Walker Valley veteran returns to Vietnam with bell for church
Alfonso Sellet after being wounded in 1969 returns to Vietnam with an 18 inch pewter bell for a church tower and orphanage near Tan Son Nhut Air Base. He and his wife Joan spent weeks restoring the 1739 bell found in Kingston. The bell will ring to wake the town and draw aid for the church and orphanage.
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Walker Valley
Vietnam
Alfonso Seller
Rt. 52
Sellet
Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base
Joan Sellet
New Paltz
Kingston
Ulster County
Joan
John
Seller
Sellets
Michael
Alfonso
Kennedy
UPI
Blooming Grove weighs motorcycle law and park land plan
Blooming Grove Town Board defers public vote on land purchase for a four acre park near Merriewold housing, while discussing a proposed local law regulating motorcycle and snowmobile race tracks. A June 28 special meeting will decide the law, with park costs once estimated at 100000 dollars and campaigns noted by Attorney Alan Lipman and opponent John Spear amid resident complaints about sewage issues and back-ups.
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Washingtonville
Blooming Grove
Merriewold
American Motorcycle Association
John Spear
Spear
Lipman
Weed control bill aims to clear Monroe lake
After years of delays a bill authorizing weed control districts for Walton Lake nears enactment approval by Gov Rockefeller. The measure would fund districts on a benefit basis with disputes over cost sharing resolved, replacing prior assessment based methods that many residents oppose due to uneven lake-right ownership.
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Monroe
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 to Hold Summer Trials in Orange County
Orange County Court will hold full-scale criminal trial terms in July and August with about 100 jurors selected per term. Judge Abraam Isseks notes statewide rules push for prompt trial disposition and possible early release for non homicide defendants not ready for trial within 90 days. Angelo J. Ingrassia to hear first summer cases, after serving as former district attorney.
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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
Orange County Court
Ingrassia
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Times Herald
G.I
Saigon
Bill Lowry
Alfonso Sellet
Anthony Chi
Serlet
Margot Sperry
Patrick Kavanah
Kavanah
Alan Lipman
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