Maury Thompson

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“Elizabethtown has never looked more beautiful than it does now,” the Elizabethtown Post & Gazette proclaimed on May 26, 1881. Among the reasons for optimism was a new Roman Catholic Church that was under construction. “The corner stone of the Catholic Church of this place was laid Monday by Bishop Wadhams, assisted by Rev. Fathers O’ Rourke and Reddington of Port Henry and Fitzgerald of Ausable Forks.

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“The recent showers have started vegetating at railroad speed,” The Fort Edward Ledger reported on June 15, 1860. ”Mr. W. R. Ottman presented us with a mess of peas from his garden, the first of the season. Mr. B. Pomeroy will accept out thumbs up for a quantity of delicious strawberries.”The rain continued. “The rain which commenced Wednesday night had the effect of raising the water in the river really fast. Some logs are coming down,” the Ledger reported on June 29.

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Whitehall suddenly seemed a lot closer to Glens Falls. “The telephone line between Glens Falls and Whitehall was completed last evening. The first message over the wire was received at The Star office at eight o’clock,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on Oct. 11, 1895. “Conversation was carried on with Manager Eddy of the Whitehall central office as if the two towns were separated by only a few blocks.”The new technology caught on quickly.

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It was the end of a season, and time to celebrate. “The Boy Scout Band, after a successful year, will close out its season next Thursday at 6 with a dinner at The Biltmore Restaurant,” The Post-Star reported on May 29. “Forty-nine members and fourteen students will attend the affair, which will be a farewell to Walter St. Clair, who leaves soon to enter the U. S.

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State Sen. Dan Stec (R-Queensbury) wants to mirror at the state level President Donald Trump’s proposals to exempt tips and overtime pay from taxation. Stec announced that he has co-sponsored bill S587, to exempt tips from state income taxes, and S3914, to exempt overtime pay from state income taxes.