Taconic Telephone rates set to rise in Nassau and nearby towns
State Public Service Commission announced Taconic Telephone Company rate increases for Nassau Berlin Stephentown and Columbia County towns effective Tuesday. Residential hikes amount to 50 cents monthly with larger jumps for Nassau business lines and varied increases for party and multi party lines. The change aims to add about 64 500 in annual revenue after Taconic trimmed its request and the PSC tied further hikes to supplemental service rates.
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Albany
Taconic Telephone Company
Nassau
Berlin
Stephentown
Rensselaer County
State Public Service Commission
Taconic
Public Service Commission
Commission
Bettie Bryant Heads Cambridge Legion Auxiliary Elected
Cambridge unit appoints Bettie Bryant president and names Joyce Bentley Betty Murphy Mary Blackstone Corinne Fairbanks Harriet Belcher Marjorie Lewis Jean Ames to key posts at a 7:30 p.m. installation. Exe cutive and county committees set. poppy drive results noted. Kidney Foundation and Greenwich Liberty Unit 515 donations approved. Memorial Day parade details urged.
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Cambridge
Captain Maxson
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Bettie Bryant
Joyce Bentley
Betty Murphy
Mary Blackstone
Corinne Fairbanks
Harriet Belcher
Marjorie Lewis
Jean Ames
Kidney Foundation
Liberty Unit 515
Greenwich
Mrs. Murphy
Bloodmobile visits Berlin High Tuesday
The Red Cross Blood mobile will be at Berlin High School Tuesday from 1 to 7 p.m. The program is sponsored by the Berlin Student Council. Those interested in donating blood should contact Jeanne Leel in Petersburg, Steve Gardner in Grafton, Bill Holt in Cherry Plain and Center Berlin, or Terry Wheeler in Stephentown.
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Berlin
Red Cross
Berlin High School
The
Berlin Student Council
Jeanne Leel
Petersburg
Steve Gardner
Grafton
Bill Holt
Cherry Plain
Center Berlin
Terry Wheeler
Stephentown
Put and Take Top Rules and Canning Jars Query
Readers seek rules for playing put and take including star and zero on the dice and the meaning of sides with p and t. They also request stores with canning jar lids and a replacement motor for a Red Star radial saw.
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Red Star Products
Cleveland
Ithaca Professor to Be Concert Guest at Columbia High
East Greenbush Columbia High School hosts its third spring concert titled Invitation to Summer with guest artist Dr James Ode of Ithaca College School of Music. Alumni Paul Dromazos Jr. will perform as a student of Ode. The event is free and starts at 8 p.m. Thursday at Genet Middle School.
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East Greenbush
Columbia High School
James Ode
Ithaca College
School of Music
Genet
Paul Dromazos Jr
Ode
Wig supply query and local bingo guidance page
Reader seeks a wig for a Terri Lee Barbie doll and notes the original manufacturer may no longer exist. The column suggests asking friends, local churches, schools and veterans posts for bingo listings in Troy Cohoes Waterford Green Island and Mechanicville. It also provides Winter Clove Round Top contact details from state commerce officials.
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Troy
Cohoes
Waterford
Green Island
Mechanicville
Three Enter Hoosick Falls School Board Races
Three candidates filed petitions for two open Hoosick Falls Central School board seats. Mary Granning challenges incumbent D Benedict Niles, both residents of White Creek. Donald Sutton seeks reelection unopposed. elections are June 22 from 2 to 8 pm at the Hoosick Falls Central School with the annual meeting at 8 pm.
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Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Central School
Mary Granning
White Creek
D. Benedict Niles
Niles
Dewey McCart
Donald Sutton
West Hoosick
Memorial Day Parade Plans for Cambridge Post Parade
Harold Fairbanks and William Hatch cochair Cambridge Captain Maxson Post American Legion set a 10 30 a.m. Memorial Day parade Monday. Units assemble at 10 a.m. with the march along Main Street to Cambridge Central School grounds. The first division includes police escort mounted troopers and local civic leaders. the second division features school bands and auxiliary groups.
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Cambridge
Harold Fairbanks
William Hatch
Main Street
South Park Street
Cambridge Central School
West Main Street
Old Colla Road
Center Cambridge
James Austin
State American Legion
Maxson Post
William Watkins
Judson Center
Cambridge Memorial Day Parade Promises Antique Cars and Services
Cambridge hosts a Memorial Day event led by John Rich of Shushan driving a 1925 Linn Haven Pullman Highway. The parade includes Girl Scouts Boy Scouts and horse units followed by a service at the Cambridge school grounds with Rev Oswald Muller as speaker. Memorial services occur at Woodlands Cemetery St Patrick's Cemetery and the veterans marker at the Cambridge Public Library.
