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In the spirit of lending a hand during an uncer-tain, turbulent time of COVID-19 crisis, the Town of Webb Police Benevolent Association recently made a generous donation to local food banks. Ser-geant T. Brennan Riolo of the Town of Webb Po-lice Department said the PBA donated two checks for a week’s worth of groceries to both the St. Bar-tholomew’s Church food pantry and the Niccolls Memorial Presbyterian Church food pantry.

A member of the PBA for three years, who has served as union President for more than a year, Riolo said he and fellow members of the PBA are committed and dedicated to making the community a better place. The Town of Webb PBA consists of Riolo, as well as the four Patrolmen of the Webb Po-lice Department, including Officers Trevor Tormey, Cliff Baker, Mike Uhl, and Jamie Furlong.

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New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced another extension of the NYS on PAUSE mandate through at least May 15, calling for all nonessential businesses and schools to remain closed as an attempt to flatten the curve of the spread of COVID-19.

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Town of Webb PBA donates to two local food banks

More events canceled as COVID-19 restrictions extended

Photo submittedSergeant T. Brennan Riolo of the Town of Webb Police Department with Laurie Gaetano who received the local PBA’s donation check on behalf of Niccolls Memorial Presbyterian Church. The check presentation was made in March before social distancing and other COVID-19 guidelines were established.

Town of Webb UFSD Technology DirectorRobert Schafer leads initiative to create and donate face shields to healthcare workers


An assistance effort aimed at pro-viding much-needed medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Town of Webb Union Free School District staff created face shield head-bands using 3D printing technology.

The project was led by Town of Webb UFSD Technology Director, Robert Schafer, who said he was hon-ored to do his part to help in the relief effort in any way possible.

“I was part of a larger list of people approached by SUNY Polytechnic Insti-tute asking for anyone with a 3D printer Photo submitted

Town of Webb UFSD Technology Director, Robert Schafer dons one of the 3-D printed medical face shields he created at home to be donated to area healthcare workers.

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The Polar Bear Ski Club (PBSC) Nor-dic Ski Team traveled to Canandaigua, NY on March 7 and 8, in order to participate in the Mid-Atlantic Bill Koch Youth Ski League Festival. This festival serves as the season-ending celebration for the NYSSRA (New York State Ski Racing Association) Nordic teams.

“This was the last racing weekend for the 2019-2020 season for our Polar Bears,” said a festival representative. “Thanks to everyone who came out to ski, play, cheer, relay-race, jump, make ice cream, snow bike, kite fly, tandem ski, sled, and revel in snow, sun, skis and friends!”

Festival results for local skiers are as fol-lows:

Festival Day 1 Freestyle Sprint Races: U10 Girls: 1st place went to Autumn Ar-mendola, 6th place went to Avery Pohl; U10 Boys: 2nd place went to Hayden Hopsicker, and 3rd place went to Brayden Palermo; U12 Girls: 2nd place went to Sara Helmes, 3rd place went to Caitlyn Armendola, and 4th place went to Alayna Nerschook; U12 Boys: 7th place went to Michael Gaffney, and 8th place went to Asher Murray; U14 Girls: 1st place went to Alivia Hopsicker, 2nd place went to Harper Masters, and 5th place went to Michelina Gaffney.

Polar Bear Ski Club caps fun, successful season with final races

Photos submittedABOVE: Polar Bear Ski Club Nordic skier Alivia Hopsicker digs deep as she finishes one of her last races of the season at the Mid-Atlantic Bill Koch Youth Ski League Festival. BELOW: Polar Bear Ski Club Nordic skier Grace Bartlett shows off her classic race ribbon for 12th place.

Photo submittedThe Polar Bear Ski Club Nordic Youth Team with Coach Janine Phaneuf as they get ready to preview the race course at the New England Bill Koch Youth Ski League Festival.Please see POLAR BEAR, Page 3

Festival Day 2 Classic Race: U10 Girls: 1st place went to Autumn Armen-dola, and 6th place went to Avery Pohl; U10 Boys: 4th place went to Hayden Hop-sicker, and 5th place went to Brayden Palermo; U12 Girls: 2nd place went to Alayna Nerschook, 4th place went to Caitlyn Armendola, and 5th place went to Sara Helmes; U12 Boys: 5th place went to Asher Murray; U14 Girls: 1st place went to Alivia Hop-sicker, and 2nd place went to Harper Masters.

A Polar Bear Ski Club coach provided the follow-ing link for those interested in viewing a video that re-caps the fun, eventful week-end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t ime_cont in-ue=7&v=H6rU3oDSA2s&-feature=emb_logo

The Polar Bear Ski Team Nordic Youth Team also trav-eled to Great Glen Nordic Trails

in Gorham, New Hampshire to participate in the New England Bill Koch Youth Ski League Festival on Feb. 29 through March 1.

Festival race results are as follows:

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who is willing to help 3D print the bands for face shields to contact them,” Schafer said. “[Town of Webb UFSD Superintendent Rex] Germer told me we might have some transpar-ency sheets at the school. At that point I realized I could make the entire face shield at home.”

Following a donation of additional transparency sheets from the Adiron-dack Central School District, Schafer was approached by his brother-in-law who owns a Health Care Service Firm.

“The firm cares for mostly elder-ly people in home and in facilities looking for help,” he said. “He had to pull some of his nurses out due to the lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE.) The last piece of PPE he need-ed was the face shields, so we decided the first shipment of our face shields would go to his nurses.”

About 100 face shields have been created so far, Schafer said, as he is able to print approximately 10 to 15 per day.

“Each shield band takes about two and a half hours to print, plus there is another part that needs to be printed to complete the shields, which takes about 35 minutes to print,” he said. “The face shields consist of two pieces of shield printed on the 3D printers, two rubber

bands, and a transparency sheet.”Schafer said he formulated the

concept of utilizing weatherstripping as headband padding.

“I’ve received 70 requests for face shields and the rest are being sent to SUNY Polytechnic Institute, who are distributing them to medical facilities in need,” he said. “We will be send-ing a number of masks to Lowville Hospital and have also reached out to the [Mohawk Valley Health System] MVHS Medical Group to make a do-nation of masks to them.”

