Buskirk bridge urged for National Register listing
Hoosick Falls reports that the Buskirk covered bridge spanning the Hoosick River near Eagle Bridge may meet criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The letter from Doris Hanley seeks written comment on the bridge’s significance to assist state preservation authorities.
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Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer County
New York State
Hoosick
Raymond E. Calhoun
Doris Manley
New York State Historic Preservation Field Services
Hoosick River
Buskirk
Eagle Bridge
Martin van Buskirk
Robert Raymond
Cambridge
Covered
Medford Road Quest and Betty Crocker Coupons Drive
A reader asks for directions to 317 Horseblock Road Medford NY and recounts tips from local offices. The column then notes volunteers at St Peter's Albany plan to raise funds for a wheel chair using Betty Crocker coupons and cites a Buffalo project funding a dialysis machine.
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Medford
N.Y
Tri-Engels Club
Albany
Betty Crocker
Jean Jaques
Cohoes
Volunteers
St. Peter's Hospital
Grace Amadeo
St. Peter's
Jean
Buffalo
South Manning Blvd
Community notices and local citations from Albany area
Community groups seek newspaper recyclers and coupons for fund drives. Local residents donate papers to aid Castlen House ex-offenders in Albany and Community Referral Center. W.B. of Albany notes service on Bradford TVs via Reliable Repair in Troy. References to Magazine Action Line aims and Troy cemetery maintenance gratitude. Washington and Rensselaer bridge crews raise bridge height. local engineer lauds wood truss construction. Manley notified on preservation of local landmark and National Register details.
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Genevieve Ertelt
Colonie Human Relations Association
Newtonville
Clinton Ave
Albany
Castlen House
W.B. of
Bradford Television
W.t.grant Co
Sixth Ave
Troy
W.C. of
Watervliet
Donald E. Gamache
Bridge Ave
Cohoes
Delays in Asgrow sale to Bambe Company noted
Cambridge real estate agent Susan Dahlberg says the sale of the Asgrow Mandeville Seed Co plant to Bambe Company of North Stratford New Hampshire faces minor delays but should close in about two weeks. Dahlberg with Breconshaw Ltd notes transfers are complex but Bambe plans to buy the entire Cambridge plant and employ about 90 full time workers.
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Cambridge
Asgrow - Mandeville Seed Co
Bambe Company
North Stratford
N.H
Susan Dahlberg
Asgrow
Bambe
Upjohn
Petersburg Town Board Sets Meeting And Bicentennial Service
The Petersburg Town Board will meet Thursday Nov 11 at 7 30 p.m in Petersburg. The Petersburg Youth Commission also meets Nov 11 at 8 p.m. A Bicentennial service at Petersburg Baptist Church Sunday Nov 14 invites all to wear period clothing with a 11 a.m. service and 6 p.m. coffee and dessert followed by an 7 p.m. service with Dave Winch and John Kane of The Navigators.
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Harrison Bonesteel
Petersburg
Petersburg Town Board
Petersburg Youth Commission
Veterans Memorial Hall
Petersburg Baptist Church
Dave Winch
John Kane
the Navigators
Talk on The Biochemistry of Mental Disorders
Albany speaker Dr. Peter Andrus will discuss The Biochemistry of Mental Disorders at the Capital District Chapter meeting of the Huxley Institute for Biosocial Research. The 2 p.m. talk on Nov 14 at Capital District Psychiatric Center Albany invites the public.
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Albany
Peter Andrus
Capital District
Huxley Institute For Biosocial Research
Capital District Psychiatric Center
New Scotland Avenue
Hoosick Town Budget Approved with Minor Change
The 1977 Hoosick budget of 257 425 20 was approved after a public hearing with no residents in attendance. A 500 increase funds No Man s Land fire protection up to 1 500. Taxes to be raised 183 037 38, exact tax increase not yet known. The board also allocates 500 to Battlefield for Bennington Committee for next year s Battle of Bennington anniversary in Walloomsac.
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No Man's Land
Bennington
Walloomsac
N.Y
Shatner to headline Siena College event in November
William Shatner, former Star Trek star, will appear at Siena College Alumni Recreation Center at 8 p.m. November 13. Admission funds the Albany County Siena Big Brothers Big Sisters program as stated by James Knust, director of the campus center.
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Loudonville
William Shatner
Siena College
Albany County Siena
James Knust
Hoosick Falls Discusses 1977 HUD Grant Projects
A village hearing reviewed possible uses for a 1977 HUD community development block grant including upgrading housing, a new fire truck and alarm system, church street parking lot work, playgrounds, and a water project with a tank above Oak Street. Fire officials urged truck and alarm upgrades.
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Hoosick Falls
DJ Dance at St Mary's Academy Saturday Night
Disc Jockey Tom Rivers will perform at the St Mary's Academy gym Saturday from 8 to 11 for a junior class sponsored dance. Tickets are sold in advance by class members or at the door. Refreshments will be served.
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Tom Rivers
St. Mary's Academy Gym
Coinword contest names 13 semifinalists for jackpot
Thirteen semifinalists identified for Coinword Puzzle No. 1117 with five key words to win the $425 jackpot. A winner to be announced Saturday. Open House by Hoosick Post 40 American Legion on Saturday Nov 13 at 8 p.m. featuring veterans films, games and refreshments.
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Hoosick Post No. 40
American Legion
State Armory
Church Street
Advocates urged for rape crisis center board and budget shifts
Katz urged creating a larger board for the battered center and a law committee subcommittee for oversight. She criticized Albany County's proposed next year budget of 49213.98 as unrealistically low and proposed 70250 citing inflation and low salaries including the highest paid staff at 12000 with a doctorate. Leyden said the law committee would weigh the proposals with no immediate action planned.
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Law Committee
Rape Crisis Center
Crawford
Katz
Albany County
James J. Coyne
Robert G. Leyden
Albany
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Raymond
William Howe
Massachusetts
Greenwich
Ray Mond
Washington
Rensselaer
Times Record
Edie Beaumont
T.F
Suffolk County
Long Island
Hotline
Frank Sherry
Robert H. Treller
Action Line
Publishers Clearing House
Recreation Department
R.M.C. of
New Mt. Ida
Washington and Rensselaer County
Washington County
Arthur Angrisani
Calhoun
Ms. Manley
Dahlberg
Breconshaw, Ltd
Slingerlands
Andrus
Albany Medical College
Johns Hopkins University
Mechanicville
American Legion Auxiliary
Fred C. Clark
Stanley
The
Post
Town of
Shatner
By Darlene Ward
Cronin
Joseph Berlant
Donald Bogardus
Peter Kent
Berlant
Congress
Commission of Economic Opportunity
CEQ
Bogardus
Kent
Doris McGuire
Kennedy
Mike McMahon
G.P. Beaudoin Jr
I. Brock
Pittstown
Helen Brogan
John P. Carp
Bertha Champine
E.C. Decker
Mary Lansing, Troy
Mary Paisley
Mary L. Shea
River Street
Center For
Torest
Colonie
Gary Crawford
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