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Don’t Let a Night of Happy Memories End In Tragedy – By Melissa LeMay

WATERFORD- On Friday morning the 11th and 12th grade students of the Waterford-Halfmoon school got to witness firsthand what could happen when you decide to make one bad decision; have a few alcoholic drinks and get behind the wheel of a vehicle. The parking lot of the school looked like a scene none of us ever want to witness; smoke, two vehicle head on crash, police car, ambulance, EMS crew, fire trucks, firefighters, broken glass, blood and beer cans. The Waterford fire dept. along with the Northside FD, Waterford Police Dept., and the Waterford rescue squad put on a mock driving while intoxicated vehicle accident extrication exercise.

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A Message for Prom-Goers – By Christine Barton

The mission of Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD), according to the website, is to “provide students with the best prevention tools possible to deal with the issues of underage drinking, other drug use, risky and impaired driving, and other destructive decisions.” Hoosic Valley is among many schools in the nation that offers a Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD) chapter. Ray Payne, the SADD Advisor at Hoosic Valley is encouraging his students as well as the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders to get involved by sending a message of safety this year to those students attending the prom. “We hope it will have some impact on students to stay safe,” says Payne.

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The Battle of Chancellorsville – By Sandy McBride

Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson liked to say that his goal as a commander was to “mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy”.  On May 2, 1863, he once again fulfilled that goal admirably.

Jackson had turned 39 in January.  He had fought fourteen full-scale battles in 8 months, and had not seen his wife in a year.  He had a five month old daughter he had never seen at all.  He took a brief respite from the war when in the last nine days of April, he was able to have Anna and the baby come to visit him at the Yerby house overlooking Fredericksburg, Virginia. There the couple enjoyed a few days of quiet time, walking in the woods and along the heights, even though across the Rappahannock River they could plainly see the Union gun emplacements and the yellow observation balloons rising above the enemy camp.

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Saratoga County to Air Landfill Options – By Harold Wessell

BALLSTON SPA, May 7 – Saratoga County's Public Works Committee now has in hand

proposals from three major landfill operators interested in taking on private ownership of, or leasing, its never-utilized landfill built in the Town of Northumberland in the 1990s. The proposals, contained in a report by Hans Arnold of consultants Gerhardt, LLC, were developed in response to the County's Request for Proposal (RFP) issued beginning in April 2012, with responses submitted last October.

Arnold, who was formerly director of the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority,   said that the full report would shortly be available on County website www.saratogacountyny.gov.

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Matthew J. Kiley – 95

STILLWATER – Matthew J. Kiley, 95, of No. Hudson Ave., died Friday, May 10th at St. Mary’s Hospital, troy, after a short illness.

Born in Mechanicville, July 29, 1917, he was son of the late Lawrence and Elizabeth Facto Kiley. During WWII, Matt proudly served in the US Army’s 929th Field Artillery Battalion of the 104th Infantry Division, the “Timberwolves”, serving on the front lines in France and Holland, during the allies push into Germany. He was honorably discharged after VE Day.

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Ernest J. Scarati – 87

MECHANICVILLE – Ernest J. Scarati, 87, of Vial Ave., passed into his new life with the Lord, Friday, May 10th, at Evergreen Commons, East Greenbush, after a long illness.

A native and lifelong resident of Mechanicville, November 7, 1925, son of the late John and Madeline DeSorbe Scarati. Ernie served with the US Army Signal Corps during WWII.

A painter at the former West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. in Mechanicville for 28 years, until the plant closed in 1971. He then worked at the G.E. Knolls Lab in Niskayuna until retiring in 1988.

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Rollin Ratoon – 53

Rensselaer Co., Schaghticoke

Rollin Loring Ratoon passed away suddenly on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at home. He was 53. He is predeceased by his father, Charles Leroy Ratoon and his sister Renee Ratoon King.

Survivors include his mother, Shirley Dixson Ratoon, two brothers, Reginald and Reuben and his sister Rebecca Resnick.
In keeping with the family wishes, there will be no calling hours or funeral services.
Interment will be in the Warren Cemetery, Boytonville. Arrangements are under the directions of the Chase-Smith Family Funeral Homes, Schaghticoke. Online remembrances may be made at www.chasesmithfamily.com

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Theodore H. Clements, Esq. – 60

CLIFTON PARK – Theodore H. Clements, Esq., 60, of MacElroy Road, died Monday, May 6th at home, in the loving company of his family.

Born October 27, 1952, son of the late Harry and Carolyn Vandewater, Ted was a 1970 graduate of Mechanicville High School.  A graduate of HVCC of Troy and Siena College, Ted earned his law degree from Albany Law School in 1988, and was admitted into the NYS Bar later that year.

Ted had worked for the NYS Comptrollers office, and his law career was with the Schenectady County Public Defenders office, NYS Div. of Parole and retired from the NYS Division of Criminal Justice.

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