A Malone “with hope and promise” . . —Calvin Luther Martin, PhD . In 1918, a local journalist named Frederick J. Seaver published a learned and exhaustive history of Franklin County. It’s fascinating reading. Not quite a hundred pages into the book, Seaver asks wistfully, “What of the future?” To which he cautiously replies, It […]
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News Flash! Ladies & gentlemen, there’s a new mayor in town. I mean, a new breed of mayor. Mayor Todd LePine. Since publishing the article, below, RiverCityMalone.com has learned that Mayor LePine had himself deputized as a part-time Code Officer. Over the past week, Officer LePine and Officer Charlie Robert have been inspecting slum housing
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—Calvin Luther Martin, PhD Have you noticed Malone is dying? Our village has a malignant tumor. We’re being devoured by a cancer killing us street by street, neighborhood by neighborhood. It’s called “slums.” The above building is familiar to most of us. It’s hard to miss. It’s the Jack & Elvira Stewart rental property on
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Okay, here’s a quiz. What’s the difference between this . . . Hotel Flanagan, Village of Malone And this . . . 69 Fort Covington, Village of Malone
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Frank Cositore, President Flanagan Hotel UICC Holding LCC Malone, NY Dear Frank, I think you’re not telling this community everything we need to know. Plus, I think you’re beginning to harm this community. Hence this letter.
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» To the Franklin County Fair Board: We, the undersigned, ask that you switch the location of the beer tent. From its usual spot to a new one, such as the other side of the grandstand (near the entrance in front of the NCCC campus). Doesn’t matter where, so long as it’s moved from its
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The Race Track. It’s called the Malone International Raceway and Entertainment Park. (MIREP, for short.) Owned by former state police BCI officer John “Chick” Fountain. Located next to the Market Barn and Bokie’s Drive-In. Technically it’s in the Town of Malone, although literally it’s on the doorstep of the Village of Malone. The racetrack was approved
—Op-Ed by Calvin Luther Martin RE: Immediate Termination Dear Mr. Moll: Effective Friday, February 8, 2008, you are terminated for cause from ComLinks, Inc., for incompetence and improper performance of duties…. Sincerely, Nancy Reich, CEO The Natural
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