Since the first package of donated face shields were sent out, the district has recently been approached by an-other medical facility for assistance.

“I’m printing around the clock using the school printers at home to make as many face shields as I can, as we hope to help as many [healthcare workers] as [possible],” Schafer said.

Schafer said his grandmother passed away recently after residing in an assist-ed living facility for many years.

“If she wasn’t able to get the best care by the medical professionals due

to them not having enough PPE, then I would do everything in my power to help them help her,” he said. “[This is] about helping everyone you can when you can, and doing the right thing. I believe anyone else in our situation would do the same thing. The world needs everyone to step up and do what they can, and we’re just doing what we’re able to do.”

Schafer expressed gratitude to the school district for allowing use of the school’s 3-D printers while working from home, and thanked the Parent Teacher Community (PTC) for pur-chasing a majority of the filament.

“The filament is basically the ink you would use in a regular paper print-er,” he said. “The school will replen-ish it for student and school use once we are back in session. My wife and kids are [also] helping with attaching the rubber bands and transparency sheets to the face shield bands.”

Schafer welcomed anyone who knows of other local facilities/agencies looking to secure face shields as PPE for their employees to reach out to him at [email protected]. Schafer said he will be happy to either provide assistance directly or pass the informa-tion along to SUNY Polytechnic Insti-tute for their organized distribution.

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Photo submittedTown of Webb UFSD Technology Director Robert Schafer’s at-home 3-D printing work station.

Old Forge’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and McCauley Mountain’s Pond Skimming Event. Also among the cancel-lations/rescheduled events are Kinderwood’s Snowmakers Ball, the Black Fly Challenge [now rescheduled for June 12, 2021], Paddlefest and more, in-cluding school programs such as the school musical, science fair, etc.

According to a press re-lease dated March 30, the Adirondack Experience, the museum on Blue Mountain

Lake, has decided to shutter for the remainder of 2020. The museum will offer virtual pro-grams while the campus is in lockdown for the year. [See sidebar for more information about the museum closure.]

Town of Webb Publicity Director, Mike Farmer, said he believes there has been considerable confusion about the regulations and guide-lines, due in large part to ev-er-changing state mandates.

“That target date keeps creeping toward Memorial

Day and June,” Farmer said. “The bottom line is that our local economy is severely shaken because of the impact on our citizens. This is the best time of year to deal with any kind of lockdown or work stoppage, but most of us are trying to figure out what a re-covery will look like, when it will occur, how we can best help make it happen.”

In a collaborative effort, the Town of Webb has joined forces alongside I Love New York (ILNY) Tourism, The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism in Lake Placid, and the Central NY Tourism Coun-cil, according to Farmer. To-gether, their message is clear, concise and in the best interest of public health going forward.

“We are putting out posi-tive messaging on the web and social media, assuring people

that we want them here, but not right now,” Farmer said. “We are utilizing long, thera-peutic videos without any call to action, so people can take a virtual vacation. Our message is: ‘We’re looking forward to welcoming you here when this is over; We’ll let you know when it’s safe.’”

Especially in the last few weeks, an influx of visitors who reside in larger cities have flocked to the remote Adirondack community, mis-takenly believing it to be a safe haven from COVID-19. Farmer said although the com-munity is anxious to welcome visitors back to the area when it is deemed safe to do so, the small-town infrastructure in-cluding limited healthcare ser-vices, cannot handle such an


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EDITOR’S NOTE: Be-low is a letter regarding the closure of the Adirondack Experience that was shared with local businesses, in-cluding members of the Inlet Area Business Association who had the opportunity to endorse the letter before it was emailed to the ADKX director and board.

In the central Adirondacks all roads lead to the Ad-irondack Experience. And along these highways and byways are dozens of small businesses whose goods and services support and enhance the visitor involve-ment at this acclaimed cul-tural institution. For decades the relationship has been symbiotic, with mutual bene-fits accruing all around.

On March 30, a devastating press release announced that the museum would not open at all in 2020. Instead, programs will become virtu-al and the beautiful campus will be in lockdown.

For those of us in the tourist economy, virtual sandwich-es, virtual lake cruises, virtu-al cabin time and virtual gifts are impossible. We need people to come through our doors to purchase our wares and we need them to stay in our accommodations. That flow of commerce through Indian Lake, Raquette Lake, Long Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, Inlet and elsewhere in the neighborhood will be severely diminished without this marquee attraction.

In grant applications and press releases cultural orga-nizations tout the multiplier effect their paid admissions have on local economies, with a dollar spent at a mu-seum representing five or more at local shops, restau-rants, outfitters, lodgings and more. This year will be a real-time test of those met-rics and a challenge to our own destination marketing. We depend directly on our customers, lacking endow-ments and other charitable financial streams that would mitigate any hardships.

We plan to open as soon as we can and gratefully serve visitors as we always have. Though there may be one less activity for tourists and residents we hope people come for the healing woods, the beautiful lakes and the warm welcome they will re-ceive at our businesses.

Sincerely,BETSY FOLWELLCreative Director of Adirondack Life Magazine

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influx of people especially during this un-stable time of global pandemic. This reality is the basis for the town’s difficult-to-hear yet sensible message to respect and abide by regu-lations and guidelines, Farmer continued.

“We’ve had virus refugees coming in num-bers for over two weeks,” Farmer said. “My concern is that when the travel restrictions are eased, we will be inundated. The exposure risk for our front-line workers will multiply expo-nentially.”

Ross Levi, Executive Director of ILNY Tourism, said new guidelines for NY on PAUSE are being written now, and will be published prior to May 14, according to Farm-er. Levi also noted that the reopening will be gradual and phased-in slowly over time, Farm-er continued.

“Gov. Cuomo mentioned the Adirondacks twice today [Friday, April 17],” Farmer said. “[The governor said] officials are very aware of the exposure risk to upstate populations if reopening is too sudden, and the virus is then spread from urban hotspots.”

ILNY and the U.S. Travel Association are predicting a gradual recovery beginning in July and August, and continuing through the second half of this year, Farmer said.

