Severe thunderstorm devastates Hoosick Falls causing four fires
A Tuesday night storm lashed Hoosick Falls with lightning and hail, igniting four fires on Main Street and Rogers Avenue, downing power lines, splitting trees, and shattering windows. Firefighters from Hoosick Falls North Hoosick and Hoosick battled transformer fires and a barn blaze, with power restored gradually by Niagara Mohawk by morning. Three minor injuries were reported as crews brought fires under control around midnight.
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Hoosick Falls
Main Street
Griffin Avenue
Rogers Avenue
Walter Sprague
North Hoosick
Hoosick
Church Street
Sprague
Arthur Armstrong
Kavage
Niagara Mohawk Power Company
Ann
Armstrong
Don Hillman
Ann Armstrong
C.W. McKeen
General Motors Donates Car to Castleton High School
General Motors presented a 1976 Vega with parts and tools to Castleton On Hudson High School. The donation aims to train personnel for a growing automotive industry and will support driver education and shop classes.
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General Motors
Castleton
Empire State Plaza hosts a Bicentennial museum opening extravaganza
The State Museum at Empire State Plaza opens with a four day celebration featuring Don McLean, the Festival of Praise 76 Choir, a folk festival with Evelyne eers Burnstine and others, a student produced Revolution musical, and a joint Lake George Opera Festival Albany Symphony Orchestra concert. Rain plan shifts events to Palace Theater or Cathedral. Free parking for 2500 cars and Capital District Transportation Authority bus service available.
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Albany
New State Museum
Empire State Plaza
Evelyne eers-Burnstine
Lake George Opera Festival
Albany Symphony Orchestra
George Gershwin
Aaron Copland
John Philip Sousa
Leonard Bernstein
Horatio Parker
Charles Ives
Capital District Transportation Authority
Hotline Frank Sherry and Public Service Directory Update
Hotline Frank Sherry offers advice on auto damage liability and consumer rights. A four county public service directory lists 415 agencies aiding local residents, compiled by the Albany area Council of Community Services and sold for $2. The item also gives contact details for the Canadian Consulate in New York City and notes a missing model car parts inquiry and a customer check issue.
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Directory of Human Services
United Way
Council of Community Services
Albany
Rensselaer
Schenectady
Saratoga
Council
Madison Ave
N.Y
New York City
Canada
Avenue of the Americas
New York
Two Bodies Recovered From Lake Luzerne Tragedy
Two Long Island teenagers drowned when their rubber rafts capsized on Lake Luzerne. Vincent Striano, 17, was found ashore near a camp owned by Isabelle Morrow, and Kenneth Reid, 19, was recovered in the Hudson River near Windsor Cotey. Coroner John Cunningham ruled both deaths as drownings.
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Lake Luzerne
Long Island
Saratoga County
Vincent Striano
Hawkeye St
Ronkonkamo
Isabelle Morrow
Cavern Dr
Lake Luzern
Kenneth W. Reid
Mohegan Ave
Hudson River
Windsor Cotey
Corinth
Warren County
John Cunningham
Striano
Reid
Hadley
Michael
Penny
Stacey Smithline
Garden Court
Lonig Island
Berlin to host weekend of Bicentennial activities
Berlin prepares a three day program sponsored by the Berlin Bicentennial Committee. events include a Saturday flower show at Berlin Central School with crafts, a Bicentennial quilt auction, an Apple Tree Girl film, and a history exhibit. Sunday features church services and a repeat of Saturday activities. Monday parades, a fire hall barbecue, and school field day conclude the observances.
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Berlin
Mildred Livingston
Methodist Church
Yesteryear
Seventh Day Baptist Church
Cambridge In vitational Predicted Log Race Returns
The Cambridge invitational Predicted Log Race is reinstated this year with a 1 30 p m start Sunday weather permitting. The event begins at Dutchmans Hole on the Battenkill near the Vermont border, with a contingency date if the day is inclement.
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Cambridge
Dutchman’s Hole
Battenkill
Vermont
Open house to celebrate America at senior center
HOOSICK FALLS a community open house at the Senior Citizens Center on Church Street begins 6 30 p m with a birthday cake by Ruth Van DerKar and food by Catherine Green and Grace Armstrong. artifacts displays crafts demonstrations and a patriotic float race are featured with safety rules and a post event picnic planned.