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John Rich
Shushan
Linn Haven Pullman
Harry Linn
Linn Tractor Co
Cambridge
Greenwich
Brownies
Cambridge Valley Athletic Association
Cambridge School
Oswald Muller
Johnsonville
Eagle Bridge
South Cambridge
Hoosick
Harwood Strobeck
Legion and
Auxiliary
Legion Home
Woodlands Cemetery
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Cambridge Public Library
Hoosick Falls Memorial Day Parade Schedule Set
Hoosick Falls to form Memorial Day Parade Monday morning with 40 entries. The event proceeds from Main Street to John Street and Church Street ending at Wood Memorial Park where speakers include County Executive William Murphy and Town Supervisor Raymond Calhoun. Flags will be raised at local cemeteries.
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John Street
Church Street
Main
John O'Neil
American Legion Champlain
Main Street
Wood Memorial Park
Thomas Restino
Raymond Calhoun
Donald Bogardus
William Murphy
Reveille
Garbage fueled heat for Empire State Plaza eyed
Rensselaer County garbage may heatsteam boilers for the Empire State Plaza in Albany, with 600 tons daily needed and 100 tons allotted from the county. Troy officials and the Office of General Services plan a joint study, using $10,800 in federal funds to address solid waste and shared services.
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Empire State Plaza
Albany
Troy
Steven Dworsky
New York State Office of General Services
Rensselaer County
Coinword Puzzle No 1094 semifinalists named across several Troy area towns
Semifinalists for Coinword Puzzle No 1094 were announced with 34 players listed from Troy Cambridge Watervliet Latham Cohoes Ballston Spa and Stillwater. Each must solve five keywords to grab the $2600 jackpot with a winner to be announced Saturday.
Science fair winners listed at Albany Academy
Albany Academy announces first prize winners in the ninth annual Joseph Henry Science Fair. Upper School honors go to Loren Batehelder Peter Fritzinger Allen Goodman Keith Hallenbeck Steven Serling and Joseph Toth. Middle School prizes go to George Mahoney Thomas Marcelle Douglas Norton and James Oppenheim.
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Albany
Albany Academy
Loren Batehelder
Peter Fritzinger
Allen Goodman
Keith Hallenbeck
Steven Serling
Joseph Toth
George Mahoney
Thomas Marcelle
Douglas Norton
James Oppenheim
Hoosick Falls Fire Department seeks funds for Bicentennial display
Hoosick Falls Fire Department launches another fund drive next week to pay for the Bicentennial Fireworks Display. Rising costs and insurance require additional funds. about half the total remains to be raised. Firefighters will solicit at the bank and Grand Union and offer bicentennial emblems and American flags to donors of one dollar or more.
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Hoosick Falls
Bank
Grand Union
Celebrity milking contest at Colonie Center
A celebrity milking contest opens a week of dairy displays at Colonie Center. At 7 p.m. politicians and reporters including Neil Kelleher John Wolf and George Davis will milk a Holstein Friesian cow as part of the event with diary antiques and live demonstrations scheduled through the week.
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Colonie
Colonie Center
Troy
Neil Kelleher
John Wolf
Wast - TV
George Davis
WGY Radio
Mechanicville Pony League Opens Season Against Hoosick Valley
The Mechanicville Pony League schedules its first game against Hoosick Valley on June 1 at 6 p.m. at Mechanicville High School field.
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Mechanicville
Mechanicville Pony League
Hoosick Valley
Mechanicville High School
Memorial Canoe Race Draws Fifty Entries
The fourth and largest Memorial Day Canoe Race starts 1 30 p m Monday in North Pownal Vt. Nearly 50 canoes race 13 miles along the Hoosic River to Hoosick Falls. Hoosick Falls Youth Advisory Council sponsors with Betsy Mahar and David Downey cochairs. Prizes awarded at finish by 3 30 p m. Safety by Town Rescue Squad. John Tompkins ACA consultant tests river Sunday.
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Hoosick Falls
North Pownal
Hoosic River
Pownal
Boston and Main Railroad
Mechanic Street
Town of Hoosick
John Tompkins
American Canoe Association
New York
Boy Scout Troop 64
Hoosick
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Alice Pierce
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Mary Leslie
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Ithaca
Frank Sherry
Terri Lee
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A. Ed Allen
State Commerce Dept
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Maple Grove Cemetery
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Mary Malone
Bob MacFarlane
M. McCarthy
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John P. Carp
A.J. Cutullo
Watervliet
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Troy Frank and
Ann DeWolf
Kay McGinis
Rita Ann Moore
John P. Morizio
Raymertown
Marcie O'Brien
Alice A. Post
Stillwater
D.H. Powers
Sand Lake
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Pierre Ricci
John Downey
Robert Fitzgerald
L. Ford
Mary C. Henkel
M. Herbert
D. Rivers
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E.M. Visk
Bernard Weiss Jr
Ballston Spa
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