Gargoyles and Grotesques on Emma Willard Campus Yearbook
On Emma Willard School’s 1912 campus the limestone figures by Abraham Mosley and English designers decorate Slocum Hall Sage Hall and the chapel. Gargoyles serve as rainspouts while grotesques parody medieval and modern life including Galileo Roosevelt and Taft. The yearbook was titled The Gargoyle.
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Emma Willard School
Ied
Slocum Hall
Galileo
Sage Hall
Teddy Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Bond issue could fund rail museum and bicentennial exhibit in Troy
The Rensselaer County plan lists 18 projects totaling 7.316 million dollars from a 750 million state bond. It includes a state Museum of Rail Transportation in Rensselaer, a central business district exhibit for the Smithsonian bicentennial, and upgrades to hoosick Falls industry sites while stressing federal EDA support and local funding.
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Rensselaer
Troy
Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer County
EDA
Noble and Wood
Hudsor
Peter Finn
Indictment in Schenectady linked murder case shocks officials
Lemuel Smith, 36, was indicted for second degree murder in the July death of Maralie Wilson in Schenectady. Officials say Albany County cases remain unsolved while Schenectady probes race to link similar crimes including the Richburg and Hedderman incidents.
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Schenectady
Lemuel Smith
Maralie Wilson
Albany County
Schenectady County
Smith
Joan E. Richburg
Colonie Center
Robert J. Hedderman
Margaret H. Byron
Hederman
Albany
Colonie
Richburg
Hahn
Daniel Dwyer
Wilson
Death of Dr. Boright Leaves Saratoga Town Doctorless
Dr Melvin Boright of Schuylerville, the town of Saratoga s sole physician, died after a long illness at Saratoga Hospital. His passing comes as the town weighs a candidate pool of five doctors amid widespread concerns over access to medical care for seniors rescue workers and officials.
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Boright
Saratoga
Melvin Boright
Schuylerville
Saratoga Hospital
Addie Osterhaut
Saratoga Springs
Mary McCellan
Cambridge
Glens Falls City Hospital
Glens Falls
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Olivia Slocum Sage
Russell Sage
Frederick M. Cummings
Elizabeth J
England
Abraham Mosley
Uhutus
Larry Roberts
Bond Issue
Railroad Center
Joseph Potink
Capital District
Mohawk and Hudson
National Railway Historical Society
Smithsonian Institute
Amtrak
Dunn Memorial Bridge
Colonie, Schenectady
Wilson and
Raymond Hahn
The
Colonie Police
Albert Watrous
Watrous
Allen
Joan Alheim
al Tripoli
Tripoli
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