East Greenbush to vote on 11.8 million budget and two year contract
East Greenbush district school board meets at 7:30 in Columbia High to consider a proposed 11,841,923 budget for 1976 77 and a two year teachers contract. The plan offers no first year pay rise and up to seven percent second year with steps.
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East Greenbush
East Greenbush District
Columbia High School
East Greenbush Teachers Association
Betty MacMasters
Department
Hotline helps and readers share in The Troy Times Record
Hot Line letters discuss getting help through classifieds. Ada L Robinson’s money spider tale inspires readers to phone in with luck charms and responses. Others note assistance finding banked Social Security checks, an old fashioned boiler for canning, and a National Geographic back issue via Bryn Mawr Book Shop in Albany.
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Times Record
Troy
N.Y
Ada L. Robinson
Watervliet
Times
E.M.T. of
HOT Line
Patricia Snyder
Ellie Goudreau
Cohoes
Joseph Midette
Improvements at Routes 4 9 and 20 intersection planned
Albany Bureau reports reconstruction at the Route 4 and Routes 9 and 20 intersection will be funded under a contract to be awarded early next fall. State Transportation Commissioner Raymond Schuler said flexibility in federal aid allows the project, costing about 600000 dollars, with percent federal share and the rest by the state. Upgrades include wider pavements, left and right turning lanes, modern signals and new lane markings to improve traffic flow.
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Raymond Schuler
Schuler
Albany mother recalls jump to escape fatal blaze
Debby Jones, 19, of 394 Madison Ave, Albany, said she jumped from her second story apartment after flames trapped her and her 2 year old son Robert Jones. Fire officials could not save the boy, pronounced dead at Albany Medical Center at 2 25 a.m. Monday. She described waking to smoke and shouting for her son as firefighters fought the blaze.
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Albany
Robert Jones
Albany Medical Center
Debby Jones
Madison Ave
Parking concerns mark Rensselaer Business Association meeting
RENSSELAER Business Association members discussed downtown parking shortages in the south end, noting employees occupy scarce lots, while planners may identify new spaces for customers. Plans for a August 15 dinner at the Knights of Columbus Hall were announced, with 100 tickets needed to cover costs.
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Rensselaer
Rensselaer Business Association
Robert Albright
Albany - Rensselaer Paint and Glass Company
Association
Henchey
Sandra van Vorst
Saratoga Fair Discount Ticket Sale Starts
Saratoga Springs advance adult discount tickets for the Saratoga Fair June 25 to July 4 are on sale at Stewart's Ice Cream outlets. Tickets cost 2.50, children under 12 pay 1.50. Two-For-One Day cards are issued for June 30 ride deals 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Saratoga Fair
Saratoga Springs
Stewart's
Bicentennial Ball fundraiser for Yankee Doodle Band travels to London
The Flag Day Bicentennial Dinner and Ball in Rensselaer on June 12 funds a summer 1977 trip for the Yankee Doodle Band to London England. A 7:30 p.m. buffet follows the band performance at Knights of Columbus Hall. The event is organized by the Rensselaer Bicentennial Commission with support from the Rensselaer Historical Society and local Legion posts. Tickets are sold by Mary Manning and James West.
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Rensselaer
Knights of Columbus Hall
London
England
Rensselaer Bicentennial Commission
Commission
Dan Hammon
Fort Craile
American Legion
National Legion
The
Rensselaer Historical Society
James J. Leyden
Navy School of Music
San Diego
Calif
Yankee Doodle Band
Leyden
Mary Manning
James West
Rensselaer students honored for academic achievement
Rensselaer Jr. Sr. High School students receive DAR history award Lavina Morgia earns DAR prize for excellence in American History at a school ceremony. Carol Farley and Barbara Vines win Capital Newspapers Staffer Award. Five seniors join National Honor Society and James Hunt is the only junior inducted. A tea and reception followed in the library with NHS families. Sponsor is Mrs. Michael Skidmore.
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Rensselaer
Lavina Morgia
Rensselaer Jr. Sr. High School
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Times Record
Carol Farley
Barbara Vines
Capital Newspapers
Sandra Horan
Michelle Kenna
James Perpedglia
Theresa Reitford
Sandra Schwenke
James Hunt
Assembly For Honor Society
Michael Skidmore
DA says evidence existed to convict Jordan of rape
District Attorney Pierce Russell said there was enough evidence to convict Joseph Jordan of rape but he pleaded guilty to first degree robbery in a negotiated deal. Russell argued plea bargaining consolidated charges while keeping the rape on Jordan’s record, despite Beverly Scott’s demand for a trial to prove the rape allegation.
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Jordan
Schenectady - Rensselaer County
Pierce Russell
Beverly Scott
Joseph Jordan
Scott
Troy
Channel 17
Russell
Carol Bellamy
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Priest to address East Greenbush unit
Rev. Thomas Phelan of RPI linked to the Mohawk Hudson Industrial Gateway will speak at the 12th Bosses Night of the East Greenbush Credit Union International. The dinner occurs Wednesday at Winding Brook Country Club Valatie with cocktails at 6 15 p m and dinner at 7 15 p m. Lois Hantragle will present Perfect Attendance and Educational Certificates. program chairman Regina Hanson.
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East Greenbush
Thomas Phelan
RPI
Mohawk-Hudson
East Greenbush Credit Union International
Winding Brook Country Club
Valatie
Lois Hantragle
Regina Hanson
East Greenbush honors 18 top merit scholarship students
East Greenbush School District announced that 18 Columbia High School students place in the national top five percent on the Scholastic Aptitude Test part of the National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended and semi finalist recognitions will come in fall with colleges sending notices to these high scorers.
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East Greenbush
Columbia High School
Charles Patricia
Columbia High
Victoria Abrash
Merritt Abrash
Rensselaer
Christopher Beetle
Patricia Beetle
Castleton
Therese Broderick
Paul Broderick
David E. Chesser
Sylvia Chesser
Averill Park
Anthony F. Chiffolo
Frank Chiffolo
Diane Guilefuss
Carl Guilefuss
Nassau
Scot. Higgins
Franklin Higgins
Erika Jorgensen
Helmuth Jorgensen
Ronald Ladouceur
Guy Ladouceur
Mary Beth Lyons
Arthur Lyons
Chester Meisel
Risa A. Muraven
Joseph Muraven
Madeline Rolando
Victor Rolando
Schodack
Joan Susko
Edward Susko
North Greenbush
Charles Venezia
Barbara Wolfe
John Wolfe
Claire Wood
David Wood
East Greenbush students win scholarship program alert
The Greenbush School District announces 38 students at Columbia High School will attend the school half day and the BOCES center in Troy half day. The juniors and seniors are cited by BOCES for the program participation.
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East Greenbush
Columbia High School
Occupational Board of Cooperative Educational Services
BOCES
Columbia
Boces Center
Troy
Weather delays threaten county grain and hay crops
In Rensselaer County dairy farms face critical losses as rain-soaked hay and late corn planting endanger next year’s feed. Extension agent Phil Bemis warns of nutritional value drops and farmer losses unless a full week of sun and dry weather appears.
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Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer Cooperative Extension
Phil Bemis
Bemis
Frank Cipperly
Cipperly
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Rensselaer Community Activities, Inc
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Sharon Teater
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New York City Police Department
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Catherine Skott
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