Combining Ballston Spa and Homestead Infirmaries Urged
A Saratoga County committee urges combining Homestead Infirmary Barkersville with Ballston Spa Infirmary to save costs and improve care. A third floor addition at Ballston would house about 70 Homestead residents at an estimated 1.2 million dollars versus 2.15 million to renovate Homestead, with projected annual operating savings of 350 thousand and staff reductions from 64 to 36. Ballston Infirmary now serves 160 patients. plans expect capacity for at least 80 more.
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Barkersville
Saratoga County Board of Supervisors
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Regional Hospital Review
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Helicopter crashes in western Massachusetts injuring crew
A New York Army National Guard OH-6A helicopter en route from Groton Connecticut to Albany Airport suffered engine failure and crashed near Monterey Massachusetts. Pilot Jeffrey P Borges of Latham was unhurt while crew chief Richard P Ritter of Albany sustained a strained neck. The helicopter was damaged in the emergency landing and investigators pursue the cause.
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Monterey
Mass
New York Army National Guard
Groton
Jeffrey P Borges
Latham
Richard P. Ritter
Albany
Salvage efforts misfire and no Syracuse link found
The hot line notes no progress on salvage plans and places Schenectady outside the picture. A Syracuse newspaper request about Mrs. Lillian Burgess drew no reply, and Esther M. Strope last saw her a decade ago. Readers offered advice on storm windows and old cigar boxes, with several inquiry leads and contact requests.
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Lillian Burgess
Troy
Esther M. Strope
Ms. Strope
Modern Gymnast Magazine
Mary Ann Caulfield
West Sand Lake
Six men accused of million-dollar New York subway theft ring
Six men including two Transit Authority workers and a former employee are charged with stealing at least 1 million in tokens from subway booths. Police say they lived lavishly, with multiple apartments and luxury cars, while using a police radio to monitor transit officers. They face armed robbery counts with potential 25-year sentences.
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Transit Authority
Subway
Transit
Sanford Garelik
Bronx
Queens
Garelik
Bronx Dist
Mario Merola
Roland Hunt
Jamaica
Rikers Island
The
Cecil White
Willie Lee
Charles Edwards
Jamica
Robert Cephus
Raymond Heulin
Heylin
Merola
Nassau man named publisher in Delaware
Andrew Fisher of Nassau will become president and publisher of the Wilmington News Journal starting August 1. He will run the paper through an anticipated merger and sale to a DuPont linked buyer before returning to Nassau with his wife Cornelia. Fisher holds Amherst and Harvard degrees and has served with the State Bank of Albany Albany Medical Center and Siena College.
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Andrew Fisher
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Nassau
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Wilmington News-Journal
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The
New York Times
Wilmington
DuPont Chemical Company
Amherst College
Harvard University
State Bank of Albany
Albany Medical Center
Siena College
Rensselaer Woman Wins Public Librarian Certificate
Elizabeth A. Bell of 1628 Third St. is among 14 recipients of Public Librarian's Professional Certificates from the State Library. Recipients completed graduate study at an approved library school and passed examinations plus professional experience.
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Rensselaer
Elizabeth A. Bell
Third St
State Library
John A. Humphrey
Outing at Fort Hardy Park By Young Fellowship
Schuylerville reports the Old Saratoga Reform Church youth group held a Sunday outing at Fort Hardy Park. An old fashioned picnic featured children's games while older participants played horseshoes softball and badminton.
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Schuylerville
Young Fellowship of the Old Saratoga Reformed Church
Fort Hardy Park
Seaman Apprentice Middlebrook completes Great Lakes training
SCHUYLERVILLE Seaman Apprentice Paul Middlebrook has finished boat training at Great Lakes Naval Station Illinois. He now studies at Millington Naval Air Station Memphis Tennessee. A 1975 Schuylerville Central School graduate, he attended SUNY Morrisville before joining the Navy. He is the son of Mrs Mary Middlebrook and the late George Middlebrook. His wife Karen Campbell of Victory Mills accompanies him in Memphis.
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Illinois
Millington Naval Air Station
Memphis
Tenn
Middlebrook
Schuylerville Central School
State University of New York At
Morrisville
Navy
Mary Middlebrook
George Middlebrook
Karen Campbell
Victory Mills
Stillwater Youth Commission hosts Olympic Day winners
The Stillwater Youth Commission led by Mike Lilac held an Olympic Day at Roundtop Pool with judges Gina Carpenter Tammy Tanner and Dave Walsh. Winners included Kevin Waldron Kevin Kelsey Mike Hanahan and others across senior intermediate and peewee divisions in diving least splash relay race and retrieve events.
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Stillwater Youth Commission
Roundtop Pool
Richard Goverski
Gina Carpenter
Tammy Tanner
Dave Walsh
Kevin Waldron
Kevin Kelsey
Mike Hanahan
Dawn Hoffman
Mike Seatta
Eric Minor
John Banks
Bruce Doughty
Mike Gillgallon
Billy Alston
David Moll
Mike Minick
Mike Chevrette
Mark Johnson
Marybeth Doughty
Jim Duffney
Tim Dyer
Lori Woolsey
Michele Hamilton
Melinda Campbell
Ray Hamilton
Lawis Moll
Missey Doughty
Christine Kelly
Jimmy Golneck
Arrests in East Greenbush petty larceny and vandalism
Four teens were arrested in two East Greenbush incidents this week. A 17 and an 18 year old faced petty larceny charges after a Price Chopper parking lot theft. Two 16 year olds were arrested for burglary and vandalism at a Goodyear Tire Store construction site. An off duty officer observed vandals release air from a tractor tire and remove a spray unit. Police also investigated scattered vandalism reports including torn fences and damaged mailboxes.
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East Greenbush
Price Chopper
Goodyear
Maryland man pleads guilty in area robbery
James Fox 38 of Suitland Maryland pleaded guilty in Albany County Court to second degree robbery for the Colonie Noonan's Liquor Store gunpoint theft on May 27. He faces sentencing July 28 before Judge John J. Clyne.
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Albany
Colonie
James Fox
Suitland
Noonan
Osborn Road
Fox
John J. Clyne
Burglar hits Clifton Park restaurant for $1899
State Police report a morning break in at Roma Restaurant on Route 146 netted $1,899.77 including $500 to $600 in quarters and $200 in silver certificates. Owner John Bove faced unrelated charges from a Cohoes arson case. police do not tie him to the burglary.
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Malta
Route 146
Bill Guiry
Mafta
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