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Friday Jul 3 | Gloversville Leader-Herald

Bravery Recognized

Chloe Van Alstine's frigid water rescue in November has earned her more than the admiration of the community.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

WTVH Syracuse

Carnegie Heroes Fund honors 22 with medals, money

An upstate New York teenager is among the nearly two dozen people awarded Carnegie medals for heroism.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Press-Republican

Fire-drill records 'irregular' at fatal-fire group home

Authorities say workers may have falsified fire drill records at the state-run group home in the Adirondacks where a blaze killed four people in March.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Empire State News

New York Department of State concludes Wells fire investigation

ALBANY The Department of State Wednesday transmitted to the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities the report of the Fire, Building and Life Safety Code Applicability at the Riverview Individual Residential Alternative .

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Wed Jun 10, 2009

Times Union

Desperate fire, deadly result

The fatal fire scene Saturday, March 21, 2009, at the Riverview IRA group home in Wells, Hamilton County.

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Tue Jun 02, 2009

The Gazette

Panel to evaluate fire safety at state's group homes in wake of fatal Wells fire

The state Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities issued a news release Friday announcing a panel of state and national experts will begin meeting in July to study the agencya s a oecurrent policies, procedures and practices in the areas of fire safety for thoroughness and effectiveness.a Recommendations will follow and OMRDD ...

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Thu Apr 30, 2009

Times Union

Fire call reports deadly Wells blaze on porch

The March 21 fire at an Adirondack group home that killed four residents may have started on the structure's back porch, according to a sheriff's incident report obtained by the Times Union.

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Sun Mar 29, 2009

Gloversville Leader-Herald

Gloria Bonilla

Gloria Bonilla, age 43, passed away suddenly on March 21, 2009. Gloria had been a resident of Speculator since 1985 and recently moved to her new home in Wells, NY, at the Riverview IRA.

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Fri Mar 27, 2009

CNN

4 die in fire at group home for disabled

Four people were killed early Saturday after a fire broke out at a state-run group home for mentally disabled residents in upstate New York, the governor's office said.

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Wed Mar 25, 2009

Times Union

Desperate scramble, deadly result

The smoke alarm went off Saturday morning more than an hour before the sun would rise over the tall pines to the east.

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Tue Mar 24, 2009

CBS 6 Albany

Fatal Fire at state-run group home

Four people who lived in the Riverview Individual Residential Alternative in Wells died this morning after a fire at the group home.

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Pennlive.com

Former residents of Staten Island's Willowbrook School among dead in Adirondack group home fire

Investigators are seen at Riverview IRA, a group home for disabled persons in Wells, N.Y. Saturday, March 21, 2009.

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Mon Mar 23, 2009

New York Times

Fire Kills 4 at State-Run Group Home in New York

Four people living at a state-run group home in the Adirondacks were killed when a fire broke out at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, inundating the house with smoke and flames, the authorities said.

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Sun Mar 22, 2009

CBS 6 Albany

UPDATED: Governor confirms four dead in Hamilton County fire

The investigation continues this weekend into a tragic fire in the Hamilton County town of Wells that occured around 5:30 Saturday morning.

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KOB-TV

4 dead in upstate NY group home fire

WELLS, N.Y. - Four of the nine residents of a state-run group home in the southern Adirondacks are dead after a fire gutted the home early Saturday morning.

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Mon Feb 02, 2009

TrekEarth

Sacandaga River View

Sacandaga River From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Sacandaga River is a river in the northern part of New York in the United States.

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Sun Dec 21, 2008

Gloversville Leader-Herald

Residents react to APA changes

As of November, Adirondack Park property owners might need to think twice about adding that shiny, sunlit kitchen to their lakefront home.

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