Better Pet Welfare Rules Target Albany Hearing
Albany hearing on Humane Legislation Committee advances four bills to regulate pet shops and animal breeders. Proponents cite abuse examples such as dogs cramped in cages and dead birds. Debates over inspection costs and license fee changes for dogs and cats dominate a longer session with open hearings set for March 18.
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Albany
Louis Lefkowitz
Agriculture and Markets and Conservation
Cyril Moore
Agriculture and Markets
State Legislative Office
Help Wanted in Times Record Column Notes
Readers share tax rebate confusion and success stories in a Glad We Could Help column. Mrs J K Johnsonville asks about a missing state rebate. The Times Record researchers trace through state and federal agencies, confirming an additional state payment arrived. Other readers receive assistance on mail orders, insurance, and missing items. Dorothy Hamill address provided as requested.
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N.Y
Albany Meeting Forms North River Friends of Clearwater
Those interested in the Hudson River sloop Clearwater and river environment are invited to a Sunday 1 p.m. meeting at First Presbyterian Church Albany State and Willett Streets. The session will discuss the sloop future and Hudson River environmental activities with several area legislators and state agency representatives expected. The North River Friends of Clearwater is a newly formed group backing river cleanup across the state.
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Albany
New North River Friends of Clearwater
First Presbyterian Church
State and Willett Streets
North River Friends of Clearwater
Hoosick Falls Plans Funding Proposals For HUD Grant
Hoosick Falls village board debated three HUD grant allocation proposals at a regular meeting. The plan includes 40,000 to subsidize rehabilitation loan interest and a 10,000 pool to create fifty 200 grants administered by the Commission on Economic Opportunity. The board questioned changing the apportionment and income-based interest rates, urging a press release once details are confirmed.
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Hoosick Falls
Capital District
Rolf Sternberg
Peter Kent
Public debate on Off Track Betting in Hoosick Falls district
Hoosick Falls residents discussed Off Track Betting at a special town meeting. Legislator Thomas Restino, who supports OTB, seeks broader public views after noting limited local information and a reader sentiment leaning in favor. Public hearing on amendments set for March 26 at 7 30 p.m. in the village office.
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Hoosick
Thomas Restino
Grafton
OTB
Restino
Darlene Ward Takes Over Hoosick Falls News Desk
Darlene Ward becomes the new Times Record bureau reporter in Hoosick Falls, taking over from Jane Areson who resigned. A Williamsville native with a BA in English from SUNY, Ward moved to Hoosick Falls last November and started in advertising before shifting to reporting. She invites readers to share news items by calling 686-9731 or 683-9711.
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Hoosick
Falls
Rensselaer County
Darlene Ward
Times Record Bureau
Jane Areson
Buffalo
Williamsville
Darlene
Albany
The
State University
Hoosick Falls
Times Record
Troy
Hoosick Falls Junior Band Pops Concert Tonight
The Hoosick Falls Central School Junior Band performs its second annual pops concert at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium under director William Gaillard. Proceeds fund uniforms, with tickets from band members or at the door. Gaillard calls the band one of the best balanced in recent years and urges community attendance.
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Hoosick Falls
William Gaillard
Uniiforms
Gaillard
Albany Institute Speaker To Address Rensselaer Society
Kenneth MacFarland Albany Institute of History and Art librarian and former Rensselaer school superintendent will speak to the City of Rensselaer Historical Society Monday at 8 p.m. in the common council chambers. A discussion on restraining riverfront buildings on Riverside Avenue is also planned.
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Rensselaer
Kenneth MacFarland
Albany Institute of History and Art
City of Rensselaer Historical Society
Author Berlitz to Speak at Siena College
Loudonville Charles Berlitz creator of The Bermuda Triangle will lecture at Siena College campus center at 8 p.m. The talk covers disappearances near Miami where over 100 ships and aircraft have vanished. Public admission is one dollar.