“It is expected that nationally, the Travel and Tourism Industry will finish 2020 about 25- to 30-percent below 2019 levels,” he said. “The recovery is expected to peak in mid-sum-mer 2021, at about 10-percent below 2019 lev-els.”

Farmer said he commended local business-es for doing all they can to either remain open with limited options, or simply remain afloat during these trying times.

“There will be a new normal,” he said. “Businesses will struggle with staffing shortag-es and operational restrictions such as custom-er capacity limits. In the end, those restrictions are aimed at limiting exposure, not limiting business. If business owners, their staff, and their families are subjected to another wave of infections, the health of the businesses is sec-ondary.”

Farmer cited many financial support efforts that may prove advantageous to area business-es should they seek such relief.

“There is relief right now with the [Coro-navirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act] CARES Act, Unemployment Insurance, Small Business Association (SBA) loans (and loan forgiveness), and the Paycheck Protection Program, so employees and business owners may shore up now against future reductions,” he said.

Although the future of the local economy may look dismal to many at this time, Farm-er said he believes the community is better off than many other resort areas.

“Our tourism base is multi-generational families, many of whom are part-time resi-dents,” he said. “They are very loyal, and are the least susceptible to sudden trends. We have nurtured that market for years with long-range, regional marketing programs. They are invest-

ed in our community, and they’ll continue to return with their families and friends.”

Farmer said he looks forward to the time when locals and visitors alike will be able to continue enjoying the area in a manner, or at least one similar to, what they have been accus-tomed to over the years.

“[When the time comes] Get out and do it, and be safe and sensible,” he said. “Use all per-sonal safety precautions possible and respect the health of others. We all relish our recre-ation, in all forms. Whether on the trails, on the water, in the yard, or on the porch, it’s the Ad-irondack lifestyle that styles our lives. That’s why we’re here.”

Town of Inlet Tourism Director, Adele Burnett, said she understands that many people are struggling not only emotionally, but finan-cially with the uncertainty of this time of pan-demic.

“I wish I knew exactly how this will affect us all,” Burnett said. “The Inlet Area Business Association (IABA) had a Zoom meeting on April 7, with 27 people present representing 19 businesses to talk. But a lot has changed even since then, so I expect conversations to be dif-ferent the next time we meet.”

As everyone’s situation is unique, and are only compounded by constantly changing rules and regulations, keeping tabs on the local busi-nesses that are still open, those that closed ear-ly, and those that will be getting ready to open has proven challenging, according to Burnett.

“Right now, we only have a few business-es open in Inlet, [including] ACE Hardware, The Caboose, Drake’s Inn, EZ Mart and Fourth Lake Wine & Spirits,” she said. “That is it. It is not totally unusual for places to be closed right now, but most would be thinking about open-ing Mother’s Day weekend. Even if the stay home order is lifted on May 15, I think most will wait until Memorial Day or later.”

As for recreation in the area, we certainly have something unique here in Inlet, Burnett continued.

“We have room to recreate responsibly, and as the weather gets nicer we are going to see more people,” she said. “Not just visitors, but more second-homeowners as well. It is my hope that everyone who lives here and every-one who visits recreates responsibly. And not just out on the trails, but be responsible when you visit the businesses who are still open. [Practice] social distancing, wear a face mask, and wash your hands!”

Those who wish to keep tabs on what In-let-area businesses are open and what services they offer are welcome to reference Inlet’s website at www.inletny.com/inlet/inlets-covid-19-updates. Burnett said the website also pro-vides links to pages with information from the state, county and more for individuals and busi-nesses who need help or have questions during the pandemic. For Old Forge-area updates please visit http://oldforgeny.com/ and check out the Old Forge Visitors Information Center Facebook page for frequent updates.

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Susan Beckingham Riggs

March 29, 2020

“She was my North, my South, my East and West,

My working week and my Sunday rest,

My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;

I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,

Pack up the moon and dis-mantle the sun,

Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;

For nothing now can ever come to any good.”

— from “Funeral Blues” by W.H. Auden

“And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and stead-fast.” 1 Peter 5:10

S u s a n B e c k i n g -ham Riggs, 73, passed away on S u n d a y , March 29, 2020, at H u d s o n

Creek Alzheimer’s Special Care Center, in Bryan, Texas. She was born on Labor Day, September 2, 1946, to Donald R. and Gertrude Austin Beck-ingham in Utica, New York.

Sue was my loving wife and the devoted mother of our two children. She was my partner and my dearest friend. Ready at a moment’s notice to strike out on an adventure to see the Texas bluebonnets, sample the wines of the Hill Country, hoist a stein at Wurst-fest in New Braunfels, watch a Fiesta parade in San Antonio, or wind our way through the backroads in a vintage Volk-swagen bus.

The eldest of 10 children, Sue grew up in Old Forge, NY. While she was a good student, she apparently also enjoyed an active social life. A teacher bestowed the title “The Quaffs” on Susie and three of her girlfriends while seniors in high school. One of her favor-ite places was Raquette Lake where she made many fond

memories with her cousins, but especially in her adult years visiting her aunt there. Sue earned her way through col-lege working summers at the historic Rocky Point Inn, a tra-ditional Adirondack resort, and she was the hostess in the main dining room her last year there.

After graduating from SUNY Potsdam she began her teaching career in Malone, NY, an economically depressed area 20 miles from the Canadi-an border. While there, a letter from a dear friend from Rocky Point, then in England, with her husband in the Air Force, en-ticed Sue to leave it all behind. “These handsome lieutenants and school teachers are having way too much fun over here,” said her friend. Sue applied to the Department of Defense to teach in the American schools overseas, was hired and as-signed to Hanau, Germany. Ever the adventurer, in her six years in Germany, Sue traveled to the then USSR, Egypt and most of western Europe and Great Britain. A competent ski-er, she especially enjoyed skiing in the Alps. She also started fly-ing lessons and passed her FAA Private Pilots written exam while there. Though she soloed she regretted not completing her training and getting her license. Sue also organized an annual sold out trip to one of the larg-est wine fests in Germany, the Würstmarkt in Bad Dürkheim.

