Hoosick Falls incumbents win reelection in village vote
Hoosick Falls voters kept the village board intact with mayor Donald Bogardus and trustees William Greenwood Marilyn Douglas and Howard Shaw re elected. Bogardus led with 868 votes defeating Democrat John Gorman. Trustee leaders were Douglas 1 074 Shaw 923 and Greenwood 816 with other candidates receiving varying totals. The three independent and three Democratic trustees maintain a split board with no party majority. Ward tallies show distributed support across all districts.
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Marilyn Douglas
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Chants Collage No 67 Concert At Bennington College
More than 1,000 voices and instrumentalists from Hoosick Falls and surrounding communities join Gunnar Schonbeck at Bennington College for an unrehearsed concert titled Chants Collage No 67. The show features six chants per region, homemade percussion, the Bubble Phone, and audience participation. Open free to the public at 8 p.m. in the New Performing Arts Center, dedicating the program to two late local educators.
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Hoosick Falls
Bennington College
Gunnar Schonbeck
Schonbeck
Bennington
Vincent Spinelli
John Bischoff
North Bennington
Greenwall Music Workshop of the New Performing Arts Center
Water works employees rescued from flood by boat
Three Hoosick Falls village workers Charles McInerney William Shiland and Thomas Bass were treated for carbon monoxide inhalation after pump exhaust fumes built up in the flooded water works building. They were rescued by the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad using a row boat and taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital where McInerney and Shiland were released and Bass remained in satisfactory condition.
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Hoosick Falls
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Charles McInerney
William Shiland
Thomas Bass
Tion
Town of Hoosick
McInerney
Shiland
Putnam Memorial
Bennington
Bass
Help Line Answers and Local Craft Shop Spotlight
A Sunday column invites readers to share military service queries with Bob Hope inquiries dated 1944. It also highlights the Co-Operative Crafts Shop in Troy, a studio offering handmade items and craft supplies produced by artisans including those in Eleanor Roosevelt Developmental Services, with hours and contact details.
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Times Record
Troy
N.Y
Bob Hope
Bizerte
North Africa
Eleanor Roosevelt Developmental Services
Rensselaer County Association
Helen Fields Named to 1977 Talent Roster
LOUDONVILLE Siena College junior Helen Fields of Latham is named to the 1977 Talent Roster of Outstanding Community College students. About 1 225 students nationwide were chosen by the College Entrance Examination Board to recruit minority students for colleges and universities. Fields, a St Louis native, graduated from Hudson Valley Community College in 1976 and is a marketing and management major at Siena. She is mother to Stac 7 and Stana 19 months.
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Siena College
Helen Fields
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College Entrance Examination Board
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St. Louis
Hudson Valley Community College
State Capitol
New York State
Albany
Siena
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Colonie Superintendent Gerson Hosts Open House March 18
Raymond Gerson superintendent of South Colonie Central Schools will hold a monthly open house for district residents on Friday March 18 at 9 30 a.m. at 102 Loralee Drive Albany. Colonie Police Investigator Ronald Krosky will attend to share information about the department.
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Colonie
South Colonie
Raymond Gerson
Loralee Drive
Albany
Ronald Krosky
Colonie Police Department
Hoosick Falls Returns to Normal After Flood Waters
Hoosick Falls precincts report the Hoosick River back to normal levels and village water from flood waters. Water works operator Charles McInerney says flood water mostly cleared, pumps running, though residents should boil discolored water until the health department advises otherwise. Northern Rensselaer County also returns to normal with minor damage and all main roads open.
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Hoosick Falls
Hoosick
Charles McInerney
McInerney
Rensselaer County Health Department
Rensselaer County
Oak Weathered Flood at River Road Plant
Hoosick Falls Oak Materials Group reports the River Road circuit materials plant flooded with over two feet of water and mud. As Hoosick River receded clean up moved fast and partial production is to resume today. Damage estimates delayed to week end. All other Oak plants closed Monday to preserve water supply.
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Hoosick River
Hoosick Falls
David Bidwell
Oak Materials Group
River Road
Bidwell
Mechanicville approves rail overpass to end city split
Mechanicville wins state approval for a rail overpass to End hours of division when trains pass. Boston and Maine plans an $18 million yard expansion, with hearings this summer to decide design and location. City officials say construction will take at least two years and cost about $4 million funded by a federal program.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston and Maine
Mechanicville
Transportation Department
Legion marks 58th anniversary at Hoosick Post No 40 dinner
Hoosick Post No 40 American Legion celebrated its 58th anniversary with a dinner-dance at the VFW hall on School Street attended by about 75 people. Herman Harrington spoke as main speaker. awards honored meritorious service and long-term members including John Cramer Alfred Rice and Francis Murphy. Special merit plaque went to Murphy for 13 years as post adjutant, presented by Donald Wittenberg. Continuous service awards covered 5 to 30 years for numerous members. Invited guests and county leaders attended. county delegates planned to meet at Wynantskill.
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John Cramer
Alfred Rice
Francis Murphy
Donald Wittenberg
Thomas Beaumont
Fred Brenenstuhl
John Capano
Harold Crowley
Carl Cunningham
Howard Haynes
Earl Kenney
Fred McGuire
Gerard McInerney
William McMartin
Harry Mulready
Samuel Shaw
Lawrence J. Church
Caster Brodeski
Lester Callahan
Anthony Davendanis
Michael J. Restino
Thomas Restino
Raymond Thomas
Joseph Auering
Wilson Brownell
Stanley Arasim
Albert Goodwin
John P. Gorman
James Cutler
Willmont Griffin
Charles Ayers
Albert Martino
Rensselaer County
Charles Frichette
Post
Roberta Cramer
Hoosick Unit No. 40
Ann Harrington
Department of New York Auxiliary
VFW
Hoosick Valley Post
Hoosick Post
Vogel and Ford win in Cambridge village board race
In Cambridge Gail Vogel defeats incumbent Donald Cummings to join the village board while Stanley Ford wins a fourth term as trustee. Mayor Robert P. Wright is reelected unopposed. Wright 804 votes Ford 247 Vogel 236 Cummings 222. total 392, down from last year.
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Gail Vogel
Donald Cummings
Stanley Ford
Robert P. Wright
Wright
Ford
Vogel
Cummings
No grid game in 77 Hoosick Falls Cambridge rivalry ends
Hoosick Falls Central School will not play Cambridge Central School next year as the Northern Conference Football League bans non league games with leaves of absence. Cambridge and Stillwater have requested leaves, shrinking the league to eight districts. The board also authorized a 110000 loan for March 29 to April 18 and granted tenure to seven teachers while approving sabbatical leave for Richard Turi.
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Hoosick Falls Central School
Cambridge Central School
William Waterhouse
Northern Conference Football League
Cambridge Central
Stillwater Central
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