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May 30
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A moment in history… Fonda, NY Train Wreck “The wreck occurred on July 18, 1947 at Fonda, NY. My grandfather was the engineer operating engine number 2775, an L2a Mohawk I believe. He was the only one injured. It tied up all four tracks of the mainline for quite some time. He said the tower [...]
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May 30
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A moment in history… Hotel Roy Burned Fonda Landmark Destroyed – Night Porter Injured While Escaping Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, NY, 26 Jan 1909 Fonda, NY – Jan 26 — The most disastrous fire that has visited this village since 1899 was discovered about 2 p.m. yesterday in Hotel Roy. The fire was first discovered by [...]
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Feb 10
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Fonda Begins Neighborhood Watch February 9, 2010 By Amanda Whistle, The Leader-Herald Fonda, NY – The village is a relatively safe place, according to Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Krug. Krug and village neighborhood watch coordinator Mark Scott want to keep it that way. The two organizers hosted the first neighborhood watch meeting in the [...]
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Jan 28
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Crocodiles move into luxury lagoon Thursday, January 28, 2010 © The Cairns Post CROCODILES are lurking in the man-made lagoon at a luxury estate at Trinity Beach, posing dangers for pets, children and the area’s wildlife, residents claim. Residents of the gated community within the Blue Lagoon Resort say at least two crocs have been [...]
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Jan 28
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Adopt a Cat in State College, PA We have been rescuing homeless cats and kittens in the central Pennsylvania region for 10 years and were involved in three major rescues in 2005. In January thirteen feral cats were trapped at the Toftrees Resort when management wanted the colony removed. In February 121 cats were rescued [...]
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Nov 12
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Internet café opens at Utica veterans center By Emerson Clarridge, Observer-Dispatch Posted Nov 07, 2009 @ 08:31 PM UTICA — When he returned from Iraq in early 2005, Army veteran Gary Matt was quickly caught in labyrinthine bureaucracy. Medical appointments often sent the 30-year-old Utica man to Syracuse. “Even just going out to Rome is [...]
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Sep 05
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168th Fonda Fair – September 1 – 7 Tags: Events, Montgomery Co., News, Towns Related posts Village of Fonda Website (0) Sand Flats Orchard (0) Rhodes Scholar (0) New Fonda Bridge (0) Fonda Neighborhood Watch (0)
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Aug 05
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Provincie Fryslân is inviting Americans with Frisian roots for a Festival and Friesland Day in New York Thursday, 18 june 2009 Friesland (one of the northern provinces of the Netherlands) is inviting Frisian emigrants, descendants of immigrants and other Americans with Frisian roots for the Special Friesland Day on September 12th at the New isLand [...]
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Mar 01
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AC Fonda – Charleston Stop Anthony Cornelius Fonda (1818-1893) was the 6th of 10 children born to Cornelius Isaac and Alida VanVranken Fonda of Albany, New York. He was baptized at the Boght Becker Reformed Dutch Church in Colonie, NY. AC came from a family of farmers, but he took an interest in education. In [...]
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Dec 20
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Local veteran presented Bronze Star The Leader-Herald, December 20, 2008 Johnstown, NY – After waiting more than 40 years to receive official recognition for heroic military service, Joseph Fonda had a tough time waiting one more night. “He couldn’t sleep at all,” said his wife, Charlene, with a laugh. On Friday morning, Fonda was finally [...]