While in Germany, she met her own “handsome lieutenant” and the love of her life, Lt. Allan Riggs, also stationed in Hanau. While still there, Sue planned their wedding in Big Moose, NY, long distance from Germa-

ny and Allan’s home in College Station, Texas. The young new-lyweds made their first home in Angleton, Texas, and later set-tled in San Antonio.

Their children, Toby and Leah, came to Sue and Allan on September 29, 1986, at the ages of 5 and 3. Their first meal as a family was at a nearby McDon-ald’s. Allan ordered and brought the food to the table and as they began to eat, Toby grabbed Le-ah’s hand, bowed his head and began to pray, “God is great, God is good…” Sue and Al-lan followed suit. It was truly a family match made in heaven. Always the devoted parents, Sue and Allan cheered the kids on at countless swim meets, little league and soccer games. Their family life was full and enriched.

Sue was a master in the kitchen. According to Allan, “Her spaghetti sauce took three days to make and was well worth the wait.” Holidays were her forte and her favorite was Thanksgiving when the family would host two Air Force ba-sic trainees through Lackland AFB’s “Operation Home Cook-ing” to a full, traditional dinner.

Once the children were grown and left home, Sue re-tired after a 32 year teaching career. Always a volunteer she increased her dedication to giv-ing back. She volunteered with numerous organizations but notably Meals on Wheels, the Christian Assistance Ministry at her church, University United Methodist Church and was most proud of her work as a Volunteer In Policing (VIP) with the San Antonio Police Department as a domestic violence counselor.

A proud member of the Bexar County Texas Master Gardeners and Whispering Oaks Garden Club, Sue loved making their yard beautiful. She enjoyed needlework and did numerous baby birth records for friends. A cherished image of Sue is her sitting on the sofa, working on a piece with her beloved cat, San-dy in her lap. A dedicated cor-respondent she kept Hallmark, American Greetings and Current in business through the years as she sent greeting cards for all of the family events as well as friends’ birthdays and anniver-saries. A card from Sue was al-ways a treasure.

In later years, Sue devel-oped Alzheimer’s disease and Allan cared for her at home for two and a half years before moving her to College Station, to be closer to daughter Leah as well as Sue’s first grandchild, Wyatt, as well as their son Toby, in Houston. Even though Alzheimer’s took its toll on Sue, she always had a winning smile and a sparkle in her pretty blue eyes. Sue had the biggest smile when Allan came to visit almost every day with a Cappucci-no Heath Blizzard from Dairy Queen which they shared.

We extend our thanks to

the staff at Hudson Creek Alz-heimer’s Special Care Center, and especially to Nancy Tiger-ina and Jasmine Morrison of Compassionate Care Hospice and private caregivers Danayale Jackson and Tiara Hodge.

Sue was predeceased by her parents and a sister, Julie Beckingham. She is survived by her husband of 39 years Al-lan Dexter Riggs of Bryan, Tex-as; her son Toby Austin Riggs of Houston, her daughter Leah (Riggs) Bartlett and husband Brandon Bartlett and grandson Wyatt Kamm Bartlett of Bryan, Texas. Her siblings: Donald “Pete” (Anne) Beckingham, Gary Beckingham, John (Diane) Beckingham and Terry (Chris-tine) Beckingham of New York; Dale Beckingham, Jane (Peter) Hagberg and Laurie (Richard) Elk of Florida and George (Car-ol) Beckingham of Texas; and numerous nephews and nieces.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic a memorial will be held at a later date. Arrange-ments are by Callaway-Jones in Bryan, Texas, and condo-lences can be made at cal-lawayjones.com. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Alzheimer’s Association at act.alz.org.


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To The Editor:In this week’s issue is a rather long obituary that I

feel needs a bit of explanation, but will hopefully also inspire others to do more when the task falls to them.

While the obituary of Susan Beckingham Riggs may seem “a bit much” its purpose is not to brag or boast. She was not a head of state, a holder of high public office nor a public figure. It is an attempt at making public a record of a life lived and not just the hyphen between a date of birth and a date of death, referred to as “The Dash” in Linda Ellis’s poem by that name. Susie Beckingham was a native of Old Forge, not much different from the other kids there.

The oldest of 10 children, she grew up and went to school there. Went on to college, became a teacher, got married, raised children of her own, retired and died. And just like the other kids there was a lot of living in between those things. Some of it interesting, but a lot of it not so much.

Being the eldest child, Sue felt she was respon-sible for keeping the family history and as she began to do research she found some notes in an old family Bible (now with a niece), but one of the few places with public – and sometimes historical – information about people were in newspapers, in the obituaries. The listing of names, dates and places were often treasured clues in the search for family and history.

So the purpose here is twofold. One, an attempt to leave a public record (versus a scribbled note in a dusty Bible) of Sue’s life for someone in the future to possibly find interesting but also help point the way in their searches. Two, to encourage others to put a little time and thought into the seemingly thankless task of writing someone’s obituary – you might be pleasantly surprised.

Finally, if you would really like those left behind to speak well of you, write your own or at the very least put together a list of people, places, events and dates in your life. And be sure to tell or show some-one younger than you where it is!

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contract negotiations with the town, according to Sergeant Riolo. The PBA was formed in 1995 when the Webb Police Department was struggling to earn a deserving contract, Rio-lo continued. Now, most police departments have unions that represent the interests of police officers, Sergeant Riolo said.

A proud member of the PBA, Riolo said being a part of the union has been a re-warding and fulfilling expe-rience, adding the local PBA strives to do their part to assist the community as much as possible.

“Throughout the course of 2019, the union donated over $1,000.00 to local causes such as Old Forge Little League, scholarships, Webb school functions, and local residents in need of help,” Riolo said. “When we help these groups, I can tell they’re truly moved and appreciative.”

Those who wish to sup-port the local PBA can do so simply by spreading the word on the positive and beneficial things local police officers are doing on a daily basis, accord-ing to Riolo.

“Maybe they had a posi-tive interaction with one of our officers or were the recipient of the PBA’s help, we hope they share those experiences with the public,” he said. “They can also help financially. Any help is greatly appreciated.”

