Village eyes fire truck fund amid budget dispute
Village officials plan a dedicated fund to buy a new fire truck while Fire Chief McMartin accuses the board of underfunding equipment. Mayor Bogardus defends the budget and notes surplus would raise taxes if spent, and criticizes parking lot costs as unrelated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
Donald Bogardus
Fire Department
Bogardus
Thomas McMartin
McMartin Bogardus
McMartin
Thorpe
Cities protest federal offices move to Buffalo
Mechanicville and neighboring cities protest the federal Housing and Urban Development plan to close Albany and New York offices and open a consolidated site in Buffalo. Officials say trips to Albany will be replaced by longer travels and mail delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicville
New York
Buffalo
Albany
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Loan period extended at Shenendehowa Free Library
Beginning Tuesday the Shenendehowa Free Library will extend book loans from two to four weeks with no renewal. The change, aimed at easing shelf crowding and reducing renewals, keeps current one week loans for new books and heavy homework requests. The library also notes new land donations and plans for a larger facility, with hours posted for seven days a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenendehowa Free Library
Judith L. Levine
Stephen Vinciguerras
Michael Vincis
Clifton Park
Old Route 146
Cemetery Road
Halfmoon
Elks Club
MacElroy Road
Jonesville
Clifton Park approves funds to fix Rexford water system
The town board authorizes up to 6 for repairs to the Rexford water system to prevent freezing. Engineer Clough Associates of Latham will address a water-filled meter pit and a sump pump line at ground level with sealing of joints. A separate 300 is allotted for engineers as a start, with possible emergency actions by the supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Park
Rexford
Clough Associates of
Latham
Charles McIloskey
Neighborhood dispute over cracked windshield on Leonard Street
A Leonard Street resident told police his car windshield was cracked between 7 30 p m Wednesday and 10 a m Thursday. Officers found a stone near the window and the man later identified two neighborhood boys as the culprits but chose not to press charges.
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Leonard Street
Mechanicville
Hit and run damages car along Warsaw Avenue in Mechanicville
A Warsaw Avenue man reported to Mechanicville Police that on a Tuesday evening his car parked in front of the Peters Purcell Post Legion was struck by a white car driven by a woman. Police continue to investigate the hit and run.
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Mechanicville
Warsaw Avenue
Peters - Purcell Post
Legion
Shopping center plan worries Hoosick Falls residents
Residents voiced concerns at a public hearing over a proposed 12.4 acre Embiler Estate shopping center in Hoosick Falls. They cited taxpayers' costs and added strain on the sewage treatment plant as key issues while the planning board considers village acquisition of the estate from the town for the project. Ralph Helft owns the property.
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Hoosick Falls
Embler
McMartin
Embiler
Hoosick
Ralph Helft
Plainsmen League Banquet to Honor Seniors Nov Five
The Plainsmen Junior Football League hosts a mother father son banquet November five at the Holiday Inn in Sarasoza Springs. Scott Murray of WAST will speak. Shenendehowa seniors who played for the Plainsmen will attend with head coach Brent Steyuerwald. New officers for 1977 78 will be installed and sponsors thanked. Tickets via team managers. call Mrs. John Brock with questions.
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Plainsmen
Holiday Inn
Sarasoza Springs
Scott Murray
WAST
Shenendehowa Central School
Brent Steyuerwald
Shenendehowa
Clifton Park native elected vice president of Troy Conference United Methodist Women
Virginia Tracey of Clifton Park was elected one of two vice presidents of the United Methodist Women of the Troy Conference at a Rutland Vermont conference. Edith French of Stowe was named president and Marilyn Farmer of Vergennes the other vice president. Madeleine Robinson of Castleton was elected treasurer.
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Clifton Park
Virginia Tracey of
United Methodist Women of Troy Conference
United Methodist Church
Rutland, Vt
Edith French
Stowe, Vt
Marilyn Farmer
Vergennes, Vt
Madeleine Robinson
Castleton, Vt
Reappoint Gemmiti to review board in Mechanicville
Mechanicville city council votes to reappoint Vincent Gemmiti to the city review board. The decision preserves continuity on the board as members shuffle terms and responsibilities.