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Siena
Loudonville
Charles Berlitz
Siena College
Berlitz
Miami
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Seminar Slated
Albany area health care professionals can attend a pulmonary rehabilitation symposium at Albany Medical College Wiggers Auditorium. Registration 8:30 to 9:00 a.m. Presented by the department of postgraduate medicine with Russell Sage College School of Physical Therapy.
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Albany — Area
Albany Medical College
Wiggers
Department of Postgraduate Medicine
Russell Sage College School of Physical Therapy
State Worker Retires After 30 Years of Service
LATHAM Errett C. Hall of 23 Eastview Drive Latham has retired from the state Department of Transportation after 30 years. He began in the soil mechanics bureau and rose to a supervisory post. Hall is a Troy High School graduate and has taken courses at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Latham
Errett C. Hall
Eastview Drive
State Department of Transportation
Hall
State
Soil Mechanics Bureau
Troy High School
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Albany YMCA Ballet and dance classes start April 3
Ballet and dance classes will be held at the Albany YMCA for children three years old and older. The twelve week course emphasizes expressive dance and includes an exercise segment.
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Albany
Albany Y.M.C.A
Nine Youths Arrested In Colonie
Nine youths aged 14 to 16 were arrested by Colonie police after a month long burglary probe in the Vly Rd area. Names are withheld due to youthful offender status. About $300 in rare silver dimes was recovered. Burglaries occurred on Gaslight Dr Wilshire Dr and the Shaker Pines Mall of the Wig Ad extension. Six suspects will face Family Court and three will appear before Judge Roland in Town Justice Court. Investigation led by Lieut. Raymond G. Hahn.
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Colonie
Vly Rd
Wilshire Dr
Shaker Pines
Roland
Town Justice Court
Lieut
Raymond G. Hahn
Eye Doctor to Talk Vision and Highway Safety
Newtonville ophthalmologist Dr. Jesse Vics will address Colonie Police Department officers on March 16 about Vision and Highway Safety for Police Officers. A ten year fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, Vics will speak at 8 p.m. in Colonie Town Hall.
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Newtonville
Loudonville
Jesse Vics
Colonie
Vics
Felow
American Academy of Optometry
Colonie Town Hall
Albany Man Charged With Bigamy in East Greenbush
Albany man Harrison E. Wicks, 40, of Clinton Avenue, was charged with two counts of bigamy and unlawfully procuring a marriage license. He allegedly married one woman while still married to another. Wicks was arraigned before Town Justice Michael Hippek and jailed in Rensselaer County pending trial. Investigation by Senior Investigator J. P. Kivlin and Investigator E. Miller led to the arrest.
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East Greenbush
Albany
State Police
Harrison E. Wicks
Clinton Ave
Wicks
Michael Hippick
Rensselaer County
J. P. Kivlin
E. Miller
Ruling On Home Improvement Store Delayed
Colonie planning board delayed a decision on converting Wolfe Road property to a cash and carry home improvements store by Evans Product Co. The plan would open a pre cut lumber and home supplies shop at 11 Wolfe Road without contractor ties or delivery service. Board seeks to assess parking and green area compliance. Also gained concept approval for a 10 lot subdivision on the Martha Male Estate between Upper London and Maple Lane Roads by Polder Inc.
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Niskayuna
Colonie Town
Evans Product Co
Grossman's
Wards Food
Wolfe Road
Colonie
Planning Board
Martha Male
Upper London
Maple Lane Roads
Polder, Ine
Burned Car Found In East Greenbush
Rensselaer police found a car reported stolen between 9:30 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Tuesday burned on Phillips Rd East Greenbush around 11 a.m. Tuesday owned by David F. LeBlanc. A second stolen car was found abandoned near the Patroon Island Bridge after being taken Monday from Albany.
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Rensselaer
Phillips Rd
East Greenbush
David F. LeBlanc
Willow Ridge
Theresa McGuire
Aiken Ave
Ann Stankevicus
Albany
St. John's
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