Those who wish to sup-port the PBA financially may send tax deductible donations to PO Box 191, Old Forge, NY 13420. Riolo said he wel-comes anyone who is in need of assistance or anyone who wishes to speak with the PBA to reach out to him by email at [email protected].

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Looking back on Webb sports:Changes in track

Without any high school sports activities this season, I will continue to look back on teams I have been involved with, and since it is Spring, let’s look at track and field.

When I started coaching track in 1959, I was not bless-ed with many athletes and also had poor facilities. We did our usual running around the streets until we could get on the athletic field. I had to share the field with the base-ball team that took 80 percent of the field.

I remember our first meet and it was scheduled too early for our weather. Nevertheless, I was bound and determined to have the meet which was on our field. I had the field to myself as there was snow still on the field and I spent hours shoveling snow around the corners and other key places on the field.

Augustinian Academy of Carthage was our opponent and they came all the way down to Old Forge to have the meet.

A great man was the coach who I got to know quite well — Father Cunningham — and he had no problem with the field. We did not have enough athletes to ever win a meet, but Father was very kind in the meet and even let some athletes run an extra event just to have competition and give my athletes more experience.

We ran the meet with no problems and I was happy to get that out of the way even though we lost.

We continued to use that field until we moved to the North Street field around 1980. If we ran a meet at home, the field was set up with five laps to the mile.

We did not run as many events as they do today. We ran the 100 yard dash up to and including the mile run, no hurdles were run, no triple jump or pole vault. One relay was always run and that was the 4 x 200 yard event which is not run today even though they run three relays now. The facilities were simply awful.

By 1980, we were running at North Street and that was a definite improvement. I could map out a true 440 track, run hurdles, high jump and pole vault onto real padding — not sand or sawdust — and we managed to have a few home meets, some under the lights. However, tracks all around us were improving and we had to give up on ever hosting a meet when there were so many good tracks being constructed.

We thought running on a good cinder track was good, but the new all-weather tracks were great.

I always told my kids that we had an all-weather track, we run on that field in all kinds of weather. They never bought into the reasoning of that statement.

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Other schools in the league were Remsen, Cin-cinnatus, DeRuyter, Manlius Pebble Hill, Faith Heritage and the School for the Deaf.

We now ran most of the events that they run to-day, minus the 400 meter hurdles. Over the years, we lost twice to Faith Heritage and never to any of the other schools.

Our school next joined the Intervalley League and that is where we competed and now it was competition against some larger schools. However, we continued our winning ways and that will be the subject for future columns. Names of our record holders and other facts will be given.

Thinking of our record holders, I can’t believe that there are still some athletes on the board from the 1960s that ran on grass and some poor cinder tracks. How would they have done running on the fast-er all-weather tracks of today?

More basketball honors for Connell

The state just came out with their all-state selections for the 2019-2020 boys bas-ketball season.

Jimmy Connell, player of the year for his league, was named to the state’s fifth team for Class D players, an honor that is very rare for any player

out of a small school like Old Forge.

Of all the honors Con-nell has received this year, this probably ranks as the highest achievement he has received. One more honor is possible for him and that has not come out yet. I’ll report that if and when they announce the winners.

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On Thursday, April 16, Governor Cuomo announced that he was extending the “stay at home” regulation to May 15. Previously, it was ex-tended to April 29.

Since the NYSPHSAA follows this order, it means that spring sports could not

start until that day which, in ef-fect, eliminates any chance for a sports program this Spring for the high school athletes.

Having no sports for this sea-son was expected and this came as no surprise. It was the right de-cision, but it certainly is too bad for all the athletes across the state not to be able to participate in their favorite Spring sport.

I also wonder if with all

Regents examinations being canceled, will this be the end of the school term as well. Will the seniors lose out on their gradua-tion ceremonies? That can’t be answered yet, but it certainly could happen. This is all very difficult for all of us and I espe-cially feel sorry for our students, people out of work and small businesses, not to mention those who suffer with the virus.


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The Eagle Bay Hotel opened in June 1897 and ex-pected to do a “flourishing business”. Dwight Sperry conveyed the properties and stipulations from his 1895 Dr. Webb contract to the Compa-ny, effective July 1, for $1500, the price he paid Dr. Webb, and both transactions were recorded on the same day, July 7, 1897 by the Herkimer County Clerk.

The new Hotel appears in an 1897 photo booklet of Ful-ton Chain sites by F.E. Slocum. Nellie’s ads listed “new in con-struction, modern in appoint-ments, liberal in management.” “Liberal” meant they accepted Jewish guests, confirmed by news reports of guests staying at the Hotel for the Sabbath.

The Company’s February 1898 meeting added newcom-ers William Witherstine as vice-president and John Fields assistant manager. Its agenda included expansion of the Ho-tel with cottages. The Compa-ny’s officer roster remained the same as late as 1906

For the 1898 season, two new large hotels: Josiah Wood’s The Cohasset and Fred Hess’s Hess Camp (Woods Inn) joined the Eagle Bay Ho-tel, Rocky Point Inn and Hess Inn. The Hess Inn was renamed The Arrowhead when Hess Camp opened in July.

Sam and Nellie Briggs en-larged the Hotel’s dining room and kitchen, added nurses for children and built new boat and bath houses. Two cottages were built, and the Hotel opened in May. Nellie’s name was in the Hotel’s ads. Sam Briggs also managed The Osgood House in Ilion that season.

At the end of that season in November, The Briggs’ daughter, Edythe Ione, mar-ried Utica undertaker John F. Cassidy at the Osgood House. Cassidy assisted with the oper-ations of the Hotel for the next three years. When Edythe lat-er divorced him and remarried Charles Benjamin in 1905, the announcement indicated “little ripples which went to make up serious family troubles arose” during Cassidy’s time at the

Hotel. Also, beginning 1899, the ads named the Hotel “Ea-gle Bay Hotel and Cottages.”

The Raquette Lake Rail-way opened to the public in July 1900 and the station up the hill from the Hotel improved access that previously had been by steamer or wagon. A year earlier, the Company had con-veyed to the new line a right of way across its property.

