Neighborhood Police Unit May Start in Lansingburgh Soon
Lan singburgh could gain a storefront police unit within weeks as part of a one year pilot, with an intern handling calls and clerical work. The plan adds two patrol officers, two marked cars, a youth worker, and two juvenile officers, housed at the 115th Street fire station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Owens
Lansingburgh
City Council Public Safety Committee
Arlene Cahill
J. Duncan Barrett
115Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Barrett
Albany
Arbor Hill
Pba
Public Safety Committee
Cahill
Money drives Troy teachers contract stalemate
A fact finder says Troy teachers are paid well below similar Capital District districts with nearly all salary ranges at the bottom. He recommends annual increases of six percent plus increment, but district officials say eight percent over three years is unaffordable, while five percent was offered. The PERB appointed fact finder notes past offers and says the impasse stems from a rejected previous recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Teachers Association
Troy
Capital District Area
Cogan Begins Second Term as Hudson Valley College President
John H. Cogan Jr. of East Greenbush starts his second term as president of the Hudson Valley Community College Board of Trustees after reelection. The board also reappointed Raymond Sick as vice president and Hyman Rosenblum as secretary, elected Millicent Newton as assistant secretary, and approved an underground chemical storage plan near laboratories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cogan
Hudson Valley
John H. Cogan Jr
East Greenbush
Hudson Valley Community College Board of Trustees
Raymond Sick
Ford Motor Co
Green Island
Hyman Rosenblum
Millicent Newton
Mistrial denied in rape case against Breed members
In Rensselaer County Court the judge refused to grant a mistrial for Martin Pulver and William Liberty accused of first degree rape and first degree sodomy. The trial proceeded with testimony on the Oct 3 1976 Poestenkill party where the victim said the Breed members assaulted her. The woman identified Liberty by a yellow inscribed T shirt and Pulver by memory of his nickname Tiny and their conduct. If convicted, each faces up to 29 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer County
Martin Pulver
William Liberty
Kingston
Don G. Cholakis
Poestenkis
Albany
Ira Mendleson III
Cholakis
Pulver and
Liberty
Times
Breed
Poestenkill
Vosburgh Road
Pulver
John J. Sweeney, Jr
Troy
Troy Man Sentenced for Drunken Driving and Vehicle Use
A 24-year-old Troy man, Brian E. Duby of 1 Farm St., received three years probation and a $500 fine after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He admitted intoxication at 6 a.m. March 8 on 13th Street. His license was revoked and restitution ordered. Willis Pompey, 47, of 239 Ninth St., Troy, received one year conditional discharge for a misdemeanor DWI after initially facing a felony charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Rensselaer
Brian E. Duby
Farm St
Duby
13Th Street
Don G. Cholakis
Cholakis
Willis Pompey
Ninth St
Pompey
Fifth Avenue
Washington Street
Manpower Director Shifts to Health Department in County
Kenneth Van Praag, longtime head of Rensselaer County Manpower and Development, will become director of administration in the county Health Department effective Monday replacing Eugene L. Brown. Joseph Mancinelli will take over as acting manpower director for the rest of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Kenneth van Praag
Rensselaer County Manpower and Development Department
County Health Department
van Praag
Eugene L. Brown
State Health Department
William J. Murphy
Joseph Mancinelli
Mancinelli
Murphy
Troy
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Joseph F. Casey
GOP County
Republican
Casey
Capital District Regional
Peoble's Island nature walk and historical tour set
A 10 a.m. Saturday nature walk and island tour, sponsored by the 4-H Urban Advisory Committee and Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway, gathers at the 112th Street Bridge in Lansingburgh. Dave Wos and Stephen Draper lead. return by 4 p.m. Bring lunch and dress for walking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoble’s Island
4-H Urban Advisory Committee
Hudson Mohawk Industrial Gateway
112Th Street Bridge
Lansingburgh
Dave Wos
Stephen Draper
the Gateway
Trojan Tree Planting Drive Seeks 25 Percent Share
Residents in the city area will be asked to pledge 25 percent of their block’s tree cost. For details call Roger Buckley, tree planting committee chair, at 274 2827. A Giant Firehouse Tag Sale will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the East Side Community Center in Troy, with housewares, appliances, baked goods and clothing. A brief meeting for workers and volunteers will precede the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Buckley
East Side
Troy
Women’s Day at Fifth Avenue A.M.E. Zion in Troy Theme Unafraid
Women's Day at Fifth Avenue A.M.E. Zion Church in Troy Sunday features Lucille M. Blakeney of Jamestown as speaker at 11 a.m. She is district directress of missionary education in the Western New York Conference and a World War II veteran who served with the U.S. Army Air Force. A 4 p.m. reception follows. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue A.M.E. Zion Church
Troy
Lucille M. Blakeney
Jamestown
Western New York
Troy fall tree planting in Central South area set this weekend
The Central South Neighborhood Improvement Program will begin this weekend with a fall tree planting in eleven blocks between Adams and Ferry Streets and First and Fourth Streets. The tree planting committee and block representatives will contact homeowners to explain the program as the Downtown Development Committee and Central South provide 75 percent of the funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central South
Adams and
Ferry Streets
First
Fourth
Downtown Development Committee
Jeremiah Johnson to Headline Library Film Night
The Troy Public Library screens Jeremiah Johnson at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Starring Robert Redford Will Geer and Allyn Ann McLerie the tale follows an ex soldier who abandons civilization to survive as a mountain man in the Rockies. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult and admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Johnson
Troy Public Library
Rockies
Robert Redford
Will Geer
Allyn Ann McLerie
Birth announcements from Troy Schenectady and Albany areas
A series of birth notices from New York state record the arrival of multiple newborns in 1977. Notable entries include Michael Edward Engish born September 17 at Ems Hospital Schenectady weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces to Edward L Engish Jr and Patricia Conroy Engish with family ties to Troy Rotterdam Cohoes and Albany. Additional births include John William IV born September 25 1977 at St Peter's Hospital Albany to Mr and Mrs John W Greaves and Greggery Rocert Luther born September 20 1977 at Bellevue Maternity Hospital with parents Mr and Mrs Robert Luner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L Engish Jr
Rotterdam
Michael Edward
Ems Hospital
Schenectady
Jenn Bk Conroy
Troy
Edward le English
Joseph Jacon
Adrien Piche
Cohoes
English
Patricia A. Conroy
Kerry Lynn Aroudly
John William IV
5 Peter's Hospital
Albany
John W Greaves
Whiteview Road
Jonn @ Coffey
Es Sand Lake
J William
Luther
Robert Luner
Haney
Ann
Greggery Rocert
Bellevue Maternity
Lather
Patricia Griffin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Burgh
North
Troy Police Benevolent Association
Citizens Council
James Kilgallon
Kilgallon
The
Lansingburgh Citizens Council
Democratic Council
Eugenia Stoerker
John P. Buckley
Buckley
John E. Sands
New York State Public Employment Relations Board
PERB
Union
Teachers Association
John H. Cogan
Raymond H. Siek
Fitzgibbons
James Harwood
Tiny
Sweeney
Troy Man
Capital Christian Church
Frank Becker
Becker
Greaves Ch
Evives
Coffey
West Sand Las
Quillinan
Weoam
Pyar Wooagh
Arrsytercam Hospital
Guilienarr
Rioe Fletormer
Robert C. Schongar
Joseph Schongar
Eighth Ave
Robert
St. Augustine's School
Wis
Lansingburgh High School
Billy Bowles
William Bowles
First Ave
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