346-year-old Castleton house kept in Staats family
In Castleton on Hudson New York the Staats family notes 10 generations in the same riverfront home likely built in 1630 with Dutch heritage. Lawrence Staats caretaker describes life without indoor plumbing and tours of artifacts like a Dutch kas cabinet and a 1767 map. The family cemetery marker reads oldest 1707 newest 1966.
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Castleton
Castleton-On-Hudson
N.Y
America
Staats
Lawrence Staats
Seaman
Staatses
Abram Staats
New World
Samuel
Jochim
van Rensselaer
Eight arrests made by East Greenbush police this week
East Greenbush police reported eight arrests in the past week on charges from criminal mischief to grand larceny. Suspects include three teens charged Aug 10 for possession of stolen property after taking beer from Concord Market. Other cases involve forged instrument theft, burglary, and theft of services with varied outcomes and dates Aug 11 to Aug 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Greenbush
Concord Market
Columbia Turnpike
Kenneth J. Crawley
Myrtle Ave
Albany
Crawley
K-Mart
Betty J. Gibson
Osborn St
Gibson
Community State Bank
Reilly
Chester T. Cottrell
RD 2
Troy
Cottrell
Mount Vernon
James W. Welsh
Welsh
Hotline requests and reader tips flood Troy notices
Readers from Troy and surrounding areas seek help locating people and items from music star addresses to catalog requests. The column also reports various petty crimes: stolen snow plow broken windshield CB radio thefts and an attempted burglary at a local shop.
Lyttle ordered to pay county for legal fees
William J. Lyttle, serving a 50 year sentence for the hatchet murders of his step mother and step sister, was ordered by Saratoga County Judge Loren N. Brown to reimburse the county $3,000 for legal fees from a two week trial that ended June 30. His inherited $5,000 from his grandmother Marion Christie Lyttle was considered in the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyttle
County
Ballston Spa
William J. Lyttle
Marion Christie Lyttle
Saratoga County
Loren N. Brown
Ballston Spa Man In Critical Condition After One Car Crash
A Ballston Spa resident, Patrick M. Murphy 27, suffered severe head injuries in a Tuesday morning crash on County Farm Road Milton. His car hit a concrete culvert, vehicle demolished, Murphy pinned, transported from Ballston Spa Fire Company to Ellis Hospital via Community Emergency Corps.
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Milton
Ballston Spa
Ellis Hospital
Saratoga County
Murphy
Ballston Spa Fire Company
Community Emergency Corps
Saratoga Hospital
Ellis
Twenty six watertight barges serviced in Albany port
Twenty six watertight barges were serviced at the Port of Albany early Monday morning. The new stacked containers can be carried by a mother ship or loaded on flat bed trucks. Grain was loaded at the grain elevator before the barges were towed by tug to New York Harbor for transfer to Alexandria and onward freight to Egypt via Prudential Lines.
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Albany
Frank Dunham
Hudson River
New York Harbor
Egypt
Alexandria
Nile River
Prudential Lines, Inc
Albany Firemen Police Oppose Repeal of Taylor Law
More than 150 Albany firemen police and residents protested a council law to repeal a Taylor Law section on binding arbitration. Mayor Corning presided at a hearing and had not decided whether to sign or veto. Local 2007 criticized the measure as unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
Taylor
Albany
Common Council
Erastus Corning II
Romano
Josephine Sano
The
Albany Public Teachers Association
Richard Nixon
Robert J. Stein
Stein
Dennis Richard
Nassau Man Serves on Fisheries Patrol
Ensign Walter S. Miller 22 of Nassau serves on the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis for a two month fisheries patrol. The vessel departed Honolulu for sea duty, Miller is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton H. Miller of 17 Fairview Ave. Nassau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau
Walter S. Miller
Clayton H. Miller
Fairview Ave
Coast Guard
Jarvis
Honolulu
Longe pleads innocent in Legg's death
Albany man Daniel K. Longe 29 pleaded innocent in county court to two counts of second degree murder and one count of first degree manslaughter in the beating death of former roommate Harold Legg. The July 17 incidents are alleged to have lasted 10 hours with Legg pushed from a porch and dying August 1 at Albany Medical Center. Bail hearing postponed. Longe remanded to Albany County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Harold ‘‘Buzzie
Legg
Daniel K. Longe
Madison Ave
Longe
Albany County
So Greenburg
Albany Medical Center
John J. Clyne
Rensselaer County 4-H Calendar At-A-Glance
Cooperative Extension notes a weekly schedule for 4-H Little Red Wagon and Youth Activities Group across Griswold Heights and Ahern Apartments. Sessions run Wednesday morning, Thursday afternoon, and Friday morning with times and locations listed.
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Griswold Heights
Ahern
Rich Little Show Brings Impersonations To Colonie Coliseum
Arts editor notes Rich Little at Colonie Coliseum Summer Theatre during convention week. He shifts through 1600 plus impersonations from Nixon to Carson, Brinkley to Haymes, delivering rapid character changes and audience laughs. The show is billed as the summer gem and opens with a long opening-night solo act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latham
Rich Little
Gerald Ford
Colonie Coliseum
Little
David Brinkley
Nelson Rockefeller
Jimmy Carter
Hubert Humphrey
Richard Nixon
David Frye
Nixon
Tricky Dick
Carson
Johnny Carson
Howard Cosell
W. C. Fields
Carol Changing
Ronald Reagan
Dick Haymes
Frank Sinatra
Haymes
Coliseum
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van Rensselaer Family
Connie Staats Lawrence
Rensselaer County
Mark E. Reilly
Hudson Ave
Rensselaer
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Times Record
Andover
Mass
Internal Revenue Service Center
Federal Check Claims Division
Washington, D.C
Secret Service
Mrs. W.C.D. — Troy
Washington
the Times Record
Frank Sherry
International Silver Co
Pennsylvania
Colorado
California
B. Hayes
Sara Harder
Valley Falls
Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary
Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca
New York
Henry J. Hammond Sr
Joseph A. Alberino
Minnesota Luxury Merchandising Co
L.M.C
Minneapolis
Minn
Esther M. Strope
Syracuse
Clorinda Valenti
Maurice Schrader
Sharon Springs
Fred Astaire
Rose Marie Sestito — Troy
Fred Astaire Park East Dance Studios, Inc
West
D6th St
Columbia Broadcasting System
West 52Nd St
Troy Public Library
Roger Sport and Ski Shop
Donald Carola
Berlin
Berlin Central
Frank Spath
Firefighters Local
Michael Romano
Lano
Cynthia Davidson
Arts
Bing Crosby
Pebble Beach
Hollywood
Jack Webb
Jack Benny
Truman Capote
George Burns
Little and Haymes
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