Treasury moves 2.9 million Carson City silver dollars to Point depository
In a high security weekend operation the Treasury moved 2.9 million rare Carson City silver dollars from Washington to the Point depository. Most coins date 1878 to 1891 and may fetch up to 200 dollars each. Public sale is planned about a year away with limits of 10 coins per buyer and one per category.
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West Point
Treasury Department
Washington
Carson City New
General Services Administration
GSA
Carson City
United Press International
Nixon
Treasury
Church fair gifts delight Highland Mills family
Mrs. Thomas M. Kelly of Highland Mills poses with her 3 year old Christine and Raggedy Ann at St. David's Episcopal Church gift fair. The fair features gift shopping across Highland Mills Monroe Welden and Maybrook with churches hosting Saturday events.
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Thomas M. Kelly
Highland Mills
Christine
Raggedy Ann
St. David's Episcopal Church
Monroe
Welden
Maybrook
Chris Farlekas
Schools face funding squeeze as state aid deferred
Area school officials reacted to Gov Rockefeller's plan to defer January and February state aid, risking borrowing to cover operating costs. A special session on December 27 aims to raise revenues and address the fiscal crisis. Some districts anticipate borrowing costs, while others call for restraint on aid increases next year.
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Janet
Kenneth R. Quick
Middletown
Quick
Lawrence P. Bartnick
Goshen
Jeffersonville- Youngsville
Charles W. Rudiger
Monticello
Rudiger
Reginald Kierstead
Minisink
First Communion for Christopher Amid Drowning Incident
Christopher received Holy Communion in the Catholic Church for the first time on November 21. Mrs. Cooper, a neighbor who instructed him and other youths in the hamlet, recalled his curiosity and questions as they prepared for the sacrament.
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Christopher
Chris
Break-in at Roma Imperial Restaurant leads to arrest
Newburgh town police charged Francis Alan Wheeler 24 Sleepy Hollow Trailer Park Town of Newburgh with third degree burglary after a window at the Roma Imperial Restaurant near Rt. 32 was found broken Sunday morning. Patrolman John Gazek found Wheeler inside and he was arraigned before Magistrate Angelo D Arrigo and remanded to Orange County jail in lieu of 2000 bail. Preliminary hearing set at Gardnertown Road town hall Friday.
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Gardnertown
Newburgh
Francis Alan Wheeler
Sleepy Hollow
John Gazek
Gazek
Angelo D’arrigo
Wheeler
Orange County
Goshen
Hal Pe Gardnertown Road
Major narcotics sweep nets 36 arrests across Rockland County
In a pre dawn operation more than 100 officers from 11 agencies arrested at least 36 people in Rockland County. The four month undercover probe targeted heroin distribution with many arrests at private residences. The raid included state police Troop F units from Middletown Kingston Stony Point Monroe Ellenville and Newburgh along with Clarkstown Ramapo and several villages. Police expect more arrests as the investigation continues.
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Wayne Caskey
Middletown
Rockland County
Charles Teelon
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Stony Point
New York
United States
Kingston
Monroe
Ellenville
Newburgh
Clarkstown
Ramapo
Spring Valley
Nyack
South Nyack
Niagara County
Grand Jury
Anthony J. Villella
Villella
Port Jervis Bond Vote Registration Open Today
Voter registration for the December 20 Port Jervis school bond referendum runs from noon to 7 today. Joseph Hirsch, district business administrator, says new 18 to 21 year olds must register at Port Jervis middle school auditorium lobby to be eligible. The referendum seeks approval to build a new kindergarten through sixth grade elementary school on the Rt. 209 site.
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Port Jervis
Joseph Hirsch
Hirsch
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