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Property Transactions: Jan. 4 – Jan. 10, 2020

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BALLSTON SPA

336 Charlton Rd., $350,000.
Darryl Levan and Dorinda Gifford Levan sold property to Justin and Marissa Page.

123 Powers Lane, $67,000.
Daniel Warner (by Admin) sold property to Walter and Nicole Katz.

35 Kasey Pass, Unit 35, $267,990.
Brookview Court Inc./Pigliavento Builders DBA sold property to Richard and Janet Fuelner.

2 Marlyn Dr., $245,000.
Leon and Esther Grieb sold property to Sixin Jiang. 

13 Independence Trail, $395,254.
Briarwood Brooks Development LLC sold property to Penne and Earnest Gaeta II.

CLIFTON PARK

47 Sterling Heights Dr., $362,500.
Pankaj and Mona Marria sold property to Shaukat Hayat.

990 Route 146, $372,000.
Richard Fanch sold property to Arquette Holdings LLC.

79A Southbury Rd., $414,949.
Tristan and Marie Cooper sold property to Gabriel and Catherine Karathomas.

4 Vista Court, $435,000.
Daniel and Jaqueline Ranta sold property to Brian and Janice Nissley. 

13 Chevy Chase Lane, $320,000.
Ryan and Erin Silva sold property to Yinjie Li.

5 Lilac Court, $325,000.
Dry Creek Building and Development LLC sold property to Abdalqadir and Deanna Muhsin.

9 Stoney Heights Court, $570,000.
Ronald and Maria Olson sold property to Byron Stahl and Jessica Denooyer. 

CORINTH

13 Circle Dr., $50,000.
Adam French sold property to Craig Ross.

GALWAY

1337 Ridge Rd., $105,000.
Thomas Fake (by Admin) sold property to Michael Montuori.

5481 Crooked St., $85,000.
CMH Homes Inc. sold property to Christopher and Kathryn Brown.

GREENFIELD

15 Ormsbee Rd., $143,100.
Howard Evans III sold property to Arthur Avery, Sr. and Lisa Pisano Avery.

MALTA

4 Magnolia Way, $430,000.
Ryan and Tara Szcesniak sold property to Shawn and Megan Zamzow.

34 Vettura Court, $85,000.
Lecmor Residential LLC sold property to DeGraff Bloom Custom Builders Inc.

12 Pennyroyal Rd., $301,790.
Triller Development sold property to Douglas and Sandra Usher. 

MILTON

58 Malta Ave., $390,000.
GLORYB LLC sold property to Fifty Eight Malta Avenue LLC.

885 Rock City Rd., $700,000.
William Loveland and Richard Hahn, Jr. sold property to Acorn Milton Self Storage LLC.

551 Rowland St. Ext., $312,500.
Michael and Katie Pawloski sold property to Ryan Kish and Elizabeth Martindale.

TOWN OF SARATOGA

70 Broad St., $135,000.
Bergin Properties LLC sold property to MM Bentley Brockway LLC.

4 Corrine Court, $359,000.
John Smith sold property to Conan and Kristine O’Rourke.

31 Church St., $134,900.
Wendy Hayner sold property to Gilead Group LLC.

108 Schuyler Hills Rd., $485,960.
Cerrone Construction LLC sold property to Alan and Charlene Mapes.

SARATOGA SPRINGS

30 Lakewood Dr., $350,000.
Luke England sold property to Alma Faviola Schmalz Herold and Christian Schmalz.

23 Elizabeth Lane, $278,000.
Derrick and Kristine Wurl sold property to Carl and Jean Preuss.

16 Moore Ave., $216,000.
Frank and Rhoda Pickus sold property to Christian Dorsey.

8 Clubhouse Dr., $265,000.
Anne Acton, Kimberly Barber and Margaret Barber sold property to Sueann Barney. 

32 Greenfield Ave., $1,500,000.
Whitney Lawlor sold property to Joseph and Stacy Gullion.

STILLWATER

33 Railroad Ave., $100,000.
Kathryn Cassier (by Exec and Co-Exec) to Danielle Shanahan.

8 Walden Circle, $502,500.
Jason Resner sold property to Kevin and Karen Hickey.

2 Battleridge Place, $950,000.
Allen Budde and Nancy Flint Budde sold property to Thomas Weber and Lynne Maxwell.

6 Blizzard Rd., $235,000.
DNK Holdings LLC sold property to Elise Sieber.

WILTON

15 Thistle Rd., $289,000.
Joseph Russo (as Trustee) sold property to Kent Johnson.

22 Tom Sawyer Dr., $286,000.
Suzanne Barber Meltzer sold property to Joseph Redding and Diane Cantamessa.

