Shenendehowa seeks 125000 grant for high school shop addition
Shenendehowa School Board approved applying for a 125000 federal Public Works Bill grant to add a two room industrial arts wing at Shenendehowa High School. The panel highlighted the project as best positioned for approval amid other potential grants, while noting the process remains competitive and long term planning matters. The board also accepted Fred Bond's November 1 resignation and discussed a delayed payment plan for student supplies bills and tuition contracts for four handicapped students.
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Clifton Park
Shenendehowa
Shenendehowa High School
Albany Diocese forms ad hoc committee on divorced Catholics
The Diocese of Albany under Bishop Edwin B. Broderick establishes an ad hoc committee to study divorced Roman Catholics. The group will examine spiritual and social needs, consult tribunals and theologians, and seek input from diocesan pastoral departments. Contact Father Provost at the Chancery Office to offer recommendations.
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Albany
Diocese of
Edwin B. Broderick
Broderick
Father Provost
Chancery
State St
N.Y
Homemakers name new club officers in Schuylerville meeting
The Catherine Schuyler Homemakers elected Mary Coffin as chairperson and Patricia Stiles as secretary among a slate that includes Margaret Spiezio as assistant chairperson Sally Kersey as treasurer and Barbara Aldrich with Spiezio on crafts. New members Sally Kersey and Ronalle Myers joined.
Community tips and requests in the Hotline column
Readers seek nonprofit coupon donations for Watervliet Senior Citizens and Little Sisters of the Poor with confirmations of use. Collectors discuss rare cards and a mid month meeting with a convention, plus perfume requests and exchanges. The column notes need for names and contact details to answer puzzles.
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S.G
Watervliet
Jennie Schramm
Cohoes
Second Ave
J. Marcil
Cohoés
Little Sisters of the Poor
Central Ave
Albany
St. Angelica
Shenendehowa Library to Start Fall Story Hour for Pre-Schoolers
The Shenendehowa Free Library will begin its fall pre-school Story Hour on Tuesday October 5 running eight weeks through November 2. Registration opens Monday at 10 a.m. by telephone or in person at the Cemetery Road library. Candidates must be pre-school and turn three before April 1. Sessions occur Tuesdays at 10:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. and Wednesdays at 10:15 a.m. with volunteer readers and staff support.
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Shenendehowa Free Library
Judith L. Levine
Cemetery Road
Shenendehowa Library
Levine
County Receives Road Grant for Traffic Counter Study
Saratoga County secured a federal highway grant of 1 800 to buy two traffic counters for measuring traffic on 360 miles of highways. The study will run in early fall spring and summer to guide repairs and repaving with total project cost 3 773 and county share of 1 973.
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Saratoga Springs
Saratoga County
John Strohl
Schuylerville Girl Scouts Seek Local Leaders
Schuylerville area needs leaders to supervise about 50 Girl Scouts under Dorothy Olson the area chairman. Olson notes little scouting before ten years ago but annual programs now serve Brownies Juniors and Cadets with ongoing adult volunteer needs.
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Schuylerville
Dorothy Olson
Olson
Wilton
Saratoga Springs
Greenfield
Colonie Police Host Three Hour Bike Safety Contest
The Colonie Police Department runs a three hour bike safety competition at the parking lot behind 80 Wolf Road on Saturday starting at noon. Contestants are judged on hazard avoidance sign and signal obedience and bike inspection. Prizes ribbons and certificates will be awarded from the town police department town youth bureau and McDonald's.
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Colonie
Colonie Police Department
Wolf Road
Town Police Department
Town Youth Bureau
McDonald’s
New York Instant Lottery Hits Record Sales in First Week
In its first week, New York State Lottery sold at least 18.9 million one dollar tickets, more than double the prior weekly record. Lottery director John Quinn calls the response overwhelming as vendors rush to stock more tickets and deposits flow to banks. Twenty thousand plus stores have applied to sell the tickets, with vendors earning six percent of sales.
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New York
New
New York State
Michigan
John Quinn
Quinn
World Trade Center
James Nolan
Frank Brodsky
Brooklyn
Jose
Sixto Ortiz
Ortiz
Semifinalists Named in Cornword Puzzle No 1110
Cornword Puzzle No 1110 lists seven semifinalists eligible by naming five keywords to reach the $250 jackpot. A winner, if any, will be announced Saturday. Semifinalists include C A, Troy Mrs J Beaudoin, Troy Michael and Cathy Cournoyer, Watervliet L Ford, Troy Maurice Herbert, Troy Albert Sickles, Troy Connie F Wilkinson, Troy.
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C.A
Troy
Mrs. J. Beaudoin
Michael
Cathy Cournoyer
Watervliet
Rally Day kicks off Schuylerville United Methodist program
Schuylerville United Methodist Church holds Rally Day Sunday starting at 9 30 a m with class registration for preschool through adult, open house of Sunday School rooms, teacher introductions, and year long studies. Worship at 11 a m includes dedications to honor teachers staff and memorialize six church members. Rev Luther Patton will preach on Being God s People Today.
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Schuylerville
United Methodist Church of
Luther Patton
Glens Falls
Troy
Mechanicville to Host Historical Slide Program
Mechanicville native Joseph Iannetto will narrate a history slide show of the city and area landmarks at the Friends of the Library fall meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. The program ties to the Bicentennial Barge festival arriving at Mechanicville dock Saturday and Sunday.
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Mechanicville
Friends of the Library
Joseph Iannetto
Black
Schenectady
Friends
Missing $1712 in valuables from Sparrowbush Apt
Latham Colonie police say more than $1,700 in valuables vanished from a Sparrowbush Road apartment. Tricia Crouse reported items including a $250 jewelry box a $700 diamond and a $500 bronze statue of Diana missing since August 16 with no sign of forced entry.
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Latham
Sparrowbush Road
Tricia Crouse
Apt. 10
Sparrowbush
Diana
Colonie
Police report shows 53 arrests in August for Schuylerville
Schuylerville Village Police Chief Al Tripoli reported 53 arrests in August to the Village Board. Vehicle and traffic arrests included 16 speeding and other violations. Penal Law arrests included petit larceny and disorderly conduct. Eight auto accidents and 23 total complaints were recorded.
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Schuylerville
al Tripoli
Village Board of Trustees
Tripoli
Mechanicville Native Wins Fellowship In Linguistics
Mechanicville native Jerome B. Nolan recently earned Summa Cum Laude at Buffalo State University and was awarded a fellowship for advanced study in linguistics. He was inducted into Buffalo State's Phi Beta Kappa chapter and invited to join a research group in France next summer. Nolan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Nolan, is a 1972 Mechanicville High School graduate and Rotary Exchange Student who studied in Borås Sweden and Paris.
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Mechanicville
Buffalo State University
France
Jerome B. Nolan
Thomas D. Nolan
Buffalo State
Phi Beta Kappa
Nolan
Mechanicville High School
Rotary
Boras
Sweden
Sorbonne
Paris
Explosion at GAF plant in Rensselaer injures workers
An explosion at the GAF Corporation hair dryer section in Building 93 at 33 Riverside Ave a Rensselaer plant sent over a dozen employees and firefighters to Albany hospitals for chemical exposure and smoke inhalation. One supervisor, Ronald McCormick, 47, was burned. No immediate public health hazard was found.
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Rensselaer
GAF Corporation
Albany
Ronald McCormick
John Sheehan
Rensselaer County Health Department
GAF
Bill Dougherty
Rensselaer County
Sheehan
Peter Grobecker
Donald Hartler
Albany Memorial Hospital
Riverside Ave
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