In 1848 the Agricultural Society leased five acres for seven years and erected buildings and fences in Batestown beginning on the north side of present Glen Avenue extending East past 7th Avenue to the railroad tracks. The Troy paper described it: “These buildings are in the form of a hollow square (affording at all times […]
As I wrote in my previous columns, Batestown, the area of Troy between Middleburgh Street and 101st Street, was sort of a wild west during the 19th century and claimed by both Lansingburgh and Troy at various times. Before it finally became absorbed by Troy proper, there was a great deal of activity in terms […]
A toddler was hospitalized with serious burns that authorities said were sustained at a home that operates as a daycare center in Palisades Park.Ann Zheng, 24, was jailed on child endangerment charges after the toddler was burned at Deares…