City cool to aid offer in Mechanicville housing plan
A regional planner pitched a $4.3 million federal housing grant to Mechanicville officials, who questioned fairness and potential limits. The city could receive about $25 000 if they back the application, with shares allocated to elderly families and large households. Local leaders worried about future grants and city gains.
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Mechanicville
Steve Ainspan
Capital District Regional Planning Commission
Capital District
Planning Commission
Mary Enzien
Ainspan
Mechanicville Students Appear On WRGB Show
Four Mechanicville High School students will be TV stars on WRGBs Student Spectrum at 6:55 a.m. Tuesday. They taped Oct. 11 and will cover the yearbook student council and sports program with English teacher Robert Durden as advisor. A second taping is set for Oct. 21 and a third for Nov. 7 to air Nov. 15. About 21 area high schools take part in the program.
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Mechanicville
WRGB
Bill Fruci
Anthony Fruci
Saratoga Ave
Mary Ann Babenis
Robert B. Durden
MacLean urges tougher dog leash rules for Clifton Park
Real estate broker MacLean urged the Clifton Park town board to strengthen leash law enforcement after an unleashed dog nearly hit him. Supervisor McCloskey cited 300 summonses this year and said residents should call the dog warden. Councilmen Johnson and Speckhard consider Bethlehem like fines of 30 to 100 dollars per violation and a new plan in the works.
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McLean
Charles McCloskey
Robert Jobin
McCloskey
Joseph Johnson
Roy Speckhard
Bethlehem
Skidmore Hosts Freshman Parents Weekend Activities
Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs welcomes freshman parents with films workshops and a Wagner Field dedication to honor Lynn Wagner. The event includes riding demonstrations, faculty office visits, student recitals, a wine and cheese party and art exhibits at Scribner Library and Hathorn Gallery.
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Saratoga Springs
Skidmore College
Time Design
Wagner Field
Lynn Wagner
van Lennep
Skidmore
Scribner Library
Hathorn Gallery
Clifton Park satellite station boosts State Police activity
State Police report increased investigations and arrests in southern Saratoga County since opening the Clifton Park satellite station. Over 14 months the unit handled 3 601 complaints resulting in 95 felony arrests 557 misdemeanor arrests 407 accident investigations and 1 112 vehicle and traffic arrests.
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Clifton Park
Saratoga County
Zaire missionary to speak at First Baptist Saratoga
Dr. Daniel E. Fountain American Baptist missionary will speak at 7 p.m. Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Saratoga Springs. Appointed in 1958 he led a mission to Zaire and later worked at Vanga Hospital serving thousands yearly with beds, dispensaries and a nursing school. He is a Colgate and Rochester alumnus later earning a Johns Hopkins Public Health master.
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Saratoga Springs
Daniel E. Fountain
Zaire
First Baptist Church
Christmas Tree Festival Set in Mechanicville
The Friends of the Mechanicville District Public Library plan the annual Christmas Tree Festival and open house for December 15 in the Schenectady Savings Bank meeting rooms.
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Mechanicville
Friends of the Mechanicville District Public Library
Schenectady Savings Bank
Wilton braces for doubled inmate population at Mount MacGregor
State corrections chief Benjamin Ward says the Mount MacGregor facility could grow to 300 inmates from 150 after reviewing the environmental impact statement. A state Supreme Court restraining order blocks expansion until the judge evaluates the EIS. The town of Wilton has sued the state over the plans.
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Wilton
State Corrections Department
Mount MacGregor
Benjamin Ward
Supreme Court
Mechanicville Faces Growth Limits in Regional Study
Capital District Regional Planning Commission projects Mechanicville population rising to 6,400 by 1990 with 2,100 jobs. City of 650 acres remains largely developed, 72.5 percent residential in 1976, 88 percent of homes low density. Housing grant calculations rely on these figures.
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Mechanicville
Capital District Regional Planning Commission
Planning Commission
United Church to seat new Mechanicville pastor
Rev. John L. Robertson will be installed Sunday at 7 30 p m as pastor of Emmanuel United Church of Mechanicville a union of American Baptist and United Presbyterian Churches He is a former pastor of the United Church of Cohoes and has served as Unity House counselor in Troy He and his wife Peg parent four children and several local students will attend Mechanicville Public Schools The ceremony includes Dr Kurt Klingbeil Milton Olsen Rev Robert Bunnell Rev Margaret Bunnell and Rev Richard Fiete with a reception in the church assembly room.
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Wechanicville
American Legion Post
Central Avenue
Joseph Izzo
Mechanicville
John L. Robertson
Emmanuel United Church of
American Baptist
United Presbyterian Churches
Robertson
United Church of
Troy
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
New York
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Western Seminary
Pittsburg
Peg
Kurt Klingbeil
American Baptist Churches of New York
Milton Olsen
Presbytery of
Albany
Robert Bunnell
Charlton-Freehold
World Series on Friday and Saturday at Mechanicville Civic Center
Civic Center hosts World Series viewing this Friday and Saturday per youth director Helen Burgess. A Laurel and Hardy film Way Out West screens Friday at 8 p.m. and marks the start of fall Friday film series. Boys only activities run Fridays 3 to 5 p.m. and babysitting courses for girls run Wednesdays 3 to 5 p.m. The center closes Fridays 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Saturdays 7 p.m. to 1 p.m.
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Mechanicville
Mechanicville Civic Center
Helen Burgess
Shenendehowa seeks parents for calendar committee
Shenendehowa School District forms a calendar committee to advise the 188 instructional days calendar for next year. The panel will be chaired by Arthur Boynton with participation from administration students teachers Civil Service union staff and parents. Superintendent Edwin Dunmire invites parents to share ideas.
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Clifton Park
Shenendehowa
Edwin Dunmire
Arthur Boynton
Civil Service Union
Dunmire
Clifton Park Evaluation Up At Town Board Meeting
Building inspector L. J. Caton announced the September town evaluation rose by nearly $800000. The office issued 20 permits for family residences, one for a Clifton Country Mall store, and several pools garages and other additions.
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Clifton Park
L. J. Caton
Clifton Country Mall
Seventh Grade Parents Night in Stillwater Central School
Parents of seventh graders in Stillwater Central School district are invited to a parents night on October 24 at 7 30 p m in the main building. Thomas Filton will lead the program outlining junior high adjustment philosophy and homework policy for seventh grade along with report card symbols and guidance office policies. A short film will be shown and a school tour offered.
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Stillwater
Stillwater Central School
Thomas Filton
Boy assaulted near Lebit's Hoagies reported
A South Main Street woman told police her son was assaulted near Lebit's Hoagies on Tuesday night in Mechanicville. Officers found the boy with loosened teeth. No charges were filed as the mother agreed to seek the dentist bill from the attackers’ parents. A Stillwater High School flea market hosted by the French Club will run in the school parking lot on November 12 and 19.
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Mechanicville
Stillwater
Stillwater High School
Community notices and events in Clifton Park area
The Shenendehowa Free Library seeks October November visits for a Business and Community Services Directory with entries including name, address, phone and hours. Public dances flea market guild meeting exhibit and dozens of local club and church activities are planned across Clifton Park and nearby areas with dates, locations and organizers named for the fall season.
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Shenendehowa Free
Clifton Park
Halfmoon Area
DeYoung
Capital
Shenendehowa
la Leche League
League
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