Hoosick Falls Faces Largest School Tax Increase in Years
Hoosick Falls Central School Board proposes a 1978 77 budget with a roughly 20 per thousand local levy rise for Town of Hoosick residents. Final rates for Petersburg Grafton Pittstown and White Creek vary, with state aid projected at 1 964 500 and several cost increases driving the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
Ubue
Phil Leonard
Hoosick
Petersburg
Grafton
Pittstown
White Creek
Albany debate over teen abortion bill edges toward final vote
Assembly backers face a tough start as two skirmishes went against the measure. The plan would tighten parental consent rules by adding criminal penalties up to 2000 and one year in jail, a provision opponents call toothless. Sponsor Schmidt pushes for penalties and a party-line vote near 76 required for passage.
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Peter Slocum
Associated Press
Albany
N.Y
Assembly
Senate
Assembly Codes Committee
Full Assembly
Frederick Schmidt
Dqueens
Toothless
Codes Committee
Schmidt
Liquor license suspended in Hoosick Falls over minor sale
The New York State Liquor Authority suspends Edwin J. and Marion Maloney’s liquor license for ten days from May 17 to May 27 after a violation of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law for sale to minors.
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Hoosick Falls
New York State Liquor Authority
Edwin J
Marion Maloney
Mechanic St
Liior Authority
Maloney
Lead poisoning clinics set for Hoosick Falls this week
Lead poisoning clinics for children ages 1 to 5 are scheduled in Hoosick Falls on Wednesday and Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. The Rensselaer County Health Department and the Troy Red Cross Chapter sponsor the events in a Mobile Van parked at First Street in front of the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad on Wednesday and Sharkey's Hotel at 16 Lyman Street on Thursday. For details call the Hoosick Falls Office of the Health Department on Church Street.
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Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer County Health Department
Troy Red Cross Chapter
Red Cross
Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad
First Street
Sharkey's Hotel
Lyman St
Church Street
Olive crop sets record high world output last year
The Agriculture Department reports the global olive crop reached a record size last year and will supply ample olives in 1976. Spain and Greece are the top producers and exporters. The United States remains a net importer and relies on foreign olives to meet demand.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Spain
Greece
United States
Memorial Day Parade in Mechanicville Starts at 6:30 PM
The Memorial Day parade in Mechanicville will assemble on South Main Street before a 6:30 PM start. Assemblyman Robert D Andrea and Mayor John Fascia with city officials attend. Charles Osborn Jr. will MC. A wreath is placed at the Veterans Monument. Naval ceremonies are planned at the Hudson River bridge.
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Mechanicville
South Main Street
Dutch Gap
Robert D’andrea
John Fascia
Chris Sgambati
Charles Osborn Jr
Saratoga County Veterans Agency
Veterans Monument
Veterans Posts
Hudson River Bridge
Alvin Hart Fire Co
Boy and Girl Scouts
Mechanicville Stillwater Little League
American Legion Post
Peters Purcell Post
Italian American War Veterans and Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Auxiliary
Schuyler House Opens for Memorial Weekend Season
STILLWATER The Schuyler House in Schuylerville will open for the season on Memorial Day weekend. It will be open on weekends from opening date until June 12, then daily until October 17.
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Stillwater
Schuyler House
Schuylerville
Farm income outlook shows improvement for 1976
USDA reports first quarter 1976 net farm income at an annual rate of 22 billion dollars, down 6.4 percent from year end 1975 but up 25 percent from the first quarter of 1975. The department notes the outlook depends on 1976 crop and livestock markets and cautions against early forecasts.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Dairy states press to keep butter in school lunches
Dairy farmers in Congress urge the Agriculture Department to keep butter on the Type A lunch requirements for federal school meal aid. They argue butter's nutritional value and the program’s reach, with 26 million students in schools and 39 percent eligible for free meals.
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Washington
Don Kendall
Congress
Agriculture Department
Department
William A. Steiger
R-Wis
Robert Cornell
USDA
Farm Exports to Iran Fall Sharply in 1975
The Agriculture Department reported U S farm exports to Iran fell 21 percent in 1975 to 423 million dollars from 534 million in 1974. Wheat rice and corn shipments slumped in the second half of 1975, though officials said a rebound later in 1976 could bring purchases near 1974 levels.
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Washington
Iran
Agriculture Department
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S
Marinello acquires interest in Dunn Funeral House
Mechanicville native Richard A. Marinello has acquired an interest in Dunn Funeral House Inc. of Mechanicville and Stillwater. Marinello will remain licensed manager in Stillwater and serve as vice president. J Dwight Dunn remains president and licensed manager. Marinello is a Mechanicville High School, Adirondack Community College and Hudson Valley Community College graduate, son of Josephine R. Marinello, and married to Mary Rose DeCrescenzo Marinello.
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Mechanicville
Dunn Funeral House, Inc
Stillwater
Richard A. Marinello
J. Dwight Dunn
Marinello
Mechanicville High School
Adirondack Community College
Hudson Valley Community College
Josephine R. Marinello
Mary Rose DeCrescenzo Marinello
DA says he had evidence to convict Jordan of rape
Schenectady Albany area DA Pierce Russell told Channel 17 that his office had enough evidence to convict Joseph Jordan of rape in the Beverly Scott case but a guilty plea to first degree robbery was negotiated to manage caseload. Russell defended plea bargaining as consolidation and noted the rape charge would remain on Jordan's record.
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Jordan
Schenectady — Rensselaer County
Pierce Russell
Beverly Scott
Joseph Jordan
Scott
Troy
Channel 17
Russell
Carol Bellamy
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bellamy
Mary Keefe
New York City
Sen. Bellamy
Keefe
Albany mother leaps to escape Albany fire killing son
Debby Jones 19 jumped from a second story Albany apartment after a February fire that killed her 2 year old son Robert Jones. Firefighters and Seastone attempted to resuscitate the boy but he died at Albany Medical Center at 2 35 AM.
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Albany
Robert Jones
Albany Medical Center
Debby Jones
Madison Ave
Weather delays threaten Rensselaer County grain crop
Hoosick Falls farmers plead for a dry week to salvage hay and corn as fields stay waterlogged after heavy rains. Cooperatives warn of nutritional losses, milk price pressure, and planting delays that could rot crops if rain persists. Local residents report flooded Groveside fields and worry over sprouting yields.
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Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer Cooperative Extension
Phil Bemis
Bemis
Frank Cipperly
Cipperly
George Skott
Catherine Skott
Skotts
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Teachers’ Union
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Tors
Times Record
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Frank Sherry
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Melrose
Troy Times
Ada L., Robinson
19Th St
Watervilet
Times
Sonia Loomis
Mia
Robinson
Webster
Mrs. Robinson
E.M.T. of
HOT Line
Patricia Snyder
Elina Goudreau
Cohoes
Joseph Midette
National Geographic Magazine
Ann DeMarco
Green Island
D.H.K
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Arcadia Aven
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AP Farm Writer
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