In February 1901, “Mr.” Nellie Briggs signed a lease with the Old Forge Company to manage the Forge House. She and Cassidy continued to man-age the Eagle Bay Hotel until the end of the 1903 season. Her Forge House management lasted two years (1901-1902). During this period of manage-ment, they advertised accom-modations for 400 persons for the two hotels combined.

An incentive, and in some cases a last resort, for com-ing to the Fulton Chain was a prospect that the environment had restorative aspects for in-valids. Miss Ida Shultz of Ilion was an “inmate” of the Briggs family for four years when she died “of that dread disease consumption” in August 1899 at the Eagle Bay Hotel.

In October 1902, Charles, the only son of Sam and Nel-lie Briggs, died from typhoid fever at the Forge House. Charles had assisted the Briggs with management of the Hotel.

When the Briggs leased the Arrowhead Hotel for the 1903 season from William Moshier’s lawyer Herbert Sholes, Briggs and Cassidy continued to run the Eagle Bay Hotel that year.

After the 1903 season, the Briggs temporarily left the region to operate The Globe Hotel in Syracuse until re-turning to the Forge House in 1911. Dwight Sperry and his Glennmore Hotel partner and brother-in-law William Glenn managed the Eagle Bay Hotel during 1904. At this time, the Hotel no longer accepted those with “pulmonary afflictions”

In 1901, William and Emma Brinks Preston had opened Camp Neodak on the South Shore of Fourth Lake next to the Pratt Camp, across the lake from the Eagle Bay Hotel. In 1905, the Eagle Bay Compa-ny leased the Hotel to William. The following year, William offered to buy the property, but

the Company declined. Shown on maps, William did acquired acreage in 1907 west of the Ho-tel property in Eagle Bay from William Thistlethwaite, whose company had purchased Dr. Webb’s unsold Township 8 lands in 1902. Howard Weller and Orr Liddle later acquired Preston’s land.

William Preston’s 1907 ads noted the Hotel now had a new Casino and assembly hall. Emma Preston managed Camp Neodak and William the Ea-gle Bay Hotel from 1905 until William’s death from illness in late 1909. She then hired man-agers for Camp Neodak and took up William’s lease for the Eagle Bay Hotel to the end of the 1913 season when financial difficulties caused her to lose control of both properties.

During the Prestons’ man-agement period, some events of note occurred. In 1906, Grace Brown drowned at Big Moose Lake and her accused murderer Chester Gillette went to trial and eventual ex-ecution. In the 1907 trial, the District Attorney claimed Gillette intended to arrive at the Eagle Bay Hotel at the same time as the train with his

suitcase so that people would think he had just arrived from Raquette Lake.

In August 1908, Ella Zehr of Croghan was in the laundry when fire started from an explo-sion of gasoline. Located about 20 feet from the Hotel were its laundry and storehouse. Ella suffered severe burns about her head and arms and both out buildings were destroyed. She had been operating a gasoline mangle (mechanical device with rollers for drying) when the explosion took place. Only a bucket brigade pouring water from Hotel windows dimin-ished the flames.

In 1896, Charles O’Hara arrived at Fourth Lake from Glenfield and opened the Inlet Inn on the channel to Fourth Lake from Fifth Lake. He ac-quired The Arrowhead in 1907 from Albert Boshart, adver-tising both hotels in the same ad. In September 1913, The Arrowhead burned. While de-ciding whether to rebuild, he leased The Eagle Bay Hotel from the Company for 1914 and 1915.

Herrstory: Part 2 — The Eagle Bay Hotel opens

Photo courtesy of Charlie HerrAn aerial view of the Eagle Bay Hotel.

Please see EAGLE BAY HOTEL, Page 15

From correspondence with realtor Frank Tiffany in early 1915, who he hired to oper-ate the Inlet Inn while Charles managed the Hotel, we learn that O’Hara purchased the Pratt Camp in 1914 to sell to help him finance the Eagle Bay Company’s purchase price for the Hotel. The Company did not accept his offer and soon after O’Hara built the New Arrow-head that opened in June 1916.

Dwight Sperry, Owner Dwight Sperry managed

the Hotel for 1916. A year lat-er, he negotiated its purchase and accompanying property

from the Company, effective July 27, 1917. The Eagle Bay Company “voluntarily” dis-solved in September.

At this time, Sperry offered a booklet about the Hotel’s features, describing himself as having had “long experience in conducting Adirondack hotels” and was for many years “owner of the Hotel Glenmore.” Sper-ry now included accommoda-tions only to “desirable guests”, excluded “all with pulmonary troubles” and declined “patron-age of objectionable patrons.” The altitude (1800 feet) was considered too high for “He-

brews.” By the way, “no dogs or other pets allowed.”

According to Sperry’s booklet, the Hotel building was four stories high, with single or suited rooms, furnished, some with baths, large and airy, with views of Fourth Lake and sur-rounding mountains. Though the Hotel has had a Casino since 1907, Sperry described the pres-ent one as “new”. Continuing, the Casino was also four sto-ries high containing rooms with private baths, a reception room and, pictured, a spacious dance and assembly hall.

Having several furnished

cottages, Sperry added two new bungalows for the 1917(?) sea-son. The Hotel could handle up to 150 guests. The 1907 ad also referred to a new casino and as-sembly hall, and William Pres-ton advertised accommodations for 125 guests. A 1910 Fulton Chain photo guide listed room for 175 guests.

The buildings and grounds were lit by gas, included hot and cold water, spring fed water pipes, open fireplaces and sani-tary plumbing. Indoor and out-door sports were readily avail-able; the Hotel served hunters in season.

Other amenities includ-ed dancing, daily concerts by a Hotel orchestra and vegeta-bles from the Hotel’s garden. Meats, fresh fruits, dairy and poultry products were received daily, perhaps from the pickle boat. The local post office was nearby, telephone and telegraph service were available, and the Hotel had a physician. Photos of building interiors and exteriors are throughout the booklet.

Above the Hotel, Eagle Bay Station is reached via the New York Central via Utica to Carter Station, then on the Raquette Lake Railway, from Old Forge by steamer through the Fulton Chain or, becoming a more popular choice, by au-tomobile over the “new state highway” fifty miles from Uti-ca to Old Forge, then to Eagle Bay over “an exceptionally good dirt road.”

