Week of November 7th, 1969
50th Anniversary News | Saratoga Springs, NY
series by Mary Flanagan, Associate Real Estate Broker & lifelong Saratogian
519 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY: Currently home to Roohan Realty and other local businesses, this historic building was actually a movie theater for forty years (1938-1978).
2019 marks Roohan Realty’s 50th year in business! We would like to take you back to 1969 and share what was happening in the news – locally and nationally. We’ve been having a great time reading old newspapers and hope you enjoy seeing the historic Roohan Realty connections as much as we do. Community involvement and public service have been ingrained in our business from the very beginning – a commitment that continues today. Check back every Thursday for a fresh flashback to 1969!
1. National Christmas Tree Comes from Glens Falls
2. Investigator James Bowen surveys sign vandalism
3. Cost to Run for Office Soars
Congressman had never paid over $3,000 for campaign, but now television advertising costs $30,000.
4. Exam Posted for Spa Park Director
5. First Folk Mass held at Bethesda Episcopal Church
6. Mayor Smaldone
7. Election Results 1969:
Mayor: Sarto Smaldone, Department of Public
Works: James B. Gaffney, Accounts: Donald B. Connolly, Public Safety:
Kenneth E. King, Finance: Rod O. Sutton, Supervisors: Robert D’Andrea and Thomas G. Clements, City Judge: Lawrence J. Labelle,
DA: Loren Brown, Sheriff: Lee A. Scherer, Coroner: Donald L. Clark
ABOUT THE AUTHOR, MARY FLANAGAN
Mary Flanagan is an Associate Real Estate Broker at Roohan Realty with over 30 years of experience as a licensed REALTOR® specializing in residential real estate. A lifelong resident of Saratoga Springs, NY, Mary is extremely knowledgeable about not only Saratoga’s real estate market, but also its history and the community as a whole. She is an active board member for Racing City Rotary Club and U.S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site, and served on the Saratoga Springs Zoning Board of Appeals from 1994 to 2004. In her free time, Mary enjoys researching and writing about Saratoga’s history; she authored Roohan Realty’s Saratoga Centennial blog series in 2015 and is currently working on an Anniversary News series to commemorate our company’s 50th year in business this year (2019). View Mary’s bio & current listings
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