Hoosick Falls Discontinues Teen Alcoholism Program
Hoosick Falls Central School will discontinue the Teenage Alcoholism Rehabilitation Program. Superintendent Phil Leonard says staff time and referrals are insufficient. TARP will still take referrals at the Commission on Economic Opportunity Office in Hoosick Falls and conduct initial evaluations there.
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Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Central School
Phil Leonard
Scott Hicks
Hicks
Commission On Economic Opportunity
Hoosick Falls Community Band Opens Summer Concert Series
The Hoosick Falls Community Band started its summer series at Wood Memorial Park with director William Gaillard leading an eight o clock performance amid damp weather. The group plays for free while raising funds for a new enlarged bandstand and has already secured a $1,000 pledge with more donations sought. Sketches of the stand are not yet ready and village board talks about requirements continue.
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Hoosick Falls
Wood Memorial Park
Gaillard
Three-car crash in Hoosick Falls causes minor damage
At the River Street and Church Street intersection three vehicles collided with no injuries reported. Leo LaRoche and Roland Bovie were involved along with Richard Danforth. all three cars sustained minor damage. Hoosick Falls police also reported several arrests this week for speeding and driving violations.
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Hoosick Falls
River and
Church Streets
Leo LaRoche
Carey Ave
Roland Bovie
Petersburg
Church Street
Bovie
River Street
LaRoche
Richard F. Danforth
High St
Roxy Bushee
Bennington
Main Street
Harold E. Lohnes
Elm
Sixth
Richard Sandercox
Troy
Readers Help Solve Troy Drugstore Question From 1940s
In the Troy area a reader asks about a drugstore near Proctor's Theatre in the early 1940s. The column cites Drake's Pharmacy at 75 Fourth St and traces later occupants and ownership, including Miracle brushes and anecdotes from readers about ancestors and local history.
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Troy
Proctor's Theater
Proctor’s
Andy’s
Drake’s
Fourth St
Geiger
Edwards
O'Crowley
Fatone
Hoosick Falls Board Walks Out Of Negotiations
The Hoosick Falls School Board Negotiating Team left a bargaining session with the Hoosick Falls Teachers Association at 10 p.m. The impasse was declared and PERB will be notified to assign a mediator fact finder. An association spokesman said progress had been made before the walkout.
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Hoosick Falls
New York State Public Employment Relations Board
PERB
Gray Film Atelier seeks new Hoosick Falls lease
Hoosick Falls filmmaker Paul Gray says time is tight as the lease on the Wilson Hill Road barn ends and the building sells. The Gray Film Atelier, with an apprentice program, must find a one to two year home while preparing to start production on Everyman and expand apprentices in the fall.
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Hoosick Falls
Paul Gray
Gray Film Atelier
Wilson Hill Road
Atelier
Gray
Everyman
Hoosick
Gretchen Gray
The
Super 8 Filmmaker
Mississippi
Wrgb Television
Schenectady
WCAX
Burlington
Cambridge Bicentennial parade set for Saturday at 11
The Cambridge Bicentennial parade will travel Main Street starting at 11 a.m. Saturday featuring bands floats and marching groups from local organizations as the week’s bicentennial events conclude. Nearby events include a New York Farm and Garden Club meeting and a barbershop chorus trip to San Francisco with participants from Cambridge.
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Main Street
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Glens Falls
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Saratoga
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America
San Francisco
Calif
Racing City
Montreal
New Orleans
Cambridge Bazaar Highlights Craft Food and Fun Park
The Cambridge bazaar offers booths with crafts food candy aprons and white elephants. Share Booths feature Leta Tully and Laura Dunbar selling shares for a Granny Square Afghan by Dorothea Roewer. A Fun and Games Park runs across from the hotel with pony rides and adults games of chance. Frances Voerman leads as general chairman of Cambridge Valley Chapter.
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Leta Tully
Laura Dunbar
Dorothea Roewer
Washington County
New York
Gloria
Bob Holbrook
Frances Voerman
Cambridge Valley
Hoosick Falls Eagles Hold Yard Sale July 17
Hoosick Falls the annual yard sale by the Retired Eagles Activities Club will be in Capano's parking lot at Elm and Church Streets from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donations other than clothes should be arranged with Mary Capano or Lyda Dooley, chairwoman and cochairman.
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Eagles
Retired Eagles Activities Club
Capano
Elm and
Church Streets
Mary Capano
Chairman
Lyda Dooley
Cochairman
Petersburg weighs water assessment and town business
Petersburg favors a 15 dollar special assessment for water system improvements. The town board awarded a 47500 dollar Caterpillar grader contract, rejected a 39950 dollar bid from Gallion Co. A Youth Commission meeting is set for 8 p.m. at Joseph Stellaon’s home.
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Petersburg
Gallion Co
Dutch Sloops Return to Hudson For Operation Sail
Nine antique Dutch leeboard sloops sail up the Hudson from New York to Albany for Operation Sail stopping at Tarrytown Castleton Kinderhook and Albany. The crews of 29 men and 15 women stay with local families and wear 17th century dress to recall Henry Hudson’s 1600 voyage aboard the Half Moon.
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Hudson River
New York
Albany
Tarrytown
Holland
Bolle Beertje
Bothe Weije
Dank Baarheid
de Hop
Minke Lokke
Njord
Schuimer
Vrouwe Lotje
Zevija
Castleton
Kinderhook
Henry Hudson
New York City
Grange to meet for bicentennial program July 14
Hoosick Grange members will gather July 14 at the Grange Hall for the first half of a bicentennial program. At a recent meeting Mable W Hewitt received a Golden Sheaf Certificate for 88 years of service. The July 28 meeting will honor July birthdays and August sessions will cover officer election and installation.
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Grange
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Grange
Mable W. Hewitt
The
Elfard
Edward Dudley Tibbits
Petersburg Ambulance Adds New Contact Numbers
The Petersburg Ambulance announces operation with new contact numbers 658-3390 3014 and 3209 for residents. North Petersburg residents may call 270-5252 to avoid toll charges. A temporary dispatch system is in place until a permanent setup is established. The next Petersburg Volunteer Ambulance Squad meeting is July 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Methodist Church Hall. new members are welcome.
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Petersburg
North Petersburg
Methodist Church Hall
Area highway workers join Teamsters Union vote
Fort Edward Washington County Highway Department employees voted June 30 to join the Teamsters Union after six months without a contract. Harold Worthington said the workers chose the union following meetings with the Washington County Board of Supervisors. The tally occurred at the Fort Edward Highway Garage.
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Washington County Highway Department
Teamsters Union
Harold Worthington
Washington County Board of Supervisors
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