Visher Ferry to open 600 acre nature preserve
Visher Ferry plans a nearly 600 acre nature sanctuary and historic preserve along the Mohawk River leased from the state DOT. The town will maintain trails for hiking biking canoeing and birdwatching while conserving wildlife near Clifton Park with volunteer support and matching state funds.
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Vischer Ferry
State Transportation Department
Mohawk River
Vischer Ferry Association
Clifton Park
McCloskey
Fort Edward man killed in Warren County crash
A 22-year-old Fort Edward man died in a Sunday head-on collision on Route 9L near Dunhan's Lodge. The rider Thomas Smith and his 19-year-old passenger Sue Covell from Queensbury were aboard the motorcycle. Covell lost a leg and was listed in serious condition at Glens Falls Hospital. The other vehicle was driven by Florence McCondille, 78, of Cloverdale.
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Queensbury
Fort Edward
Warren County Sheriff's Deputies
Thomas Smith
East River Road
Dunhan’s Lodge
Florence McCondille
Cloverdale
Smith
Sue Covell
Haviland Road
Glens Falls Hospital
Meal on Wheels program outlines new officers
Southern Saratoga County Overton heads meals program in Mechanicville. The Meals on Wheels program delivering about 10 meals per day to clients in various stages of incapacitation elected officers for the coming year with Overton as president and a board including Beth Izzo and Louisa Delane. The group relies on volunteers, a nominal budget from donations, and serves 60 volunteers over 18 months, adding diabetic selections since March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicville
I.dack Overton
Beth Izzo
Louisa Delane
Mary Enzien
Saratoga County Opportunity Council
Exchange students sought for Shenendehowa year
Shenendehowa Central School Chapter of the American Field Service seeks a second host family for a German girl and a Venezuelan boy to join the next school year. Families may read two potential student applications and contact cochairman Charles D. Frier or Marilyn Adsit at Shenendehowa High School. This year two foreign exchange students are already hosted, Dorothy Sekwaler from Ghana and Slobodanka Karadzic from Yugoslavia.
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Clifton Park
Shenendehowa Central School
American Field Service International Foreign Exchange
Jonathan Newman
Crescent Estates
Shenendehowa
Marilyn Adsit
Charles D. Frier
Cochairman
Frier
Dorothy Sekwaler
Ghana
Charles Gurney
Slobodanka Karadzic
Yugoslavia
John Rucigay
Friends of Library election and community notices
The Shenendehowa Free Library hosts an officer election at 8 p.m. with an 8:30 p.m. program featuring exchange students Doroth y Ohui Sekwalor from Ghana and Slobodanka Karadzic from Yugoslavia. Also announced are spring tennis ladder plans, a June 4 mixed doubles tournament, upcoming church meetings, mother daughter dinner, senior job registrations, a horticultural program, cemetery association meeting, and a TV violence PTSA letter campaign.
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Clifton Park
Berlin water failure closes Berlin Central School and Cowee plant
Berlin's water pressure drop halted operations at Berlin Central Junior and Senior High School and at W. J. Cowee Inc. The town's pumps failed Sunday, a replacement arriving today, with normal pressure expected by afternoon. Fire risks noted but town fire department relies on its brook supply. The Cowee mill laid off about 150 workers as grades 8–12 were shut.
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Berlin
Berlin Central
W. J. Cowee, Inc
Robert Jansen
Jansen
Fire Department
Mechanicville Women’s Republican Club to Meet Tuesday
The Mechanicville group will gather Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the W L Howland Fire House on Viall Avenue. Frances LeClaire, the president, said new members are welcome to attend.
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Mechanicville
Women’s Republican Club
W.L. Howland
Viall Avenue
Frances LeClaire
Hoosick road driving tests resume May 27
Hoosick Falls driving license road tests resume May 27 under Rensselaer County Clerk Edward Vielkind. Tests run 9 30 a m to 3 p m every other Friday and may extend to weekly in summer with more examiners.
