Rensselaer Historical Tour Explores Secret Passages and Cemeteries
A Saturday guided tour of Rensselaer sites by the Bicentennial Commission will visit City Hall Fort Craile and Forbes Manor among others. Highlights include a hidden panel in the former Tannery and Beberwyck Cemetery said to hold a Revolutionary War captain and a spy. guided by local teens with booklets and maps.
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Rensselaer
Broadway
Tracy Street
Underground Railroad
George Washington
Beberwyck
City Hall
First Presbyterian Church
Fort Craile
Forbes Manor
Aiken House
Knox Market
St. John's Church
Tannery
Georgia Watson
The
Bicentennial Commission
Beberwych
Watson
Hudson River
Boston Birth Certificate Search through City Registrar
Adopted individuals seeking birth records should contact the City Registrar Registry Division Health Dept Am 705 Boston City Hall Annex 02133. Include full birth facts names dates and any parent details to obtain a birth certificate and other data plus inquire about fees and payment by check or money order.
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Boston
Boston Area
Vital Statistics
Greater
Health Dept
City Hall Annex
Mass
New York State Marriage Rules and Local Historic Tour Notes
A reader asks about marriage waiting periods and blood test timelines in New York. Troy City Clerk explains both must be over 18 with final divorce papers. license issued after 9 hour wait and valid 59 days. blood test must be 50 to 30 days old. Also details Knox marker riverfront tour and Fort Crailo historic site with guides and contact for reservations in Watervliet.
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Georgia Watson
Debbie Harigan
Joanne Braman
Knox Trail
Rensselaer
Miss Watson
A. Troy
New York State
Prelicensing Course Offered in East Greenbush
A three hour prelicensing course is set for May 18 from 6 45 to 10 pm at Columbia High School. Sponsored by the East Greenbush school district continuing education program the course is required as a ce for obtaining a driver s license.
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East Greenbush
Columbia High School
East Greenbush delays sergeant appointment on tests
East Greenbush officials delay filling a third sergeant post as the Civil Service Commission requires top scorers to pass eye tests. The current list shows David Lockman, Richard Kemner, and Royal Howard, with Lockman disqualified for vision. A new eligibility list will be created after tests post expiration.
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East Greenbush
Rensselaer County Civil Service Commission
Commission
Gerald Minehan
Minehan
David J. Lockman
Lockman
Richard Kemner
Hoosick Falls
Royal Howard
Michael van Voris
Civil Service Commission
Mystery Sign Marks Tory Spy Jacob Salsbury in Helderbergs
In Thacher Park near the Indian Ladder Trail a 1932 sign honors Jacob Salsbury a spy said to hide in a Helderbergs cave. Historians doubt the tale noting markers were common after the sesquicentennial and many records are lost. Nearby Dick Monroe an historian writes as A Hasbeen exploring the tale.
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Helderbergs
Thacher Park
Jacob Salsbury
Bayne
State Education Department
Salsbury
Abraham Lincoln
Dick Monroe
Alta Salisbury
Jacob
Jacob Saltzberg
Monroe
John Salisbury
Rensselaer Police Report Car Accidents
Police listed three incidents in Rensselaer with injuries and property damage. Mr and Mrs Thomas Moore of Spring Extension Troy Road 5 were hospitalized with facial cuts after a 5 45 a m crash at Third Street and Pine when Moore swerved to avoid a dog. In a separate late Saturday three car collision at 11 25 p m near 1716 and St Turner of Albany collided with Lyons of 1710 2nd Street causing the Lyons cars to be left parked unattended. A third incident on Third Street and Pine involved a Mitchell vehicle struck then left the scene after a rear end collision as another car followed south on Third Street.
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Rensselaer
Thomas Moore
Spring Ave
Troy RD
Albany Memorial Hospital
Third Street
Pine
Moore
1716
Clarence Turner
Ten Broeck St
Albany
Jane S. Lyons
2Nd St
Lyons
Ruth Lyons
and St
George A. Mitchell
Third St
Three youths bound for city court on criminal mischief charges
Three Rensselaer youths Iris Becker John Becker and Brian B Smith are scheduled for Rensselaer City Court on Thursday after police arrested them Friday on fourth degree criminal mischief warrants issued by Judge Thomas Delaney. Smith posted 100 bail while the Beckers were held on 100 bail each until court.
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Rensselaer
Iris Becker
2Nd St
John Becker
Partition St
Brian B. Smith
Thomas Delaney
Smith
Becker
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By Joanne Phillips
Presbyterian Church
Times Record
Troy
N.Y
Henry Knox
Fort Ticonderoga
Mike McMahon
E.S
Cohoes
John Talin
R.c.l.cof
R.j.cramer
Theresa Martin
Watervliet
Belmont
Frank Sherry
J.M.S. of
Cobees
Louis R. Pisaniello
Mac
L.M.C
J.R
Lansingbergh
Walter Halse
Trey
Sportsweek Magazine
Atlanta
Consumer Protection Board
R.h.of
Waterford
S.B. — Waterviiet
Knox
John Adams
van Rensselaer Family
Killizen van Rensselaer
Albany and
Killian
Hendrick
the Crailo
Fort Crailo
Elsie Bayeret
Kelly Dinogolecki
Debbie Harrigan
Judy ’S Mooney
Mary Reilly
Rensselaer County
Robert Childs
Nassau
Uncle Sam
Clinton Coun
van Voris
Mr. Monroe
Altamont Enterprise
A. Hasbeen
Jacob Schell
Helderberg
Hain't
Yanp Schell
Sir John Johnson
Jacob van Aernam
Schell
van Aernam
Albany County Commissioners
Arthur B. Gregg
Burgoyne
Magdalene Merritt
Verplanck Colvin
Harper's Magazine
Tory House
Saratoga
Colvin
Lake Pleasant
Hamilton County
Adirondacks
2Nd Street
Turner
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