29 Burnham Rd., $346,027.
John and Debra Leroux sold property to Gary and Robben Thompson.

138 Ingersoll Rd., $277,000.
Judith Richards sold property to Ryan Bombard and Lydia Lalonde.

6 Bear Cub Crossing, $320,000.
Daniel Rutledge sold property to Peter and Molly Darcy.

Frank C. Ruggeri 

Written by Saratoga TODAY on . Posted in Obituaries.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Frank C. Ruggeri passed away January 1, 2020. Calling hours are 12-1 p.m. Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Burke Funeral Home followed by a funeral home service at 1 p.m. and burial in the family plot at St. Peters Cemetery on West Avenue, Saratoga Springs. Online remembrances may be made at burkefunealhome.com.

Louis William Lemyre 

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — Louis William Lemyre peacefully passed on January 1, 2020. A funeral home service will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Burke Funeral Home, 628 North Broadway Saratoga Springs. Online remembrances may be made at burkefunealhome.com.

Patricia Marie Freiler 

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GANSEVOORT — Patricia Marie Freiler passed away January 2, 2020. Mass of Christian burial is Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael the Archangel Church. 9:30-11 a.m. there will be a gathering at the church for family and friends. Burial at 2:30 p.m. at GBH Saratoga National Cemetery. Visit burkefuneralhome.com.

John J. “Jerry” Clements

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — John J. “Jerry” Clements, 72, died Tuesday December 31, 2019. Calling hours were Tuesday, January 7, 2020, in the Church of St. Peter. A Mass of Christian Burial took place Wednesday, January 8 followed by burial with military honor at the GBH Saratoga National Cemetery. Online remembrances may be made at burkefunealhome.com.

Timothy A. Barnes

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BALLSTON SPA — Timothy A. Barnes, 71, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2020. Calling hours were Thursday, January 9, 2020 at Burke Funeral Home. Funeral home service is 10 a.m. Friday, January 10, 2020 at 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs followed by burial in Powell-Wiswall Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Saratoga County Fair. Visit burkefuneralhome.com.

January 4 – January 10, 2020

Written by Saratoga TODAY on . Posted in Police Blotter.

 

COURT

Adelord M. Irish, 37, of Schuylerville, pleaded Dec. 23 to felony DWI. Sentencing March 3. 

Carlos A. Sol Encarnaction, 24, of Saratoga Springs, pleaded Dec. 23 to attempted assault. Sentencing March 9. 

Kenneth S. Thomas, 30, of Schenectady, charged Dec. 23 with grand larceny in the fourth-degree, in Ballston Spa. Sentencing March 9.

POLICE

Michael L. Ross, 18, of Malta, was charged Jan. 3 with making a terroristic threat, following a complaint of a threat made via social media to students at the Maple Ave Middle School in the Town of Greenfield. Ross is alleged to have posted a video onto an Instagram chat in which he threatened harm to students at the school, and threatened to bring a firearm to the school. He was arraigned in Wilton Town Court and released on his own recognizance, and is scheduled to reappear in Greenfield Town Court at a later date.

Matthew Cosgrove, 27, of Ballston Lake, was charged Jan. 1 in Saratoga Springs with felony DWI and felony aggravated DWI – with a previous conviction of the offenses within 10 years.   

Jamie Whitcomb, 30, of Watertown, Tyler Noonan-Liberty, 22, of Ballston Spa, Siahr Siddiqi, 31, of Schenectady, and Masoud Siddiqi, 29, of Saratoga Springs, were each charged between 1:50 a.m. and 2:37 a.m. on Jan. 1 on Caroline Street with disorderly conduct: fight/violent behavior. 

