaders and Plans Budget Goal
Shenendehowa board elected Robert Goodman president and Dan Johnson vice president. Goodman aims for a budget vote exceed 5,000. last year’s was 4,328. District Study Committee urged a special education coordinator and broader learning disabled coverage, but budget did not include the position.
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Clifton Park
Robert Goodman
Shenendehowa
Dan Johnson
Goodman
Chester Burdick
Special Education
Clifton Park Bicentennial Events Corrected start Monday
Correction for July 4 and 5 events reported on Page 2. Watermelon eating contest cake decorating demonstration by fire fighters picnic cleanup and fireworks begin Monday afternoon and end after 9 p.m. Monday night. The Times Record regrets the error.
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Times
Clifton Park
Albany man critical after cycle crash
Selkirk State police report an Albany man, 24 year old Joseph A. Bickford of 148 Morton Ave., is in critical condition at Albany Medical Center after his motorcycle left County Route 308 in New Scotland Thursday night. He apparently failed to negotiate a curve, went off the east shoulder, and struck a tree.
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Selkirk
Albany
Albany Medical Center
New Scotland
Joseph A. Bickford
Morton Ave
Mechanicville Board Elects New Officers
Mechanicville officials chose Donald Tripp as president and Virginia Moore as vice president at a special reorganization. John Curtis became clerk, with John Bolton treasurer and other officers named for non elect cabinet roles. The board kept 7 30 p m meetings, shifted venue to the band room, and asked police alert after reports of fraudulent work offers to women graduates.
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Mechanicville
Donald Tripp
Virginia Moore
John Curtis
John Bolton
Anthony Cocozzo
Alice Taylor
Thomas Nolan
Stephen Sgambati
Bus Learner Struck By Bridge Reveals Narrow Road Hazard
A male student driver learning to operate a Stillwater school bus became stuck beneath a low D and H railroad bridge at Ellsworth Avenue and South Main Street Mechanicville. The bus was towed away by a local garage team and no injuries occurred. Mechanicville police investigator Patrolman Frank Ponzillo filed no official report and did not release the driver's name.
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Ellsworth Avenue
South Main Street
Mechanicville
Frank Ponzillo
Shenendehowa Free Library Closed for Independence Day
Shenendehowa Free Library will be closed Monday to celebrate Independence Day. Books dated July 5 will be due Tuesday when the library reopens. Books may be returned to the book drop on the library porch.
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Clifton Park
Shenendehowa
Antique cars and art fair set for Mechanicville Saturday
Vintage and Classical cars will be shown at Talmadge Park on Saturday July 3. Clubs and individuals should contact James Cavanaugh to display cars or Ida Curtis and Lillian Dunbar for art displays. A Mechanicville school student art contest will also be held with judging at 10 p.m.
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Mechanicville
Talmadge Park
James Cavanaugh
Ida Curtis
Lillian Dunbar
Mechanicville School
Mechanicville seniors win numerous graduation awards
Mechanicville High School honored its graduates with extensive awards led by valedictorian Kathy Johnson and salutatorian Michael DeVito. Regents scholarships were awarded to multiple students including Johnson DeVito and Sharon Starks, with varied recognitions across mathematics English and science disciplines.
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Mechanicville
Kathy Johnson
Michael DeVito
Mechanicville High School
Johnson
New York
Michael Cerkowski
Judy Wixted
Stephen Russom
Karen McDonald
Michele Alonzo
Karen Byrne
Anita Canfield
Laura Chauvin
Barbara Cimino
Alexis Coco
Sharon Connolly
Deborah Cyr
John Daley
Deborah Dyer
Debra Gibson
Kathleen Gilheany
Kathleen Hanna
Carmella Izzo
Sandra Kennedy
Robert Marzinsky
JoAnn Page
Robert Palmieri
Charles Preston
Christine Sally
Beth Sandulla
Linda Sherman
Cynthia Travis
Patricia Zigmon
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Peter Magovern
Parkmain
Friends of the Library
Times Record
N.Y
Consumer Protection Board
C.J.B
Pottersville
Parkmain Couiffures
Dow
Frank Sherry
al Delgaudio Sr
Allied Equipment Service
Moe Road
W.t.grant
Bradford
Wynantskill
Our America
John Connors Agency
K of C
Golden's Card Shoppe
Mary Turner
Park Plaza
Curto Jewelers
St. Martha's Guild
Discount House
Junior Dante
Herrick Art Press
Emmanuel United Women
S. Central Ave
Band Box Millinery
American Legion Auxiliary
Union Supply
Arthur Abajian
W. Ambrose
Robert A. Bendon, Troy
Nep Boyko, Troy
John P. Carp
L.A. Collette
Stillwater
Michael and
Bobby Cournoyer
Marion Denny
Anna Kettner
Helen Peetz
Earl Lansing
Dorothy Lory
Joe Marcus
the Seven McHargs
Mrs. D.A. McConnell
Mary S. Ormsby, Troy
Stanley F. Paluch, Latham
H.S. Pearson
Latham Louis A. Pelso
Merrill B. Rowe
Troy Kay Sanderson
Troy Sue Sawyer
Cohoes
George Shoemaker
Albert Sickles
Troy Evelyn J. Small
Troy Carol Smoke
Ann Tanchak
John Warner
Pender's Clothing Store
Shenendehowa Board
Dean Arden
Arden
Civil Service Employees Association
Dodge Chamberlain and
Luzine
Arongen
Michael Giaquinto
Beatrice Verhayden
CSEA
Philip Greene
Rolan Doucet
Margaret Schwarzer
Simeo Gallo
Julia Bailey
Kathy Sweeny
Beverly Phoenix
Evelyn Cash
Mechanicville Board
Brown
Fitzgerald
Cramer
Donald Kearns
Clara Graber
Theresa Kingsley
Emmet Prosser
New York State School Board
Police Department
Catherine Hmura
Robert Brownell
Robert
Laurenza
Mary Pat Golden
Patricia Ciulla
Brownell
Ciulla
Andrea Carola
Susan King
Thomas Clark
Mary Jo Mone
King
Salvatore Costanzo
Jude Ryan
Cheryl Verdile
Mark Smith
Roberta Morin
William Gorman
Dennis Chevalier
Kathleen Gregoire
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