Mechanicville weighs rail crossing plans and delays
City Engineer Conrad Hoffman says the state ruling calls for an overpass but many hurdles remain. A final decision may come this fall with possible construction not before 1981, and may involve closing crossings and redirecting traffic or building a pedestrian bridge.
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Mechanicville
Conrad Hoffman
State Department of Transportation
Hoff
Central Avenue
Saratoga Avenue
Green Mountain official opposes Hoosick Falls OTB plan
Ted Colton director of publicity for Green Mountain Race Track in Pownal Vermont says an Hoosick Falls OTB parlor would cut the track’s betting market. He notes Greyhound racing shifts profit away from thoroughbreds and cites high purses, distant customers, and an honest pari mutuel greyhound sport with minimal scandals.
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Hoosick Falls
Green Mountain
Pownel
Ted Colton
Colton
Albany
Pittsfield
Saratoga
State of
Vermont
Amity Church hosts Jeremiah People in Vischer Ferry
Amity Reformed Church of Vischer Ferry welcomes Chuck Bolte and the Jeremiah People for a 7:30 p.m. program on Riverview Road. The 90minute family show blends music humor and drama from a group with four albums including Where Your Heart Is. This marks the fourth year the group performs at the church.
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Amity Reformed Church of
Vischer Ferry
Chuck Bolte
Jeremiah People
Riverview Road
William DeYoung
Shenendehowa Lions Club
Shenendehowa Free Library
Heat and smoke detectors guide and local help notes
Community advisory column lists UL approved detectors from Trojan Hardware and Vanguard Fire Alarms and notes Consumer Reports ratings. Readers may inspect October 1976 issue at Troy Public Library for more detail. Also covers mower repairs by Allied Equipment, coupon use at St. Peter's Hospital, and local service recommendations with several local names and contacts. Palm Sunday breakfast planned by Old Saratoga Reformed Church youth group in Schuylerville with April 3 donation event.
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E. C
Waterford
Mohawk Mall
Trojan Hardware
Vanguard
Watervliet
Schuylerville
Young Adult Fellowship
Old
Colonie Murders Probed Three Months After Slayings
Lt. Raymond Hahn and Albany County DA Sol Greenberg say investigators still pursue leads in the Richburg murder at Colonie Center and the Hedderman Byron double slaying in Albany. They note rewards underutilized, confidentiality protects sources, and police see no current open leads while maintaining hope for a breakthrough.
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Raymond Hahn
Colonie Police
Joan E. Richburg
Albany County
Sol Greenberg
Robert J. Hedderman
Margaret H. Byron
Richburg
Colonie Center
Hedderman
Byron
John F. Hedderman and Sons
Albany
Hahn
Greenberg
Colonie
Albany Police Department
Snow warning ends 20 year school record
Hoosick Falls Central School closed early for the first time in 20 years as heavy snow warnings prompted dismissal at 10 am. Superintendent Phil Leonard said the decision aimed to prevent waste of planned lunch preparations if the storm arrived later.
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Hoosick Falls
Phil Leonard
Leonard
Ballston Spa Novelist Invited to Washington Lecture
Ballston Spa novelist invited to attend a Washington D C lecture by last year’s Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow on March 30. Harry Barba founder of Skidmore College writing program will attend the lecture and reception with his wife Marian, hosted by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Council for the Humanities.
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Ballston Spa
Washington D.C
Saul Bellow
Harry Barba
Skidmore College
Capital District
National Endowment For the Humanities
National Council For the Humanities
Marian
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Saratoga County
Amity Church
Jeremiah
Clifton Park
Family Life Center
Christ Community Church, Reformed
Marijane Goyer
Mrs. Goyer
Boston University
University of Texas
State University of New York
Ruth Carrigan
Joanne Smith
Times Record
Troy
N.Y
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
Melville, L. I
W. T. Grant Co
Allied Equippment Service
Moe Rd
Allied
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Wynantskill
Betty Crocker
St. ~‘Peter’s Hospital
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National Rand Co
New York City
Decker
F. E
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Cropseyville
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Melrose
Community Gardens
Denise
Guardsman
Macy's
M. G
van Dyke
Goyer
SUNYA
State University College At
New Paltz
Winfield State Hospital
Winfield
Kan
Human
Bill Barbuto
Barbuto
Ballston Spaman and Cohoes
Times
C. W. McKeen
Dennis R. Nelson
Colonie Force
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