George Fata, 35, of Burnt Hills, was charged Dec. 27 in Saratoga Springs with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, failure to keep right, and criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. 

Jonah Stallard, 26, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Dec. 29 with misdemeanor DWI, and a vehicle equipment violation. 

Joseph Loehle, 24, of Ballston Spa, was charged Dec. 27 in Saratoga Springs with assault and criminal mischief. 

Matthew Galvin, 21, of San Antonio, Texas, was charged Dec. 27 in Saratoga Springs with assault. 

Michael Woldehawariat, 36, of the Bronx, was charged Dec. 27 in Saratoga Springs with felony grand larceny.

Robert Henry, 40, of Corinth, was charged Dec. 20 in Saratoga Springs with misdemeanor petit larceny. 

Kevin Buhrmaster, 41, of Scotia, was charged Dec. 21 in Saratoga Springs with misdemeanor DWI, refusing to take a breath test, and failure to keep right. 

Christopher Yost, 61, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Dec. 19 with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Carlos Correa, 50, of Wilton, was charged Dec. 21 in Saratoga Springs with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. 

Benjamin Tashjian, 22, of Niagara Falls, was charged Dec. 22 in Saratoga Springs with assault in the third-degree. 

Laura Schalk, 39, of Ballston Spa, was charged Dec. 22 in Saratoga Springs with misdemeanor DWI. 

David Hatlee, 50, of Saratoga Springs, was charged Dec. 22 with misdemeanor DWI, aggravated DWI, making an improper turn, and leaving the scene of a property damage incident. 

Darin C. Dinallo, 43, of Malta, was charged Dec. 30 with the following:  felony DWI, felony aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle; the misdemeanors: unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, circumvent interlock court order- a misdemeanor, use of a vehicle without an ignition interlock device, criminal contempt 2nd disobey a court order, reckless driving, aggravated unlicensed operation, and a variety of driving related violations. According to the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office, shortly after midnight, an off duty police officer reported a male slumped over the wheel in the area of Malta Avenue and Old Post Road in the Town of Malta. The male woke and began to operate the vehicle on Malta Avenue. Saratoga County Sheriff’s patrols located the vehicle on Van Aernem Road and initiated a vehicle stop. The vehicle failed to stop for the Deputy’s lights and siren. A pursuit ensued and terminated when the vehicle pulled into a driveway on Brownell Road. Dinallo refused a breath test, was arraigned at Mechanicville City Court and was sent to the Saratoga County Jail, without bail. This DWI charge is the 4th DWI related arrest in the previous 10 years for Dinallo, who is currently on probation for those convictions, according to the sheriff’s office. 

Finding Family in Saratoga

Written by Saratoga TODAY on . Posted in Lifestyle.

Saratoga is considered a hub for many great finds… Its natural springs, lustrous green landscapes and a vast lake. But for Timothy Winston Rapp – his find – was a loving family that he never knew existed. 

After the loss of the man he thought of as his father, Rapp learned that he was given up for adoption after his birth, at the Vanderheyden Hall in Troy, New York. After sifting through documents and overlooking his birth certificate that read Winston Hale, Rapp began a search to learn one simple thing – the name of his birth mother. 

“I don’t remember when I was first told I was adopted; I really don’t remember. I know I was young. In 1996 my adoptive father died, and my mother gave me my adoption papers. So, in 1996 I found out my name was Winston Hale when I was born, but with the New York laws, that’s all you know,” said Rapp.

Alice May Murphy, born Alice May Hale, kept a secret her entire life, that not a single member of her family knew of; a child she had in 1944. 

Hale married Joseph Murphy in 1952 and together they raised three children. It was a Christmas present from Bill Murphy – the youngest child of Alice and Joseph – to his daughter Katie that led to a bigger surprise to the entire family. 

It was Christmas 2018, when Katie Murphy utilized her present – an Ancestry DNA test – a database that uses genetic science to connect familial relationships, Little did she know that in that database was a match to a family member that was unbeknownst to the Murphy clan.

“The Hales were like that. They kept their secrets,” explained Bill Murphy. 

