Walker Valley veteran brings bell for Vietnam church
A disabled Walker Valley veteran Alfonso Sellet 47 returned to Vietnam to deliver an 85 pound bell for a church and orphanage near Tan Son Nhut Air Base two years after promising to return with a bell. The bell built in 1739 was found in New Paltz and shipped via Pan American Airways to California then an Air Force lift. Sellet led maintenance at Ulster County Office Building and, with his wife Joan and their children, cleaned and prepared the bell for installation, hoping to raise awareness and aid for the orphanage.
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Walker VA
Walker Valley
Vietnam
Alfonso Sellet
Rt. 52
Sellet
Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base
Joan Sellet
New Paltz
Seilet
Kingston
Ulster County
Joan
John
Seller
Sellets
Michael
Alfonso
Kennedy
Blooming Grove delays vote on four acre park purchase
Blooming Grove Town Board will not hold the public vote Tuesday on land acquisition for a four acre park near the Merriewold housing development. The park proposal, estimated at 100606 dollars, will instead appear on the September primary ballot after negotiations on the land sale. A related vote on a local law governing motorcycle and snowmobile race tracks was discussed, with attorney Alan Lipman urging stricter controls and opponents arguing the races are non-commercial if limited.
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Washingtonville
Blooming Grove
Merriewold
Patrick Kavanah
Kavanah
Spear
Lipman
Orange County Court Plans Summer Criminal Terms
Orange County Court will hold full scale criminal trial terms in July and August with trials for jail and bail cases to ensure speedy adjudication. Judge Abraam Isseks notes statewide directives urge prompt disposition, with 90 day readiness and six month trial rules, while jury pool adjustments and air conditioned courtrooms aim to ease summer delays. Angelo J. Ingrassia to hear first summer county cases, including matters earlier handled by the former DA.
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Goshen
Orange County
Abraam Isseks
Isseks
State Judicial Conference
Supreme Court
Commissioner of Jurors
Michael DeStefano
State Conference
Angelo J. Ingrassia
Ingrassia
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Bill Lowry
Anthony Chi
UPI
Margot Sperry
Monroe
Alan Lipman
American Motorcycle Association
John Spear
Washingtonville Village
Walton Lake
Benjamin A. Gilman
Middletown
Richard E. Schermerhorn
Cornwall
Rockefeller
James Sweeney
Walton Lake Homeowners Association
Gilman
Assembly
Senate
Sweeney
Melvin Goren
Orange County Court
Bob Pape
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