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Gemmiti
Mechanicville
Vincent Gemmiti
Michael Zimmerman Named Personnel Director of Thruway Authority
Clifton Park area man Michael Zimmerman is appointed personnel director of the state Thruway Authority. He joined in 1970 as a training technician and has been personnel administrator in employee benefits and senior personnel administrator over recruitments. Born in London and raised in Binghamton, he graduated from Albany State University and lives with his wife Olga and two daughters. He will serve a term through 1979 on the City Board of Assessment Review alongside Jack Lynch Jay Alan Wilbur Nick DiVirgilio and one vacancy to be filled.
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Clifton Gardens Park Commission
Dorothy
Wizard of Oz
Evergreen and
Sonal
Vischer Ferry
Riverview Road
Rexford
Judy Beatty
Connie Kowalchyk
Patty Subcliff
Women of
St. George
Church Hall
Route 146
Clifton Park
Herbert Smith
Lewis Hatlee
Kenneth van Wert
Jack Underhill
Ivan Putnam
John Chalmers
David Smith
Orenda
Richard Grimm
Shenendehowa
Clifton Park United Methodist Church
Cornelius Vanden Broek
Visory Council
IPAC
College of Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
Willis Ottery
Country Knolls
Marquis
International Harvester Co
TPAC
Brookside Museum
Willie Marlowe
Stockton State College
Pomona
Michael Zimmerman
State Thruway Authority
Zimmerman
Authority
London
England
Binghamton
Albany State University
Wife Olga
Jack Lynch
Jay Alan Wilbur
Nick DiVirgilio
John Fascia
Landscaping at Assumption St Paul parish costs noted
Rev. Michael Sullivan says extensive grounds work at Assumption St Paul parish in Mechanicville cost about 4200 dollars. The parish booster club will raise funds to cover the expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicville
Assumption’St. Paul Parish
Michael Sullivan
Alpha Phi Alpha to Hold State Conference in Albany
The nation’s first Black Greek-letter fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha plans its annual State Conference at the Ramada Inn Albany Friday and Saturday. Registration and social events are Friday, with the main business meeting and an opening session Saturday featuring a welcoming address by Mayor Erastus Corning. The Albany-Troy Chapter Beta Pi Lambda hosts.
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Brookside
Round Lake
Donna Garrie
Donna
Maltaville
Peggy Walsh
Nancy Winkler
Washington County Cooperative Extension
Woman's Round Lake Improvement Society
Round Lake Library
James Kelly
Kelly
Albany
Alpha Phi Alpha
Ramada Inn
Erastus Corning
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Saratoga County
Saratoga Springs
Amsterdam
Watervliet
Schenectady
Troy
John Lenihan
Fellowship Hall
Robert Martin
William Betts Cochairmen
Parkette
Peppi
George Morley
Albert Tollison
Methodist Youth Fellowship Group
Barbara Hickok
Gerald Lee
Dannette McCarthy
Joy Bourgeois
Suzanne Hickok
Carol Hickok
Malta
Cathy Landrigan
Youth Fellowships of
Christ Community Church, Reformed
Kathy Ensign
Colonie
Charles Dudgeon
Ruth Carrigan
John Palm
Palm
Bill Andrick
Andrick Studies
Church Street
William McMartin
Oak
Cohves Savings Bank
Clifton Park - Halfmoon Jaycees
Denby’s, Knolls Realty
Shenendehowa Kiwanis
van Patten Homes
Clifton Park Hardware and Paint
E & D Beverages
Willsey - Decker Equipment Co
Shenendehowa Rotary, Janitronics
J.R. Sousa Service Center
John Brock
Ms. Marlowe
Junior College of Albany
Russell Sage Evening Division
College of Saint Rose
The
State University of New York
Russell Sage College
Schenectady Museum
Columbia Green Community College
Marist College
Mint Museum of Art
Bailston
Rudi Ottery
Virginia Tracey Group
Board of Assessment Review
Albany-Troy
Anthony
Edward C. Spain
Troy Police Court
Spain
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