Rensselaer Seeks HUD funds for housing program
Rensselaer plans to submit a formal HUD application for 200000 in CDA funds for housing rehabilitation and neighborhood improvements. Mayor Mink said the invitation signals likely funding and outlined use and timing, with 150000 loans, 30000 local improvements, and 20000 program costs. Other communities also invited to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer
Joseph P. Mink
Federal Housing and Urban Development
HUD
CDA
Mink
Floyd Barwig
Green Island
Town of
Colonie
Hoosick Falls
Corinth
Help and delays in consumer problems and refunds
A reader explains delays at Aurora Products with peak January February processing and a policy to reship minor parts. The column notes a missing Social Security check and IRS refund cases, plus living-quarters issues and a thesis on sharing a furnished apartment to screen applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora Products Corp. Consumer Services
H.W
Green Island
Times Record
Probation counselors deny gangs exist in Rensselaer
In Rensselaer, two county probation counselors deny telling author Constance Reilly there are youth gangs. They say they were not aware of gangs and that the report may reflect communication errors or misinterpretations. Reilly cites multiple sources for the report on a city youth bureau funding proposal.
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Rensselaer
Carol O'Connor
John Webber
Constance Reilly
Webber
Reilly
Rensselaer Youth Commission
Donald Gilbert
Lebanon horror shapes a minister's brother's exile tale
John Maronian, brother of area pastor Rev Zareh Maronian, recalls the 13 April 1975 Beirut attack and the drift of Lebanon into civil war. He fled to America on 25 April 1976 with his family, losing home, furniture, and security as he seeks to start anew in Wilmington.
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John Maronian
Times Record
Beirut
Lebanon
Maronian
New York Life Insurance Company
Mideast
America
Troy
Zareh Maronian
Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Church
Nassau Board Approves Road Equipment Rental
Nassau town board in a special meeting approved renting two pieces of road equipment, a gravel screener and a chipper, to be used by highway superintendent Raymond Smith. The vote was unanimous with costs set at 20 cents per yard up to $2,000 for the screener and $550 per month for the chipper.
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Nassau
Raymond Smith
Smith
Floyd Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Mead Road
Mud Pond
Bliss Schoolhouse
Sweets Crossing
Tsatsawassa Lake
Martha Hicks - Dusenberry Hill
Town Hall
Gas Spill Cleaned After Tank Breaks From Car
A gas spill at the Main and Classic Streets corner in Hoosick Falls was washed away by the Hoosick Falls Fire Department Tuesday at 7:46 a.m. The tank belonging to Eric Scott of Argyle ruptured as he turned the corner. No injuries were reported.
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Hoosick Falls
Main
Classic
Eric Scott
Argyle
Scott
East Greenbush School Board Candidate Filing Deadline
Petitions for East Greenbush district elections must be filed by 4 p.m. Monday with district clerk Edmund Duprey. Three three year terms are up for election on June 9. current seats held by Robert Niemitalo Ralph Malforg and Richard Carroll. Filing requires at least 25 signatures. forms are in Duprey’s office at the Administration Center on Columbia Turnpike. Incumbents and candidates listed include Niemitalo Raquet Alvord Curdey, with Carroll among those who have not yet filed.
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East Greenbush
Edmund Duprey
Robert Niemitalo
Ralph Malforg
Richard Carroll
Duprey
District Administration
Columbia Turnpike
Clinton Heights
Robert Neimitalo
Carl Raquet
Carroll
Gregory Alvord
Louise Curdey
Mulford
Schodack Plans Two Subdivision Hearings May 17
Schodack planning board will hold two public hearings May 17 at 8 p.m. in the town hall for a four-lot Bunker Hill Estates on Bunker Hill Road and a Kane one-lot subdivision off Reno Road. The board granted conditional approval for a single family home for Albert Hoyt on Van Hosen Road and discussed other subdivisions without formal action.
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Schodack
Schodack Planning Board
Town Hall
Bunker Hill Estates
Bunker Hill Road
Kane
Reno Road
Planning Board
Albert Hoyt
van Hosen Road
John Gabalis
Recital Sunday Honoring Berlin Harpist VanVeachton Rogers
Taconic Valley Historical Society presents a harp recital in memory of VanVeachton Rogers at 3 p.m. Sunday in First Baptist Church Berlin. Corky Christman and Robin Wolf perform Rogers' harp works, with a brief history by Sharon Klein. A reception follows in Sax by Hall. Open to all.
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Berlin
Taconic Valley Historical Society
Corky Christman
Robin Wolf
VanVeachton Rogers
First Baptist Church
Christman
Carlos Salzedo
Schenectady
Wolf
Appeals court will not hear most HVCC veto disputes
The New York Court of Appeals unanimously declined to hear four HVCC matter resolutions raised by Rensselaer County Democrats claiming county executive veto power. Only one resolution about off campus offerings will be heard, with arguments set for September after the high court denied May or June hearing requests.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
Rensselaer County
Hudson Valley Community College
Appellate Division
HVCC
Supreme Court
DeForest C. Pitt
Pitt
William Murphy
High Court
Cattle Scabies Outbreaks Confirmed in Western States
Five outbreaks of cattle scabies were confirmed last month in California and New Mexico, bringing the national total to 76 cases since last July 1. Quarantines are imposed and infected cattle must be treated before shipment from affected areas.
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Washington
California
New Mexico
Agriculture Department
Hoosick Falls DAR Unit Plans Saturday Meeting
The Hoosak-Walloomsac Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold its annual meeting Saturday in the Memorial Hall of the Baptist Church in Hoosick Falls. A covered dish luncheon will be served at noon hosted by Beverly L. Sheldon Barbara H Beers Carol A Gutermuth Karen L. Lombardi and Ann A. Riedel.
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Hoosick Falls
Hoosak — Walloomsac
The
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Memorial Hall of the Baptist Church
Beverly L. Sheldon
Barbara H., Beers
Carol A
Clara
Gutermuth
Karen L. Lombardi
Ann A. Riedel
Jaws of Life fund drive starts in South Schodack community
South Schodack firefighters launch a 5000 dollar drive to buy a Jaws of Life rescue tool for their truck serving southern Rensselaer and northern Columbia counties. Proceeds from a May 22 flea market and a Bicentennial Day event at Maple Hill will support the effort. a demonstration is planned for the day.
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Jaws of Life
South Schodack
Maple Hill
Hurst
Hoosick
Norman Beaudry
Peter Jenkins
South Schodack Fire Co
N.Y
Jenkins
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Barwig
David Dax
Capital District Regional Planning Commission
Vermont
U.S.A
Original Mink Oil, Inc
Portland
Oregon
Ed Quackenbush
Mechanicville
Mink Oil
N.e.holman
Ore
Iarea
John Rasmussen
Lansingburgh
Partition Street
Washington Avenue
Broadway
First
Second
Dax
Frank Sherry
E.R.D
U.S. Treasury
IRS
Area Tax Office
By Joanne Phillips
O'Connor
Probation Department
American Insurance Company
Wilmington
Delaware
Nassau Board
School Board
Schodack Subdivision
Rogers
Center Berlin
Sharon Klein
the Historical Society
Hudson Valley
Murphy
Marvin I. Honig
Columbia Counties
Women's Auxiliary
Smithtown
Niagara Falls
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