Old Grey Mare Reenacts Saratoga County Fair Gallop
At the Saratoga County Fair in Ballston Spa the Old Grey Mare reenactment echoes 1847 triumph as Lightning Flash lags Moscow the bay gelding in a staged finish. The 135 year tradition features rides games craft exhibits and a spelling bee with 40 children. Charlton Supervisor Frederick Hequembourg said attendance set a record as the fair runs through Saturday.
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Ballston Spa
Saratoga County Fair
Saratoga
Lady Suffolk
Lightning Flash
Moscow
Genesee Nick
Charlton
Frederick Hequembourg
Clifton Park Candidate Considers Court Challenge Over Petitions
Patricia Cioffi a Clifton Park Republican town council candidate may seek a state Supreme Court ruling to challenge the nominating petitions of Supervisor Charles McCloskey and Councilman Roy Speckhard. Election officials reported signatures gathered and debated, with a show cause order possible.
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Clifton Park
Patricia Cioffi
Charles McCloskey
Roy Speckhard
State Supreme Court
Scranton
George Beaudoin
Cioffi
GOP
Edwin Wopelak
Donald McQuay
Saratoga County
Conservative Party
McCloskey and Speckhard
Readers ask about a wasps nest near home
The column explains a reader's wasps nest in a tree is not a honeybee hive but yellowjackets. Advice urges safe, after dark spraying through the nest entrance and cautions against children handling it. If accessible, daytime vacuuming can reduce wasp numbers.
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Daddy
Junior
Consumer Bureau aids several local complaint cases
Hotine Frank Sherry G Edward Wagner of Cohoes reports the Bureau of Consumer Fraud pursues his case against Artistic Upholstering Co. Readership notes include tax refunds for Skoculas of Ballston Spa, replacement cosmetics for D F Waterford and other household issues as residents seek refunds, replacements, or reinstatement of lists and bulletins.
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G. Edward Wagner
Cohoes
Artistic
Mechanicville to sign cable TV contract
City officials expect a contract with New Channels of North Syracuse to be signed this week. The terms require a latest start date within two years and the project aims to replace or expand traffic routes at Saratoga Central Avenue.
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Mechanicville
Peter Enzien
Syracuse
Enzien
Penn Central
Two Saratoga Springs men arrested at Loughberry Lake
State police in SOUTH GLENS FALLS arrested two Saratoga Springs men at Loughberry Lake. An 18 year old was arraigned on seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, believed to be marijuana. Richard LaPoint, 22, was arraigned for loitering. Both released on $250 bail awaiting another court appearance before Welton Town Justice Joseph Teahan.
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South Glens Falls
Saratoga
Loughberry Lake
Saratoga Springs
Richard LaPoint
Regent St
Saratoga Area
Welton Town
Joseph Teahan
Asgrow Mandeville Cambridge plant to close with 185 jobs lost
Local firm Asgrow Mandeville Cambridge announced closure affecting 85 full time and about 100 seasonal workers. A sale of equipment to Vaughn & Jacqueline Seed Co in Illinois is expected to finalize soon, with some employees possibly transferred. The plant, part of Upjohn's seed operations, cited cash-flow delays and nonfit with other units as reasons. Local state commerce officials are assisting in finding a replacement industry.
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Cambridge
Rensselaer
Washington Counties
Asgrow - Mandeville Company
David Behrant
Asgrow
Kalamazoo
Mich
Asgrow - Mandeville and
Vaughn & Jacqueline Seed Co
Illinois
Algrow - Mandeville
Vaughn & Jacqueline Company
Vaughn Company
Upjohn Company
New York State Department of Commerce
Algrow
Mechanicville pledges paving completion this year
Mechanicville Mayor John Fascia said repavings of Park North Central and Second Avenues should be finished by year end after the city council approved two Fitzgerald Bros. contracts for Park and Second Avenues and for sidewalks on North Central.
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Mechanicville
John Fascia
Park
North Central
Second Avenues
Fitzgerald Bros
Troy
Park and
William Street
Saratoga Avenue
Congress
Ford
Fascia
Vivian Walsh
Park Place
Evelyn Waldron
Clifton Park man holds off police four hours
Clemence D. Stanton, 32, of Moe Road Clifton Park, held police at bay with a gun for about four hours Wednesday night as they tried to enter his home to arrest him on an harassment charge. He surrendered after a standoff, and faces additional charges of menacing and resisting arrest. Bail set at $2,500 with an August 3 hearing before Malta Town Justice Morgan Bloodgood.
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Clifton Park
Clemence D. Stanton
Moe Road
Stanton
Saratoga County
Malta
Morgan Bloodgood
Saratoga Grange Holds Annual Officers Election
Saratoga Grange elected Francis E. Robbins master for another term with a full slate including Mrs. James Skellie overseer and Joseph Sulli steward. Other officers, a Bicentennial committee chair, and a mother club official were chosen as members planned a Flag and Scroll event and noted a successful applesauce cake win.
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Schuylerville
Saratoga Grange
Francis E. Robbins
James Skellie
Joseph Sulli
Ray Stevens
Dorotha Russett
Helen Robbins
John Wood
Henry Heighton
John M. Wood
Pomona
Ralph Durkee
Ceres
Flora
Beverly Gran
Agnes Burke
Elsie Grignon
Carey vetoes farm inheritance tax exemption bill
Gov. Hugh Carey vetoed a bill that would exempt the first 400000 of value in inherited family farms from state estate taxes and require the heir to keep farming for eight years. He cited constitutional concerns and a $3 million annual revenue loss, urging federal action instead.
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Albany
N.Y
Hugh Carey
Carey
Congress
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