Hoosick Falls Sets June 7 Public Hearing on Subdivision Rules
About 200 Hoosick Falls residents packed Grange Hall to demand limiting subdivision regulations to flood prone areas. The town planning board seeks a 3 to 4 month study before changes. residents threaten legal action if boards do not hold a hearing on the flood plain limitation. The meeting highlighted tensions between residents, the committee for Concerned Citizens, and town officials.
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Hoosick Falls Subdivision
Hoosick Falls
Raymond Calhoun
Hoosick
Grange Hall
Gerald Harley
Committee For
Town Planning Board
Harley
North
George E. Dougherty, Jr
Dougherty
Rogers
Town Board
Grand Union explores relocation sites in Hoosick Falls
Village officials show three possible relocation sites to Grand Union representative Bruce McVey as part of efforts to keep the store in Hoosick Falls. Possible plots include center village block near Thorpe’s Parking Lot and property owned by LaPorte White and the Church.
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Hoosick Falls
Grand Union
Bruce McVey
The
Don Bogardus
Anthony Pokines
Joerg
Thorpe
William LaPorte
Helen White
Church of the Immaculate Conception
McVey
Falls Hardware
Classic Street
Unattended Laundromat Receives Theft Complaints in Troy Area
A reader reports repeated theft and dirty conditions at a local unattended laundromat near Troy, with over $100 in wash and two baskets stolen. The owner offered no remedy, prompting questions about Small Claims Court options and whether an attendant facility could improve safety.
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Maryland audience on Today Show Bicentennial salute
Maryland viewers were introduced to a Baltimore Black poet with 18 poetry books on the Today Show Bicentennial salute aired Friday April 16 on WRGB TV. The poet’s last name and book publisher remain unknown.
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Wrgb-Tv
Lucille
Baltimore
Troy Public Library
Nbc-Tv
Rockefeller Plaza
New York
N.Y
Ballston Spa Woman Experiences Day With Assemblyman D Andrea
Beverly Turner from Ballston Spa spent a day with Assemblyman Robert D Andrea touring the Port of Albany, the legislative offices, and the Fort Orange Club. The event supported WMHT with a $25 contribution and featured breakfast, meals, and a tour of lawmakers.
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D‘andrea
Albany
Beverly Turner
Robert D'Andrea
WMHT
Fort Orange Club
Saratoga County
Community groups calendar and scout plans in Hoosick and area
The Greater Hoosick Association-Chamber of Progress meets Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the Elks Hall. Boy Scout Troop 64 reconvenes Sunday at 7 p.m. to prepare for a June Camporee at Fort Ticonderoga and a summer trip to Mont Tremblant. Graduate Robert A Reed of King's College made the dean’s list and travels for geology field studies. Hoosick Grange hosts a May birthdays gathering with a barbecue slated for June 3. Rural Life Sunday is May 23 at Hoosick Baptist. Band Night on May 26 features the Hoosick Falls Junior Band. A Food Stamp Outreach Clinic will be held in Hoosick Falls offering pre screening and eligibility help.
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Greater Hoosick Association — Chamber of Progress
Elks Hall
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Council
Fort Ticonderoga
Mont Tremblant National Park
Canada
Hoosick Falls
Classic Street
Human Service
Grafton Democrats to Meet Monday
The Grafton Democratic Club will hold an organizational meeting at the town hall on May 24 at 7 30 p m. Officers will be elected and fundraising ideas discussed. All interested persons are invited to attend. Contact Philip Crandall at 279 3049.
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Grafton Democratic Club
Philip Crandall
Bennington Dean Resigns Under Pressure as Faculty Feud Ends
Reinhoud van de Linde resigns as Bennington College dean citing pressure on his teaching career. He will return to teaching this fall at Southern Vermont College. Donald Brown named acting dean effective June 30, succeeding Van de Linde who led faculty opposition during the Parker controversy.
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Bennington College
Gail Thain Parker
Reinhoud van de Linde
Joseph Iseman
van de Linde
Southern Vermont College
Parker
Thomas
Parkers
Iseman
Donald Brown
Byrne kidnapping case headed for grand jury
Edward Byrne's preliminary hearing in Schodack Town Court led to bound over to the Rensselaer County Grand Jury, with a June decision anticipated. He faces first degree kidnapping, three counts of first degree reckless endangerment, and second degree weapons possession. Justice Snow denied a defense motion for records from State Police Investigator Kivlin.
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Schodack
Rensselaer County
Edward Byrne
Assisant
Ira Mendleson
Byrne
Schodack Town
Thomas Snow
Mendleson
Grand
Cahill Returns Home From Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mrs Julia M Cahill has returned to her Berlin home after hospitalization at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington. Mrs Joyce M Gillespie remains a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Petersburg Public Library closes temporarily until further notice. Youth Commission seeks a summer recreation director aged 21 with two years experience. program runs June 28 to August 31.
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Julia Morgan Cahill
Berlin
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Joyce Morgan Gillespie
The
Petersburg Youth Commission
Oil Price Freeze Favored by UAE Oil Minister
The oil minister of the United Arab Emirates, a major crude exporter, backs freezing oil prices through 1976. The Middle East Economic Survey reported the stance today in Beirut Lebanon.
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Lebanon
United Arab Emirates
Middle East
Ambulance and Rescue Group Meet Thursday in Clinton Heights
The Rensselaer County Ambulance and Rescue Association will hold its monthly meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. at the W. F. Bruen Rescue Squad Building on St Hampton Ave in Clinton Heights. Members attending an Emergency Medical Technician course planned for September in Hoosick Falls should bring sign-up sheets to confirm numbers for refresher and regular courses. Election of area co ordinators is planned, with Michael Cornaire of Hoags Corners presiding.
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Rensselaer County Ambulance and Rescue Association
W. F. Bruen Rescue Squad
St Hampton Ave
Clinton Heights
Michael Cornaire
Hoags Corners
County Association
Hoosick Falls Rescue Squad Vehicle Undergoing Overhaul
Hoosick Falls reports its new Rescue Squad vehicle is in a Bennington garage for a complete overhaul after a Monday night incident on River Street. Firefighters responded at 7:23 p.m. to smoke from the rear as hydraulic brakes locked, causing smoke but no fire. units left at 7:44 p.m.
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Hoosick Falls
Hoosick
Bennington
River Street
River
Second Streets
Firefly the horse returns to home after wild ten hour escape
Firefly a nine year old Palomino born at Round Lake escapes from William Lippacher's Quaker Springs barn. He dodges hunters rides with Lonnie Lippacher then sails 14 miles to Stillwater and back to Round Lake in two hours before heading to Quaker Springs. Kokinda may reclaim the horse but the Lippachers keep him for two weeks to settle in.
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William Lippacher
Quaker Springs
Firefly
Lippachers
Lippacher
Southworth Caterpillar Company
Firely
Kokinda
Kokindas
Knapp Road
Stillwater
Saratoga
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