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Sperry then returned home to prepare for the 1918 season, keeping a cheerful appearance outwardly. Then he suffered additional failures and was confined about 10 weeks to his bed before finally dying at the Hotel. His brother and three sisters, mentioned above, were his immediate survivors; Sper-ry never married.

Benjamin Franklin Sperry, Owner

At the time of Sperry’s death, his nephew Benjamin Franklin Sperry, son of David F. and Harriet Newton Sperry, became the proprietor.

According to his 1954 obituary, Ben served for years as a guide for Dr. Samuel Nic-colls at Niccolls Point, First Lake. Ben and his father Da-vid Franklin were both mem-bers of the Brown’s Tract Guides Association. Ben as-sisted Dwight several seasons with the management of the Glenmore Hotel.

Ben Sperry became own-er of the Eagle Bay Hotel property as the first choice of Dwight, per a directive in Dwight’s will, probated June 6, 1918. Clarence R. Sperry, a nephew of the first Forge House proprietor Cyrus San-ford Sperry, was the executor.

The will directed Clarence

to execute a contract with Ben for the sale of the Hotel, its contents and 350 acres of land for the sum of $20,000. This amount was to be paid annu-ally in $800 payments of prin-cipal and interest until paid in full. Amounts were to be paid to Clarence to distribute as cash among Dwight’s sib-lings. These conditions would be in effect for as long as Ben wanted the Hotel.

This contract was not re-corded in Herkimer County records until Sperry declared bankruptcy in 1938.

As mentioned, Ben’s name began appearing in the Hotel’s ads with the 1918 season. As with his uncle, the Prestons and the Briggs and other area hotel owners, Ben included terms such as completely renovated, renovated throughout, modern-ized, new buildings, etc. to his ads. Gas lighting was replaced by electricity. According to her 1973 obituary, Mabel Frenette Sperry, Ben’s wife, co-man-aged the Hotel.

In 1920, Ben completed a new boiler room and laundry and added two large fireplaces to the Hotel. By 1921, Ben offered a garage with separate stalls.

Another change in 1920, helped by the new road, was that improved automobile ac-cess increased the demand for private camps and shorter stays. In 1920, the Gawanka Corpora-tion opened sites along the chan-nel from Old Forge and at First and Second Lakes. The new Eagle Bay Park Association, its property neighboring the Ho-

tel, opened with a club plan for private camps. In my opinion, these and other area seasonal opportunities began to erode the regular clientele from the Hotel and its business partners.

In September 1920 Ben partnered with Utican George G. Cunningham in buying the Schmidt’s Hotel in Daytona Florida to run as a winter “sea-sonal offset” to the Hotel. The oldest hotel in Dayton, they planned to remodel and reno-vate it for opening that Novem-ber. The report said that Cun-ningham had been clerk at the Hotel for some time and knew its regular clientele. It also add-ed that several Eagle Bay Hotel guests planned to move on to Florida when the Hotel closed October 15. When Cunning-ham returned from Europe in April 1918 at the end of the first World War, the report in-dicated he had been a manager of the Eagle Bay Hotel.

In June 1921, 35 region-al hotel proprietors met at the Eagle Bay Hotel and formed the Central Adirondack Hotel Men’s Association. I should note that Eliza Helmer, Ber-tha Payne and Caroline Long-staff attended, representing the Moosehead, Camp Fulton and Camp Mohawk, respective-ly. No agenda was given; this was probably an organizational meeting. Roy Higby was presi-dent, Ben Sperry financial sec-retary and Bertha Payne, corre-sponding secretary.



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In 1923, the Association agreed to partner with the Beaver River Road Association to urge the State to build a Lowville to Beaver River Road to connect with the Moose River Road to Eagle Bay. The two groups wanted to increase access for Canadian travelers. The Association dropped “Men’s” off its name in 1923. The annu-al meeting was held often at the Eagle Bay Hotel. This later joined a group that became the Central Adirondack Association, incorporated in 1930.

During the 1920s, at least two reports of Klan activities occurred near the Hotel. In 1923, re-volver shots drew the attention of Fourth Lake Hotel, cottage and camp guests towards the top of Eagle Cliff. They viewed draped figures sur-rounding a burning cross also witnessed by state troopers. A year later at the same location, a Klan meeting burned a twenty-five-foot cross, seen by Hotel guests, which fell on and burned the “land-mark” open camp at that point. When questioned, Ben responded with the hope they would in the future exercise caution near property.

Ben Sperry printed a revised Hotel Booklet in 1931 with updated photos and text. Pictured was a seaplane parked in front of the Casino, now described as a three-story structure. The Hotel, in addition to orchestral music and danc-ing, now offered movies. The Hotel remained an “exclusive” resort, accepting only “desir-able” guests and excluding pulmonary patrons.

With truck transport on State roads, Ben informed travelers that fresh dairy, eggs and vegetables arrive from nearby farms. The Hotel garage serviced guests’ vehicles and sold auto-motive accessories. The two means of access to the Hotel and points beyond were now the new State highways. They could also arrive by Pull-man busses from Utica or via the Raquette Lake Railway to Eagle Bay Station (until 1933).

With the increasing popularity of winter sports on the Fulton Chain, Ben built a “fast” toboggan slide at the Hotel. This and Inlet’s slide became popular attractions.

Financial difficulties caused Ben to file for bankruptcy in July 1938. Mortgages and notes foreclosed on behalf of Ben, his brother Lou-is and sister Mary Sperry Young resulted in Ben’s loss of the Eagle Bay Hotel property. It is at this time that the executor Clarence Sperry 1918 deed for Dwight Sperry’s Hotel property was recorded in Herkimer County Clerk’s Of-fice, excluding any property conveyed during that 20-year period. It became the property of

bankruptcy trustee Ernest Brackett. Brackett conveyed it to Frances M. Chris-

ty, daughter of William P. and Catherine Chris-ty, who a month later in April 1938 transferred it to Dwight Sperry’s sister Francena Sperry Higby. At this time Ben’s wife Mabel also as-signed her rights to the Hotel to Francena.