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After decades of research and a DNA test, Rapp was superficially introduced to cousins upon cousins with relations to both his biological parents, but still could not be directly connected to his birth mother. That was until Katie finally got the results of her DNA test in March 2019. The pieces to a puzzle the Murphys didn’t know were missing – began to appear. 

“I bought into it right away,” said Katie Murphy. “My dad was like ‘no, no way.’ And I’m like “dad, this is real, we just discovered a scandal! This is a scandal!” 

Bill Murphy began the word of mouth search, beginning with his cousin John Ruston, who had the reputation of being the “know it all” about the family history. After a few speculations that were confirmed with Rapp’s birth certificate, and new connections made on the Ancestry DNA family tree, it was all becoming clear that Rapp was indeed the eldest child of Alice May Hale. 

“All the hairs are starting to stand up on my back because now I’m starting to say, whoa this is it all! All the while I thought for some reason this was gonna be some kind of mistake,” said Bill Murphy.  Then all of a sudden I think ‘Oh my God! This is really true!”

With the convenience of technology and social media it didn’t take long for the Rapps and the Murphys to begin communicating with each other on a regular basis. 

On Saturday, July 13, the Rapps, Murphys and Hales gathered for the first time since the discovery, at the Murphy residence in Gansevoort. Through the tears and hugs there were smiles as those who were once strangers celebrated becoming a complete family. 

“I am 75, and I found my family,” said Rapp. I can’t believe it.”

Finding Family in Saratoga

Written by Saratoga TODAY on . Posted in News.

Saratoga is considered a hub for many great finds… Its natural springs, lustrous green landscapes and a vast lake. But for Timothy Winston Rapp – his find – was a loving family that he never knew existed. 

After the loss of the man he thought of as his father, Rapp learned that he was given up for adoption after his birth, at the Vanderheyden Hall in Troy, New York. After sifting through documents and overlooking his birth certificate that read Winston Hale, Rapp began a search to learn one simple thing – the name of his birth mother. 

“I don’t remember when I was first told I was adopted; I really don’t remember. I know I was young. In 1996 my adoptive father died, and my mother gave me my adoption papers. So, in 1996 I found out my name was Winston Hale when I was born, but with the New York laws, that’s all you know,” said Rapp.

Alice May Murphy, born Alice May Hale, kept a secret her entire life, that not a single member of her family knew of; a child she had in 1944. 

Hale married Joseph Murphy in 1952 and together they raised three children. It was a Christmas present from Bill Murphy – the youngest child of Alice and Joseph – to his daughter Katie that led to a bigger surprise to the entire family. 

It was Christmas 2018, when Katie Murphy utilized her present – an Ancestry DNA test – a database that uses genetic science to connect familial relationships, Little did she know that in that database was a match to a family member that was unbeknownst to the Murphy clan.

“The Hales were like that. They kept their secrets,” explained Bill Murphy. 

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After decades of research and a DNA test, Rapp was superficially introduced to cousins upon cousins with relations to both his biological parents, but still could not be directly connected to his birth mother. That was until Katie finally got the results of her DNA test in March 2019. The pieces to a puzzle the Murphys didn’t know were missing – began to appear. 

“I bought into it right away,” said Katie Murphy. “My dad was like ‘no, no way.’ And I’m like “dad, this is real, we just discovered a scandal! This is a scandal!” 

Bill Murphy began the word of mouth search, beginning with his cousin John Ruston, who had the reputation of being the “know it all” about the family history. After a few speculations that were confirmed with Rapp’s birth certificate, and new connections made on the Ancestry DNA family tree, it was all becoming clear that Rapp was indeed the eldest child of Alice May Hale. 

“All the hairs are starting to stand up on my back because now I’m starting to say, whoa this is it all! All the while I thought for some reason this was gonna be some kind of mistake,” said Bill Murphy.  Then all of a sudden I think ‘Oh my God! This is really true!”

With the convenience of technology and social media it didn’t take long for the Rapps and the Murphys to begin communicating with each other on a regular basis. 

On Saturday, July 13, the Rapps, Murphys and Hales gathered for the first time since the discovery, at the Murphy residence in Gansevoort. Through the tears and hugs there were smiles as those who were once strangers celebrated becoming a complete family. 

“I am 75, and I found my family,” said Rapp. I can’t believe it.”