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Hoosick
Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer County
Edward A. Vielkind
Vielkind
Bates Promoted to Sergeant in U S Marine Corps
Hoosick Falls resident Marjorie M Bates has been promoted to sergeant in the U S Marine Corps. The Hoosick Falls Central School graduate of 1974 joined the Marines in September 1974 and is stationed at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego California.
Hoosick Falls Man Arrested for Disorderly Conduct
Barron McKeon 26 of 11 Main St Hoosick Falls was arrested at 1130 am on the corner of Main and John Streets and charged with disorderly conduct. He was sentenced to six days in Rensselaer County Jail by Judge William Fitzpatrick.
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Hoosick Falls
Barron McKeon
Main St
McKeon
Main
John Streets
Rensselaer County
William Fitzpatrick
Hoosick Falls Art Group Doubles Membership
The Hoosic Valley Art Association reports membership has doubled after reactivation this year and has received its IRS tax exemption certificate. Stoltzfus exhibition at Hoosac School boosted April activities. plans include a village art and crafts show for the 150th anniversary weekend. The next meeting is June 9. new members welcome. A separate Bike-A-Thon fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is set for Sunday at Wood Memorial Park with a two mile route and sponsorships available.
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ART Association
The
Hoosic Valley Art Association Ltd
Wood Memorial Park
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State Environmental Conservation Department
DOT
Charles McCloskey
Ciffin Park
Thatcher Park
Saratoga Spa State Park
Clifton Park Fish and Game Club
EnCon
Schenectady County
Albany County
Vischer Ferry Historic Preserve
Saratoga County
Overton Heads
Mary Bergeron
Jean Shippey
Joel Shippey
Lorraine Henderson
Mary Aimee Hurley
George Kaulfuss
South Main Street
First United Methodist Church
Jean Lane
Signe Smith
Betty Collins
Roberta Brennan
Linda Sherman
Joel W. Shippey
Gertrude Gailer
Mrs. Lane
Melanie Russo
Holly Baxter
Cindy Harrinton
Evah Bouchard
Marilyn Cross
Nettie Sipperly
Lula Riley
Margaret Dewey
Kevin Angle
Ina Hurd
Marietta Herrick
Ruth Vosburgh
Dorothy Brown
Irene Cassidy
Eva Fitch
Germany
Venezuela
Friends of Library
Friends of the Shenendehowa Free Library
Shenendehowa High School
Dorothy Ohui Sekwalor
Clifton Knolls
Africa
John Rudgays
Country Knolls
Southern Saratoga Tennis Association
Park Pharmacy
Brenda Duffy
Sawyer’s Sporting Goods
Sawyer’ S
Irene Pope
Cheryl Emerton
Sam “Tomlinson
Kim ‘Emerson
Cheryl ‘Emerson
Shirley Brownheim
Mary Ann Healey
Jim Tedeschi
Bob Chodos
Robert J. DeYoung
James Hespelt
New York State Department of Labor
Hespelt
William MacElroy
Chet Davis
Saratoga County Cooperative Extension Association
Amity Reformed Church Hall
Davis
State
Cobleskill
Cornell University
Cooperative Extension Service
Melvin D. Wrisley
Crescent Union Cemetery Association
Paul Bethel
Guideboard Road
Halfmoon
Shenendehowa Ptsa
Thomas Elmendorf
American Medical Association
PTSA
Lawrence Reilly
WAST
North
Pearl Street
Menands
N.Y
By Darlene Ward
Town of
GOP Club Meeting
Troy
Troy Motor Vehicle Department
Motor Vehicle Office
Motor Vehicle Department
Bates
Man
Philip Daniel
Association
Internal Revenue Service
Mildred Anderson of
Cambridge
Hoosac School
Allen Stoltzfus
Stoltzfus
River Sinal Hoosick Falls
New York City
Cambridge Town Hall
Sadie Daniel
Church St
Central School
St. Mary's Academy
National Commercial Bank
Home Savings Bank
Main Street
Willard
Church Street
River Street
River Road
Mechanic Street
John Street
Park
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