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Hoosick Falls
America
Senior Citizens Center
Church Street
Ruth van DerKar
Elizabeth Pokines
Alice Wolff
Isabell Wilwol
Ben Potts
Ray Phillips
Jerry Morin
Catherine Green
Anton Beza
Pete’s Friendly Service
Park Street
Cambridge
Salem
Jackson
White Creek
Eagleville
Books Due Back At School For Shenendehowa District
Non public school students in Shenendehowa may return textbooks at the Middle School A business office from today through July 9 between 8 am and 3 pm. District students from Academy of Holy Names Doane Stuart Christian Brothers Academy Our Savior Lutheran Sts. Peter and Paul St. Marie St. Michael's in Cohoes Notre Dame Bishop Gibbons Schenectady Loudonville Christian Day School and LaSalle Institute in Troy should also return during this period.
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Clifton Park
Shenedehowa
Shenendehowa
Academy of Holy Names
Doane Stuart
Christian Brothers Academy
Our Savior Lutheran
St. Pius
Albany
Catholic Central
LaSalle Institute
Troy
Immaculate Conception
Watervliet
Sts. Peter and Paul
St. Marie
St. Michael's
Cohoes
Notre Dame
Bishop Gibbons
Schenectady
Loudonville
Nurses Association meeting in Bennington
The Bennington County Registered Nurses Association sponsors an informational program on the American Nurses Association at St. Peter's Church Pleasant Street Bennington at 7 p.m. Tonight's session will discuss educational opportunities for nurses with guest speaker Ann Janney from the Vermont State Nurses Association. Any registered nurse may attend.
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Bennington
Bennington County Registered Nurses Association
American Nurses Association
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Pleasant Street
Ann Janney
Vermont State Nurses Association
Flooding closes Route 7 near Vermont border
Severe flooding shut New York State Route 7 near the Vermont line Tuesday night. A culvert bridge washed out near Smith's Gulf in Hoosick creating an eight foot deep hole. Route 7 remains closed from Smith gas station to the Vermont border for two to three days with reroutes via Breeze Hollow Road or Hoosick Falls. Nearby Bennington Vermont closed River Road Chapel Road and Orebed Road due to flooding.
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Brunswick
New York
Vermont
Smith's Gulf Station
Hoosick
Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Department
Smith Gas Station
State Department of Transportation
Breeze Hollow
Hoosick Falls
Bennington
Chapel Road
Dr David S Jackson to join Cambridge internal medicine group
Dr David S Jackson to practice internal medicine in Cambridge joining Drs Newton Kruncieck Joseph C Pender Arthur F Amick and Edward M Hughes. Born Milford Connecticut and long time Greenwich resident he earned a B S from Albany College of Pharmacy 1966 and an M D from Albany Medical College 1973. Married Pamela Woodward they reside in Cambridge with two children.
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Cambridge
David S. Jackson
Newton Kruncieck
Joseph C. Pender
Arthur F. Amick
Edward M. Hughes
Jackson
Milford
Conn
Greenwich
Albany College of Pharmacy
Albany Medical College
Albany Medical Center
Harold Lincoln heads nursing home group
Harold Lincoln is elected president of the Resident's Association at Mary McClellan Hospital's Skilled Nursing Facility to fill the unexpired term of Elizabeth Smith. Waite Pettys becomes vice president. Pettys, 93, is the facility's oldest resident and editor of the Cracker Barrel. Lincoln, learning to walk on two artificial legs, is a keen gardener with many plants at the south side of the building.
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Cambridge
Harold Lincoln
Mary McClellan Hospital
Lincoln
Elizabeth Smith
Waite Pettys
Greenwich
Kingstown Kingston Visit Opens Floating Bicentennial Barge
Early New Yorkers played kolf and modern visitors tour the State Bicentennial Barge in Kingston and Albany. The barge, part museum and exhibit space, showcases colonial life and Revolution era scenes with a Franklin style press printing New York three dollar bills, then sold as souvenirs on board.
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Kingston
Benjamin Franklin
New York State
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Don McLean
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Larry Older
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Sara Cleveland
Paul Caldwell
Dan Smith
Ray Wall
Broken String Band
Schenectady-Niskayuna Folk Culture Club
Utica Free Academy
Palace Theater
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Eagle Street
Madison Avenue
Times Record
V.W
A.F
Petersburg
Frank Sherry
Vincent Tapler
Steve Ryan
Cynthia Davis
Luzerne, Hudson
Berlin Watips Association
School Street
Park Avenue
Grace Armstrong
Catherine Hughes
Frances Stewart
Mary Leeseman
Peter Clark
Route 313
Dr. Jackson
South Union St
Andteers Hollow Road
Port of Albany
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