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Residents weigh-in on park plans By Brian Happel STAFF WRITER
PLATTSBURGH | The sun is shining, but it’s a bitter-cold day at Everest Rabideau Park in Cumberland Head. The swings are empty, there are no children running around the playground and the field has a fresh coating of snow. Winter can make just about anything seem unappealing. But, in about a year from now, this park could begin to look very different, and not just because of the snow melting. Those changes, at least in part, will be Above: Town of Plattsburgh Planning Director Trevor up to residents. Dozens of people came out Cole (left) explains some of the options for renovafor a public forum to discuss the future of tions at the park in Cumberland Head. Above right: Everest Rabideau Park. Among them was Residents have a chance to point out proposed renoBrian Rabideau. The park was named after vations they like for Everest Rabideau Park. Right: The his late father, Everest. playground at Everest Rabideau park in Cumberland “I think it’s great. We need something Head is one of many things that could change as the like that out here,” Rabideau offered. Town of Plattsburgh considers renovations for the park. “There’s a lot of space out there in the Photos by Brian Happel park that’s not being utilized.” attending Cornell University in central New Rabideau expressed interest in the town York, suggested an ice skating rink. He also of Plattsburgh building trails for walking, appreciated the opportunity to have his say. mountain biking and hiking. Grant Moravec, See PARK PLANS » pg. 7 who grew up in Cumberland Head and is now
Kerosene- tainted cash, dog hair linked to murder victim Police hope clues may help in unsolved death of Walter Fedorwich By Andrea VanValkenburg STAFF WRITER
PERU | New York State Police have released clues in the decades-old unsolved homicide of a Peru man; they hope the clues will trigger new information in the case. In September 1997, Walter C. Fedorwich was found brutally beaten and murdered, tied to a bed in the front room of his Route 22 home. The 88-year-old retired construction
worker is believed to have been killed in the late evening of Sept. 12 or early Sept. 13 of that year, shortly after he was last seen speaking to two unknown men at the end of his driveway. Neighbors reported last seeing Fedorwich outside his dilapidated home talking with two white males wearing biker gear who appeared to be driving a dark-colored vehicle. The men-, one heavy set and one with a beard, have never been identified, and authorities hope they may hold more information about Fedorwich’s activity in the hours leading up to his death by asphyxia and blunt force trauma to the head. Fedorwich, who was known for wearing his trademark cowboy hat and boots, didn’t drive and often hitchhiked or used taxis to get around the area.
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Christopher Weidman stops by to explain how Coryer Staffing’s RAMP program helped him get his first job out of high school. RAMP is hosting an open house at Clinton Community College. Photo by Brian Happel
Students build for the future Teenagers to get taste of local manufacturing industry By Brian Happel
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PLATTSBURGH | High school students seeking a direction with their careers could find it at an open house being held at Clinton Community College. The school’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing is hosting the event, along with Coryer Staffing’s RAMP program, from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25. “We need to find a way to introduce them to the college and get them comfortable going up there,” Coryer Staffing CEO Elizabeth Goerlitz-Coryer said, referring to teenagers across the region.
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He is believed to have suffered from bouts of dementia and often talked to both loved ones and strangers about his disdain for banks. Fedorwich was known to carry large sums of money, even flashing it at strangers, and spoke of having more at his home. Oddly, Fedorwich’s money always reeked of kerosene and none was ever found during the police investigation, despite sightings of it in the days before his death. That fuel-smelling money is presumed missing, likely linked to his murder. Another potential clue is a black dog hair found on Fedorwich after his death, something police believe could have come from his killer as he didn’t own a dog. Anyone with possible information about the case should contact the Troop B Major Crimes Unit at 518-873-2750. ■
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