Stephentown artist records Taconic Valley in lithographs
Stephentown artist Bob Forman sketches Taconic Valley towns for a bicentennial project. He has finished Berlin and Stephentown, plans more towns, spends 300 to 400 hours per lithograph, and sells prints for 4.50. He works at Snyder Printing in Troy, paints Americana, and taught at City University before returning to rural life.
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Stephentown
Taconic
Bob Forman
Forman
Berlin
Troy
Walter Synder Printing Company
Synder Printing
Douglas MacArthur
John and
Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King
City University
New York
Taconic Valley
Bennington
Vermont
Alan Funt
Picture 76 photo contest kicks off for Rensselaer parade
The Rensselaer Bicentennial Commission invites amateur photographers to enter its Picture 76 contest, covering the Sept 20 Bicentennial Parade. Entries open April 1 and close April 30, judged by two professionals, with the winner announced May 15.
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Rensselaer
Rensselaer Bicentennial Commission
Rensselaer, N.Y
Senior Citizens Plan Sixth Anniversary Homemade Banner
Senior Citizens will present a homemade barrier to the group's president at the seniors sixth anniversary celebration March 25 at 8 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Washington Ave. The red and white banner depicts the activities of the seniors and has a map of the city on it.
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Rensselaer
Knights of Columbus
Washington Ave
Hypnotist tips and reader questions in HOT LINE column
Readers seek a hypnotist to quit smoking and inquire about a Baby Butler high chair. The column notes past cases of fraud by a Schenectady hypnotist and suggests Smokers Anonymous, listing Albany contact. Other questions request stove manuals and a Detroit Jewel Strata 30 stove address.
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HOT Line
Schenectady
Smokers Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
Gamblers Anonymous
Albany
Colvin St
Adler
Detroit
Name of antiques figurine restorer sought for repair
Mrs Wilbur F Curtis from Mechanicville asks if we can provide the same antique figurine restorer formerly published. She notes a recently delivered item arrived broken and requests contact details for restoration services in Albany New York and vicinity.
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Wilbur F. Curtis
Mechanicville
A. Marlaine Brown
Wellington Ave
Albany
N.Y
Oil firms to share rail crossing barrier costs at Teller's Crossing
East Greenbush town officials report oil firms at Port of Rensselaer favor sharing the roughly 80 thousand dollar installation cost with federal funds covering 90 percent. Meeting set with industry reps, local officials, and federal railroad personnel as truck traffic through Teller's Crossing rises.
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East Greenbush
Rensselaer
Teller
Michael Rock
East Greenbush Town Hall
van Vorts
Teller's Crossing
van Voris
Two policemen injured in Rensselaer fight
In Rensselaer a Friday night altercation at Third Street and Central Avenue left two police officers William Farley and John Owens with bruises and contusions. A third man, Joseph Fiacco, remained hospitalized with head stomach and groin injuries. No charges were filed.
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Rensselaer
Albany
Third St
Central Ave
William Farley
John Owens
St. Peter’s Hospital
Owens
Farley
Joseph Fiacco
4Th St
Albany Medical Center
Malcolm Cobb
Chestnut
Albany Memorial Hospital
Robin Beebe
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Charles E. Straight
Straight
Broadway
James G. Reid
Second Ave
Nancy Reid
George la Mountain
Aiken Ave
Dunn Memorial Bridge
la Mountain
Washington Ave
Iowa Ave
Bruce D. Shepley
Church St
N. Adams
Mass
Iowa
Andrew R. Cytrynak
Troy
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William Herald
Attorney General's Office
Frank Sherry
DeWitt Leggett
Idlewild Park Watervliet
Florence Thompson
Bemis Heights
Rensselaer County
Jennifer Hobb
Green Meadow School
Larry Roberts
Kim Lapp
Jodi Reinhart
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