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  • Wednesday, December 21, 2016

    Black River Riders Raise Another $10,000 to Help Vets

    BLACK RIVER — The American Legion Riders from Black River Post 673 have had successful fundraising rides, raising more than $35,000 over the past four years – all in support of an agency that helps Jefferson County veterans and soldiers and their families, reports Joseph Martel, director of the Black River Riders..

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  • Monday, December 12, 2016

    WANTED: Instructors for Legion Family College

    The American Legion Family College of New York is looking for a few good men and women to become instructors for the 2017 session, College Dean Tim Collmer announced.

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  • Monday, December 05, 2016

    Why We Remember Pearl Harbor

    As we mark the 75th anniversary of the Dec. 7th attack on Pearl Harbor, which ushered the U.S.A. into World War II, one phrase keeps coming to mind; one phrase that eternally rings true:

    Freedom is not free.

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  • Friday, December 02, 2016

    Highway Dedicated to Soldier Killed in Vietnam

    RICHBURG – In a ceremony complete with full military honors, Army Private First Class Duane C. Scott was posthumously remembered Dec. 1 with the dedication of State Route 275 as the “PFC Duane C Scott Memorial Highway.”

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