W. (William?) J. Congdon was the man-ager of the Hotel in 1938, advertising “special Sunday dinners.” I could not find more than this about him. In January 1944, Francena Higby sold the remaining (from multiple prior sales to individual purchasers) Hotel property from the 1918 Dwight Sperry purchase to Eliz-abeth O’Leary of Hotel Alexandria, Borough of Manhattan, NY for $1500. According to the deed, the purchase was subject to multiple mortgages outstanding in excess of $20,000.

After a long-time policy of restricting pa-tronage to desirables, the Hotel became a “hav-en for victims of World War II emigres…most-ly Jews…crowded in the Hotel rooms.”

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Photos of the demolished city covered the Au-gust 7 newspapers. For obvious reasons, less coverage was given to the early morning August 7 fire that destroyed the Hotel. Eagle Bay’s fire department was established soon after the fire.

The fire was discovered around 2 a.m. The Hotel’s chef James Coswell and his assistant Clarence Moore suffered serious injuries in jumps from the upper windows. Clarence went through all the floors, waking most of the more than 170 guests who had not already fled the blaze. After going door to door, Moore found himself trapped and forced to leap from a second story window.

Ann Landsberger had read a Hotel ad in a pa-per favored by emigres fleeing the Nazis. A few days before the fire she and her mother-in-law arrived at the Hotel. They were two of the guests saved by Clarence. Years later she and her husband were able to provide Clarence with a new roof for his Orlando FL home. They had seen Clarence wearing an Eagle Bay Fire Department baseball cap in a courtroom photo where ownership of his home was being contested. The cap had been a gift during a visit in 1995 from Town of Webb Histori-an Peg Masters 50 years after the fire.

After the fire, O’Leary sold the Hotel prop-erty to Leon Schopfer in June 1946. A major cleanup of the Hotel ruins now took place. The Schopfers rented rooms in the remaining build-ings, removed the top two floors of the Casino and used these materials to build cottages for guests. The part remaining was redesigned into a one-story motel. After many other changes, the property became the Eagle Bay Villas.

The Villas were sold to Ella Cunningham in 1968, who sold it to James and Mary Evans in 1972. Brad, Cliff, Mary and Judi Donovan purchased the Villas from Mary Evans in 1999. In 2019, the current owners, Cliff and Judi Donovan own it now as Eagle Bay Village.

Over the years, many improvements and buildings were added to the property. The Donovans today continue the tradition of Ad-irondack hospitality to visitors begun by the Eagle Bay Company in 1897.



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But we gotta keep lookin’ on the sunny side. Deb and I are receiving photos and updates from friends and neighbors along the Fulton Chain which boost our spirits as we shelter in place in one of the recent COVID-19 hot spots. We’re hanging on in the DMV so we’re not depleting the local ADK supply of grub and pharmaceu-ticals. It isn’t difficult to foresee a time when too many outta towners break mandatory shel-ter in place directives and start showing up in lines at Diorio’s, Kalil’s and Kinney’s. I’m no math whiz but if too many cyclicals move back in before the summer supply chain can be rees-tablished things will go south in a hurry.

So we await the green light from the two adults in the White House, Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx, which allows us to responsibly reenter the Big Woods. We also await our pandemic payoff check which will now include David “Spanky” Dennison’s personalized autograph. I wonder if Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal receive multiple checks from Spanky. As we’re distract-ed by our pandemic pittance, the first family and their minions unabashedly reap millions in pan-demic tax breaks. No worries, our great grand-children will pay it back.

I was attempting to look on the sunny side. Gary Lee tells me that the DEC’s busy stocking trout in local lakes and streams but they’re also limiting access to state campgrounds and boat launches. In the case of Bug Lake and Eagle Nest that means an additional one mile slog from Rt. 28 through the cordoned off Eighth Lake camp-sites. Once you make it through the campsites it’s all uphill to the lonely trout. I quit that stren-uous stuff twenty years ago. Pierre and I always catch our largest trout in The Tap Room.

Down under in the sickly DMV I can still enjoy my backyard critters who don’t have a clue about the carnage raging around them. Ev-ery two weeks I call Century old Brown’s Hard-ware at the Falls Church four corners and let them know I’m driving over for a bag of wild birdseed and oily black sunflower seeds. One of the guys meets me outside and tosses the bags into the open RAV4 hatch. Since we’re both wearing facemasks we just wave and I’m on my way home without ever leaving the driver’s seat; just put it on the Visa alongside everything else.

Our backyard’s provides takeout for a va-riety of birds including cardinals, towhees, white-throated sparrows, cowbirds, grackles, catbirds, wrens, robins, gold finches, house finches, crows, blue jays, chickadees, nuthatch-es, titmice and mourning doves. Regular inter-lopers include downy, red bellied and pileated woodpeckers and a vocal barred owl family who hoot at us day and night.

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Deer visit during the night to eat our azaleas instead of plentiful natural vegetation. Just like camp, chipmunks burrow under our deck. Coy-otes reside in adjacent Arlington County along the Potomac River but don’t yet frequent our part of Fairfax County; foxes still rule. Unlike the ADK there are no bears to decimate our bird-feeders. That’s one thing we don’t miss.

We do miss one of our great joys; dining at our favorite DMV ethnic restaurants. They’re all closed and most aren’t offering takeout. We’re surviving on home cooking but I can’t duplicate authentic Vietnamese, Thai, Mandarin, Indian, Greek and Afghani dishes that we enjoy when we’re in the DMV. We can’t travel across the Chesapeake Bay bridge to meet Pierre and Wen-dy at Harris Crab House on Kent Island for crab stuffed rockfish and soft shell crabs. Just think-ing about that scrumptious seafood dying of nat-ural causes is killing us.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: S&T APARTMENTS LLCArticles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on June 13, 2019. Office Location: Herkimer County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom pro-cess against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Thomas Moore, 334 Center Road, Frankfort, NY 13340. Thomas Moore at 334 Center Road, Frankfort, New York 13340 as registered agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The LLC has a perpetual existence. Purpose: To engage in any lawful business for which LLCs may be formed under the New York LLC Law.

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