Water Crisis Tests Hoosick Falls Residents
Hoosick Falls faced a flooded water works causing muddy water or no supply. By Wednesday the water was drinkable after boiling three minutes and pressure pumps restored flow with help from the village fire department county health officials and the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
Claude D. Rounds
Rensselaer County Health Department Division of Environmental Health
Charles Stowell
Rounds
Bogardus
Fire Department
Highway Department
Water Works
Gerard McInerney
Rensselaer County Health Department
Civil Defense
Hoosick Falls Flood Damage Totals 26059 Dollars
Hoosick Falls reports 26059 dollars in flood damage as of Wednesday. Village officials led by Charles Stowell and Donald Bogardus pressed for disaster status to unlock potential state aid. County executives and engineers surveyed the area to assess Sunday and Monday flood impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
Charles Stowell
Stowell
Donald Bogardus
William Murphy
Rensselaer County
Murphy
Bogardus
Dorothy Reynolds
Reynolds
Glow Worm Theme Inspires Hoosick Grange Meeting
Hoosick Falls Grange held a Lecturer’s Program titled Glow Worm. Readings included The Statue of Liberty and Washington Monument with Glow and Things that Glow, plus Brighten the Corner sung by a choir. A mortgage burning ceremony and a 70th Salem Grange anniversary plan were announced.
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Hoosick
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Grange
Mable Hewitt
Carleton Philpott
Washington Monument
Ralph J. Griswold
Hewitt
Gospel singers to be in Berlin
The Light Bearers of Christ gospel group will perform at the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Berlin on Wednesday at 7 30 p m. An open invitation is extended to all to attend. The Petersburg Camp Fire Girls will hold a food sale at the Veterans Memorial Hall Saturday from 10 a m to noon and will run a candy sale from March 28 through April 15. They also sponsor a paper drive April 16 from 9 to 10 a m. Call Mrs. June Hemeon at 658 294 to arrange paper pickup. Pastor Nevin Korb serves as interim at Petersburgh Baptist Church and a special church meeting is planned Wednesday.
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Harrison
Bonesteel
Petersburg
Light Bearers of Christ
Seventh Day Baptist Church
Berlin
Petersburg Camp
June Henneon
Carmie O’donovan
Veterans Memorial Hall
Camp Fire Girls
June Hemeon
Nevin Korb
Petersburgh Bantsit
St Marys hosts wine and cheese and dances events
The parish hosts a wine and cheese tasting in the Church of the Immaculate Conception hall at 7 tonight. The St Patrick's Dance at St Marys Academy gym runs 9 pm to 1 am with music by Ronnie Nelson. tickets at the door include corned beef sandwiches beer and set ups. St Stanislaw's Auxiliary meets Sunday at 2 pm in the clubhouse. Lynn Ciuk joins PSI CHI at Russell Sage College and makes dean's list. Sylvia Gates begins nursing studies at Putnam Memorial Hospital School. St Hilda's Guild resumes meetings with a covered dish supper and plans a Spring Rummage Sale April 1. Margaret Wheeler is honored for years as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Auxiliary
Church of the Immaculate Conception
ST. Stanislaw's Auxiliary
St. ‘ Stanislaw's Society
Jeanette Davendonis
Lynn Ciuk
First St
Russell Sage
Sylvia Gates
Floyd Gates
Carey Avenue
Propane Tank Alert Ends Quietly In Hudson Area
An emergency alert after seven propane tanks were reported loose in the Hudson River near Waterford proved unfounded as six of seven tanks were later found empty. Officials said the watch was prudent to prevent potential bridge impacts and injuries, with the incident traced to a sewage plant site at Garrett Field.
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Waterford
Hudson River
Albany
Garrett Field
U.S. Coast Guard
Troy
Cohoes
Watervliet
Rensselaer
Hudson
Mohawk River
Coast Guard
Hoosick Board Tackles Field Problems and Elderly Program
Hoosick Town Board discussed field issues at the town athletic complex including a low backstop, wet and bumpy turf, and an inadequate mower and took no action. The meeting also outlined Project Alert for the town’s elderly led by assessor Jack Burke in coordination with county efforts. Seaman Christopher L. Gaines, of Hoosick Falls, a Coast Guard hospital corpsman, is enforcing the 200 mile fishery conservation zone. He joined the Coast Guard in January 1975 after graduating Hoosick Falls Central High in 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
Jack Burke
Norfolk
Christopher L. Gaines
Osborne Y. Gaines
Hoosick Falls
Coast Guard
Hoosick Falls Central High School
The
Washington County flood largely contained after countywide closures
Sheriff deputies report the flood situation mostly over in Washington County with major highways open. Whitehall and surrounding areas dry and damage estimates being compiled as crews clear water and debris. The Battenkill flood washed out a 100 year old covered bridge at Eagleville, a former raft race finish site, while roads recover in Owlkill Creek and Battenkill areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Sheriff's Deputies
Owlkill Creek
Battenkill
Eagleville
Hoosick Falls Senior Places Fourth in NY Oratorical Finals
Ronald F. LaPorte a Hoosick Falls Central School senior won fourth place in the New York State finals of the American Legion Oratorical Contest earning a 250 dollar scholarship. Miss Carolyn Yortan of Loyola High School Queens won the state title and advances to the National Regional 2 Contest in Seneca Falls on April 18 with national finals set for April 22 in Washington Crossing Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edie Beaumont
Hoosick Falls
Ronald F. LaPorte
Hoosick Falls Central School
New York
American Legion
LaPorte
American Legion Department of New York
Wagner College
Staten Island
Rensselaer County
Carolyn Yortan
Loyola High School
Queens
N.Y
Yortan
Seneca Falls
Washington Crossing
Francis A. LaPorte
North Hoosick Road
Mechanicville school chief faces 17 charges of delinquency
Mechanicville superintendent Donald Kearns faced 17 charges including delinquency and insubordination read by the school board. The board voted to reimpose suspension pending a formal hearing set for March 30, citing improper handling of federal and state aid, misconduct, and interference with board communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicville
Donald Kearns
Jim
Paul Loatman
Kearns
Ewald Nyquist
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Claude Rounds
County Health Department
Darlene Ward
Hoosick River
Wilfred Knapp
Grange
Salem Grange
William J. Rich
National
Washington, D.C
Edwin Brenenstuhl
Petersburg Baptist Church
St. Mary’s
ST. Patrick’s
St. Mary’s Academy
Ronnie Nelson
River Streat Hoosick Falls
Putnam Memorial Hospital School of Practical Nursing
ST. Hilda’s Guild
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Hazel Myers
Jane Behan
Ruth Danforth
Dorothy Moses
Mrs. Myers
Ann Miller
Mildred Boyer
Behan
Ethel Barrer
Moses
Guild
Allison Reed
Alice Wittenberg
George W. O'Connor
William E. Phoenix
Murray - Walters, Inc
Johnson City
Green Island
Ebb Tide
Whitehall
Red Cross
J. Donald Leahey
Zone 3
Ronald
Josephine Thorton
Barbara Newton. LaPorte
Anthony Cocozzo
Civil Service Commission
Loatman and
Guy Coreno
Virginia Moore
John Curtis
Loatman
Jannielle
Donald Tripp
Corena
Carmen Bagnoli
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