Fear and vandalism plague Russell Avenue youths in North Greenbush
Neighbors on Russell Avenue in Wynantskill describe a nightly reign of terror by a large group of youths at a wooden footbridge over a stream. Property damage includes smashed mailboxes broken lights and a threat to burn homes, with authorities saying few arrests occur due to lack of formal complaints.
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Stephen Grogan
Sheriff's Department
Russell Avenue
Robert J. Whitney
Whitney
North Greenbush
Mike McMahon
Wynantskill
Rensselaer council approves housing bonds for seniors
The Rensselaer Common Council authorized tax-exempt bonds to fund 56 low rent senior housing units. The Citizens and Churches United for Senior Citizen Housing of Rensselaer Inc. will handle construction financing and leasing without city debt. HUD funding near final approval, with construction hoped this season.
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Rensselaer
Rensselaer Common Council
Citizens and Churches United For
City of
Richard Reilly
New York City
Ruland J. Brown
First Baptist Church
HUD
Housing and Urban Development Agency
East Greenbush to rehiring officer amid budget talks
East Greenbush officials in an executive session floated thrift measures and provisional approval to rehire Patrolman Thomas Duclos after passing the weight test. Town Supervisor Michael Van Voris said rehire will occur soon amid manpower shortages and overtime costs.
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East Greenbush
Thomas Duclos
Michael van Voris
Police
Highway Department
van Voris
Parks and Recreation Department
Maple Hill High Principal Resigns in Schodack Board Action
Maple Hill High School principal Michael Nagle resigns after one year. The Schodack Central Board of Education accepts the resignation with regret and starts advertising for a new principal to begin this summer. The meeting also covers reorganization and staff changes.
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Castleton
Michael Nagle
Maple Hill High School
Schodack Central Board of Education
Ade .Nagle
Maple Hill
Nagle
Seth Honeyman
Paul Vadnais
Brookview
Rensselaer Cops Win Civil Service Appeal on Eye Tests
Three Rensselaer patrolmen Richard Buono Vincent Farrell and James Cox won their state Supreme Court appeal over job terminations for failing eye tests. The decision rests on the three year statute of limitations and cannot be reversed easily by the Civil Service Commission. The officers expressed relief and planned celebration as the 30 day window for an appellate challenge looms.
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City Civil Service Commission
State Commission
State Supreme Court
Richard Buono
Vincent Farrell
James Cox
Commission
State Civil Service Commission
Department
Peter R. Kehoe
Thomas Mitchell
Kehoe
Civil Service Commission
Jerry Lockman
East Greenbush
Rensselaer approves boat launch near Forbes Avenue
The Rensselaer Common Council backs a county proposed boat launch at the former water filtration plant in the Seventh Ward, praising the planning and conservation groups. A public hearing on Aug 3 will review a $4.5 million indebtedness for the Albany Rensselaer Port with $307,350 allocated to Rensselaer, financed by bonds and notes. The council also approved income eligibility changes for senior property tax exemptions and bids for a police car and mobile radar unit funded by a $220,000 Safer Roads grant.
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Forbes Avenue
Seventh Ward
Rensselaer County Conservation Alliance
Alliance
Jeffries
Common Council
City of
Albany Port District
Albany Port District Commission
Joseph P. Mink
Rensselaer
City and police seek arbitration to break deadlock
Mayor Mink convened a meeting of the city negotiation committee after a council session to pursue binding arbitration by PERB amid a standstill over retirement terms. Police oppose 25 year retirement at 35, while CSEA talks near agreement and the fire department deal remains in place.
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Rensselaer
Joseph P. Mink
Fernando DiTullio
Public Employment Relations Board
PERB
DiTullio
Mink
Civil Service Employees Association
CSEA
Chauncey Tierney
Nels Carlson
Schodack Central Wins National Arts Grant
Schodack Central School received one of 75 national arts education grants from the U.S. Office of Education. The program funds visual arts and drama coordinators for grades two through six, benefiting about 500 pupils, from September through July 30, 1978. District staff will hire coordinators this summer. Mint Market: the Reformed Church of Schodack plans its 5th annual mini market and chicken barbecue at Muitzkill on Aug 13, seeking donated items.
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Schodack Central School
United States Office of Education
New York State
The
Reformed Church of Schodack
Muitzeskill
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